Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1178 - 374 Attracted Big Trouble

Chapter 1178: Chapter 374 Attracted Big Trouble

The textile mill was divided into the front courtyard and the back courtyard; the front courtyard was the main place for spinning, weaving, dyeing, and drying fabric, whereas the two rows of houses in the back were where the workers ate and slept.

As a manager, Manager Gou had a big room to himself, while ordinary workers had to sleep in large communal bunks, squeezing twenty or so people into a small room barely three zhang in length and width. The conditions for the children brought in to do odd jobs were even worse—not only were they mixed-gender accommodations, but the number of people crammed into those rooms was twice that of the ordinary workers.

Fourth Master Shi was just an ordinary worker, but he was lucky enough to have a brother-in-law who was a manager, so he also had a small room to himself. Though it wasn’t as spacious and bright as Manager Gou’s, it wasn’t bad at all.

Whenever evil desires took over, Fourth Master Shi would sneak into the neighboring room where the children slept, grabbing whoever he could and dragging them to his room to abuse as he pleased. Over the years, the number of children he had harmed might not have reached a hundred, but it surely was fifty, and some who couldn’t stand the humiliation and resisted him ended up being tortured to death by him. It was sheer luck that Si Nier managed to survive and escape.

The atrocities committed by Fourth Master Shi were known to everyone in the textile mill, and it wasn’t like nobody had tried to "meddle in others’ affairs," but every meddler ended up meeting a grim fate. As time passed, no one else dared to intervene, and amidst everyone’s silence, Fourth Master Shi’s bestial nature became even more unrestrained.

The workers cursed the malicious Fourth Master Shi countless times in their hearts, wishing God would take him away earlier, so he would no longer harm those innocent children. But it seemed as though God truly did not see, for not only did God not take Fourth Master Shi away, he didn’t even come down with a sneeze or an illness all year round.

As time wore on, people came to believe the old adage: "Good folks don’t live long, disasters linger for a thousand years!" But now, what did they see? They saw Fourth Master Shi lying stiffly on the bed, stark naked. What was terrifying was that his entire body was pitch-black, showing not a hint of his original skin color, except for his eyes which were wide open, showing boundless terror in his unblinking gaze.

The most horrifying thing was, coiling on his chest were a few little snakes, hissing and flicking their tongues. Seeing them barge in, the little snakes hissed fiercely, flicking their tongues at them. Their vivid colors, their sharply triangular heads, and the tragic way Fourth Master Shi died, all indicated that these were extremely venomous Poisonous Snakes!

Anyone with eyes could tell how Fourth Master Shi died; he was clearly bitten to death by Poisonous Snakes!

Manager Gou was so frightened he went pale, not daring to take a step closer. He grabbed a worker at random and pushed him toward the bed, "Quick, kill these snakes, kill these snakes—"

As scared as Manager Gou was, how could the workers not be frightened? The worker who was almost pushed onto the bed backed away in terror, turned around, and screamed as he ran out, "I won’t do it, I won’t do it even if I die, these snakes are transformed by wronged spirits, they’re here to seek revenge on Fourth Master Shi, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die—"

This statement was like a drop of water in a boiling pot of oil, quickly exploding among the workers. They snapped out of their trance, their legs going weak as they rushed out, "The wronged spirits are here for retribution, they’ve come for Fourth Master Shi, run, everyone run!"

The dozens of workers who were unable to squeeze in from the outskirts had no idea what was happening inside. When they heard others shouting "the wronged spirits are here for retribution," they were petrified, no longer caring whether it was true or not, they hurriedly followed the others in the scramble to get out.

However, with nearly two hundred workers in the textile mill, this sudden rush to escape caused more chaos, where they shoved and jostled each other, making it even harder to get out. Manager Gou was filled with both hatred and fear, and he raised his voice to threaten loudly, "Don’t go, no one is to leave, everyone come back and kill the snakes, or I will make you regret it!"

At this crucial moment of saving their lives, who would care about what Manager Gou was saying? Seeing that no one heeded his words, Manager Gou trembled with rage. Just as he was about to pull a few people in to kill the snakes, suddenly, something flashed before his eyes and lunged at him head-on. He instinctively wanted to close his eyes, but it was a moment too late.

When the intense pain struck, Manager Gou clutched his eyes and rolled on the floor in agony, "My eyes, my eyes—"

Hearing Manager Gou’s wailing, the workers who were struggling to get out froze again. They looked at Manager Gou rolling on the ground, looked at the fresh blood seeping through his fingers, dripping drop by drop to the floor, and they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, their throats as if strangled, unable to utter a sound.

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