Dating the Strongest BossCh32 - Cannibal Town

Translator: Yuzu

“Is he back?” v5gqhE

“Not yet.”

“Is he back yet?”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

“Hmm, he’s back.”

The mountain road was a bit bumpy. There were many rocks and large potholes mixed with mud and water on the road, which made it a bit difficult to ride with a simple tricycle. 47xW6C

Xiao Chen wore a turtleneck sweater with a collar covering his nose and mouth, matched with a close-fitting khaki jacket. He sat on the tricycle and simply carried a knee-high suitcase in his hand.

“Young man, look at how bad the road is, you say the price…” The man on the bike spoke, and his eyes that were initially glued to the front couldn’t help but look back a few times.

Xiao Chen raised his head, “You just drive in front. The price is negotiable.” His tone was cold and clear, and his temperament was a bit sullen.

The man got the approval and stopped talking, but was still muttering in his heart.

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In such a deserted countryside, the mountain road was so difficult to travel. How come people came for days on end, and all of them were going to that almost abandoned town.

Alas, forget it, what does it matter to him? He just cares about getting money.

Xiao Chen looked at the scenery along the way with an icy expression. If you looked closely, you could see some disgust in his eyes.

If he could, he would rather not return for the rest of his life! Tck8vu

Xiao Chen’s hand could not help but squeeze into a fist. The back of his nearly sickly white hand shows his veins popping out.

He would never forget the ugly mouths of those in this town and the way these demons were raving.

Xiao Chen clenched his teeth and closed his eyes.

It was probably too windy, plus Xiao Chen was a bit weak, so when the wind blew, he coughed, and his whole body was in a fragile state. cX6349

“Young man, do you have a cold? Put on more clothes!” The man on the bike couldn’t help but speak when he heard Xiao Chen’s cough.

“Mm.” Xiao Chen responded politely, but he was still somewhat absent-minded.

It was already late autumn, and the weather was cool. Xiao Chen wasn’t wearing very little, but at a glance, he was really too thin.

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Xiao Chen remained silent.

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The wind blew gently, ruffling the nearly yellowed leaves.

He’s back… G6KVor

I saw him…

His baby is back…

The town has somewhat deteriorated. It was more of a deserted living tomb with hardly any people, just these mud buildings of unknown age.

There weren’t even the most common roadside daisies, and there were hardly any other plants except for the dying trees. KFytYI

At a glance at the fields, all of them were overgrown with weeds and didn’t have much vitality.

If it weren’t for the few older people sitting blankly at the entrances basking in the sun, it would really not seem like a place where anyone lived.

But strangely enough, all the way over, besides the old people, there was not a single strong man, let alone children, to be seen here.

From the moment the tricycle rode into this town, a strange atmosphere was faintly revealed. 2CqY5p

Xiao Chen’s body began to sweat and tremble as he looked at the scenery in front of him.

It was as if he was once again hearing the cries of children, the sound of knives being sharpened, and the sound of pots and bowls colliding.

Xiao Chen felt his stomach turning over, but there was nothing in his stomach, so he could only barely spit out the acid.

Xiao Chen covered his chest, feeling a little bit frightened. He had mild anorexia. He was always nauseous and wanted to vomit, and even his chest felt tight. gRQkUd

“Boy, here we are!” The man parked the car and helped Xiao Chen take down his suitcase.

Xiao Chen nodded and pulled out twice the originally agreed-upon price from his pocket. The man smiled at the sight of it. While stuffing the money into his pocket, he politely took out his phone number and said, “Alright, alright, if you need to go downhill, contact me anytime, haha.”

Xiao Chen gave a soft “hmm”, his tone was still lukewarm.

He took out a letter from his pocket. He confirmed the address written in the letter before slowly looking up at the dilapidated house. 09vyFZ

The door was old and had many knife marks on it.

Xiao Chen took out his gloves from his pocket and put them on without making a sound before pushing the door open. The door made a creaking sound, which made all the people inside look at him in unison.

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Xiao Chen squinted his eyes and looked around.

The people sitting inside didn’t look too far off from his age. There were both men and women, and with himself, there was a total of seven people. 8tzMfo

“It looks like you’re all here!” An older man, who looked to be in his eighties, was holding on to his crutches as he walked down the stairs. His voice was a bit hoarse, as unpleasant as if he had been burned by fire, making everyone in the room shudder at the sound of it.

