After all, he had lived two lives, so such a young child was like a generation apart to Jiang Xi. Even if he had a heart as hard as stone, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for this innocent boy who suffered - what's more, he was so handsome, so handsome that it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman, and he was too young to know the filthiness of adults in advance.
Sun Ting was completely oblivious to the misfortune that had befallen the boy. She was simply happy that he had woken up. Xiaoling and several younger children gathered around her, "Little brother is awake? That's great!"
The gratitude and joy expressed on those innocent faces were sincere and natural.
Jiang Xi lowered her shoulders, her heart feeling so heavy that it ached.
Perhaps the boy noticed the depression and loneliness at that moment. He tugged at Jiang Xi's clothes. Seeing Jiang Xi looking down at him, he immediately smiled kindly, "Sister, don't worry about me."
It’s so small...
Jiang Xi's eyes felt sore. He stood up awkwardly, wrung out the cotton cloth with clean water, and started wiping them again.
The boy shrank back shyly, but stopped when Jiang Xi scolded him harshly. He just looked at her with eyes full of admiration and gratitude.
A sigh came from somewhere in the breeze, and Jiang Xi thought dejectedly of the rabbit.
"Here, give it to—"
The female college student rushed out and came back in a hurry. When she rushed over, she stuffed something into Jiang Xi's hand. Jiang Xi lowered his head and saw the familiar words "Xiao Chaihu Granules". He looked up suddenly and asked, "Where did it come from?"
Although cold medicine is not quite effective for the condition, it can also help clear away heat and detoxify.
But the only people who can get this medicine in this place are those human traffickers.
The female college student grinned sarcastically, "What the hell is it to you?"
"How can you talk like that?" Sun Ting pulled her sleeves to argue, but was stopped by Jiang Xi. She looked at the man in front of her with a complicated expression. The thin shirt could not cover her exquisite figure, and the exposed part of her waist was stained with blue and red. The posture of her legs when she walked was not very natural.
Jiang Xi wasn't a student who grew up in an ivory tower. He had a mature soul beneath his skin, but after just a few glances, he understood the female college student's plight clearly and couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
——Why would you use your body to exchange medicine for a child you met by chance?
As soon as the female college student met Jiang Xi's gaze, she knew that she knew.
This clean, unpolluted high school girl had a beautiful face that she envied, and an innocence that she envied. Because of this innocence, even these beggars took good care of her and never touched her - but she, a rag and a worn-out girl, could not avoid being dragged into the dark and ruined.
"No reason."
The female college student said this meaninglessly. Seeing the tears in the boy's eyes, her face turned red and she said in a rough voice: "Hurry up and add some water to his drink, otherwise he will die of illness."
Jiang Xi stood there in a daze.
Huge waves surged in her heart, layers of waves rolled around, choking her neck and suffocating her. The heart in her chest that was tossing and turning hurt so much.
Why?
Why?
What the female college student did was completely different from Jiang Xi's previous understanding.
Countless doubts arose in her heart.
With a "crack", something seemed to crack in the chest.
The stone heart quietly revealed a little softness with the blood of life. The fragrance blowing from somewhere in the breeze filled the cold and hard dead branches, and quietly poked out a little new green.
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The daytime passed quickly, and people became numb and dull in the tile-roofed house where they could not escape even to eat, drink, defecate or urinate.
Jiang Xi opened her eyes amidst a rustling sound. She had eaten a lot during the day, so she secretly poured out some of the porridge mixed with medicine at night. Although she didn't eat much, she didn't feel sleepy at all.
Just before going to bed, she tried to spread out her left hand in front of Sun Ting and Xiaoling. As expected, these people could not see the Bodhi Heart Grass in the palm of her hand - although she could still see it clearly.
"Just a bunch of mortals..."
Jiang Xi found that the printed words were becoming more and more adept at expressing emotions. Then he remembered the question he had been concerned about during the day: "Why did the popularity value suddenly increase by ten days?"
"Happiness value is divided into three thresholds."
"The first, most superficial level, commonly known as liking, is worth one day."
"The second, deeper level, is liking, five days."
"The third, most profound, is what we call faith." The printed words paused before continuing, "And faith is extremely precious, worth a hundred days."
"So, my five-day popularity score came from that kid?"
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