Chapter 57: Like a Brute
The treatment here is too much different from the original ship.
I leaned against the corner, but I was suffocated by the stench around me, so I carefully took two pieces of paper from my bag, crumpled them into balls, plugged my nose, and breathed through my mouth, so that I felt a little better.
Underneath this, in addition to this unpleasant smell, what is even more unbearable is the lack of oxygen.
There were so many people crammed into the small cabin, the hatch above was closed, dozens of people were crammed into the cabin to breathe, and it felt as if their lungs were blocked by something.
There was a hard deck underneath me, and I leaned against the corner, trying to make myself as comfortable as possible, and pressed my bag behind my waist.
After a long time, after my eyes adjusted to the dark environment in the cabin, I could vaguely see something, maybe it was a hallucination or maybe I was too sensitive, I always felt as if some guys around me were sneaking at me, and in the darkness I saw a few pairs of eyes staring at me, snooping on something.
The woman next to me, who was not far away, was still coughing, but her voice was very muffled, and she seemed to be trying not to make too much noise...... I think it's a little strange, do you have to endure the cough and dare not make a sound?
Sitting in the cabin, I didn't know what was going on outside, I couldn't even calculate how much time had passed, and in the dark, I sat for a long time, trying not to sleep at first, but finally I gradually closed my eyes...
I don't know how long later, in a daze, I felt someone touch my feet, I woke up suddenly, and saw two black figures in front of me half-crouching beside me, one was touching my feet, and the other seemed to reach out to my waist and abdomen.
I instinctively shouted, "What are you doing! Then he kicked away one man's hand, and then waved his hand to open the other person in front of him, and when the two men saw that I was awake, they didn't sneak around at all, but blatantly grabbed at me.
One hugged my waist, the other pressed my leg! I was furious in my heart, and I shook off the other party as soon as I twisted my body, and then pinched the wrist of the nearest person, twisted it hard, and the person screamed, and the body immediately fell to the ground, and the guy who pressed my foot was kicked in the face by me, and I screamed and bounced away while covering my face, I immediately turned over and sat up, grabbed the guy next to me who was twisted and dislocated by me, grabbed his neck, and lowered his voice: "What are you doing!" ā
The man snorted a few times, and in the darkness I saw him staring at me with a pair of eyes that were a little malicious and timid...... They are like coyotes in the wasteland, vile and vicious, but at the same time full of timidity.
I couldn't understand a word of what he muttered, and I couldn't tell if he was Vietnamese or who, but I could tell that these two men were also stowaways, not the crew above.
I breathed a sigh of relief, but I saw that three or four more people next to me had posted on me, and they looked ill-intentioned, just looking at me and killing two of them, as if they were a little hesitant to come.
Then the person I grabbed by the neck and muttered something, and his tone was very hurried.
I felt that his body was not struggling, and I let go of the hand that was holding his neck slightly, and he immediately sat up, carefully holding back and backing away, while spreading his hands.
It is a gesture of surrender or compromise.
He cautiously stepped away from a safe distance, then his eyes were still fixed on me, and a short word popped out of his mouth.
"Water!"
This time I understood, he spoke in English, although I am very poor in English, but I still know a little simple words.
I looked at him coldly: "
oć ā
The man said again: "Food? ā
I said one thing anyway: "
oć ā
The guy still didn't give up, and said a few more words and made a gesture, which I didn't understand, but according to his gestures, I understood a little, as if he wanted to exchange food for water, or water for my food.
That's probably what it means.
I sneered and rejected him anyway.
I knew very well that they were trying to steal my stuff while I was asleep! And when I woke up, they wanted to rob it! If it weren't for my good skills, I'm afraid I would have been bullied by them!
If you can't rob me, you want to exchange with me?
I looked at him coldly, and the guys didn't dare to come near me, and after confronting me for a while, they retreated.
I don't want to cause trouble at all, because I don't know how many people there are in the dark, and in this situation, try not to cause trouble if you can!
A few people retreated behind the crowd around me, and I noticed that not far from me, several people sitting and lying around the ground were secretly looking at me.
To my surprise, the closest place to me, the woman who was coughing, also sat up a little and seemed to be facing me.
However, because it was so dark in the cabin, I couldn't see anyone's appearance at all, except a vague sense that she seemed to be looking at me.
The woman still coughed again and again, but her voice was very soft, trying to hide something, and I always thought her cough was a little familiar, but I didn't think much of it.
When this kind of thing happened, I was a little more vigilant.
I don't know how long it took in the dark, but I just felt that I was starting to get hungry and my mouth was dry, so I touched my bag for a while.
I still had two bottles of mineral water in my bag, and I took out the first bottle, only to find that it was given to me by the Vietnamese black man who drove the boat under the fat man when I left the fat man.
The bottle of water seemed to have been drunk by him, and I instinctively changed to an unopened bottle, and the unopened bottle was touched from the old snake's boat, and I unscrewed it and took a few sips.
In the darkness, the sound of my gurgling was so clear that everyone around me could hear it, and even though I couldn't see it, I could feel as if there were a lot of greedy and triumphant eyes shooting at me.
I didn't say a word, coldly screwed the bottle and put it back.
My stomach was still hungry, and I had to endure it.
I suddenly had a delusion...... I'm not with a bunch of people, I'm with a bunch of wolves!
