"Well... sending them to the Border Defense Station would be letting them off too lightly..."
"Exactly. They didn't manage to steal the child, so who knows whether they'll be shot? What if they get locked up for a few years and released? A dog never stops eating shit. Once they're out, they'll steal children again."
"Right, taking them straight to the Border Defense Station would be too easy on them. They'll even get food and lodging in there, better than living outside."
"Food and lodging? That won't do. We can't very well throw them into the sea, so how about tossing them into a cesspit?"
"Yes, yes... throw them in a cesspit and let them drown."
"What do you mean, yes? If they drown in the cesspit, we'll have to fish them out. Otherwise, how are we supposed to use the toilet afterward? That's disgusting..."
"Just beat them to death. What's all this about spilling blood being unlucky? What's unlucky about spilling a child trafficker's blood? If they'd managed to steal him, I'd want to skin them, eat their flesh, and drink their blood..." A-Cai said viciously.
Seeing the villagers' outrage and their unwillingness to let the two child traffickers off so easily, Secretary Chen thought for a moment and suggested, "How about breaking their arms before sending them to the Border Defense Station? Now that they've been caught, they'll definitely be shot. They're being very strict this year. Don't worry about them getting released and harming more children."
Ye Yaodong had lived in a society governed by law and had been shaped by a peaceful society. He was also wary of taking lives, and taking a life was no simple matter.
He continued trying to persuade them. "Folks, there definitely aren't just these two traffickers. They must have accomplices.