Chapter 37: Chapter 36: Day 1

——South City.

Jiajia Community.

This is considered the most rundown community in South City. Auntie Nian rushed out of one of the buildings.

Her wrinkled eyes were brimming with tears, clutching an old-fashioned keypad phone in one hand and holding onto her canvas bag while running out.

She didn’t stop until she reached the plaza near the public security bureau. She sat down on the concrete steps, panting for breath.

This run had lasted two hours. Her back was drenched, and even her hair was disheveled from running.

She was illiterate and didn’t know how to take the bus, so she could only ask for directions while running. Gazing at the distant public security bureau, her cloudy eyes seemed lost.

Suddenly, she felt a bit of despair.

Having lived most of her life, the changes between the city and their rural area had become far too significant.

Getting up, she continued walking towards the public security bureau, her thin legs wobbling inside the not-so-wide gray pant legs, still tightly clutching her keypad phone and protecting her canvas bag.

First, she looked up at the big characters of the public security bureau. She couldn’t recognize the words, only confirmed by the symbol she saw.

"I want to report a case, young man, I want to report a case." Auntie Nian grabbed the hand of a police officer, pleading in her eyes.

"Oh dear! Ma’am, don’t worry, come with me." The officer saw Auntie Nian’s urgency and hurriedly led her inside.

An hour later, Auntie Nian came out from the public security bureau and started heading back.

She returned to the community, back to her rented room, just a small space two meters long and one meter wide.

In the corner was a sack of dried buns and a bucket of tap water. On the floor were some clothes and a faded, gray blanket.

She had picked up this blanket next to a garbage bin.

With dusk approaching outside, she ate a dry bun, drank two mouthfuls from the bucket, rested for a bit, then took her canvas bag and a tarpaulin bag out the door.

During the day, she wasn’t allowed to rummage through garbage bins for bottles, so she changed to doing it at night, with the scrap collectors just across the community.

―――North City, Vicars Hotel.

Elliana was engrossed in her script, practicing while reading, and didn’t notice when Norman Bennett returned.

hasn’t had time for lunch." Lana said, holding a bowl

Norman Bennett took the porridge and walked beside Elliana, directly taking away her script, his tone commanding:

Norman Bennett, return it to me

"Be good!"

...

AM.

Rumble! Rumble! Crack!

thunder was like a mountain collapsing, accompanied by

to her feet, and Elliana joyfully picked up the kitten,

"Meow~"

the Little Lotus in her embrace changed, its right eye became a bloody hole, continuously seeping, its white

sitting up in panic, her heartbeat

moment, a deep thunder pealed into her ears, startling her heart

the thunder paused only for a moment before the next

Bennett——! I want to sleep with

the door, and within seconds, it

Bennett, I’m scared!" Elliana clung tightly to the man’s waist, her hands

choked by her grip. He gently patted the girl’s back, soothingly saying, "Don’t be afraid,

to

to the room, I’ll watch you sleep, okay?"

like a rattle drum, "No, I want

the girl in his arms already

burrowing into the covers, leaving only a pair

took a deep breath,

was peaceful, at least

the man beside her remained awake all

wrapped around the man’s

AM.

but Norman Bennett was no longer in bed, and the sound

muttered, "Taking a bath

on the floor, carefully approaching the

suddenly! The door opened

in a towel, looked down at her. His tone carried a hint of teasing, "What are

blushed, declaring boldly, "I...I just wanted to see what you were doing! Can’t

up, saying nothing much other than telling her not to be

was truly unlucky, encountering a traffic jam halfway, hastening

I was stuck

hold it against her at

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