It was difficult for Samuel to answer.
Vincent's attitude towards Joseph earlier was obvious. If Joseph went back now, according to Vincent's
current rigorous standards, it was very likely that he would be punished with corporal punishment.
After all, Samuel had witnessed this child grew up. Thinking about the pain he had received recently,
Samuel whispered, "Take Joseph to our villa first. We'll talk about it when we find Lucas."
"Be careful."
Actually, Nicole wanted to go together with Samuel to save her son, but she couldn't leave Joseph
alone. Most importantly, the Green family had many people around now, and it was uncertain if
Samuel's men were around.
If what Joseph said was true, if the club had something to do with Vincent, then Joseph was not safe
here.
Although she was worried about Lucas, she knew that she could not ignore Joseph.
Nicole knew what Samuel meant. They had been together for a long time, so they understood what to
do without speaking out.
Seeing that Nicole understood what he meant, Samuel whispered, "Take care of yourself."
"I've already called Finn over just in case anything happens. Don't worry. But since Jacob isn't here,
can you do it by yourself?"
Nicole was concerned about Samuel.
However, Samuel smiled and said, "Don't worry about me. As your husband, I can always make it. You
and Joseph go back to the villa now and wait for me."
"Be careful."
"I see."
Samuel watched as Nicole left with Joseph.
Joseph said worriedly, "Mommy, can Uncle save Lucas out?"
"Sure!"
Nicole continued to cheer Joseph up, but in fact, she was also cheering herself up.
Lucas woke up not long after he was thrown into the basement.
He looked around and saw that several children had been captured. Most importantly, they were older
than him. However, they were all wounded. Some even hid in the corner coldly without saying a word.
It wasn't that they hadn't seen Lucas, but that they were so indifferent that when they saw him, they
didn't even step forward to ask who he was.
The children's eyes were filled with sadness and despair.
Lucas didn't know where he was, but he knew that he definitely couldn't just sit here and wait to die.
"Friends, where is this place?"
Lucas sat up and felt a slight pain in his neck.
The other children only glanced at him but did not respond.
Lucas was a little depressed.
"I was captured here. Don't you want to get out of here? Can you tell me where this place is? I'll find a
way to inform my daddy and let him save us."
Lucas hoped to seek help.
But the children remained indifferent.
Just as Lucas had no idea what to do, a little girl who was not much older than him came over.
"Little sister, do you know where this is?"
Joseph hurriedly asked and even smiled, hoping that she would tell him for his sake.
The little girl opened her mouth and pointed at her tongue.
Lucas sat on the ground, and his expression changed.
He saw that half of the little girl's tongue had been cut off, which frightened him.
Lucas couldn't help but recall what Lionel had said.
Lionel said that he would think of a way to make Lucas forget his identity and became a killing tool. Just
like the little girl?
Lucas' heart started to beat wildly.
No!
He wouldn't become mute!
"Little sister, are they all like this?"
Lucas pointed at other children.
The little girl nodded.
Lucas suddenly felt that his body was cold.
What should he do?
Could he get out of here?
Or would he also become one of them?
No!
He didn't want to!
Lucas was so frightened that he hurriedly got up. He intended to pull open the basement door, but
when he touched the iron door, an electric current instantly rushed over. He fell down.
"Oops!"
Lucas sat on the ground, feeling so painful that his butt was about to crack.
The little girl hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.
"You can't escape."
The little girl couldn't speak fluently. Lucas even had to listen carefully to hear what she was saying.
Lucas was frightened.
Although he was a little clever and relied on his own skills, he had never experienced such cruelty.
How cruel it was!
How old were they when their tongues were cut off? It seemed that those children were not much older
than him.
Lucas stood up again tenaciously. He wanted to find his bag, but he realized that he didn't have
anything on him, not even a mobile phone.
He didn't know if they were lost when escaping; or if those people had taken them away.
When he thought those people would know his identity, Lucas was especially frightened.
Daddy, mommy, where were you?
Lucas was regretful.
He shouldn't have run away with Joseph so impulsively!
He didn't know if Joseph had escaped or if he had been caught like him.
If he could listen to Mommy and wait until he was older enough to learn how to shoot, wouldn't he be
reduced to this state?
