"Without teaching you a lesson, you won't ever know the might of Ou Group!" The dark-skinned youth shoved her again with brutal force, his movements making her feel like nothing more than an ant crushed under his palm.

"Let my sister go!" 11-year-old Cheng fought desperately to break through the crowd encircling them. His frail body couldn't push past the men, so he seized a broom from the courtyard and swung it wildly. The wooden handle struck the back of the young man's head with a resounding crack! "Want me to kill you?!" the enraged thug released her grasp, clutching his skull while glaring at the boy with murderous intent.

In that momentary lapse of attention, Cheng shoved through the stunned onlookers and threw himself in front of her. "Stop bullying my sister--!" he shouted, arms spread wide like a shield.

"You brat," the youth's expression suddenly twisted into something sickeningly lecherous as his eyes locked onto the boy. "Still got baby hair on your face? Guess I just love this kind..." He lunged forward, grabbing Cheng by the collar and forcing an odoriferous mouth toward the terrified child.

A memory flashed through her mind about perverts who specifically targeted young boys for trafficking to terrible places. Overcome with horror, she bit down hard on the thug's arm until blood spilled into her mouth. "Ah--!" The man recoiled in pain mid-attack as his grip loosened.

"Run!" She dragged Cheng toward the gate without looking back at their belongings. Just getting away was paramount!

"Thud!" The frail recovering child stumbled and fell. As she rushed to help him up, a foul hand shoved her aside. Kneeling down, the thug seized Cheng's chin with one hand while rubbing his neck in an excruciatingly slow motion. "Come on, we'll take good care of you, make you eat sugar and drink honey..."

"Take everything in this house," she gasped through clenched teeth as she pulled her brother closer. Her voice trembled from suppressed fury and terror, "Help yourselves to anything, just stop!"

"Aww my precious boy, I want only you," the thug's leering eyes gleamed with predatory light as he tried to snatch Cheng away.

"Big brother, you always get bored so quickly!"

"This kid looks tasty--after big brother gets his fill, don't forget to let us taste too!" The other henchmen chuckled like wolves around their prey.

"..." Cheng's small hands clutched her sleeve as terrified sobs escaped him.

Summoning every ounce of strength left in her body, she kicked and bit at the men trying to tear them apart. They couldn't take Cheng! No matter what--but slowly, inexorably, they were pulling him from her grasp.

"--!" The boy's wails pierced through as countless hands reached for him like grasping vines.

Then all movement stopped abruptly. Her desperate grabs met nothing but air, and she tumbled backward onto the ground with a sickening thud. A wave of blackness consumed her vision from the head impact, yet her arms remained locked around Cheng even in unconsciousness.

The dark youth laughed wickedly as he climbed over them both. His stinking mouth smeared across Cheng's face while lewd mutterings filled the air: "Such a good boy, let big brother kiss you again...you're going to feel so good..."