After a while, before Lin An could ask softly, Anduin, who had just recovered, gave a wry smile and introduced him.
"Master Ling'an...she is Audrey..."
"She's...a friend of mine."
As if he was afraid that Lin An would misunderstand something, Anduin smoothed the broken hair on the girl's forehead and let out a long sigh.
"She is 13 years old and goes to the same school as me."
"Her parents are aerospace engineers, and my father is a truck driver who delivers supplies to the launch base...so the two of us have known each other since we were very young."
As if taking care of his sister, Anduin spoke bitterly while holding the tin can.
I saw him suddenly squatting at the girl's feet and speaking seriously:
"Audrey, I bought milk powder. Feed it to him and he won't cry."
"There is something I want to tell you, your brother..."
Anduin spoke hesitantly, glanced at the baby, and seemed to have no words left in his mouth.
The tin can was opened and there was half a can of milk powder inside.
Lin An came back to his senses and looked at the slightly yellowed milk powder. Only then did he realize that what Anduin had bought was actually milk powder.
She glanced at the girl who was still dumb and as motionless as a puppet, and then noticed some smelly urine stains and feces on the bed.
Lin An sighed secretly, and immediately understood why Anduyin was so anxious.
The girl is skinny, the group of children cannot find the mother's milk, and expecting one child to take care of another is tantamount to waiting for death.
younger brother? Is this kid Audrey's brother?
As if thinking of something, Lin An looked around.
"Why don't you take them back? It's not safe here."
Frowning slightly.
Even if he stayed in the room, Lin An could hear what was going on next door.
Although the living conditions here are better than Anduin's, it is obvious that Audrey cannot take care of her brother at all. Rather than staying here, it would be better to go back with Anduin and others. There is some kind of care for each other.
Are you worried that Audrey is not mentally normal? If you bring her back to the tin house, will you be unable to imprison the girl?
Facing Lin An's question, Anduin slowly stood up in silence.
After he patted the shoulders of several children, he turned to look at Lin An.
"Sir... let's go out and talk."
With sad eyes, Lin An nodded after hearing this, but for some reason, he always felt that something was wrong...
.............
After going downstairs, Anduin glanced back at the building behind him, and after confirming that the children were busy making milk powder, he spoke bitterly.
"Sir, the reason why we keep Audrey here is because it is relatively safe."
"There are many women here. If Audrey goes back, she will not be able to accept it mentally."
Clenching his fists slightly, before Lin An realized anything, Anduin took a deep breath and spoke again:
"Audrey lived with us in the tin house at first, but later, she was raped by workers there."
"She can't go back to that place or she'll go crazy."
After the words fell, Lin An's heartbeat stopped.
Since losing his power, in the past few days, it has been difficult for him to control his emotions from a third perspective like before.
In particular, he suddenly realized what he felt was wrong.
younger brother? That child...
as expected.
The next second, Anduin continued to speak with trembling breath:
"Sir, that child is her child."
"After the doomsday broke out, Audrey and I fled here with other children. It was okay at first, and there were kind-hearted adults who would take care of us."
"But as food became increasingly scarce, many people began to starve to death."
"One day...Audrey was...raped by drunken workers. After the group...did what they did to her, they left food for her."
"We were all outside at first and didn't know about it. Audrey didn't say anything, she just silently distributed the food to us."
"That period... was too difficult... we didn't know how to make bullets. During the most difficult time, Audrey was actually there..."
Sudden emotional breakdown.
As Anduin spoke, his whole body trembled and his mouth opened, and big tears seemed to flow out uncontrollably.
"She gave up on herself, she gave up..."
"We are so hungry... so hungry!"
"Did you know! When people are hungry, they don't actually think about anything. In fact, they can lie to themselves about anything! In fact, I guessed it. In fact, I guessed where the food comes from..."
"But I can't help it, I'm a waste, I can't find anything to eat!"
"I pretended not to know, I thought it wasn't like that..."
"Until one day, Audrey's belly slowly bulged, people were no longer interested in her, and they could no longer take the food back."
His words were incoherent, and Anduin seemed like he couldn't bear it anymore because of what happened today. He sat down on the ground and cried like a real teenager.
He actually knows that he is a coward.
Other children may not understand this, but he does.