Finally, when my hunger endurance was reaching its limit, there was a sudden sound outside, the hatch was opened, and a beam of light shot down from the outside, and then two crew members came in from above, with guns in their hands, and drove away the few people who were sitting near the door of the cabin with the butts of their guns, and cursed in their mouths.
The two then lifted a barrel from it and threw it on the ground with a thud, one of them laughing a few times.
There seemed to be bread and other food in the barrel, but it was not clear to see, and one of the crew members smiled evilly, looking at the smugglers who wanted to gather around, and suddenly raised his gun and shouted, which immediately frightened the people to retreat, and he picked up another piece of bread, like the animals in the zoo, and teased the hungry people below for a while......
The companion beside him seemed to be a little unpleasant, and said a few words impatiently, and pulled him away, and at this moment the crowd immediately rushed over and went to grab the bread from the barrels.
I immediately sprang up from the ground, strode over, slammed away from the person in front of me, and squeezed into it with all my might.
I don't know how many people scolded and yelled, but I didn't care so much, this is not the time for me to show reserve and quality.
I only know one thing: if I'm one step late, I'm going to go hungry!
I almost threw my fist open the man who was squeezing in front of me, and it took me several blows to open the way with my fists and kicks, but after I had knocked a few people down, I had already rushed to the side of the barrel and grabbed a few pieces of bread in one go......
The tentacles are very hard, the bread is like wood at all, pinched in the hand hard, I don't care about the scolding around me, and someone hit me, I quickly grabbed the bread, at this time I was hit on the waist, immediately a stumble, I turned around and saw a few people staring at me with bad intentions, with their figures, I immediately recognized that it was the person who wanted to rob me when I was sleeping!
Unceremoniously, I immediately rushed over, punched the man in the nose, and then slammed the other man against the wall, slamming his knee into his crotch, and the other person immediately retreated, not daring to clash with me.
I pushed through the crowd and returned to the corner, and when I sat down, I felt a little weak in my legs.
To be honest, I was hungry, I had trouble breathing, and I was really exhausted.
He pinched the bread in his hand...... Let's call them bread for now, I doubt my teeth can move them, I can tell that this thing is very dry, I don't know how long it has been there, and there is a suspicious layer of hair on it...
Suddenly I felt a wave of anger welling up in my heart, but as the anger passed, a sense of sadness came over me.
Is this me?
Is this Cher?
I was kept in the hold like an animal, they were fed like pigs, and I was grabbing the food like an animal!
Laughing angrily twice, I vigorously wiped some of the moisture from the corners of my eyes, and then gritted my teeth and vigorously opened the bread in my hand.
The outer layer was definitely inedible, and I couldn't bite into it, and there were still some parts of it that were soft and dotted, and after I opened it, I stuffed it into my mouth one by one, trying to endure the weird taste.
It's a little sour, as if it's rancid.
I suddenly looked at the smugglers in front of me, and I felt ridiculous.
I can't be chased and run away!
What about you? You spend a lot of money smuggling...... Good people don't do it, they come here to be cattle!
I don't know when, I feel that something has changed in my heart, and my heart is full of resentment and anger!
In the past, I might have felt a little pity for these people, but now ...... I'm indifferent to think that these people deserve it!
After trying to eat something, I rested against the wall for a while, looking at the guys around me.
The people who grabbed the food were desperately stuffing their mouths, and those who didn't grab it could only sit and sigh.
Of course, there are also some people who are physically strong, and when they see that the people next to them have food, they rush over to grab it.
Tearing, shouting, for a moment these sounds filled the entire cabin.
Just as I was about to rest for a while, the door to the cabin opened again, and I saw the light from above come in, judging that it was daylight outside.
The two crew members came down first and took the empty barrel out, and then brought it down.
This time, I felt everyone staring at the barrel!
The contents of the bucket, rippling and shining!
Is that...... Water!
Then a guy walked down, it was the black man!
He still looked screwed, shirtless, showing a sturdy muscle, with trousers and leather boots underneath, a dagger at his waist, and a spear in his hand, he slowly walked down the stairs, followed by two crew members, and then sat down on the stairs with the bucket of water beside him.
Although the people tried to rush up and grab the bucket of water, the crew in the back held everyone at gunpoint.
The black man suddenly grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and I sensed something very evil in his smile.
Then he suddenly stretched out a finger and pointed to a stowaway standing at the front, a short, middle-aged man staring at the bucket.
The black man's fingers hooked, motioning for him to come forward, and then the black man took out what looked like a scoop from the bucket, what appeared to be a wooden bowl, scooped up half a bowl of water, handed it to him, and then lifted his chin.
The middle-aged man showed a look of surprise and immediately took a big sip, and after only two sips, the black man snatched it back, and then kicked him back into the crowd.
Then he laughed, swept his eyes around the crowd, and then from time to time hooked his fingers, pointed out the people he fancied, and asked people to come out to drink.
He has a condescending expression on his face, and he is extremely arrogant, and anyone who is hit by him can come out and drink water... But you can't drink too much, you can only take one sip! If you drink too much, you will be kicked!
The bucket of water quickly went down for the most part, and the guy seemed to be teasing the people like a brute.
Suddenly, his fingers wandered around the crowd for a long time, ignoring the people with eager and expectant faces, and stopped at me, who was standing in the back row.
Even though I was standing in the back row, he noticed me.
The guy smiled nonchalantly and then hooked his finger at me.........