Unexpectedly, just as Chaoge felt relieved, everything went dark in front of his eyes, and he felt dizzy. His body felt dazed and he was about to fall forward!
The aunt standing next to the middle-aged man rushed forward and grabbed Chaoge's arm, preventing her from falling face down on the ground.
"Girl, are you okay?!"
Chaoge took a few deep breaths before he slowly and forcefully stood up with the help of the aunt.
Leng Furong and her brother also hurriedly supported her with a nervous look on their faces, their eyes were red with worry.
Is it okay?
All their money and food were stolen along the way. The original owner was also a fool, and didn't know how to hide the hundreds of taels of silver separately. After they were all robbed, they had been hungry for two or three days.
In the case of this refugee riot, as long as the original owner could make friends with some refugees, he would not be left alone and robbed.
After experiencing two bloody battles today, the little space stream water she drank was almost used up.
She has been able to hold on until now entirely relying on her willpower.
Chaoge suppressed the little complaints he had about the original owner, and faced with this stranger's concern, he swallowed and put away all the grievances in his heart.
"Auntie, I'm fine. I'm probably just hungry. Just sit down and breathe slowly."
After hearing what Chaoge said, the old lady didn't continue the conversation.
After all, even if she continued to care about him, it was impossible for her to use the little food left in her home to help Chaoge.
Unexpectedly, before the old lady could let go of her hand in embarrassment, a half-bitten wild fruit was suddenly delivered to Chaoge's mouth.
Looking at the half-eaten wild fruit with messy teeth marks on it, Chaoge slowly moved his gaze forward and met a pair of clear, bright big eyes.
"You eat the little pigeon, and I only need to eat half of it.
I'm not hungry anymore, you can't die!"
Leng Xiaoran tried hard to put on a sensible look on his face and begged cautiously. That look in his eyes was so sincere that Chaoge couldn't help but feel fragile inside. His throat choked and his eyes suddenly felt warm.
No wonder the original owner took such a risk to escort the three young ladies to Xilin County.
Look, whose three-year-old little master could be so caring for a maid?
Chaoge was moved and took the half-eaten wild fruit from Leng Xiaoran. She touched his head lovingly, sniffed to hold back the tears of emotion, nodded vigorously, and ate the rest of the wild fruit without hesitation.
After his empty stomach was filled with food, Chaoge instantly felt his lost strength slowly returning.
She didn't know if it was the energy of the wild fruit, or because the wild fruit came from this space, but after eating half of it, she felt much better.
"Little pigeon, I shouldn't have been so anxious to finish the fruit. If I had known, we would have eaten it together."
Seeing Chaoge's face gradually regaining some color, Leng Furong's face was full of self-blame and guilt.
Thinking about how she had just wolfed down the fruit, she felt so ashamed that she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.
"I don't blame you. Don't blame yourself. Am I okay now?"
Chaoge's heart was instantly healed by the three people who were worried about her. Under their caring gaze, all the suffering she had endured today seemed no longer tormenting.
"Hey, girls, I'm glad you're all okay. It's not easy for everyone right now. It's getting late, and we have to continue on our journey.
By the way, why don't you and your siblings have any elders around you?"
Seeing that it was getting late, many refugees had already picked up their luggage and moved on. The uncle wanted to say goodbye to them, but he couldn't help but asked this question.
Chaoge naturally understood what this uncle meant when he said that everyone has a hard time.
What the uncle meant was simply that he could help with a hand, but food was out of the question. In fact, Chaoge didn't want charity or pity from these people.
If it were her, even if she had food, she wouldn't be so kind as to give it to others.
Chaoge looked at the uncle and smiled gratefully, but there was a surge of sadness in his eyes: "In fact, our parents and grandparents were killed by the Northern Nudazi when the border war broke out. They left us forever.
We had some uncles and aunts with us, but we encountered bandits along the way and got separated from them.
Now, there are only a few of us siblings left.
We originally planned to go to Xilin County to seek refuge with our relatives, but the road to Xilin County is still several hundred miles away, and we don’t know if we will be able to make it there alive.”
As Chaoge spoke, she squeezed out a few pitiful tears.
When the speaker is sad, the listener will also be sad.
Many of these refugees have lost loved ones due to war and drought.
There was no other way. Chaoge had no fighting power, so they could only pretend to be pitiful to win everyone's sympathy. They hoped that at least in the rest of the journey, these refugees would allow them to travel together, so that they would not be left alone and targeted again.
Looking at Chaoge who lied without blinking, Leng Furong and her two siblings looked at her, lowered their heads silently, bit their lips and dared not say a word.
In fact, they really miss their loved ones at this moment.
But their identities cannot be exposed. Even if Chaoge lied, it was only to protect them.
Even the three-year-old Leng Xiaoran understood how sensitive their identities were.
"Alas, everyone is suffering from the war and drought, but you and your siblings are also pitiful.
It’s all Bei Nudazi’s fault. This battle has caused countless deaths and family losses!
Well, why don't you and your brothers come with us? Just treat it as a companion. We are from the same village and we are going west, so we can go as far as we can."
As expected, there is always a shortage of kind and righteous people.
The rest of the refugees who did not have time to leave were also moved by the siblings' life stories. Although many of them had the same experience as Chaoge and his friends, it was just a casual invitation, and everyone was willing to be kind at this time.
"Really? That's great.
If we could follow you kind-hearted people on this journey, we siblings wouldn’t be so scared.
Thank you, everyone! Thank you, everyone! "
Chaoge pulled Leng Furong and her brother aside, immediately put on an ecstatic look on his face, and hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude to the uncle and his villagers opposite.
Chaoge's compliment instantly made the refugees, who originally felt that the uncle was meddling in their affairs, feel at ease.
At least at this time no one stood up to oppose the uncle's decision.
"We are just traveling together, and I can't do anything for you.
We are all from the same village, so when we encounter trouble, we will definitely face the outside world together.
We can’t help with other things, but if someone bullies us or has bad intentions, at least we have more people to worry about.”
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