"Damn it, what's there to yell about? Yell, yell, what are you yelling for! I'll teach you to yell, I'll teach you to yell!" The screaming stopped abruptly, and the sound of fists hitting flesh was especially clear in the empty cave.
Xiong Yong often did this kind of thing. If the voice that was shouting was his, everyone would feel used to it and might even go to see which unlucky guy was being beaten by him. He dared to hit everyone in the class except for a few people. After graduation, he might not even dare to touch Zhang Lei.
However, the scolding voice was clearly not Xiong Yong's, and it certainly wasn't any of the students' either. No student in the class had developed such a thick voice; it was clearly an adult's voice. The groans of someone being beaten, however, sounded somewhat like Xiong Yong's voice.
"Fourth brother, stop hitting them! They're just students. Just tie them up!" A slightly hoarse, aged voice rang out.
"I told you, don't call me Fourth Brother anymore!" A "thud" sound, like a stone or a hard wooden stick hitting a cement wall, came from the other side. "Bad luck! Once you leave that godforsaken place, don't call me by that name anymore. There's no Fourth Brother here!"
"Then what should I call you? Your full name? I have no problem with that!" The old voice was tinged with laughter.
"Screw it, there's no good name either. You guys, stop dawdling and tie these little brats up. If even one escapes, it'll be a real mess! I'm going to check over there!" The fourth brother changed the subject, no longer wanting to argue with the old man about the issue.
A shaved head appeared from around the corner, followed by a high-powered flashlight that shone so brightly it was impossible to open one's eyes. It was clearly the same large flashlight with five batteries that the student in front was carrying.
"Hey, you little brats, come here, come here! Don't even think about running away. Our boss already had people go around you. If you behave, you'll suffer less!"
As if to confirm his words, a flickering light gradually appeared behind the students, indicating that their retreat was blocked. The students who came had all walked together, and even if there was some distance between them, it wasn't much. The newcomers coming up later were certainly not their own people.
"You all better behave yourselves. Nobody try anything funny, or don't blame me for chopping you all up with this axe!" With that, the fourth brother swung his axe hard, the blade cutting through the air with a dull thud. Zhang Lei and the other kids trembled in fright.
The kids from Yudian are indeed quite wild, but they are still just a bunch of teenagers. And since they were receiving their graduation certificates, they didn't bring their usual machetes, chains, or anything like that. Even the key that Zhang Lei used to wear around his neck had long since been replaced by a keychain hanging on his belt.
Actually, it's better that they don't have weapons. These guys don't look kind at all. If they really resisted, it probably wouldn't be as simple as just a few people getting punched. Students are just having minor squabbles. Using sticks and bricks is already quite a feat. Most of those weapons are just for show. Who has actually used them? And if they did, they might not even get hurt.
"Brother Kui, we don't have enough rope!" A skinny man waved the last piece of rope he had left. That little bit of rope was barely enough to tie a knot, let alone bind someone.
"Damn it, you're so stupid! Why didn't you just tear their clothes and use them as rope?" The fourth brother looked rough and tough, but Zhang Lei could tell from what he had just said that he was definitely not what he appeared to be. Every word he uttered clearly expressed all the favorable factors.
"Fourth brother, watch your mouth. Don't call everyone 'motherfucker.' We've been in the same cell for so long, we all know each other. Don't pretend to be so tough in front of everyone!" The lean man didn't say much, but his words carried much more weight than the fourth brother's.
"Hehe, Second Brother, look at what you're saying, I was just saying it offhand, it just came out of my head. But Second Brother, please don't call me Fourth Brother anymore, it's really bad luck. Once we leave that place, we shouldn't use the names from the cell. You guys don't care, but I really believe in this stuff. As for me, you can call me whatever you want, even Dog!" Fourth Brother immediately put on a smiling face.
It's quite clear now that these people were prisoners at least for a while. Whether they're now released prisoners or fugitives is uncertain, but judging from their behavior, most are probably fugitives. The ranking among the prisoners is very simple: whoever is strongest ranks first. This second-in-command looks lean and wiry, but it's obvious his position is only below the old man's. Even though the fourth-in-command is constantly cursing, he has to immediately shut up when the second-in-command actually speaks.
