"The last person who was as talkative as you is now devastated. His wife and children have disappeared without even mentioning his own death."
His companion's words gave him a chill in his heart, and he was immediately speechless. He looked at the place where the children were before, full of surprise.
"Do you really think that others don't know about this?"
"There's someone above covering the sky with one hand!"
The person who spoke spoke again. Now that he was patrolling with two people, the person beside him was new. He had to explain some things clearly, otherwise he would die without knowing.
"We patrollers all know what's going on here, but no one dares to cause such trouble."
"There are always some new faces among those children, but the number does not increase but decreases. Anyone who is not a fool knows the secrets."
"If you can't bear it, give them something to eat or give them some money next time you pass by. As for trying to resolve this matter, I advise you not to do so."
"Before you came, your predecessor in this position just couldn't bear to expose what happened here. Damn it."
"Then...are we just going to look indifferent?"
"We...I..."
The newcomer's face turned red and he wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't say anything. At this moment, something in his heart suddenly collapsed.
There seems to be a crack in the belief that I have always held on to.
"What can we do?"
"We are just the lowest level patrollers, and our strength is only at the level of warriors. What can we do?"
"Don't forget, you still have your family. Even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about your family. They are all counting on you now, and you can't make any mistakes."
"Brother, let me advise you. This kind of thing has been happening before I came here. Once it comes, let it be."
"Let's go to the next place."
The older warrior sighed and said, this kind of thing is not something that people like them can take care of at all. They should take care of themselves and live well.
"good......"
At that moment, the warrior beside him had a slight bend in his originally strong spine, and he retracted his eyes and started to look elsewhere.
I originally thought that becoming a patrolman would keep a place safe, but it seems that I overthought it. I just joined the others and became an unnoticed thief among the thousands.
"Huchihuchi..."
The sound of violent breathing sounded from an alley, and Tongtong slowly appeared here and walked towards the depths of the alley.
Seeing that the bread in his arms was not affected in any way, he breathed a sigh of relief.
This is a secret place she found. No one usually comes here, and there is an abandoned house at the end. Over time, it became her hiding place.
"Master, I'm back."
Opening the door, there was no light in the room. Tongtong fumbled for a candle based on his memory and lit it. The dim candle flame kept swaying, as if it would be extinguished at any time.
But with this little bit of light, the hut finally gained some popularity.
There was nothing in the house, and it was very simple. There was a broken bed against the wall, which was hastily made of wooden boards.
There was a person lying on the bed.
He was covered with a thin quilt.
"Cough cough cough..."
"Tongtong, you are back."
After the figure on the bed saw Tongtong come back, the stone hanging in his heart finally relaxed. If he had been out for such a long time, he would have gone out to look for someone if his body could not support him at all.
Thinking of this, the human figure felt a pain in his heart. He didn't expect that he would have to rely on a girl who was no more than ten years old.
It is very difficult for an ordinary ten-year-old girl to even support herself, let alone have him as a burden.
"Master, let's see what delicious food Tongtong brings you."
Tongtong was very happy and hurried to the bedside, took out the bread from his arms and tore a small piece to feed the master.
Now that the master is in poor health, he needs to eat something refined to help his digestion.
"Tongtong, you can eat."
"Master is not hungry."
The figure on the bed felt warm in his heart when he saw such a filial child in front of him. If he had met this child earlier, this child might have a better future.
Thinking of this, I can’t help but feel a little emotional. I wonder what’s going on there now.
"Master, I have already eaten. You can eat."
"Master, you won't let me go out these days, but if you don't eat, you won't be able to hold on."
"So I went out at night while you were asleep and found something to eat. I had already eaten when I came here. Master, you don't have to worry."
Tongtong comforted him, but he still couldn't hide the figure on the bed. With the dim candlelight, he saw some scratches on Tongtong's body.
It even hurts my heart.
This piece of bread is hard-earned!
In the past few days, his injury had worsened again, and he had to hold his breath to show Tongtong when he got out of bed. After all, he couldn't bear to watch Tongtong worry all the time.
"Oh, I'm such an old guy that I'm dragging you down."
"Master, don't be a drag, don't be a drag."
"If it weren't for you, Master, Tongtong wouldn't be where he is today."
Tongtong said hurriedly that if the master hadn't come to the rescue that time, she would have been arrested by those bad guys. Compared with the result of being arrested, her current life is simply happy.
It was the master and those people who took action in the first place that further aggravated the injury.
"Master, I'm not hungry either. Let's do this. This piece of bread is so big, how about half of it for each of us?"
"Forehead......"
"If Tongtong doesn't eat, then I won't eat either."
Tongtong was only ten years old, and he couldn't hold back his hunger, so he and his master ate half of the food.
"Ahem, cough...eat, kid."
The figure on the bed looked at the girl in front of him and smiled slightly, divided another half of the bread in his hand and kept it before stuffing a quarter of the bread into his mouth.
The other half is left for Tongtong to eat.
He has been here for a short time, and he has noticed something strange here. He heard from Tongtong that the number of homeless children here is constantly decreasing. He knows that the place is getting more and more dangerous, so he tries his best to keep Tongtong from going out.
When he was seriously injured and captured by merchants, he came here. After a long time, he found a chance to escape. However, during his escape, he encountered Tongtong who was in danger and rescued him.
But he also reached the point where he was exhausted, and he has been recuperating here since then.
If it weren't for Tongtong's careful care, maybe he would have died long ago.
He originally wanted to slowly repair the injuries and then take Tongtong away from here, but he didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen again, and he felt that the group of people who had captured him were coming soon.
The current situation is just like this house, full of dangers!
