Chapter 404 - The Taste Of Soil (1/2)
Chapter 404: The Taste of Soil
Translator: Lonelytree
15th of March was a Friday After the last class ended, Gao Ji High School’s students started their weekend holiday However, Lee Yuhan did not return home Instead he told his parents that he and a few friends would spend the night at wang Jia Er’s house They were going to have a party wang Jia Er caalow His parents were often absent on business trip and today was one of those days where wang Jia Er had full access to the house They had many similar parties in the past Therefore, Lee Yuhan’s parents did not question hi Yi and Zheng Meihan’s parents Technically they were not lying, there was indeed a party scheduled
“There’s news online that Ma Er Wan is being evacuated!”
“Why?”
“They say that it’s because a heavy sandstor that way”
“Does a sandstor Jia Er’s hoh school students of 4 boys and 3 girls sat around the pretty marble table The chandelier lit up their faces that appeared nervous and cautious The girls scrolled through their phones Ma Er Wan was north of their city and it was quite a distance away so the evacuation did not really affect the,” Lee Yihan summoned everyone “It’s time to feast You can bow out if you’re afraid” The seven students silently removed the stainless covers before them Underneath them sat 7 pretty China and each plate was served with a ball of brown soil The sound of stosters viewed the soil, you’d think there was a lobster dinner placed before the up froarden They put down their phones They were silent Struggle was clear on their faces…
“This… is highly abnor Meihan pointed out
“Haven’t we done the research? We’re suffering frorumbled
“Iffor electric shock treatia… Actually quite a lot of people suffer froued
Lee Yuhan was silent This whole situation started on Arbor Day, which happened 3 days ago, when he silently stole a ball of soil froht at the student hostel In the end, he failed to resist the urge within him and took a munch of the soil
After that, he went online to do research He self-diagnosed hiia, a morbid impulse to eat unnatural foodstuffs like dirt, paper, hair and so on The pathological origin of allotriophagia ht be due to malfunction of the body ical trauma However, there was no clear treatment for it
Lee Yuhan had no idea why this sudden impulse took over him He traced it back to thea munch of the soil, Lee Yuhan was not only saved froony, he was also rewarded with a heavenly satisfaction He had never enjoyed such satisfaction frorade dinners, none gave hiasmic experience From then on, Lee Yuhan knew that he would be unable to remove the soil froht when his rooe behavior of his Just as Lee Yuhan tried to co Jia Er said he too wanted to take a bite He revealed that he also was suffering fro were their best friends; He Xinyi ang Jia Er’s girlfriend and Tang Yi and Zheng Meihan were He Xinyi’s best friends, so over the past few years, the seven of them shared the ball of soil All 7 of them participated in the Arbor Day activity Obviously, that was a cause and effect relation here Their dietary demands had been perroup of teens was anxious and frightened by their own behavior They were afraid that their stomachs would be ruined They wanted to confide in their parents or even call the Phecda hotline but they were afraid of being exposed as e to seek help, there would be a voice inside their head, telling them, ‘Do not tell anyone, now is still not the tis reached this state This issue remained a secret within the 7 of theia, they did not suffer from any other mental or physical proble, the ball of soil brought back by Lee Yuhan had finally been fully consuht over the paper that was used to wrap the soil Once detached, they realized they were acting like addicts If they did not get their dietary demands fulfilled, they could not function normally
“Then, I’ll start first” Lee Yuhan could not resist anymore He used his hands to shovel the brown dirt into his mouth However, he soon frowned He practically spat out the wet soil He choked out in panic and shock, “What aht! No, wait! It’s the taste that’s not right!”
“What?” wang Jia Er grabbed a small piece of soil and threw it into his mouth He reacted the same way His face was red