The Younger Shen

Chapter 7 - Keep A Secret

Thoughts came quicker than light, and they kept piling up, not letting the boy have a single moment of peace. Shen Yuan stared blankly at the ceiling, he lay sprawled out on the ground, it's been a day since the 'incident' as he called it. The moment not leaving his mind, it was kind of... exciting.

He wanted to do it again, the feeling he felt was addictive, so was the taste of the flesh. If he could do this more often, he would always have a free meal as long as he had clients.

A small voice shouted inside his head, yelling at him that the necklace was cursed, telling him to take the thing off before he lost his mind. Shen Yuan chuckles to himself.

He'd lost it a long time ago.

No matter how hard he tried to deny it, Shen Yuan had lost his mind with all the disasters constantly occurring. It started from day 1, the day he slowly lost it.

Surprisingly, no one suspected anything of it when the client never came out of Shen Yuan's room, no one suspected anything of it when Shen Yuan wasn't hungry, and no one suspected anything of the necklace proudly around the boy's neck.

The young Shen quickly stood up when the door swung open and the lady with a face full of makeup walked in. Shen Yuan had quickly discovered her name was Jia Lian, though he had to call her Madam Jia. She always had an angry expression on her features, Madam Jia walked over to Shen Yuan. "Get up Brat, you have a new client."

Before the boy could do anything, Madam Jia grabbed his ear and made him stand up, then proceeded to drag the boy through the endless hallways of the brothel.

Shen Yuan was brought to a young man with a bored expression and plain face, he seemed to be a spoiled young master of sorts. The transmigrator put on a fake smile and bowed to show respect, even though he had none for the new bastard.

Shen Yuan brought the young man to the same room he had been assaulted in, and the same room he feasted on human flesh. Quickly closing the door, Shen Yuan turned to face the young master who sat on the bed and crossed his arms, as if expecting Shen Yuan to start doing something.

The young Shen dropped his facade and leaped at the young master, sinking his teeth into the pale arm. Before the young master could let out a scream, Shen Yuan gripped his throat tightly. His nails dug into the soft flesh, same with his teeth. Since they were sharper, it quickly ripped the flesh and allowed it to be more easier to eat the man alive.

Shen Yuan jerked his head and ripped a cure out of the man's arm, he quickly devoured that piece and moved on to the rest. As he feasted, Shen Yuan discovered why dogs like chewing on bones so much, it's so much fun. Muffled screams escaped the throat of the young Shen's victim. It annoyed the rabid boy, he squeezed the young master's neck even tighter, restricting all breathing.
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Blankly staring at the fresh corpse, Shen Yuan wiped some blood from his now red stained lips, the necklace glowed and soon the body dissapeared. A grin made it's way to the young Shen's mouth. It was soon followed by a dark chuckle, Shen Yuan fell to his knees, tears fell down his face.

He held his head in his hands and furrowed his brows, the tears fell faster. The transmigrator kept laughing and crying at the same time, he knew that he lost his mind, and he regretted existing.

His existence was a curse, and so was that necklace.

Why did the system give it to me? Why did I transmigrate? Give me an answer!

Soon the laughing died out, and Shen Yuan was left silently crying to himself, hoping that he wasn't actually in PIDW and he just dreamed this all up, he wished he was just in a coma and not in this stupid novel. However, he was only wishing, and his wishes weren't going to come true. He truly was inside the novel he hated so much.

The state was the same again. One of self hatred and self loathing. He knew he was pathetic, he knew that he shouldn't be crying. But he couldn't stop. Shen Yuan tried wiping the endless amounts of tears, but they kept flowing.

He could hear the little voice again.

I told you you'd go insane. This is your fault.

It sounded like the voice was mocking him, his head began to fill with a million different voices. They were all either yelling at him or laughing, they sounded like different people.

The voices only got louder, never quiet, only loud. Shen Yuan's head hurt. The voices didn't help. It was torturous.

Shen Yuan begged for the voices to shut up, but they never listened, they kept making fun of him and yelling at him. It was like a horrible choir, except everyone yelled and laughed.

Digging his nails into his arm, Shen Yuan could feel the pain. But it made him feel better, he was bleeding, but he couldn't care less. The voices kept getting louder until Shen Yuan couldn't hear anything else.

Why? Why won't you go away? WHY WONT YOU GO AWAY!?

Your pathetic.

The voices only mocked him more. Shen Yuan was this close the gouging his eyes out and ripping off his ears. But he stopped. The voices finally dissapeared. But for how long?