Translator: Kieshi
edited by Mona
It was too tragic. Lai San confessed that he had done a lot of bad things in his life. If the women he tied wanted to escape, he could beat one of them with flesh lacerated from corporal punishment[1] and set an example to other girls. But to really started killing, he hasn’t done it yet.
Although there were not a few people who committed suicide, Yan jiā was not the only family who was destroyed by him.
“Kuāngdāng!”[2]
After the door opened, the light of the flashlight in Lai San’s hands was right in Lin Youde’s eyes. His stinging eyes were sore, he subconsciously covered his face with his hands, and his ax fell to the ground.
Several prime villagers saw what you did, I saw you. Lin Youde was crushed under the weight of others. The elders ran to Lin jiā’s grain storehouse to look for hemp rope, and a group of people tied him up tightly.
They all saw it. In addition to corpses of Lǎo Zhang jiā’s people, there was also Lin Youde’s dìdì Lin Youcai in that place just now. Everyone knew how much he loved his dìdì Lin Youcai and could kill for him. Lin Youde might not be crazy, but it was better to tie him up to prevent him from hurting people again.
“Lai San, why are you here?”
Lin Youde could barely saw things after the bright light. He didn’t pay attention to the actions of those people who wanted to tie him up. He just looked at the suddenly appeared Lai San group with red eyes.
Lai San was also shocked by the bloody scene he saw. He swallowed his saliva and looked at Lin Youde. Why didn’t he find out that this man was mentally ill before?
“You asked me why I came. Didn’t you call me up the mountain?” He felt that Lin Youde’s current state was not right. Even though the other side was firmly bound, he could not help hiding behind the crowd.
“It’s impossible, the signal is gone, and the bridge on the mountain is broken. It’s out of the question.”
Lin Youde was a little confused and muttered to himself. Don’t look at him like this. After confirming that the binding was strong, he also scattered around, dare not approach.
“It’s her, it’s her revenge, it’s her…”
His voice was so light that those people who were so far away that they hardly heard what he said. They merely saw his mouth saying something.
“What’s the matter with you?”
The scene in the room was very tragic, the smell of blood was too strong, and all cut like that. There certainly wouldn’t anyone alive. Everyone locked Lin Youde in the kitchen next door with a large iron chain, and then a group of people hurriedly back out. They dare not stay there any longer. The blood had stained the ground. It was horrifying, ah.
Because of this, they all lost a chance to know the truth.
However, Lin Youde was not allowed to talk at the moment. If then, the villagers won’t believe him either. No matter how absurd the theory of supernatural beings, they did not believe in these things. They said that he could cut his own dìdì into meat paste, and this person was not far from being the madman. Could they believe a lunatic’s words?
Something unfortunate happened to Lin Youde, the most powerful man in this village, and now it was natural for the eldest of the older generation in the village to take charge of the general situation. Lai San, as an observer, was also closely related to the village and was invited to participate.
“Five people are dead, let’s call the police, ah.” An elder started to talk.
This Lǎo Zhang tóu, his sons, and Lin Youcai were different from those bought women. They registered in the permanent population of the village. Five of them died at one time, which couldn’t be concealed.
In particular, Lǎo Zhang tóu had two mèimei, who married to the foot of the mountain, and would visit this dàgē every ten days or half a month. He and three nephews disappeared at once. His two mèimei would not believe it.
Besides, the villagers did not need to hide these things for Lin Youde, ah.
“Can’t call the police.”
Lai San was most afraid of the police. Although in this small county, buying and selling people was a matter that everyone knew, but the so-called official couldn’t raise, the citizen didn’t investigate[3]. The villages here were very united, and the police didn’t not necessarily need to dispatch to the scene of the crime for those women. Even if the police came out, hundreds of villagers would stop them with meat guns[4] to prevent the police from taking them away. How could the police dare to shoot?
Trafficking in women was only be sentenced to seven or eight years, let alone buying, which crime was more intimated. If the police shoot, unless they didn’t want their own police hats.
But everything was not absolute. Lai San thought it was good now, and he didn’t want to deal with the police at all.
The villagers listened to Lai San’s words and the five girls, who in tears behind him, were shocked by the bloody scene, suddenly their sound also died out.
“You can’t call the police, you can’t call the police, ah.”
Lin Youde’s wife rushed in, crying, followed by three little girls.
Although Lin Youde didn’t treat her well, he was also the pillar of the family. If he went in for killing people, how could they let them mother-daughters to live, ah?
