The sounds of slaps and children's screams rose and fell.

Hera squatted down beside her, hugging her knees and quietly watching Aikaren pat the child's bottom.

The little girl and the masked child next to Hera huddled together in fear.

Banana Peel, who had been watching all of this up close next to Aikaren, collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

On one hand, she felt sorry for her older brother, but on the other hand, she was afraid that after beating up her older brother, he would start beating up her.

But his legs wouldn't obey him because he was too afraid, which made him even more anxious, and he cried even louder.

"Wow—! Big brother, big brother, I was wrong, please stop hitting me! I won't call you weakling anymore, you're my big brother, from now on I'll call you grandpa..."

The child cried and begged Aikaren for mercy, his bottom burning with pain from the slaps, feeling like it was about to split open.

Hearing this, Aikalen stopped, picked him up again, and held him in front of her.

"Will you dare to spit on others again?"

"I won't dare again..."

"Do you still dare to call others weak?"

"I won't dare again..."

"Are you still going to rob us or not?"

"No……"

When asked if he would still rob, the child paused.

Biting her lip, she stubbornly turned her head to the side, "I'll still steal!"

His eyes were tightly closed, and his cheeks were streaked with tears from when he had just cried.

Ekalen raised his hand as if to strike again.

The child shuddered, still clenching his teeth.

"Waaah...please stop hitting my brother."

At this moment, the banana peel crawled up from the ground and tugged at Aikaren's trouser leg, begging for mercy.

The other two children also rushed over to beg for mercy.

Hera just squatted down and watched the show. Anyway, the child was so small, it didn't matter whether he ate or not.

Seeing this, Aikaren sensed something was wrong, gently put the child down, and squatted down to be parallel to them.

"Fine, I won't hit you anymore. Tell me, why do you insist on robbing me? What difficulties are you facing?"

"I won't tell you!" The child stubbornly turned his head away, showing no respect for Aikaren whatsoever.

Aikalen's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, and she grabbed the child by the back of his collar, intending to lift him up again.

This time, the child wasn't scared, but the other three were.

"I'll talk! We'll all talk!"

"We'll tell you everything, just don't hit the big brother..."

Seeing that things were going wrong, the child was about to scold the three of them when Aikaren covered his mouth and said, "Okay, you can talk. Tell me your names while you're at it."

The three children exchanged glances, and the banana peel slowly opened.

"My name is Tang Jie, but they all call me Xiao Jie."

Then, he pointed to the masked child, “His name is Rebecca, but we like to call him Beibei.”

And this girl's name is Amysa, um, she likes us to call her Sasha.

Xiao Jie glanced at his older brother and finally spoke up, "He is our older brother Floran. We usually call him Big Brother."

"Then why did you rob us?"

Xiao Jie was startled, and explained with a slight tremor.

"Because we need to eat..."

Upon hearing this, Aikaren trembled violently, his eyes first widening in disbelief, then turning to fury.

Just as he was about to ask who their parents were, he suddenly realized that this would be reopening old wounds.

He closed his mouth, mentally rehearsing what he would say next, and tried to speak as gently as possible.

"So you live together and make a living by robbing people?"

The four children lowered their eyes at the same time and nodded in unison. Even Floran stopped making a fuss and stood still with his head down.

Ekalen had realized that these children were either all orphans or had been abandoned by their irresponsible parents.

Ekalen fell silent, and her heart, which had stopped beating because of her symbiosis with Hera, began to beat again at that moment.

He felt sorry for these children.

'They are so pitiful, I really want to help them, but…'

Aikaren turned to look at her beautiful, charming, and adorable boss.

Then the one whose heart was beating in an attempt to help them died.

'Forget it, the boss is the most important person in the world.'

Aycaran stood up, took two hundred dollars from the bag containing the money, and handed it to them.

"Try not to rob anymore. There are relief stations in this city where you can go."

Floran blankly accepted the dollars he had never seen before and nodded woodenly to Ekalen.

Aikalen sighed, ignored their thanks, and walked back to Hera's side.

Hera stood up, and her cell phone suddenly rang in her pocket.

She opened her phone and saw messages from Fran and Toth.

They were saying they hadn't found a suitable rental place, and then they asked Hera if she had.

Hera's hands slid across the keyboard, and she typed, "Me neither."

Aikalen glanced at her, only to have Hera shove the phone right in his face so he could see it more clearly.

Aikalen saw the message on her phone, but her expression wasn't too surprised.

"There's nothing we can do. After all, everyone wants to come to this city, and it's very common to not have a place to live."

Hera scratched her head and peeked out at the four children admiring the dollars.

Floran quickly tucked the money into his arms, saying, "Well, you've already given it to me, I won't give it back to you."

Where do you live?

Hera ignored his words and asked a question.

This surprised all four little ones.

“We live in a big warehouse…” Xiao Jie answered cautiously.

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