Don’t bully young people in poverty (v1c32)
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Ye Sheng gasped in horror.
The first thing she saw when she entered the door was the empty straw bed. The little girl was nowhere to be seen. Ye Sheng panicked.
The joy of her rich harvest was gone, replaced by a cold dread.
She stumbled a few steps, imagining the worst scenarios.
Had someone broken in while she was out?
Or had a cunning creature sneaked into the shack?
Xiaodongxi who could barely move was defenseless!
"Xiaodongxi! Xiaodongxi, where are you?"
Ye Sheng shouted desperately, rushing to the straw bed, looking for any clues.
The shack didn't smell like blood, which was a good sign.
The girl might still be alive!
"Uh"
A faint sound came from the other side of the straw bed, as if the girl was trying to get her attention.
Ye Sheng ran around the bed and saw the girl lying on the floor, weak and pale.
Her long light pink hair covered most of her body, and her fingers, which had regained some sensation yesterday, were digging into the ground.
She had used so much force that her nails had torn and bled.
Under her hair, her expressionless face and dull red eyes were visible, making Ye Sheng's heart ache.
She quickly picked up the girl and put her back on the bed.
The bed was high enough to make sleeping comfortable, but it had also hidden the girl from her sight, making her worry.
Thankfully, it was a false alarm.
Ye Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, but felt her legs shaking.
She was more scared than when she faced a porcupine rat or a robber...
She shouldn't be so nervous after spending a few days with the girl. She was a stranger, after all. But the girl meant something different to Ye Sheng.
She was a reason to survive in this wasteland.
She was not alone anymore, but had someone who depended on her.
She had to stay alive for the girl who waited for her at home.
"I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of you. I'll stay at home for the next few days. You can tell me whatever you want... I'll do it for you! Your body hasn't recovered yet. Don't push yourself. You'll get better soon."
Ye Sheng rambled on, slapping her thigh with one hand, trying to calm her nerves.
After a while, she took the iron basin and filled it with water. She dipped a clean cloth in it and gently lifted the girl's hand, wiping away the dirt.
Luckily, the nails were not completely ripped off, but only slightly lifted. They could heal with some care.
She looked at the girl's delicate hands and couldn't help but nag: "Look, if you ruin such beautiful hands, they might turn into ugly thick nails. You'll regret it then!"
She scared the girl, cleaned her hands, and then looked at her face.
The girl furrowed her brows and pressed her lips together, looking like she was still in shock.
Ye Sheng felt sorry for her and stopped talking. She raised her hand and touched the girl's frown, gently smoothing it out.
The girl looked up, her red eyes shining like rubies in the water.
Her wet eyes were stunning.
If she could recover her health, her red eyes would be even more beautiful.
Ye Sheng leaned down close to the girl and whispered in her ear: "You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. Your injury is very serious, but you can move your fingers now. That's a good sign!"
Ye Sheng understood the girl.
She was like a blind person who longed to see again, or a dying person who wanted to live.
The girl used to run and jump, but after being hurt by a bad guy, she couldn't move at all. She had managed to absorb some energy stone and regain some sensation in her fingers. She naturally hoped to get better as soon as possible.
But the girl was too badly injured and couldn't heal by willpower alone.
She needed more energy stones or repair fluid.
But...
Ye Sheng was a poor woman living in the mitigation zone.
She couldn't get what the girl needed to heal her wounds.
Ye Sheng felt helpless, but not incompetent. If anyone else had gone through what she had, they might have died in the wasteland.
Besides, there was a saying: don't look down on the young and poor.
Maybe if she stayed in the wasteland for a long time, she could find energy stones for the girl every day.
o(´^｀)o
Ye Sheng didn't indulge in her fantasy for too long, and soon came back to reality. She looked at the girl's beautiful face, which was no longer tense, but relaxed.
The girl's hand, hanging by her side, quietly gripped the hem of Ye Sheng's clothes.
As Ye Sheng had guessed, the girl had tried to test her body.
She wanted to see how much she had recovered.
But she couldn't control any part of her body except for her fingers.
This made her furious. She had always been a control freak, and she hated being weak. She tried to push her body to the limit, hoping to revive it.
But her energy was too low and couldn't be restored.
She needed to keep absorbing energy stones.
But the woman who brought her home was neither rich nor powerful.
She had been lucky to find an energy stone yesterday.
But when would she find the next one? How long would she stay like this, a useless waste?
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became.
The madness that drove her to kill resurfaced.
But she couldn't move, so she had to endure it. The pain of her torn muscles and bones could make a normal person faint.
But the madness that fueled her revenge kept her alive until the woman came back.
She expected to be mocked and abused.
But the woman's panicked words, careful actions, gentle cleaning of her wounds, and soothing voice...
They confused her.
She had lived in the wasteland for so long, and she had never met anyone like her.
Naive and stupid.
But she liked it.
'Dong-dong-dong!'
Ye Sheng was relieved to see that the girl was calm and not causing trouble. She heard Zhou Lin banging on the door of the shack, making her worry that he would break it.
She quickly opened the door to stop her.
She still had to hide the girl, so she stepped outside. She saw Zhou Lin's excited face and before she could ask, she blurted out:"Shengsheng, the base is organizing a spring harvest event. If you sign up today, you can go to the plantation and dig potatoes tomorrow!"