“How much money should we lose? How much money should indemnify? Li shū, Lin shū, Gen shū[5], you have grown up looking at Youde. You know what kind of man he is. This time it must be an accident. You can’t send him in, ah.”
Lin Youde’s wife cried loudly, and everyone hesitated after hearing her words.
It’s not because of sympathy, but because of the money mentioned by Lin Youde’s wife.
They all saw it today, how much did they have to pay for hush money?
Five hundred, one thousand, that’s enough money to buy a daughter-in-law. Didn’t people earn money for these things in their lifetime for son, daughter-in-law, and grandson?
Besides, they didn’t kill people. They just treated it as they didn’t see it at all.
Lai San didn’t care about the few kuài, and he didn’t want to be involved in those things. Although the sky was completely dark, he didn’t want to stay here anymore. He immediately took his own people and goods and headed down the mountain. He was not in the mood to do this business for the time being.
“San gē, the bridge down the mountain is broken.”
A little boy rushed back and said to Lai San.
“Mā de[6], wasn’t it okay when you came here? How could it be broken?” Lai San frowned and felt this mood was particularly bad.
“Forget it, I’ll make do with it in this village for a few days. I’ll take good care of the people and go down the mountain as soon as the bridge is finished.” Lai San looked at his mobile phone, and there was no signal. It seemed that he had no choice but to live in the mountain.
“Lai San, you have taken good care of these girls these two days. Don’t let them out. There is a city guest in the mountain who comes to see the sunrise and is shut down by the heavy rain. It would be bad for him to see something.”
Lǎo Gen tóu whispered to him while looking at the five girls he had brought with him.
“Okay, I know.”
Lai San felt that his luck was really back at home, but he was used to all these things and didn’t feel troublesome. Anyway, these women were all tied up tightly, so long as they were locked in the room and guarded by one person no trouble should happen.
Everyone was obviously still scared about the scene we just saw now. They hadn’t discussed how to deal with those corpses and Lin Youde. The sky was getting darker and darker, and they planned to go back and dealt with these problems in the morning.
When Lǎo Gen tóu went back to his house, he still had a glimpse of conscience to look at the room where Yan Chu was staying. The light in the room was off, and he could hear a slight snore.
He was relieved and sighed before walking to his room.
After he left, Yan Chu opened his eyes, took out his mobile phone, and uploaded the compiled things to every major website. He also compiled a small virus. Once these posts deleted, they would be uploaded again. Deleted several times, uploaded several times.
If Lin Youde and Lai San were here at this time, they would be surprised to find that the signal of Yan Chu’s mobile phone was full.
*****
【It’s terrible, I wake up and was frightened in the middle of the night】
【Identified, no PS[7] trace in the picture】
On the Internet, there was a post that was constantly continuously being forwarded and commented on. The article described the crime in a poor county called Lixian from a spectator position, especially in a small village called Wude Village. The crimes of buying and selling women, forcing women to have a relationship, murders … and so on were startling.
Especially with the article’s several pictures. Flesh and blood everywhere, as well as for a man holding an ax standing in the middle of flesh and blood.
Surrounded by villagers, a few girls who were suddenly bound, everything, no doubt stimulated the nerves of netizens.
【Bogus. I’m from Lixian. Although we are poor there, the traditions are very guileless】
【I am also from Lixian. I am sorry. Actually, I always knew that there was such a sinful transaction in our village. The villages had each other, and if the girls who abducted fled, more than a dozen people in the village would help to find them. The station, the hotel, and the whole county were their eyes, and the police did not want to be in charge of it. I did not dare to save the girls, so I chose to leave my hometown. I haven’t been back for ten years. I think it’s become more and more rampant. But I didn’t expect that there are murderers like those in the picture. I sincerely hope that the government can take charge of them.】
【Wō cǎo[8], the one who was tied in red was my cousin. She went out to buy vegetables last week and never came back. My aunt and her husband were crazy. Especially my uncle, who was not in good health, is still in the intensive care unit for observation. Those traffickers all deserve to die. Thank you, blogger. I want to tell my aunt that our family will go to Lixian to find my cousin immediately. If something happens to my cousin, I killed all the people in that village, even if I lost my life.】
Not know if it’s an accident or a coincidence, the girls’ faces were a little blurred, but their clothes were all very distinct. The parents who had lost their daughters paid exceptional attention to the information on the Internet. It was almost not long before three of the five girls recognized by their families.
For a while, the Internet was boiling. What did this mean? This post was true. There was such a small county town that indulged in population trades. The man in the picture was just a new generation of murderers, ah. If they let him lived, he would kill more people.
