Xia Sen looked rather thin and small. Some particularly vicious refugees nearby ran over and snatched the steamed bun in front of him.
"Don't steal our food!"
"These are what they gave us!"
Xia Sen tried to protect what was in front of him, but he was exhausted from the past few days and was no match for those people. With a slight push, they knocked Xia Sen down.
"Xia Sen, come back. Don't fight with them for it."
"As long as we save our own lives, that's all that matters."
Actually, Xu Yuehuai had just secretly hidden a steamed bun without letting the others know.
Upon hearing this, Xia Sen limped back.
Xu Yuehuai felt particularly bad when she saw Xia Sen was injured.
If Xia Sen hadn't wanted to protect her, he wouldn't have been hurt like this.
"Sister, it's all my fault for being useless. Those people stole our food."
Xu Yuehuai gently shook her head and said to Xia Sen, "You've actually done a really great job. You protected me well. It's just that some food was taken away from us. It doesn't affect us at all."
"Look what this is!"
As Xu Yuehuai spoke, she took out a steamed bun that she had hidden in her sleeve.
Xia Sen's eyes lit up when he saw the steamed bun. He hadn't expected Xu Yuehuai to be so prescient as to have secretly hidden the bun long ago.
"Sister, you're amazing! Go ahead and eat."
“You haven’t eaten much for so many days. Hurry up and eat this steamed bun, maybe your illness will get better soon.”
Xu Yuehuai didn't expect that Xia Sen, who was also starving, would think of her first and want her to eat the food.
She was deeply moved and immediately divided the steamed bun into two portions, giving the larger portion to Xia Sen.
"You've had a tough time these past few days. I'm also unable to move around, and I'm so sorry to have troubled you like this."
"You should eat this quickly to regain your strength."
"What will I do if you get hurt later?"
Xia Sen didn't want to eat at first, but thinking about how those people had bullied him because he was weak, he realized that if he didn't get stronger and recover quickly, he would probably be bullied by even more people later.
Now, more and more refugees are flocking to this area.
Those people who are helping refugees later won't be able to help so many refugees.
Later on, probably no one will want to help these refugees anymore. Instead, they'll want to drive them out and prevent them from staying in their current location.
Xia Sen had anticipated this possibility, so he immediately took precautions.
He took the half-eaten steamed bun from Xu Yuehuai's hand, then divided it into two portions, and returned the other portion to Xu Yuehuai.
"Sister, you're injured, so please eat this first."
"My health is better than yours, so it's okay for me to eat a little less."
Seeing this scene, Xu Yuehuai couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat.
Immediately, she put away her own steamed bun and ate the same one as Xia Sen.
"Then I'll keep this one for now, and we can eat it later when we're hungry."
Seeing that Xu Yuehuai hadn't eaten the extra portion, Xia Sen couldn't persuade him otherwise, so he nodded and continued eating his own steamed bun, secretly hiding some more.
In the days that followed, they were first helped by these people and managed to get some food and warmth.
But it's extremely cold around here. If we continue to live outdoors, we'll probably freeze to death in a few days.
So Xu Yuehuai and Xia Sen decided to find another place to stay nearby. However, when they tried to find another place to shelter from the wind and rain, they found that there was no place available at all.
Some dilapidated temples and some ruined houses had long been occupied by others. The two of them were so sick and weak that they were unable to argue with others.
"Sister, all these houses have been occupied. It's all my fault for not coming to look for them sooner, otherwise you wouldn't have to suffer hunger and cold with me."
"Now we have nowhere else to go, so we can only take shelter near these walls to avoid the wind and rain."
Xia Sen felt particularly guilty. He hadn't expected that they would arrive so late, after all, and would be unable to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Now they can only sit under other eaves that can keep out the rain, which offers some protection from the wind and rain.
Xu Yuehuai said gently to Xia Sen, "Actually, it doesn't matter. It's already very good that we can find some shelter from the wind and rain in this place."
"Some people are unable to move and can only sit in the cold wind. Compared to those people, we are relatively lucky."
Upon hearing this, Xia Sen nodded slightly.
So they took shelter next to the eaves of this area, where they could find some shelter from the wind and rain.
However, their area was actually very close to the other refugees' settlement, and some of the refugees nearby paid attention to them because they saw the two of them relying on each other for survival.
Even though Xu Yuehuai is in trouble now, with many wounds all over her body and a very pale face, her appearance and temperament are still outstanding among this group of people.
Those around Xu Yuehuai looked at her and felt that she was definitely not an ordinary person.
After the people around him stared at Xu Yuehuai for a long time, Xia Sen became displeased. He immediately glared back fiercely, blocking their view of Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai knew that some people were watching her. She had regained some strength and then used her clothes to cover her face.
Seeing this, the people around them didn't want to cause trouble, so they quickly looked away and stopped staring at them.
Xia Sen then withdrew his gaze and ignored them completely.
"Sister, with so many people watching you, I'm a little worried about you if I leave later."
They're stuck in this small town, and relying solely on charity from others isn't a sustainable solution.
Xia Sen thought he would find something to do later. Even if others didn't pay him, some food and a place to shelter from the wind and rain would be nice.
Xu Yuehuai smiled faintly: "I am not a fragile woman. Others who want to make a move on me should think twice before they have the ability."
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