Inside, a woman who was wearing heavy makeup and revealing clothes, and whose age must have been around thirty, cocked her head and said with an impatient expression, “Can’t you just say what’s wrong? Why did you call us back? Do you think plane tickets don’t cost money?”

The old man’s face did not change, and he did not feel sad because of the woman’s attitude. The look in the man’s eyes actually revealed a bit of affection, “You are Zhang Daniu’s daughter, I didn’t expect that you are already so old!”

But his voice was too awful to hear the goodwill in his tone. tEXWNO

Xiao Chen stood alone in the corner with his suitcase in silence, not even willing to put down the luggage in his hands. There was still a bit of disgust in his face as if just touching anything in the house slightly could make him sick to his stomach.

The old man sat down and sighed, “You should have seen the current situation in the village.”

Everyone was silent, but there was a strange tacit agreement.

The old man continued with a bit of self-deprecation, “Our village has become a village of old people, without a single strong man or child.” OnMJZb

Having said that, the old man was agitated for a few moments, and even his body began to tremble. He spoke with some effort and felt like he could pass out in the next second. Xiao Chen watched the scene with cold eyes.

“The seven of you are the only young people left in our village!” The old man lowered his eyes with a bit of grief.

Xiao Chen sneered inwardly.

Retribution. dS08Ff

Hearing the old man’s disgusting speech, he felt no inner turmoil, only disgust.

People have done it! Heaven is watching! Retribution is not impossible, but the time has not yet come.

The old man still wanted to say something; his gaze swept a glance at everyone present. When his eyes touched Xiao Chen’s figure, the words he originally wanted to say directly came to a halt. His face became somewhat fierce, and his eyes revealed some disbelief. Then, he sat up violently from his seat, and his fingers trembled as he pointed at Xiao Chen, “You, you are that child? ”

The moment the old man pointed at Xiao Chen, everyone’s eyes unconsciously cast towards him. Xiao Chen stood there with a blank expression, his collar blocking half of his face and his eyes cold. Standing in this dilapidated house, his entire person seemed out of touch with the world. oJu9fk

The old man wanted to examine his face, but before he could get close to Xiao Chen, his pupils shrank dramatically, and his body shook violently. His legs weakened, and he fell to his knees as if he had seen some horrifying scene. His mouth opened wide, but before he could scream, his eyes crossed, and blood flowed out of his eyeballs, then his nose, mouth, ears… The seven orifices were bleeding.

He fell straight to the ground in front of the horrified eyes of the crowd, bleeding to death!

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“Aaaaahhhhh!!!”

“Ahhhhh!!!” wJUWS

The people began to cover their ears and scream. They got up from their chairs and rushed out towards the front door like madmen.

At once, the whole house was a scene of chaos.

Someone got their feet stepped on by the people around them, and someone else fell to the ground because they were in too much of a hurry…

But Xiao Chen stood there motionless. Before his eyes widened due to the sudden death of the old man, he felt something directly climb up his shoulder, rubbing the position of his shoulder blade repeatedly like it was teasing him. It even poked his collar intentionally or unintentionally, as if it wanted to leap directly into the collar and touch his skin. Still, more than that, it was trying to please him. CA91rt

This touch was a bit cold, especially in the late autumn, causing Xiao Chen to shiver.

Xiao Chen cast his gaze to the ground. Through the shadows that hit the ground, he could vaguely see a figure standing behind him. This shadow did not resemble a person, and there were no limbs but only a mass.

Xiao Chen directly covered his chest with his hand, his heartbeat began to accelerate wildly, his lips that were trembling was a little pale, his voice was lost, and his brain seemed to flash.

Before Xiao Chen could think about it, his brain throbbed, his entire body became weightless, and he fell to the side, directly passing out. 2yPFl0

Ah!

You’re finally back! I’ve been waiting for you!

It’s been too long! It’s been too long! What took you so long!

Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you? 3qbp7S

But it’s okay!

You’re finally back!

The author has something to say: jc672S

New World! Hehe, I hope you like the Xiao Chen of this world!!