On this night, the police hotlines of various localities exploded. In Qingzhou City, where Lixian located, and Yichuan Province, where Qingzhou City located, all the leaders of the police force and Propaganda Department were woken up from their beds all night long. They also knew at this time that such evils happened in their jurisdiction. In one night’s effort, the scandal spread all over the country, even because it was too horrifying, it had been translated and spread abroad for a long time.
If this was not handled properly, it would become an international scandal, ah.
The police, the armed forces, and countless ordinary people, who couldn’t find their missing daughters, coming here with hope before dawn, this small county of Lixian became crowded.
The villagers of Wude Village and Lai San still immersed in their land of dreams.
*****
“Bai Mei, have you seen the news?”
At two o’clock in the morning, when freshmen were just starting school, the former high school students who were excited about university life didn’t even sleep at all.
Looking at the news from WeChat, Bai Mei was curious. It was from her high school classmate Yu Chuchu.
What news? She wasn’t interested in those things and was too lazy to open them up.
“Lixian, it’s Lixian. Do you remember where Yan Yin disappeared? What should we do? We seem to have made a big mistake.”
The other party’s message continued to come. Bai Mei looked at the two familiar words, her heart was tight, and she quickly clicked on the link that the other party had just sent to her but did not open.
[1] 皮开肉绽 [pí kāi ròu zhàn]: flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom); severe injuries; brutal torture
[2] 哐当 [kuāngdāng]: (onom.) clang; clatter; bang; crash; clank
[3] 官不举民不纠 [guān bù jǔ mín bù jiǔ]: official couldn’t raise, the citizen didn’t investigate; (T/N: I think these words have similar meaning with 民不举，官不究 [mín bù jǔ guān bù jiū]: the citizen can’t raise, the official doesn’t investigate; although the parties did not submit a request for prosecution to the authorities, the authorities should not pursue them)
[4] 肉枪 [ròu qiāng]: meat guns (T/N: I think it’s meaning is something like a human shield)
[5] 叔 [shū]: uncle; father’s younger brother; husband’s younger brother
[6] 妈的 [mā de]: f*ck!; sh*t!; d*mn!
[7] PS: Adobe Photoshop
[8] 窝草 [wō cǎo]: grass nest; homonym with 我肏 [wǒ cào]: lit. f*ck me!; holy sh*t!
Translator: Kieshi
edited by Mona
It was too tragic. Lai San confessed that he had done a lot of bad things in his life. If the women he tied wanted to escape, he could beat one of them with flesh lacerated from corporal punishment[1] and set an example to other girls. But to really started killing, he hasn’t done it yet.
Although there were not a few people who committed suicide, Yan jiā was not the only family who was destroyed by him.
“Kuāngdāng!”[2]
After the door opened, the light of the flashlight in Lai San’s hands was right in Lin Youde’s eyes. His stinging eyes were sore, he subconsciously covered his face with his hands, and his ax fell to the ground.
Several prime villagers saw what you did, I saw you. Lin Youde was crushed under the weight of others. The elders ran to Lin jiā’s grain storehouse to look for hemp rope, and a group of people tied him up tightly.
They all saw it. In addition to corpses of Lǎo Zhang jiā’s people, there was also Lin Youde’s dìdì Lin Youcai in that place just now. Everyone knew how much he loved his dìdì Lin Youcai and could kill for him. Lin Youde might not be crazy, but it was better to tie him up to prevent him from hurting people again.
“Lai San, why are you here?”
Lin Youde could barely saw things after the bright light. He didn’t pay attention to the actions of those people who wanted to tie him up. He just looked at the suddenly appeared Lai San group with red eyes.
Lai San was also shocked by the bloody scene he saw. He swallowed his saliva and looked at Lin Youde. Why didn’t he find out that this man was mentally ill before?
“You asked me why I came. Didn’t you call me up the mountain?” He felt that Lin Youde’s current state was not right. Even though the other side was firmly bound, he could not help hiding behind the crowd.
“It’s impossible, the signal is gone, and the bridge on the mountain is broken. It’s out of the question.”
Lin Youde was a little confused and muttered to himself. Don’t look at him like this. After confirming that the binding was strong, he also scattered around, dare not approach.
“It’s her, it’s her revenge, it’s her…”
His voice was so light that those people who were so far away that they hardly heard what he said. They merely saw his mouth saying something.
“What’s the matter with you?”
The scene in the room was very tragic, the smell of blood was too strong, and all cut like that. There certainly wouldn’t anyone alive. Everyone locked Lin Youde in the kitchen next door with a large iron chain, and then a group of people hurriedly back out. They dare not stay there any longer. The blood had stained the ground. It was horrifying, ah.
