CHAPTER 577: CHAPTER 576 THE FLOWERS HAVE WITHERED

"If I want to run alone, I can definitely escape. They can’t always guard against me, but Binbin is too small. If I take him with me, I definitely can’t escape..." Zheng Min said.

Her tone was flat, as if she were talking about something that happened to someone else.

"Then you... Then you could run first and then find someone to help," Taozi whispered.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Min glanced at her, her expression complex.

"Little girl, you’re really naive," Zheng Min said with a smile.

Clearly, she was younger than Taozi, but when she spoke, it seemed entirely natural.

"After I’ve escaped, found help, whether Binbin rescued is alive or whole, that’s hard to say..."

"Do you know that besides animal performances, there are some shows with dwarfs and malformed people in the circus?"

Taozi turned pale at these words. "You mean those people... those people..."

"Some are congenital, some are not. Doing this, they naturally have ways to control them..."

"You know that physical defects easily lead to psychological ones, especially in such environments. They’re a bunch of devils in human skin, who don’t show any mercy to those who share our fate..."

"Do you know what it’s like to put people into a boiling pot of oil? It tastes no different from frying chicken or pork chops, smells very fragrant..."

Hearing this, Taozi felt a bit nauseous and frightened, quietly hiding behind Shen Siyuan, too scared to look at Zheng Min.

Because when Zheng Min spoke, her tone was icy, devoid of emotion, sending chills down one’s spine.

Seeing Taozi hide behind Shen Siyuan, Zheng Min turned her gaze back to Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan’s expression remained calm, unaffected by Zheng Min’s words.

Noticing Shen Siyuan watching her, Zheng Min suddenly felt uneasy, and the hostility from her memories receded like the tide.

"Did they put people in the boiling oil?" Shen Siyuan asked solemnly.

Zheng Min nodded.

"Live people?"

Zheng Min nodded again.

This was not just bad, but evil, the purest form of evil.

"Who died?" Shen Siyuan continued to ask.

"A dwarf, right in front of me, they stuffed him into the boiling oil. Since then, I’ve given up the idea of escaping..."

Zheng Min struggled to keep her tone calm, but no matter how hard she tried, Shen Siyuan could still hear the fear in her voice.

"How did you die?" Shen Siyuan asked.

"My death was completely an accident. While I was alive, I could protect Binbin, but now that I’m dead, his days won’t be easy. The circus won’t let him eat and drink for free; they’ll squeeze every bit of value from him..."

"I’ve been dead for a while now, and he’s in danger. Over the years, because I protected him, his character has become somewhat weak, which is no good. They’ll devour him until there’s nothing left. I’m most worried they’ll harm Binbin and turn him into a tool for sympathy..."

At this moment, Taozi peeked out from behind Shen Siyuan, cautiously looked at Zheng Min.

Zheng Min seemed to know what she wanted to ask, glanced at her and said, "The reason I could survive and protect Binbin was because the man I was with was the son of the ringmaster, the one who originally assaulted me. His name is Little Qiao..."

"The ringmaster is called Old Qiao; I don’t know his real name. He named the circus Qiao’er Buwei, but I heard from the troupe that he picked such a name because it sounds classy, not because it’s his real name..."

"Is Old Qiao a foreigner?" Shen Siyuan asked in surprise.

Because if he weren’t a foreigner, Zheng Min wouldn’t think the circus’s name was Old Qiao’s name.

"He claims to have foreign ancestry," Zheng Min said.

"So, can you help me out? Just make a phone call..." Zheng Min once again showed a pleading look.

"Sure," Shen Siyuan agreed without hesitation this time.

"Thank you," Zheng Min said softly.

She bit her lip slightly, then said, "But I don’t have anything to repay you with."

"Helping you is the best reward for me," Shen Siyuan said.

Zheng Min was puzzled but didn’t ask further, instead turned her head to look at the sea and murmured, "Have the flowers already withered?"

Shen Siyuan didn’t disturb her, nor did he take her into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Instead, he took Taozi’s hand and said, "Let’s go, let’s check out the circus."

Taozi glanced at Zheng Min, hurriedly took a few steps to catch up with Shen Siyuan.

"Aren’t we going to call the police?" Taozi asked.

"Can you guarantee that everything she said is true?" Shen Siyuan retorted.

"Whether true or not, we... We should report to the police first. Just going like this, won’t it be too dangerous?" Taozi said anxiously.

Shen Siyuan looked back at her and just smiled slightly.

Taozi, unlike Ruan Hongzhuang, still didn’t quite understand Shen Siyuan’s true ability.

"Don’t worry, with me here, there won’t be any danger. I didn’t call the police because I wanted to see if those people, those crippled, are worth saving." Shen Siyuan said.

"You’re right, with you here, what do I have to be afraid of?"

Thinking about Shen Siyuan’s various miracles, Taozi regained her confidence.

The two left the beach and returned to Binhai Square, where Taozi washed the sand off her feet with a faucet nearby, and put her shoes back on.

But during this, she frequently looked back towards Zheng Min’s direction.

It was unclear whether it was due to the dim light at night or the distance being too far, Zheng Min had disappeared on the beach without a trace, and even the conspicuous lion was also gone.

However, she didn’t dwell on it, instead turning to Shen Siyuan and asking, "Was she really accidentally dead?"

"You can see it?" Shen Siyuan asked.

Taozi nodded.

"If you can see it, then she’s definitely not dead by accident, she just doesn’t want to say," Shen Siyuan said.

"That’s what I thought too. Wait, are you complimenting me?"

"Yeah, what else?"

"→_→, don’t think I can’t tell, you’re calling me stupid."

"You know that, and you still ask?"

At his words, Taozi feigned anger, clenched her fists as if to hit him, but her hand paused in mid-air and then withdrew, turning deflated, her face full of sadness.

"Do you think, in this world, there are really such bad people?" she asked softly.

Clearly, she was thinking again about what Zheng Min had said.

Shen Siyuan shook his head.

Seeing this, Taozi looked at him with some surprise.

"If what she said is true, then those people are not just simply bad..."

"Let’s go." Shen Siyuan took Taozi’s hand and walked straight toward the circus tent.

At this time, there was no one outside the circus, only the sounds of astonishment and laughter emanating from the huge tent.

Who would have thought that this circus, which brings laughter and joy, hides such deep darkness behind it?

PS: A bit stuck on the writing, just one Chapter today, I’ll make up for it tomorrow.