After about ten seconds, Lu Yuan hid the rice he had just taken out by the door. Just as he was about to go downstairs, he saw more than ten children slowly and tiptoeing up the stairs. When they saw Lu Yuan, a hopeful look appeared on their faces.
The building was already shaky after the earthquake; half of it had collapsed, and there were cracks on the stairs. The railings had either been knocked off or removed by someone, and the few steps that the dozen or so children were standing on immediately began to sway.
Seeing the children still trying to climb higher, Lu Yuan's face immediately hardened, and he shouted at them, "Stop rushing up! This building is going to collapse!"
However, the children didn't care at all. They stood there without any intention of going down. Instead, they raised their smiling faces and stretched out their dirty little hands to Lu Yuan.
"Uncle, please give me something to eat, I'm so hungry!"
"Uncle, Auntie said you have some food, could you give us some? I don't want chocolate, I just want rice."
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Each child stood on the stairs, carrying a tattered bowl, their eyes gleaming as if they had seen a savior.
Upon seeing this, Lu Yuan cursed inwardly. He hadn't expected the situation in Anhui Province to be so dire. Wasn't this the base they were talking about?
So Lu Yuan turned his two pockets inside out, and replied with a playful smile, "Uncle, there's nothing left to eat here. By the way, have you eaten yet? How about I come eat at your place?"
The children were at a loss for words. Just as they were wondering what to do, a group of adults appeared at the bottom of the stairs. Among them was a burly middle-aged man with tattoos on his neck. He pointed at Lu Yuan and said, "Brother, we only want food. If you don't give us food, you probably won't be able to leave!"
Lu Yuan shrugged and put on an innocent look, saying, "I really don't have any food. I gave that piece of chocolate to that woman. Besides, I came all the way from Shanxi Province. I ate everything I could along the way. How could I possibly stay here? I'm still looking for something to eat!"
The tattooed man, however, had no intention of letting Lu Yuan off the hook and continued, "Stop talking nonsense. We saw you just brought out some food, so hurry up and give us the food and we'll leave. We don't need much, just half!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan was immediately startled. Could it be that they had discovered his entry into the dimensional space? Seeing that the people only wanted food and didn't seem to have noticed his dimensional space, Lu Yuan felt a little more at ease.
"No, you can't stop me from saying it!"
There was indeed a half-bag of rice hidden behind the door of the room behind Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan did not intend to hand it over to them because the freshness of this rice was completely different from what was available on the market. If they could see that his rice was so fresh, there might be other troubles. Lu Yuan had to protect himself and absolutely could not take this grain out.
The tattooed man shouted impatiently to the crowd behind him, "This kid's not behaving himself. Let's rush in; there's definitely food inside his house!"
A group of children stood on the stairs and began to walk up, muttering to themselves as they went.
"Uncle, please give me some food, I want to eat!"
"Uncle, I'm so hungry, please help me!"
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In an instant, the crowd surged forward, causing the entire staircase to sway precariously. The small crack that had been there earlier began to widen as the crowd grew larger.
Seeing more than a dozen children rushing up the stairs, if the stairs were to collapse, they would definitely fall and get injured from such a height.
Lu Yuan frowned immediately, then pulled a dagger from his pocket and shouted at the crowd, "Everyone back off! Anyone who steps forward will be killed! If anyone isn't afraid of death and dares to rush forward again, don't blame me for being merciless!"
The tattooed man sneered, then coldly pushed the child who was trying to back away, saying, "He doesn't dare to lay a hand on me. The child is charging forward. I refuse to believe he wouldn't even spare a child!"
Upon hearing the tattooed man's words, Lu Yan cursed inwardly.
"Charge! Don't waste words with him, just grab the food! This guy is too untrustworthy!"
After receiving the adults' orders, the children felt somewhat at ease and slowly made their way up the stairs.
Lu Yuan felt somewhat helpless. If these things were really exposed, it would definitely cause him a lot of trouble. He wanted to drive these people away immediately and find a way to leave this place. He did not intend to get entangled with this group of people.
Lu Yuan gripped the dagger tightly in his hand, somewhat helplessly. He brandished the dagger and shouted at the children, "Get out of here, or I'll really hurt you! I'm not afraid to hit you hard!"
The children's eyes no longer held that innocent and carefree look; they were all red-eyed and ready to rush forward. It seemed they were starving and fearless.
Lu Yuan, who was entangled with the group of children, looked back and immediately understood why they were all terrified. It turned out that when he had just started cooking, the pot was emitting a fragrant aroma of rice, and now that the rice was steaming and cooking, the whole house was slowly filled with the aroma of rice.
Upon seeing this, Lu Yuan cursed inwardly, while the other adults licked their lips and rushed forward, taking advantage of Lu Yuan's distraction by the child.
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