Because of this, they all lost a chance to know the truth.
However, Lin Youde was not allowed to talk at the moment. If then, the villagers won’t believe him either. No matter how absurd the theory of supernatural beings, they did not believe in these things. They said that he could cut his own dìdì into meat paste, and this person was not far from being the madman. Could they believe a lunatic’s words?
Something unfortunate happened to Lin Youde, the most powerful man in this village, and now it was natural for the eldest of the older generation in the village to take charge of the general situation. Lai San, as an observer, was also closely related to the village and was invited to participate.
“Five people are dead, let’s call the police, ah.” An elder started to talk.
This Lǎo Zhang tóu, his sons, and Lin Youcai were different from those bought women. They registered in the permanent population of the village. Five of them died at one time, which couldn’t be concealed.
In particular, Lǎo Zhang tóu had two mèimei, who married to the foot of the mountain, and would visit this dàgē every ten days or half a month. He and three nephews disappeared at once. His two mèimei would not believe it.
Besides, the villagers did not need to hide these things for Lin Youde, ah.
“Can’t call the police.”
Lai San was most afraid of the police. Although in this small county, buying and selling people was a matter that everyone knew, but the so-called official couldn’t raise, the citizen didn’t investigate[3]. The villages here were very united, and the police didn’t not necessarily need to dispatch to the scene of the crime for those women. Even if the police came out, hundreds of villagers would stop them with meat guns[4] to prevent the police from taking them away. How could the police dare to shoot?
Trafficking in women was only be sentenced to seven or eight years, let alone buying, which crime was more intimated. If the police shoot, unless they didn’t want their own police hats.
But everything was not absolute. Lai San thought it was good now, and he didn’t want to deal with the police at all.
The villagers listened to Lai San’s words and the five girls, who in tears behind him, were shocked by the bloody scene, suddenly their sound also died out.
“You can’t call the police, you can’t call the police, ah.”
Lin Youde’s wife rushed in, crying, followed by three little girls.
Although Lin Youde didn’t treat her well, he was also the pillar of the family. If he went in for killing people, how could they let them mother-daughters to live, ah?
“How much money should we lose? How much money should indemnify? Li shū, Lin shū, Gen shū[5], you have grown up looking at Youde. You know what kind of man he is. This time it must be an accident. You can’t send him in, ah.”
Lin Youde’s wife cried loudly, and everyone hesitated after hearing her words.
It’s not because of sympathy, but because of the money mentioned by Lin Youde’s wife.
They all saw it today, how much did they have to pay for hush money?
Five hundred, one thousand, that’s enough money to buy a daughter-in-law. Didn’t people earn money for these things in their lifetime for son, daughter-in-law, and grandson?
Besides, they didn’t kill people. They just treated it as they didn’t see it at all.
Lai San didn’t care about the few kuài, and he didn’t want to be involved in those things. Although the sky was completely dark, he didn’t want to stay here anymore. He immediately took his own people and goods and headed down the mountain. He was not in the mood to do this business for the time being.
“San gē, the bridge down the mountain is broken.”
A little boy rushed back and said to Lai San.
“Mā de[6], wasn’t it okay when you came here? How could it be broken?” Lai San frowned and felt this mood was particularly bad.
“Forget it, I’ll make do with it in this village for a few days. I’ll take good care of the people and go down the mountain as soon as the bridge is finished.” Lai San looked at his mobile phone, and there was no signal. It seemed that he had no choice but to live in the mountain.
“Lai San, you have taken good care of these girls these two days. Don’t let them out. There is a city guest in the mountain who comes to see the sunrise and is shut down by the heavy rain. It would be bad for him to see something.”
Lǎo Gen tóu whispered to him while looking at the five girls he had brought with him.
“Okay, I know.”
Lai San felt that his luck was really back at home, but he was used to all these things and didn’t feel troublesome. Anyway, these women were all tied up tightly, so long as they were locked in the room and guarded by one person no trouble should happen.
Everyone was obviously still scared about the scene we just saw now. They hadn’t discussed how to deal with those corpses and Lin Youde. The sky was getting darker and darker, and they planned to go back and dealt with these problems in the morning.
When Lǎo Gen tóu went back to his house, he still had a glimpse of conscience to look at the room where Yan Chu was staying. The light in the room was off, and he could hear a slight snore.
He was relieved and sighed before walking to his room.
After he left, Yan Chu opened his eyes, took out his mobile phone, and uploaded the compiled things to every major website. He also compiled a small virus. Once these posts deleted, they would be uploaded again. Deleted several times, uploaded several times.
