Panshu glanced at the sky.
After taking another look at her surroundings, she stood up with difficulty and said, "Let's leave here. It's not safe here."
Xie Chen carried the small cloth bag and the water bag on his back. His thin shoulders struggled to carry the mess of things, and he followed Pan Shu without saying a word.
Ban Shu was helpless, "Give it to me."
He was so silent and sensible that Panshu almost forgot that he was only seven years old.
Xie Chen hesitated for a moment, then handed the water bag to Pan Shu, "Take this."
This one is light.
Pan Shu stared at him for a few seconds and said, "Xie Chen, we will get out of this alive."
Xie Chen was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded firmly. His lips, which were red as if dripping blood, curled up a little on his gray little face, and his noble and proud facial features finally showed some brightness.
Pan Shu lowered her eyes and touched his head.
The tone was soft, "Be good."
Xie Chen raised his head, his obsidian eyes gleaming with a magnificent brilliance. He said slowly, "I will grow up."
"What?" Pan Shu was a little confused.
Xie Chen refused to say anything.
The two of them continued eastward, relying on wild fruits to fill their stomachs during the day. Sometimes, if they were lucky, they would even catch some game to satisfy their hunger. At night, they would sleep on the ground, hugging each other for warmth.
In this empty and lonely purgatory on earth.
Two people who were not in the same sync felt each other's heartbeats and gradually calmed down.
The next day, Pan Shu was surprised to find Xiao Xie Chen sitting by the fire. A pheasant, still bleeding, was hung on a tree branch. The smell of burnt but undisguised meat filled her nose.
"Where did this come from?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Chen subconsciously lowered his head and curled his fingers. He mumbled, "I caught it near here."
Pan Shu sat down next to Xie Chen. In the dim firelight, her red eyes could be vaguely seen. She just stared at the fiercely burning fire in silence, so quiet that Xie Chen felt uneasy.
He is young and doesn't understand what this emotion means.
I just couldn't help but look at her.
But when he saw her red eyes, he was stunned.
He stuttered a little, very flustered, "Why are you crying?"
Pan Shu's snow-white fingertips gently pinched the bruise at the corner of his eye, and a hot teardrop fell on Xie Chen's lips, burning them so much that they became hot.
Xie Chen stuck out his tongue and licked it.
salty.
Bitter.
Not tasty.
She was a little sad.
Xie Chen looked at her in confusion, "Why are you crying?"
"Does it hurt?" Pan Shu avoided answering and just stroked the wound on his face. "Don't do this next time. I just want you to be well, Xie Chen. I will be very scared."
She just casually said last night that she wanted to eat game.
He kept these words in mind.
Carrying Panshu on his back, he didn't know if he hadn't slept all night, but he ran around in this barren land until he finally got a pheasant.
Xie Chen lowered his eyes and turned the pheasant over. "It doesn't hurt."
"Don't be afraid."
His tone was a little clumsy.
I couldn't even say anything to please her.
So I could only repeat in my voice over and over again, "I'm very smart, nothing can hurt me... I'm really powerful..."
Xie Chen noticed the corners of her chapped lips, and shook the water bag again, only to realize that there was no water in the bag. However, there was no water source nearby, and his thin body hesitated and hid in the darkness.
Without water, people will die.
After such a long time, he has realized that death is not a good thing.
At the very least, he would never be able to see Panshu again.
Xie Chen was extremely scared, panicked and uneasy.
So he doesn't want to die.
He let the roasted chicken cool down a bit. The chicken was not big and looked malnourished, with not much meat at all. But for the two of them who had to rely on astringent fruits to fill their stomachs along the way, it was already a delicacy.
Xie Chen didn't eat much.
He tore the remaining chicken from the skeleton, held it in a clean handkerchief, and placed it in front of Pan Shu. "I'm going to find some water nearby. You eat first."
It's funny.
In this desperate end times.
She was actually fattened up by a seven-year-old child.
Pan Shu looked at Xie Chen's thin and determined back, then lowered her head to look at the blackened roasted chicken. She picked up some shredded chicken and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly. She carefully wrapped the rest in a handkerchief, intending to leave it for Xie Chen to eat when he came back.
There was a whisper of conversation in my ears.
"Fuck, it's right here, the smell of meat is killing me!"
"Look again."
Pan Shu calmly stuffed the handkerchief under the bag beside her. The next second, two faces appeared in the bushes in front of her. One was bald, and the other had a hideous scar on his face, looking fierce and narrow-minded.
Pan Shu took two steps back cautiously.
One of the bald men saw Pan Shu and his eyes lit up. "Hey, girl, are you alone?"
The other scarred man stared at the pheasant feathers that had not been dealt with by the fire, and without saying a word, he rushed to grab the bundle on the ground, which contained Xie Chen and all her food.
It was saved by Xie Chen one word at a time.
All of it was left for her to eat.
Pan Shu was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She didn't know where she got the strength from, stepped forward and tightly grasped the rough bundle, tears welling up in her eyes, "Don't you dare steal my things!"
The bald man next to her pushed Panshu down.
She cursed under her breath, but when she saw the things in the bundle, she laughed triumphantly, "Hahaha, you bitch have a lot of food. You got it all by sleeping with men, right?"
"Thank you..."
Pan Shu raised her eyes and was stunned when she saw Xie Chen with an expressionless face not far away.
The dim firelight shone on his face, and his delicate features were filled with a cold and eerie sense of decadence. Suddenly, Banshu's throat could not make any sound.
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