Volume 4 Chapter 74 (1/2)
TL: Reminder, ANY form of suffixes used will be denoted with a ' or - (e.g. Xiao' Ling or Jian-ge); and for more information about them, check the Glossary at the bottom of the page.
I slightly took longer to TL this chapter as i went back and forth proofreading it -3-. Dayum...
Volume 4, Chapter 74: Being Kidnapped
TL: flarewk
”It hurts.....”
Slowly waking up from the darkness with my head still having that giddy sensation, I stretched my hand out to feel the back of my head, and there's a piece of obvious swell atop of it. Such gigantic b.u.mps like that, I really had no idea how long it'll take for it to be gone.
Slightly rearranging my thoughts next, I should have been knocked unconscious by someone, and before I fainted......oh c.r.a.p, Xiao' Ling, I'll need to hurry up and locate Xiao' Ling's father to explain the situation.....
Slowly lifting my body up, I suddenly realized that my legs couldn't move that naturally like usual; it's probably being tied up by something. And as I used my hands to touch it, it gave an icy cold feeling to the touch. It's metallic....probably iron I guess....
My legs were being restrained by iron chains.....
Then that means, after I've been knocked unconscious I wasn't being left at that spot, but was being kidnapped together with Xiao' Ling....but what kind of worth do I possess to be kidnapped at all!
”Anybody here?”
I gave off a little sound, but no one replied me.
”Any! Body! Here!”
I continued to raise my volume, and exerted my entire body's strength to roar out loudly, hopefully someone would be able to hear it.
”Luo pa cha na!”
A sound coming from an unknownst direction responded to me, but that wasn't chinese at all, so I completely couldn't understand the meaning of it, plus.....this kind of p.r.o.nunciation doesn't seem to sound like english too; my midterm's english papers results weren't that bad, it's at least what I've studied all by myself, so it's still possible for me to distinguish it out roughly.....those people who kidnapped Xiao' Ling and me were from what country exactly......
”Jian-ge.....cough, cough...”
Just when I was engrossed in deep thought, Xiao' Ling's frail voice resounded from right behind me, she even coughed twice, and from Xiao' Ling's voice I can even tell that her condition right now wasn't that good, and it could even be said to be rather terrible.
”Xiao' Ling......how are you right now?”
”Terrible, I'm really thirsty....are there any water?”
”Let me ask.....water! Are there any water!!”
I roared loudly towards outside, but, the same foreign sentence that I still didn't understand at all responded towards me.
”Luo pa cha na!”
”Ah kua! Ah kua!”
After Xiao' Ling heard that, she roared a foreign tongue towards outside as well, and in a short moment, a man with a very distinct western facial features walked in, and because the light here was rather dull, I couldn't see him quite clearly. His strong arm carried a flask of water, and after he casually flung it towards my feet he grumbled as he left us.
”Xiao' Ling.......they are?”
”Don't ask first, let me drink a few sips before saying.”
I threw the flask of water towards Xiao' Ling, and she 'gu-lu-gu-lu' drank quite a few mouthfuls of it before stopping. After she had finished drinking she wiped her mouth, before flinging the flask of water back towards me.
”Jian-ge, you too drink a little as well....if I'm right, they should be italian people.”
Xiao' Ling gave off a sigh, and also attempted to move her legs; the sound of metal chains rubbing against each other then resounded, so Xiao' Ling's also tied up huh......
”Then....what should we do, will we be.......”
”They won't, they captured me only to threaten Lao bà, or to obtain some kind of benefit; as to them, killing us won't provide any sorts of benefits at all, but will only cause detriment.”
So they won't want our lives huh.....that's good then, it's considered to be the only fortunate thing out of the entire misfortune.
”Let's just first calm down and think of a plan, my head's quite dizzy....ayy....I'll first sleep for a while then.”
”Jian-ge....why do I feel that you're rather calm, so you had any plan in mind?”
”Calm? I've just a little used to being imprisoned, that's all.”
I alone had been imprisoned by Xiao' Yu for nearly half a month, not even having a person to talk to at all, can't I not be used to it? I just only thought that panicking in this kind of environment won't be of any use at all, so it's might as well that we rest our spirits to look for a way to escape.
”Can't believe that you could even get used to this.......”
In the darkness, although I can't see Xiao' Ling's face clearly, but I can tell from her tone that she's extremely agonized, and thinking carefully, it's quite true too. Forget about me, Xiao' Ling's still rather small, and being locked up in an unknown place yet still being able to retain her sanity like this would be rather impressive already.
”Don't worry, wasn't I still around here?”
What I can only do right now, is to rea.s.sure Xiao' Ling already.
”It's all my fault......I didn't listen to Lao bà's and Jian-ge's advice, letting even Jian-ge to be....I'm sorry.”
Xiao' Ling remorsefully blamed herself as she apologized towards me, I didn't think that she would apologize, so this could be considered to be a form of maturity then.
”No, it's my fault, blame me for not looking well after you.”
It's best to let me carry the burden of this mistake, since Xiao' Ling's still rather small, it's really out of me to let her be burdened with this, and even if I know that it's clearly her fault....I still prefer that slightly cheekier Xiao' Ling a little, as that's the kind of atmosphere that a girl of her age would have.
”Thanks....Jian-ge, you're so gentle......”
”I've always been gentle!”
I vainly laughed that out, as it would be better to slightly liven up the atmosphere.
”Umm.....Jian-ge, I'm a little cold.....can you please hug me?”
Xiao' Ling dragged those metal chains as she walked towards me, but the chain's distance limited her movements; she could only stop at a point not far from me.
”I'm still rather hot right now though.....”
Dragging the metal chains on my leg, I approached Xiao' Ling, and embraced her rather childish body into my arms. Her body temperature's slightly a little low, it's probably a fever....
Just like that hugging her for a little while, me and Xiao' Ling then laid onto the floor, and I started to a.n.a.lyze together with Xiao' Ling on our current situation.
Firstly I discussed about the date's issue with Xiao' Ling, I wasn't sure how long it had been after I've been knocked unconscious, and Xiao' Ling wasn't clear on that either, she only awakened after my loud ruckus earlier on roaring whether there was anybody here or not.
Right now at where we were being held at, it's probably a warehouse, and on the rooftop of the warehouse there's a window, while the four corners of the walls only had one ventilator, it was being sealed up by metal grills.
After me and Xiao' Ling had woken up, the time roughly was night hours, and the reason for the dull lighting was due to that too, and when I wanted water earlier, that guy outside was using italian words asking me to be quiet, which showed that he was sleeping, and that means, it's late night hours currently.
It's rather quiet outside of here, there's only the tiny negligible sounds of insects chirping; it wasn't that sort of rather distinct shrilling from the city, which means that it should be the suburbs right here.
The next day, morning.
I feel that the person who imprisoned us, is really very inhumane, can't they learn from Xiao' Yu at all, there's not a bed here at all, and forget about the bed, at least there should be a toilet provided right!
After waking up in the morning, I've been enduring it till I was panicking, I can't possibly just resolve it that anyhow around here right, it doesn't really matter for me, but the problem would be Xiao' Ling....if it's a girl, these kind of things they normally would be rather embarra.s.sed to do so.
When it's daylight, the light became rather filling, and so I surveilled around this warehouse once again.