Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

The black-hearted factory never cared about the lives of the workers, and they had no mercy on the young children. The matchmaking in the ring had nothing to do with age, and they did not consider the difference in strength between children of different ages, but only cared about the excitement of the ring.

Some children may be only seven years old, but their opponents may be eleven or twelve years old. When this happens, the younger child will often be thrown to death not long after entering the arena.

Yu Ru encountered this situation. The first time she went to the ring, her opponent was a boy about ten years old. Fortunately, the boy was malnourished because he had not eaten for a long time. He had no strength and could not even walk steadily. On the contrary, Yu Ru had more strength because Yin Shiji secretly gave her food. Although she was much shorter than her opponent, she defeated him beyond everyone's expectation.

The only person who bet on her to win won two hundred thousand on the spot. That person seemed to have a very high status among the many viewers. After he won the money of others, those who lost everything were not angry, but smiled and congratulated him.

The man was about 40 years old, wearing a well-tailored white suit, with a slicked-back hair, and sat in the middle of everyone. After Yu Ru won, everyone around him took up their drinks and toasted him.

He didn't drink, nor did he pay attention to the people around him. Instead, he ordered someone to bring Yu Ru to him.

When Yu Ru came to him, he waved at her with a smile, "Come here, little friend."

Yu Ru did not dare to disobey and walked forward quickly.

The man in the white suit put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it, then asked with a smile: "Little girl, how old are you?"

Yu Ru shook her head, "It seems to be six years old."

She had been tortured so much here that she had already lost her mind and could not distinguish between reality and dreams, nor could she tell the time. She only knew to follow the instructions of the manager and do whatever he told her to do. She had been completely tamed and turned into a puppet.

"As if?" The man in the suit smiled and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he picked up a plate of cakes and passed it to Yu Ru, motioning her to take it. "Little friend, you performed very well just now and helped me win a lot of money. This plate of cakes is for you."

Yu Ru stared at the cake, swallowed her saliva, and wanted to reach out to take it, but she took her hand back. She looked at the man and asked, "Boss, can I eat here?"

"Why? Can't you take it back and eat it slowly? You want to eat here, but you can't eat for long, otherwise you'll block my view of the show." The man raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

Maybe the people here are too harsh. The man in front of her just gave her some food, so Yu Ru temporarily classified him as a good person. She looked at the man with a firm look and replied: "If I take it back, I won't be able to eat any of it. If I eat it here, I can at least know what it tastes like. Boss, I'm not greedy. I'll just take a bite and leave immediately."

After hearing her words, the man suddenly laughed, "Hahahaha... really funny."

After laughing, he said to Yu Ru: "Boy, you are quite smart. You know how to find a backer at such a young age. Okay, you don't have to leave. Just eat slowly beside me."

"Thank you, boss." Yu Ru smiled for the first time since coming to the black factory.

The man then asked someone to move a small chair next to him and let Yu Ru sit next to him to eat. Not only that, he also allowed Yu Ru to eat everything on the table, as much as she wanted, and she could take away the unfinished food. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Yu Ru seized the time and picked the best-looking food and stuffed it into her mouth. Her ears automatically blocked out the screams on the stage, and everything around her seemed to be only the food in front of her.

After a while, the man sitting next to her suddenly looked at her and asked, "Little girl, who do you think will win between the two children on the stage?"

Yu Ru paused, raised her head suddenly, glanced at the two children fighting inseparably on the ring, and then looked at the man. She blinked in panic, did not answer, just looked at him.

The man asked the same question again.

Yu Ru thought for a few seconds and replied: "Boss, I... I don't know either."

"I don't know?" The man nodded, seeming a little disappointed, then retracted his gaze and no longer looked at Yu Ru.

Yu Ru looked at him and said, "Boss, I can't even predict my own future, how can I predict the future of others?"

This rekindled the man's interest. He turned around, looked at Yu Ru, and asked with a smile: "Little friend, you are talking very deeply. Who taught you that?"

Yu Ru shook her head. "No one taught me. I figured it out on my own."

Actually, it was the TV that taught her. She watched TV every day since she was five years old and learned a lot from it. Most of the channels on TV were adult channels. She watched bloody and violent programs, thrillers, suspense, supernatural fantasy, hot-blooded martial arts, news reports, legal education columns, etc. She watched whatever was available. She learned those pretentiously profound sentences from these programs. Sometimes, she would play role-playing games with her brother and imitate the lines spoken by the people on TV. In this way, those lines were more deeply rooted in her mind.

"You figured it out? That's amazing. You're so young, and yet you have this idea." The man laughed again.

"Little boy, let me ask you another question. Which of the two children on the stage do you hope will win?"

Yu Ru took a quick look at the two children on the stage who were already covered in blood, then looked away, "I think they both won, so this game is a draw."

"why?"

"Because, because..." Yu Ru grabbed his pants, cold sweat dripping down his back, "Because...a win-win situation means more winners, and winning more is the real win, and no one hurts anyone, and it's good for you, me, and everyone, that's the real win."

“Hahahaha…” The man laughed out loud at her words.

The few people sitting nearby seemed to be amused by her and started laughing along with her.

One person said: "This kid is good, he is very eloquent."

"Yeah, it seems like this mouth is born to speak."

……

"You are such an interesting kid. Oh, it's been a long time since I met such an interesting kid like you." The man suddenly reached out and touched Yu Ru's head.

Yu Ru didn't dare to move and forced a smile to face the man.

After the man touched her head, he turned to a man in a black suit and sunglasses standing next to him and said, "Third brother, go call the person in charge here."

"Yes."

Soon, the person in charge came. When she saw the man's appearance, Yu Ru shuddered. She recognized the person in charge. He was one of the factory's management. He was very cruel. Many women were tortured to death by him. He also liked to chop people's hands and feet.