If Lin Youde and Lai San were here at this time, they would be surprised to find that the signal of Yan Chu’s mobile phone was full.
*****
【It’s terrible, I wake up and was frightened in the middle of the night】
【Identified, no PS[7] trace in the picture】
On the Internet, there was a post that was constantly continuously being forwarded and commented on. The article described the crime in a poor county called Lixian from a spectator position, especially in a small village called Wude Village. The crimes of buying and selling women, forcing women to have a relationship, murders … and so on were startling.
Especially with the article’s several pictures. Flesh and blood everywhere, as well as for a man holding an ax standing in the middle of flesh and blood.
Surrounded by villagers, a few girls who were suddenly bound, everything, no doubt stimulated the nerves of netizens.
【Bogus. I’m from Lixian. Although we are poor there, the traditions are very guileless】
【I am also from Lixian. I am sorry. Actually, I always knew that there was such a sinful transaction in our village. The villages had each other, and if the girls who abducted fled, more than a dozen people in the village would help to find them. The station, the hotel, and the whole county were their eyes, and the police did not want to be in charge of it. I did not dare to save the girls, so I chose to leave my hometown. I haven’t been back for ten years. I think it’s become more and more rampant. But I didn’t expect that there are murderers like those in the picture. I sincerely hope that the government can take charge of them.】
【Wō cǎo[8], the one who was tied in red was my cousin. She went out to buy vegetables last week and never came back. My aunt and her husband were crazy. Especially my uncle, who was not in good health, is still in the intensive care unit for observation. Those traffickers all deserve to die. Thank you, blogger. I want to tell my aunt that our family will go to Lixian to find my cousin immediately. If something happens to my cousin, I killed all the people in that village, even if I lost my life.】
Not know if it’s an accident or a coincidence, the girls’ faces were a little blurred, but their clothes were all very distinct. The parents who had lost their daughters paid exceptional attention to the information on the Internet. It was almost not long before three of the five girls recognized by their families.
For a while, the Internet was boiling. What did this mean? This post was true. There was such a small county town that indulged in population trades. The man in the picture was just a new generation of murderers, ah. If they let him lived, he would kill more people.
On this night, the police hotlines of various localities exploded. In Qingzhou City, where Lixian located, and Yichuan Province, where Qingzhou City located, all the leaders of the police force and Propaganda Department were woken up from their beds all night long. They also knew at this time that such evils happened in their jurisdiction. In one night’s effort, the scandal spread all over the country, even because it was too horrifying, it had been translated and spread abroad for a long time.
If this was not handled properly, it would become an international scandal, ah.
The police, the armed forces, and countless ordinary people, who couldn’t find their missing daughters, coming here with hope before dawn, this small county of Lixian became crowded.
The villagers of Wude Village and Lai San still immersed in their land of dreams.
*****
“Bai Mei, have you seen the news?”
At two o’clock in the morning, when freshmen were just starting school, the former high school students who were excited about university life didn’t even sleep at all.
Looking at the news from WeChat, Bai Mei was curious. It was from her high school classmate Yu Chuchu.
What news? She wasn’t interested in those things and was too lazy to open them up.
“Lixian, it’s Lixian. Do you remember where Yan Yin disappeared? What should we do? We seem to have made a big mistake.”
The other party’s message continued to come. Bai Mei looked at the two familiar words, her heart was tight, and she quickly clicked on the link that the other party had just sent to her but did not open.
[1] 皮开肉绽 [pí kāi ròu zhàn]: flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom); severe injuries; brutal torture
[2] 哐当 [kuāngdāng]: (onom.) clang; clatter; bang; crash; clank
[3] 官不举民不纠 [guān bù jǔ mín bù jiǔ]: official couldn’t raise, the citizen didn’t investigate; (T/N: I think these words have similar meaning with 民不举，官不究 [mín bù jǔ guān bù jiū]: the citizen can’t raise, the official doesn’t investigate; although the parties did not submit a request for prosecution to the authorities, the authorities should not pursue them)
[4] 肉枪 [ròu qiāng]: meat guns (T/N: I think it’s meaning is something like a human shield)
[5] 叔 [shū]: uncle; father’s younger brother; husband’s younger brother
[6] 妈的 [mā de]: f*ck!; sh*t!; d*mn!
[7] PS: Adobe Photoshop
[8] 窝草 [wō cǎo]: grass nest; homonym with 我肏 [wǒ cào]: lit. f*ck me!; holy sh*t!
