Chapter 172 They were killed
"The reason I didn't speak immediately just now was because I couldn't think of an example..." Dongsheng twitched the corner of his mouth sadly.
“There are so many examples that come to mind at once, and I don’t know which one I should talk about first.”
There was no sound in the cave for a long time.
It was Shen Dinghai who spoke first, "I don't think I should listen to these contents." He covered his face with his hands, "I don't deserve to hear it!"
Only after Wu Pannan pulled his hand off did everyone see his tearful face clearly.
Wu Pannan snorted and took back his hand, "You are so sympathetic to women's situation, you are actually a woman!"
"I don't believe that any man can feel the same way for a woman."
Dongsheng was silent for a long time.
Ran Ran tried her best to lower her voice, "Is the situation getting worse as it develops now?"
Dongsheng nodded and looked at Wu Pannan, "When this young lady lived, there were many people who sold or even killed their daughters because their families were poor."
Shen Dinghai's hair stood on end when he heard this, "Is there anyone here?"
Dongsheng lowered his eyes, "Every household said they got lost while out playing, accidentally fell off the mountain, accidentally fell into the river and were washed away..."
"But everyone knows in their hearts..."
"They were killed."
"Killed by his own brothers, parents, and relatives."
"We can still know about the 'accidental' deaths of these children who have grown up, but what about those children who were drowned in the river by their families just after they were born..."
Shen Dinghai rubbed the goosebumps on his body, "Hell, you have to call me big brother when you see Good Village! It's so inhumane!"
"I won't talk about my father, but the mothers of these girls are willing to give up?!"
Wu Pannan sneered, "Reluctant to let go...I'm just an example!"
Dongsheng started to cry again, "They... so many mothers, they don't have this concept. They have accepted the same concept as men for a long time."
"Boys are good, girls are not important, so throwing away girls is like throwing away a useless object."
Ran Ran looked at Shen Dinghai, "To put it simply, the women who gave birth in the village were thoroughly brainwashed and therefore became accomplices, even if they killed their own children and were of the same sex."
Dongsheng fell into memories, "Things started to change after I was born."
"After you were born? Why do you say that?"
"People in the village don't know that I am actually the last girl in the village."
Surprise flashed in Ran Ran's eyes, "The last girl? Hasn't there been another girl born in the village in the past ten years?"
Dongsheng nodded slightly, "Maybe it's retribution."
"In the past, many girls were born in the village every year, but they were not taken seriously by their families and [disappeared unexpectedly]. Gradually, the number of newborn baby girls in the village began to decrease, until there were none."
"I'm the last one."
Wu Pannan paused in a rare speech, "I only thought it was because too many girls were killed in the village, but I didn't expect that there was another reason: not being able to give birth..."
"This is naked retribution!" Her beautiful eyes flashed with pleasure, "You deserve it!"
Ran Ran shook her head gently, "This is not something to be happy about."
Wu Pannan couldn't believe it, "Is it necessary for a girl to be born in this village and suffer?"
"In this disgusting environment, it would be a blessing not to be born!"
"But such an extreme situation of more men than women will make Good Village extend its claws to more women, such as those outside the village."
Ranran looked at Dongsheng, "Abduction and trafficking should happen under such circumstances, right?" "Yes." Dongsheng closed his eyes in pain, "Seeing that there are more and more men in the village who cannot marry wives, the village chief I thought of a way to abduct girls from other places into the village.”
"And as far away from those girls' homes as possible."
Dongsheng's hands gripped the cold ground, rubbing out a little blood, "Yunxiang's hometown..."
"You can see the sea."
She can see the endless blue sea of her hometown and the mountains and forests far inland. Yunxiang is too far away from her home.
Everyone was filled with emotions for a moment.
"By the time I was born, the living conditions for girls in the village had become increasingly difficult, so my mother thought of dressing me up as a boy and letting me live as a boy. In this way, although I would have to live with fear and caution every day, it would be better than that of a girl. The situation is much better.”
Ranran's clear eyes penetrated Dongsheng like a sharp sword.
"So you have a guilty conscience."
"Whenever you see the plight of other girls in the village, your guilt deepens."
"Obviously you are the same as them, but you are living a much better life. This feeling of guilt reached its peak after you met Yunxiang."
"Because Yunxiang is more innocent than the girls in the village. She doesn't even belong to this disgusting place at all, but she still has to endure this pain."
Dongsheng sat slumped on the ground, seemingly acquiescing to everything.
Ran Ran clenched her fists, "But you are so guilty, and you still haven't taken any action? Even an unsuccessful attempt?"
"Have you never thought about changing this?"
Dongsheng remained silent in panic, and then she shook her head very slightly under Ran Ran's gaze.
"...I'm afraid...I'm too weak and can't change..."
Ran Ran wanted to speak again, but Wu Pannan stopped her and said, "That's enough. I know you are angry but she is also a victim."
Dongsheng continued under the gaze of everyone: "I grew up pretending to be a boy. I can't remember how old I was when an old man with a flowing white beard and a little girl came to the village."
"The villagers respect them and call them masters."
"One of them should be Master Ruan."
Shen Dinghai said directly without thinking: "That must be that old man! Who would call a little girl master!"
Wu Pannan signaled Shen Dinghai with his eyes, "In front of the little girl, you can try again."
Shen Dinghai scratched his head, "My cousin is a special case! I've only seen one magician as young as my cousin!"
Wu Pannan said disdainfully: "Speak as if you have seen many magicians!"
"I've seen a lot of them! The head of the Chengtian Sect, the old man named Li and Master Mei. I can barely count myself as one of the perverts named Qin."
"What is reluctance? Qin Yan should be the most upright and authentic magician among these!" Wu Pannan glared at Shen Dinghai, seeming to be suffocated by his retarded speech.
Shen Dinghai muttered, "I really don't understand. Qin Yan almost killed you, but if I hadn't stepped forward in time, my life would have been lost, and yet I'm still praising him..."
"A woman's heart is like a needle in the sea!"
"Don't think that I can't hear what you are mumbling. I am the most objective person. Even if Qin Yan wants to kill me, I can still make an objective evaluation. Unlike some people, who make no sense when it comes to their emotions."
Shen Dinghai blinked innocently, "This person you are talking about is not me, right?"
Wu Pannan snorted, "Whoever is doubting himself now is the one I'm talking about."
Shen Dinghai was stunned for a while and then realized, "Aren't you still talking about me?"
