Can't Grow Up

Cw: food horror

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Horror washed over Shen Nianzu as he watched the officer open the plastic bag, revealing what seemed to be the carcass of an animal. 

It was difficult to tell what kind of animal it was when all that remained was a grotesque lump of raw meat, and for the love of God, why was it still twitching once in a while? And why did it smell so rotten?

Shen Nianzu's revulsion intensified when he caught a glint of greed in the children's eyes. They tried to conceal it, of course, not wanting to give the officer the satisfaction of holding the upper hand. However, after knowing Jin Jiuchi for quite some time, Shen Nianzu could sense their overwhelming hunger for the meat, if the bobbing motion of their throats were anything to go by. 

What. The. Hell.

All this time… had they been surviving on this kind of food? Such disgusting and inedible food that shouldn't even be given to animals?