Only when Audrey's "secret" could no longer be hidden, he could face it pretending to be sad and angry. But in fact, every time after eating the food Audrey exchanged for him, he would hide under the quilt, clenching his fists and spitting on himself.
"Sir...I'm sorry, I really don't want anything to happen to Audrey...she really can't hold on anymore..."
"The child was crying every day, but there was nothing we could do. I just thought that as long as I got some milk powder, maybe Audrey would be better and she would feel better!"
It's like explaining again why you take the risk to buy something.
Anduin looked at Lin An with pleading eyes. He couldn't bear so many things and he felt like he was going crazy.
He regarded Lin An who fell from the sky as hope, and he did not dare to offend the mysterious Lin An.
Even though Lin An didn't seem to want to blame him, he was still afraid. He had no choice but to tell Lin An why he did what he did.
Looking at Anduin who was in pain and fear, Lin An felt extremely complicated emotions rising in his head.
Only at this moment did he realize clearly how much hope the questions these children asked after rescuing him contained.
Lin An gave a wry smile, sighed, and squatted down.
Just seeing Anduin collapse at this moment, he wanted to tell Anduin that they might have done something wrong.
In Anduin's mind, they probably felt that Audrey had no way to feed the child, so they chose to kill the child.
But from Lin An's adult perspective, he could see that Audrey essentially used herself as a tool to save everyone. After that period of time, she no longer wanted to live.
That child was not so much her child as her most painful memory.
Just seeing the child reminded Audrey of what she had endured.
However, just when Lin An was hesitantly planning to let Anduin understand this, he was suddenly stunned and suddenly remembered another thing.
etc..
younger brother?
Anduin had just wanted to say something about his brother, if not the baby.
"The child who was stoned to death was Audrey's brother!?"
"You wanted to say this just now, but couldn't!? You asked those children to tell her!?"
Lin An's face changed slightly, and he suddenly felt a strong uneasiness.
The next second, Anduin nodded subconsciously and wiped away his tears.
"boom!"
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground and the children's panicked shouts suddenly sounded from behind.
.....................
late at night.
The night was cold, and the howling cold wind stung people as if their bones were beginning to ache.
Sitting alone on an abandoned rooftop, Lin An silently looked at the sky above his head.
Although it was difficult for his current body to bear the chill, no matter how cold the wind was, it was not as cold as his heart.
In just a few days, everything he saw made him feel so depressed that it was hard to breathe.
Although he has seen too many such tragedies, he knows that this is the end of the world. Some things become numb if you see them too much.
Even...he is the cause of the tragedy of the alien civilization.
But at this moment, he was not only angry, but also felt an unspeakable devastation in his heart, and felt that the world was disgusting and destructive. What's more, there is confusion and powerlessness.
and self-doubt.
He suddenly realized that as he became more and more powerful, especially after solving the alien crisis, something seemed to be missing from him.
He was scared to death, and he felt that he was more important than everyone else.
He didn't dare to take any risks and would rather spend this month in the safest way possible.
Even if he knew it, he could actually "create" an awakened person long ago.
He even speeds up his fanatic followers and sends people to deliver messages to Long An! I don’t even dare to tell myself where I am!
Letting Long'an's people come to find him is actually risky!
Therefore, Lin An clearly knew what he was thinking deep in his heart!
In just one month, he only needs to ensure that he survives at the minimum level! He just needs to hide like a mouse and completely turn a blind eye to the misfortune of others!
It's not a big deal, there are so many tragedies, and they have nothing to do with him anyway! Anyway, he can save more people in the future!
Intellectually and logically, this is indeed the most correct choice!
"It's only a month... Even if I get angry and want to save some people, I can wait until I regain my strength. I can fall from the sky like a god and kill all evil! People will still cheer and thank me!"
"There is actually no need to understand the power of faith, or to do it later."
"...Obviously all of this is correct, it should indeed be like this... A small impatience will mess up a big plan, it is right!"
"But..."
"But why is my "heart" telling me that this is wrong!!"
a long time.
In the biting cold wind, Lin An struggled with himself over and over again, and suddenly realized the problem.
There is no difference between a month and a year or a hundred years.
To escape is to escape.
If you think that the current power is not enough to change these, then is the fourth-level power really enough?
The stronger you are, the weaker you are.
At this moment, Lin An seemed to understand why the fugitives fled.
In the apocalypse, there is also a trap for the "strong".
