novelhk Chapter 284 Animal Cruelty
Chapter 284 Animal Cruelty
The younger brother was startled and instinctively tried to back away, but the eunuch blocked his way.
"Your Highness, have you stepped on this servant?"
The younger brother, looking dazed, asked the Third Prince, "What is Your Highness trying to do?"
Before the Third Prince could answer, Tang Yansen spoke up: "What are we doing? Of course, we're going to do something exciting!"
He pulled a puppy out of the cage, took an awl, and stabbed the puppy in the back.
The puppy cried out in pain and struggled, trying to bite Tang Yansen, but it was too small and no match for him.
Tang Yansen slapped the puppy across the face: "You dare bite me? I'll pull your teeth out."
While they were talking, Tang Yansen had already pulled out both teeth with tools.
The underling was dumbfounded and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Tang Yansen, what are you doing!"
"Go ahead and play!" Tang Yansen grinned, not even glancing at his underling, and shoved him aside to continue pulling teeth from the barking dog.
Soon all its teeth were gone, and the dog's mouth was full of blood. It lay there, barely alive, looking very pitiful.
The younger brother wanted to hug it, but it was injured, and he didn't even know how to hug it.
He turned around angrily: "This is a life! How could you harm a life like this?"
Tang Yansen curled his lip: "Life? It's just a dog. We are born kings. We can play with it however we want!"
The younger brother didn't have time to argue with him; he lay on the ground, looking at the little dog.
The puppy struggled to open its eyes, seemingly knowing that the person in front of it was reliable. It tried its best to crawl towards the person, but the next moment, its head was stepped on.
Tang Yansen stomped on the puppy hard, and the puppy cried out pitifully, but soon fell silent.
The Third Prince said, "Kill them so quickly? That's no fun! There are only a few tonight, so you'd better save them. Who knows when they'll be gone by the time we catch them next time."
Tang Yansen saw that the dog was dead and felt it was pointless, so he kicked the dead dog in front of his underling.
"Here, take it if you like."
The younger brother held the dog that had been tortured to death, unable to believe his eyes.
The next moment, he looked back at the animals in the cage. There were eleven left, all soft and small. Tonight, the fate of these animals would be the same as that of the dog.
He glared at the Third Prince: "You...you brought these animals here to torture them to death?"
The third prince ignored him and walked to a chair to sit down.
Tang Yansen, however, said impatiently, "Anyway, they won't survive. They'll die sooner or later, so let us have some fun with them!"
The younger brother felt like he was about to collapse; he was trembling all over, trembling with anger.
He pointed at Tang Yansen: "Whether they live or die, it shouldn't be done this way. It's a life. If they are reincarnated, they might be human in their next life!"
"The next life? Ridiculous, truly ridiculous." Tang Yansen chuckled. "I never expected you, Si Jing'an, to be such a naive person. You can't even care about this life, let alone the next? Besides, I do regret that they are animals, not humans!"
Upon hearing this, the younger brother suddenly understood.
Are they animals, not people? So what they want to torture and kill isn't these poor animals, but people.
He recalled what Guan's eldest sister had told him about the situation of the Third Prince's companions, all of whom had suffered various accidents and serious injuries. One of the companions had died tragically in the palace, reportedly with his abdomen cut open and his internal organs completely missing.
So, was that companion student tortured to death like this?
The younger brother glared fiercely at Tang Yansen, then looked at the Third Prince.
Yang Yan, who was standing to the side, bowed his head and said to the Third Prince, "Your Highness, please do not act rashly. This is the heir of the Marquis of Anle."
I couldn't help but shudder. He was the heir of the Marquis of Anle. If he wasn't, it wouldn't be these little animals being tortured to death today, but him.
The third prince yawned listlessly: "This is so boring."
“Then let’s play something fun.” A smile appeared on Yang Yan’s lips. “The heir of the Marquis of Anle is not used to it yet. Once he gets used to it, he will enjoy playing together.”
"Ah Yan is right!" Tang Yansen grabbed a cat from the cage, ready to throw it on the ground. "I'll let him see it now, and he'll like it after looking at it for a while!"
The third prince glared at him unhappily: "Put it down! You can play with it, but you'll kill it in one go. What's the point?"
Tang Yansen shrugged helplessly, grabbed the cat with one hand, tossed it up, caught it when it fell, and tossed it up again.
He had a strong grip and used force when he grabbed the cat. He was also quick in his movements, and the cat tried to escape several times, but he caught it each time.
The cat's heart-wrenching cries echoed throughout the house.
The younger brother trembled, yet for some reason, the others in the room showed him no sympathy whatsoever. The Third Prince watched with a smile, while Yang Yan remained expressionless, and Wan Cheng stood beside him…
Wan Cheng?
The younger brother turned his head to look at Wan Cheng, who was standing there with his head down, his emotions unreadable.
Just then, the Third Prince said in a sinister tone, "Wan Cheng, come here. This cat is yours to deal with. Deal with it in front of Si Jing'an!"
Wan Cheng shuddered, but without hesitation, he stepped forward and grabbed the cat.
Tang Yansen looked at him with a half-smile and patted him on the shoulder: "You've only been with us twice, kid. Are you even up to par?"
Wan Cheng didn't look at him, but instead looked at the Third Prince, whose gaze was truly gloomy.
He took a breath and said, "I can do it."
At the Third Prince's command, three eunuchs came over, one on each side supporting the younger brother, while another grabbed his hair, forbidding him to lower his head and close his eyes, insisting that he watch Wan Cheng's movements.
Wan Cheng held the cat in one hand and reached for the tools on the table with the other.
He picked out a pair of pliers, quickly walked back, and in front of his younger brother, ripped off one of the cat's claws.
The cat's cry was shrill, and blood splattered out, landing on Wan Cheng's numb face and on his younger brother's face.
"Wan Cheng! You've gone along with this! Wan Cheng, you've tortured and killed animals like this, you'll die a horrible death!" The henchman struggled desperately.
Wan Cheng remained expressionless as he pulled out the second, the third... until all the cat's claws on all four legs were gone.
He took another deep breath, and without looking at anyone, threw down the pliers and continued picking out tools, this time picking up a sharp knife.
He grabbed the cat, pinned one of its paws to the ground, and was about to chop it off with the knife.
But then the Third Prince said, "Wait!"
Wan Cheng paused, then turned to look at him: "Your Highness?"
The Third Prince waved his hand: "Put it down, let Si Jing'an handle it!"
Wan Cheng glanced at his underlings who were still yelling and cursing, and said, "Your Highness, Si Jing'an is new to this and is clearly not used to it yet. Why don't we do it first and let him see how it goes?"
However, the Third Prince disagreed: "No, I want him to come!"