Su Qingci wasn't a particularly kind person, but this scene really dealt her a heavy blow.
Hearing the commotion outside, one of the older children ran out of the house.
He walked to his younger brother's side with a wary expression, looking at Su Qingci cautiously.
Su Qingci looked around the room, took a deep breath, and asked the child.
Where are the adults in your family?
The little brother hid behind his older brother, sticking out his head to look at Su Qingci curiously. The six-year-old brother looked at the stranger in front of him, straightened his chest, and mustered up his courage to whisper to Su Qingci.
"Mom went back to Grandma's house to borrow money, saying she wanted to buy Dad a coffin."
"Grandma isn't feeling well and is sleeping in bed."
"Sister, who are you?"
Su Qingci said softly, "Your sister is your father's friend."
The boy said in a daze, "My dad died, and people say I'll never have a dad again."
Fearing that Su Qingci might not understand, the little boy explained.
"It means that Dad is going to a very far place and won't be with us anymore."
Su Qingci suppressed the heaviness in her heart, chatted with the child for a few words, and then took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket and stuffed them into the child's hand.
After saying goodbye to the children, she pushed her bicycle toward Yunhai Village.
Thinking of the coins salvaged from the shipwreck and found in the safe, Su Qingci made a decision.
However, there are some things that are not suitable for her to handle.
This amount of money is nothing to her, but to others, it might be the hope for their entire family to survive.
Since we have taken from "them," let's use what we have left over from "them."
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