"So I’m afraid to co alone, and I don’t dare to bring anyone else over; they all treat fiercely and often hit for no reason," the small boy said.
The small boy swiftly tied the rope around his waist and handed the other end to Xiao Yifei, then he jumped down. Because the sand was slippery, he reached the bottom in an instant, and Xiao Yifei’s words of "Be careful" were barely out of his mouth before the boy was already down.
He then picked up so food nearby and signaled Xiao Yifei to pull him up. Although the small boy wasn’t heavy, the resistance from the sand made Xiao Yifei exhausted after pulling him up.
Opening the tightly packed cardboard box, Xiao Yifei found instant noodles, sausages, and compressed biscuits. He couldn’t wait to tear open the plastic packaging of a sausage and started eating it in big bites, finishing it in two mouthfuls.
For the first ti, he felt the sausage tasted so good.
Xiao Yifei suddenly rembered how he loved eating sausages as a child. Unfortunately, his grandfather considered sausages junk food and wouldn’t allow him to eat them, so most of the ti, he bought one in secret and ate it by the roadside before daring to go ho. Before entering, he would take a few deep breaths of air to dissipate the sausage sll.
The sausage itself had a strong aroma, and Xiao Yifei recalled the first ti he secretly ate one; he went straight ho afterward and got caught by his grandfather, who then punished him by skipping dinner that night. Since then, Xiao Yifei had learned his lesson. Before going ho each ti after eating, he would repeatedly check for any lingering sausage sll.
Because he rarely got to eat them, Xiao Yifei’s dream back then was to grow up and eat sausages every day, a genuine childhood dream.
Later, as he grew up and had sausages often, he didn’t like them as much. But every ti he recalled that childhood dream, he would laugh out loud, thinking how naïve he was to have such a thought. Still, he genuinely missed having everything he had back then.
Now, over twenty years later, in such a peculiar setting as a prison, being able to eat sausage again and recalling that childhood dream, Xiao Yifei suddenly felt a sense of comfort. He once again savored the taste of sausage.
"Uncle, slow down with your eating; eating like that can easily cause you to choke," the small boy said.
Lucky that I studied dicine, yet I don’t know such a simple fact? After the small boy kindly reminded him, Xiao Yifei reproached himself inwardly, but he could only bla his own hunger for not tasting anything properly – he had already devoured three sausages.
Indeed, he felt as if his stomach beca overstuffed and uncomfortable. The small boy, seeing him like this, imdiately understood the problem. He walked over, letting Xiao Yifei lean forward and gently patted his back. Surely, after a few minutes, Xiao Yifei felt much better.
Xiao Yifei was now deeply ashad; he, a doctor, made such a fool of himself in this situation. He was supposed to take care of this child, yet all this ti, it was the small boy who watched over him.
Xiao Yifei thought, I once lived independently; how in just a few years has my survival ability weakened so much? It seems I’ll need to exercise more in the future.
"Hey, kid, I didn’t notice earlier, but you actually know quite a lot!" Xiao Yifei said to ease the awkwardness, trying to start a random conversation.
"To survive, I have to be this way. If I were just a clueless little kid, I would have died here long ago. Surviving up to now hasn’t been easy," the small boy said, switching instantly to an adult deanor and speaking to Xiao Yifei in an adult’s tone.
"Right, I also think you are remarkable, which is why I want to get you out of here." Xiao Yifei said, but after saying it, he felt uneasy. Who knows if he can really get out? If they can’t make it out, wouldn’t he have given this child false hope in advance? He genuinely didn’t want to let this poor child down.
However, the small boy responded without much reaction, continuing to eat his food, which sowhat relieved Xiao Yifei. If one harbors too much expectation, failing to achieve it would make Xiao Yifei feel very sorry.
The small boy didn’t look up because others had said similar things to him before, but the ones who said it had already left, including his mother. His mother, when alive, had repeatedly promised to get him out of this place.
But in the end, she didn’t keep her word. If his own mother couldn’t keep a promise, he’s been wary of easily trusting others. So, though happy at Xiao Yifei’s words, he left so room for disappointnt in his heart to avoid getting let down.
As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointnt!
After eating three sausages, Xiao Yifei could eat no more, primarily because he ate too quickly earlier, leading to a false sense of fullness. The small boy ate slowly but consud quite a lot; there was still plenty of food in front of them.
They were ready to hit the road.
"Then what should we do with the remaining food?" Xiao Yifei asked this experienced little boy.
They took so compressed biscuits and sausages with them, while the rest, following the boy’s suggestion, were buried in the ground. Since the ground was sandy, it was easy to dig a pit. However, they wondered if they could find it when they returned later.
"Don’t worry, we’ll definitely find it. This is the thod I always use, and I’ve never failed. Besides, even if we can’t find it, we can always go down and get more food! This place hasn’t been discovered by many; it’s my secret base," he said mysteriously.
And so, the two continued to walk forward.
Further ahead, even the small boy didn’t know the way, so Xiao Yifei had to ask people by the roadside. The answers from the ones he asked were different. So said "Bai Long is in the East District," while others claid "Bai Long is already dead." Faced with so many responses, Xiao Yifei wasn’t sure which one was true.
"Then let’s head to the East District. I heard people say it’s the most powerful place. Is this person you’re looking for the most powerful?" the small boy asked.
"Should be the most powerful, in that case, let’s head to the East District then! How long do we need to walk?" Xiao Yifei inquired.
"I’m not sure either, but probably within a day we’ll arrive," the small boy replied.
"Alright, let’s get going," Xiao Yifei said. He looked up at the sun, estimating it was around eleven in the morning; his phone had run out of battery since last night. Initially, he wanted to send a ssage but realized there was no signal here.
The people inside the prison must be really bored, without phones, all they could do was bask in the sun all day. Imagining their lives, Xiao Yifei thought these people must be living primitively inside.
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