Or if it wasn't for his insistence on coming here, he and Joseph wouldn't have experienced this, right?
The more Lucas thought about it, the sadder he felt, the more he missed Nicole and Samuel.
He finally understood that it was better to be at home than to go out.
But now that he was here, did anyone else know it?
Lucas looked at the electric net on the door, which was flashing. He refused to submit to such
treatment and charge forward again. In the end, he was electrocuted back for another time.
The little girl couldn't bear to see this and hurriedly grabbed him. She murmured something, but she
couldn't express herself clearly.
The other children finally had a change.
Perhaps in their eyes, Lucas was such a fool. No one was able to use his own flesh and blood to hit the
lightning gate.
However, Lucas was stubborn.
He didn't want to be locked up like a cripple, nor did he want to be ordered around like a dog, let alone
to be someone who didn't even know who he was.
Rather than living in such a grievance, it would be better to crash to death here.
Thinking of this, Lucas shook off the little girl, rushed forward again and again, and was electrocuted
back over and over.
He already felt that his entire body was about to fall apart, but he wouldn't yield.
The other children seemed to have been touched by him. They hurriedly stood up and pulled Lucas
together, hiding him behind them.
Lucas did not know what they were doing. He struggled, wanting to beg them, and even wanted to
shout, but one of them covered his mouth tightly.
At this moment, footsteps came from outside.
A man walked in.
He looked at the children in front of him and said coldly, "There's something happening outside today.
You guys don't need to train anymore, but you can't stay like this. Since you can't go out to train, then I
will train your endurance."
As he spoke, he had someone open the iron door and walked in with a whip.
Seeing the iron door open, Lucas wanted to rush out. Unfortunately, his body was tightly pressed down
by these children, and he was unable to move at all. The little girl also tightly held his hand, signaling
him not to speak.
Before he could understand what was happening, the man had already begun to whip the children with
his whip.
"Remember this feeling! Whoever dares to escape or disobey my order, I will kill him! Do you
understand?"
The man whipped the children like mad.
However, these children tightly pressed Lucas beneath them. They covered Lucas and protected him
with their thin and weak bodies.
The warm blood flowed down the whip and landed on Lucas' face.
The smell of blood was disgusting, but there was nothing he could do.
He could only watch helplessly as these children were beaten up, watching as they stubbornly
supported themselves in order to protect him.
Lucas was not a crying child, but he suddenly cried.
"Don't do this!"
"Please don't!"
Lucas shouted in his heart, but he couldn't shout out. He wanted to struggle, but he couldn't. He could
only watch as the whip cruelly whipped on every child's body.
After a long time of torture, the man finally got tired and stopped.
"Damn it, you're all miserable wretches. Listen carefully. If anyone went wrong during tomorrow's
training, I will definitely let him bear all the consequences!"
The man angrily turned around and left. He had someone close the iron door and left.
The children finally couldn't bear it and fell to the ground one by one.
They trembled in pain, but they gritted their teeth and endured it.
It wasn't that they didn't want to shout or cry, but that they couldn't shout or cry anymore.
The little girl finally let go of Lucas, but her palms were gnashed by Lucas.
"Who is he? Why did he do this to you? How did you get caught? Didn't you think of escaping?"
Lucas rarely felt despair.
Because he was a computer genius, he didn't think that he would encounter any dangers. Furthermore,
because he was the son of Samuel and Nicole, no one dared to do anything to him.
However, Lucas realized that he was just an ordinary person.
At this time, his genius and intelligence seemed to be of no use at all.
These strangers were protecting him today, saving him from the pain.
But tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow?
How long could they protect him?
Seeing the bruised faces, Lucas hugged his knees tightly and sat down.
He missed Daddy, Mommy and Grandma.
He missed a lot of people now, even Zoe and Joseph.
He didn't know if he could go back again, nor did he know if he could see them again.
What if one day they saw his corpse and saw his incomplete body? Would Mommy be sad? Would
Daddy be disappointed?
Lucas' tears fell down.
From birth until now, he had no idea for the first time. He had no idea how he should face his future life.
He did not even know what kind of situation awaited him in the next moment.
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