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

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20 comments

  1. ML in this world is cray cray (as always) xD But what in the world happened in that village…? This arc sounds like it’s gonn be a ride

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  2. thanks for the chapter! ml acting like an excited dog is always cute, heh. but, i always get a bit [ben affleck smoking.jpg] whenever a novel mentions an eating disorder. hopefully…

  3. Cannibal Village, eugh. Probably killed all the children and the young adults.

    Thank you for the chapter!

  4. Ahhh, “cannibal town” is really staying true to it’s description 😆

    Looking forward to this new arc! I like how crazy the ML is in this one so far~

    Also, gonna be that one obnoxious need, but what Xiao Chen is going through is mild bulimia not anorexia. Anorexia are inflicted with those that are body conscious and losing weight obsessed while those with bulimia vomit because of their eating which they feel guilty for eating too much unhealthy food or just out of stress. People with bulimia tend to be easily stressed and vomit out of guilt for eating while those with anorexia lose excessive amounts of weight due to their pride in being able to lose weight.

    That’s all I wanted to say lol

    Not that the translators might be wrong, but that the author most likely gave the wrong description for Xiao Chen.

    Thanks for the chapter as always! 😘

    • I think, in this case, the text may be referring to anorexia the symptom rather than anorexia nervosa the eating disorder. The symptom anorexia is the loss of appetite. It’s rare to find this usage outside of medical texts and documentation. Anorexia nervosa is the psychological diagnosis of an eating disorder with emphasis on food restriction. It’s on a spectrum with bulimia nervosa, which has an emphasis on purging. Oftentimes, patients will switch back and forth between the two with their presentation, and both diagnoses include restricting food, bingeing, and purging. The two diagnoses are not as clearly cut as some textbooks would like to present them as, which makes the diagnoses of “other specified eating disorder” and “eating disorder, unspecified” favored diagnoses by some psychiatrists and psychologists. Looking at the criteria in the DMS-5 can clarify any previous misconceptions. Stress triggers both behaviors and both may involve vomiting or restricting. Engaging in these behaviors makes the patients feel like they have a sense of control, which reduces their stress levels until they start bingeing and feel like everything is spiraling out of control again. Vomiting purely from anxiety is most likely related to an anxiety disorder or may be a different eating disorder.

      In short, using the term “anorexia” in this chapter is not wrong. It could just be one symptom of many others. Xiao Chen also has nausea and chest tightness. He could have anxiety or gastrointestinal problems. For instance, acid reflux could cause anorexia, nausea, and chest pain all on its own. It could also be simple anxiety because he doesn’t like being there, and these are common symptoms of feeling anxious; in that case, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a disorder. He could also have some trauma symptoms. There’s not enough information to say at this point.

      Of course, there’s always the chance that this term means something different in Chinese, and this was the best translation the editor and translator could figure out. We as readers will only know by reading future chapters.

      • Mm! I definitely agree with what you wrote their. Most of my information was taken from school textbooks, so I might need to read from other sources to grab a better understanding, but I can’t definitely see how this can be considered anorexia symptoms rather than anorexia itself.

        My biggest reason for wanting to call this bulimia is that Xiao Chen came from a cannabilism town, which made me think he might have eaten human meat before and threw up out of disgust and guilt before making it a habit with all foods in general.

        So majority of me in my previous comment is guessing what might be going on with Xiao Chen’s diet when coming across cannabilism (and hoping for someone else to add some input to clarify or give better suggestions, which btw, thank you for doing!)

        • My high school textbooks confused me pretty well when I started studying how to diagnose eating disorders, too. All of my classmates at that time were also confused, so we were just a big mess. A lot of them wanted to just look at the BMI for the diagnosis, but that’s not appropriate. I’ve definitely been in your situation before, so I know where you’re coming from. In the end, I was able to meet with an eating disorder specialist, and we had a long discussion about how to diagnose which witch is which since they have so many overlapping criteria. 🙂

  5. This novel is so damm creepy

    For me , the creepiness won out the sweet moments like in the last arc

    So unforgiving

    But i really like reading

    Thx for the chappy

  6. Why am I imagine Will Graham as Xiao Chen and that mysterious voice as Hannibal Lecter in this arc? 😂