But the second brother turned around, a lewd grin spreading across his face. "Alright, from now on I'll call you Dog. Damn it, so many taboos. People say it's unlucky to start a relationship. Do you want to avoid it too? You know what, there are a few pretty girls here!"
As he spoke, he reached out and pinched a delicate female student's face hard.
"Ah!" There weren't enough ropes, and the female student wasn't tied up yet. She desperately tried to pry open the big, bony hand of the second brother and tried to pull back. The places on her face that had been pinched turned red and purple instantly. Under the bright red torchlight, she actually had a strange kind of charm.
"Little girl, what are you hiding for? There's only so much space, where else can you hide? Do you really expect your useless classmates to help you? If those good-for-nothings had any guts, they wouldn't have tied you up like this!" The burly man, who looked like a dried-up monkey, rubbed his hands together and slowly moved forward. "But there are still quite a few who aren't tied up yet, so beg them and ask them to help you!"
Students are usually the most impulsive, but these boys seemed to have lost their backbone, each shrinking deeper than the girl, including Zhang Lei. They showed no intention of protecting the girl; in fact, they seemed more likely to push her out.
"Monkey, don't cause trouble. You're in great shape now. If you play with a little girl and the whole group has to run away today, will you be able to keep up? Don't call me 'Second Brother,' Second Brother is more important than anything else. If you lose the big boss, you won't even have the chance to take care of things with your hands in the future!" The old man with the hoarse voice had been huddled away from the firelight. There were two men lying next to him. They couldn't be seen clearly, but they looked like they were injured, and there were bandages on their bodies.
"I know, it's just teasing her. Even if we can't play with her, teasing her is good. Damn, this little chick is so pretty, it looks like you could squeeze water out of her!" The monkey smelled the three fingers that had just pinched her. "I have to say, she really smells good, she has the fragrance of a young girl!"
A burst of laughter came from behind him, "You think you're so cultured? You don't even know what 'youxiang' means, you just use it like that, pretending to be a cultured person, right, Lao Ba!"
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. I called you Doggy earlier, okay? Damn, this is troublesome. Doggy's idea was pretty good. Little girl, stop dawdling and take off your skirt. I've decided to tear it up and use it as rope!" Although the monkey couldn't really ascend to heaven due to circumstances, his lustful desires hadn't completely disappeared. At this moment, he naturally took advantage of the situation.
The female student desperately backed away, trying to squeeze into the crowd of her classmates. Unfortunately, even the boys who had been trying to please her suddenly seemed to dislike her, and all their hands seemed to be pushing her away. The only hand that was holding hers was probably that of the skinny monkey in front of her. The female student couldn't help but feel a strange warmth rising in her heart for this monkey... Okay, I admit, that's impossible.
"What are you hiding for? You heard what my brother said too. I'm not really going to do anything to you today. Be good, take off your skirt. If you wait for me to make my move, I won't leave you any panties or bra!" As he spoke, the monkey spat down, his voice so loud that it echoed in the cave. "This little wench is getting prettier and prettier the more I look at her. Brother, should I just take her with me?"
"Stop talking nonsense! You're always showing off, aren't you? Get down to business!" The old man outside the firelight didn't give him any face. "Seventh and Ninth, you two tidy up and go keep watch at that cave entrance ahead. If anything happens, come back and report."
The last one is obviously the firelight that appeared behind us earlier. There is only one path in this cave, and the small rooms on both sides are independent. It is impossible to go around them. If you want to go around from the outside, the path is too far. No matter how powerful the old man is, he can't be able to predict the future. The person from earlier was probably hiding in one of the small rooms on the side. With so many small rooms there, no one would notice him.
Once the students had all passed, he followed at a distance. When the fourth student gave him a signal, he lit the torch again. The fourth student, just as Zhang Lei had suspected, was a seemingly uncouth and uncultured fellow. But upon closer analysis, every word he uttered had a hidden meaning. To be able to articulate himself to this extent in such a short time was beyond the comprehension of the current students.
Zhang Lei and his friends could never have imagined that this fourth brother wasn't arrested for a violent crime. He was a very successful fraud expert. The more rude or honest a person's appearance is, the easier it is for people to be fooled. If someone looks like a conman, others won't be so easily fooled.
