Chapter 24024 Extra Explanation

In fact, He meeting Xia was just a coincidence.

The food distributed to him and other children by the tribe in the past few days has been eaten up. Unlike those children who have families to rely on and have food stored at home, they can only tighten their belts to live.

This morning, He was so hungry that he thought of sneaking out of the tribe and trying his luck in a place farther away to see if he could find some berries or grass roots to fill his stomach.

Then, the aroma of grilled meat caught his attention.

He was so hungry that he felt dizzy. He didn't care where he was going. He just walked along the smell in a daze, and then... he saw Sister Xia, whom he hadn't seen for many days.

Sister Xia today is very different from before.

He couldn't tell where exactly, but he just felt that it looked...better.

And the center of the barbecue aroma came from the fire in front of her!

It turned out to be Sister Xia barbecuing!

He felt a sense of joy at having food to eat, but he knew that Sister Xia was a female now in the wild, and food was very important. She couldn't just go up and ask for it. She should... should find something to exchange for it!

So he returned to the tribe along the same route, ready to find something to exchange for food, and told everyone everything he had seen.

But it was obvious that the people in the tribe did not buy it, and even restricted He from going out and meeting Xia.

"Take something in exchange? I think you're stupid. We don't even have enough food for ourselves, how can we possibly exchange it for you?"

Facing everyone's doubts, He couldn't help but explain: "That's because you don't want to! Sister Xia used to share her food with us, and she will definitely do so now! She lives alone in a thatched house, so I want to send her some..."

"He! What are you talking about? Come back with us quickly!" The orphans in the tribe heard what He saw, and one of the oldest boys stood up and stopped He from continuing.

Shu is the oldest of all the children, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and is the one who has been with Xia the longest and has the most stable personality.

He was different from these children. Although he didn't know the specific reason, he knew that Sister Xia being kicked out of the tribe must not be as simple as it seemed.

Now, any "good words" He said about Sister Xia would only deepen everyone's resentment and dislike towards her.

Besides, all the skills that Sister Xia has must be kept secret, so how can she tell everyone about them?

What if she is remembered by someone with ulterior motives? What if Sister Xia is alone outside and someone wants to harm her?

"I'm sorry to trouble you all. He was digging tree roots with us in the back mountain this morning and never left the tribe. What he said just now was all nonsense. I hope you don't take it to heart." Shu lightly denied everything He had said before.

He wanted to retort, but when he received the murderous look from his elder brother, he tactfully shut his mouth.

"I told you! It's a miracle that a female like Xia has survived to this day. How could she possibly possess those skills?!"

"So it was you who made up the lie? What a waste of everyone's time!"

"Let's go, let's go back!"

What Shu said was obviously more in line with everyone's cognition, so most people accepted it well, and only a few people had doubts.

But he no longer cared about so much and quickly left the center of the crowd with He.

(End of this chapter)