Chapter 695 - Unfulfilled Promise (1/2)
Lu Jin's eyes lit up. In a muffled voice, he asked. ”You speak Chinese?”
”Shh!”
Lu Jin shut his mouth.
The two children quietly listened.
There was no noise in the upper ground.
It seemed like the group of children had left.
”Uhm… I think they have left. Can you take your hand off me, please?”
The owner of the small hand hesitated.
”I promise I won't shout. I don't want to walk with no clothes.” In reality, with Lu Jin's strength, he could shake off the little thief's hand on his own. But he was afraid that the little thief would get scared and ran away like earlier.
The little thief slowly took off his hand.
”Thank you for saving me. But I am still angry at you for running after stealing… What?”
As Lu Jin scolded, the little thief laid out his palm.
”Give me your shoes.”
”...”
”Or else I will call out to them.”
”I thought you don't want them to find us?”
”Yes, because they will tear your clothes apart while fighting and it will become useless. So give it to me.”
”...But my shoes are dirty now. Besides, aren't you the one who stole from me? I should be the one getting angry.”
”I can't return your cookies, I ate them already. If you don't give me your shoes and clothes, you can't return to that place. I know you don't live here. I saw you coming out of that new car.”
”Eh? Even my clothes?” Lu Jin hugged his body with a pitiful face.
”Yes. My clothes are barely covering me, so I need yours. Anyways, it's easy for you to get another one. Hand it over.”
”...”
The little thief did not wait for his answers anymore and started grabbing Lu Jin to take away his shoes.
Lu Jin struggled.
”Hey! Stop that! My shoes are already soaked in the mud. I can give you new ones if you help me return to my car!”
As he yelled, he ended up inhaling the filthy and smelly air.
He started to cough and retch.
It was too disgusting!
”Cough! Cough! What's with this smell?!”
”Shh. Don't yell too much if you don't want to be found out.”
Lu Jin glared miserably at the little thief.
The reason why he was in this dire situation was because this little thief started running away!
”It's your fault in the first place. Not only are you guilty of stealing, you even want to exploit me. If my daddy finds out about this, you're dead.”
The little thief did not take his warning seriously.
”It's either you will be able to leave this place or die here. Then your daddy won't be able to find you. How can he search for a dead body in this trash?”
Lu Jin let out a 'hmph' sound. ”My daddy and my grandpa are both very powerful, you know. They can search for me real fast.”
”Can they search for you down there too?”
The little thief pointed below at the dirty sewage.
It was then that he saw it.
It was not just random trash on the black sewage. If one looked closely despite the black mud and undecipherable objects, it was actually a rotten body.
”!!!”
Lu Jin's face paled. His stomach churned. He vomited.
It was not only one body, but a lot of them!
One rotting head stuck out of a sack, and there were countless of these sacks in there.
Lu Jin staggered as he vomited everything out.
The little thief watched him triumphantly as he retched.
”Welcome to the burial site. This is the dirtiest part of the slums. And the place you are in now is my home. Don't worry, we might be beside the filthiest place, but this is also the safest place. Those guys from above won't come down here since they are afraid of the disease from the dead.”
”How… How are you alright, living like this? This is inhumane!”
”...?” The little thief tilted his head. ”This is actually freedom. My former home was a lot smaller compared to this place. That place only has a window and we can only come out once we are sold. I am lucky enough to escape and find this place.”
After a while, Lu Jin finally stopped gagging.
He frowned.
The ignorant little prince never knew that there were people living like this.
While he was living a luxurious life where he could eat whatever he wanted and have as many clothes as wished to wear, the people here were fighting for a piece of clothing. There were even some people like this kid who were calling this place 'home'.
Lu Jin felt like he had seen a whole new world.