If Zhang Lei and the others had run backwards immediately, there might have been one person behind them who could have escaped. However, it was uncertain whether they could have evaded the prisoners' pursuit after they ran past them, and the outcome might have been worse. Zhang Lei certainly couldn't have run that far; his stamina was even worse than that of a girl on a long journey.
"Little sister, what's your name? Tell your brother, and I'll really leave you all my underwear!" the monkey said, feigning kindness.
His appearance, of course, couldn't lie, but the female student didn't dare to be too disobedient. She could only hold back her tears and whisper in a barely audible voice, "My name is Liu Xin!"
The monkey seemed even more excited upon hearing her voice, its face turning red. This was certainly not out of shyness, but rather due to a rush of blood to its head and its lust taking over. There are many pretty girls, but not many who are both pretty and have a pleasant voice. No wonder almost all the boys in the class have been trying to please her since she started tutoring in her final year of junior high.
"Hurry, hurry up and take it off, don't wait for me to do it!" The monkey's breathing gradually became heavy. Not only him, but his accomplices and even many male students behind him began to breathe abnormally. The seventh and ninth brothers, who were supposed to be guarding the front entrance of the cave, also stopped and wanted to watch first before going.
"I, I!" Li Bailing bent down and pressed down on the hem of her skirt tightly, of course she refused to take it off.
"Big brother keeps his word, you know. If you ask me to do it, I don't mind. But then I won't leave you anything, and who knows what might happen when I touch you while you're undressing! You're so pretty and charming, maybe I'll risk my life to show you the difference between a man and a little boy!"
As they talked, the monkey seemed to have convinced himself before Liu Xin, thinking that this was not bad, and took a step forward to prepare to make a move.
"No, no! I'll take it off myself!" Liu Xin burst into tears. What else could this little girl do? Of course, she knew that neither option was a good thing, but what could she do? She couldn't possibly hope that a hero would suddenly appear among her classmates.
Monkey immediately stepped back. He had been with many women, but he had never seen one who took off her clothes willingly. He had heard Lao Ba mention that the most charming thing about a woman was when she took off her clothes, acting shy and hesitant, half-heartedly. If she really cried and screamed, her face would be distorted, and even a celestial being would turn into a demon. This time, Monkey wanted to have some fun and pretend to be a cultured person.
"Don't cry! I'm warning you, don't cry anymore, or big brother won't give you the discount!" Liu Xin was more than a year older than Zhang Lei and the others, but to Monkey, she was still an adorable little girl. Monkey wanted to see a woman undress seductively, so of course he couldn't let her cry.
Wang Xin was wearing a dress. Although she didn't want to perform and wanted to keep her movements as small and steady as possible, the slightly tight dress still forced her to sway her hips and twist her waist. Of course, this wasn't intentional; it was just a habit of hers when putting on and taking off clothes like this...
Before the monkey could do anything, several streams of blood suddenly shot out from the group of students huddled together. Two boys couldn't stand the shock and their noses started bleeding, thus setting the stage for today's bloodshed.
Actually, Zhang Lei was also feeling a surge of blood rushing to his head, which is normal. They were all young men full of vigor, and most of them were seeing a woman's naked body for the first time. Even half-naked women are very tempting. It's just that all that blood rushing to his head was used up here, and it was a bit of a waste not to use it earlier.
Zhang Lei is slightly better than them in that he can at least control his blood and qi with his internal energy; otherwise, it's hard to say whether he would have also spat out such a stream of qi.
"I can't take it anymore. I really can't stand staying here any longer. Seventh Brother, I'll go with you. Let Ninth Brother stay here and take my place!" Monkey seemed to be a bit too excited. He pulled Seventh Brother towards the front cave. Before leaving, he looked back with a hint of reluctance. Even though Liu Xin was crouching there with her body covered, she couldn't completely hide the radiance emanating from her youthful and beautiful body.
"Sigh, it's a dilemma. I really can't bear to do it. Old Nine, remember, when you're tying someone up, don't tie their hands in front, tie them behind their backs!" He leered at Liu Xin, who was squatting on the ground clutching her chest, and muttered, "Behind their backs, behind their backs... Or should we go later?"