The criss-crossing roads, the human beings everywhere, and the turbid air all turned into depression and surrounded me.

I don't want to stay in a place like this. I just want to pass through this city as quickly as possible, and then catch a lot of prey, and eat enough in one go.

"Gu Gu Gu——"

Thinking of this, my stomach growled. I was stunned for a moment, and then I giggled in my mother's arms. After I had laughed enough, I jumped off her and walked forward. After taking two steps, I found that my mother had not moved.

So he turned around and shouted: "Let's go, mother."

"Shuangxuan," she followed and hugged me again, saying, "Don't worry, we may have to stay here for a while."

The moment I heard this, I felt like I had fallen into an abyss. Tears suddenly welled up in my eyes for some reason. I held back my tears and said hoarsely: "Why, why?"

My mother touched my forehead with her hand. After a long time, she turned around and looked outside the city gate from a distance. "I have something very important that I haven't figured out yet. I need some time to find the answer. I'll do it when I find it or figure it out."

leave."

"How long will it take..." I was very sad, but I couldn't say no. For my mother and I, the unknown is the most important thing.

"I don't know yet, but..." She touched my forehead with her own and continued, "I'll tell you as soon as I'm sure."

"Okay..." I was choked with sobs as I spoke. Hungry, fear, disgust, and all kinds of depression gathered together. I couldn't bear it anymore and started to burst into tears.

She carried me to the corner of the street without saying a word. My idiot mother never gave me comfort, and I didn't need that. I just stared at the humans passing by in the corner until I fell asleep without knowing it.

The moment I was about to fall asleep, I knew very clearly that when I woke up, my mother would definitely not be around again.

I didn’t sleep well this time, not even as good as the previous sleep in the rain. I seemed to have had all kinds of strange and bizarre dreams, but I had no memory of them at all. The moment I opened my eyes, I had a severe headache and my chest felt a little heavy.

, it has been slowing down for a long time and has not weakened.

I curled up on a pile of branches, holding a piece of dead wood tightly in my hand. Sure enough, my mother didn't know where she was. It was just as I expected. I should have been prepared enough before going to bed, but why was my heart still so...

sad?

"Woooooooooo..." I didn't want to cry, but I couldn't help it even if I bit my lip until it bled.

"Wow!"

Finally, the tears burst again and I started to cry loudly. People around me suddenly stepped away and left, and from time to time I could hear a sigh.

I don’t know how long I cried, but a pair of hands suddenly picked me up. This force... wasn’t my mother’s.

"Where's the guy who came in with you yesterday?"

I smelled the stench of human beings, but I didn't struggle. I just wanted to cry. At the same time, a big rough hand kept wiping my tears.

"Okay, okay, don't cry. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll take you to eat some."

"Eat meat." I was still crying, but I squeezed these two words out of my mouth. When I was suffering from hunger, I was unwilling to give up any opportunity.

"Okay, I'll take you to eat meat and make you full." He hugged me and left.

I hurriedly shed tears and struggled to jump down. How could I leave with a human being?

After jumping down, I was surprised to find that the person who came was wearing the same clothes as the guards at the city gate.

After entering the city, my mother and I stopped. The city gate was only a few hundred meters away from where I slept. This human mentioned my mother in his first sentence, which meant that he or they had been watching me the whole time yesterday.

with mother.

If they knew we were beasts and deliberately let us in, then the situation would be dangerous, or if they didn't know, then why did they turn a blind eye when we came in, or at least take a few glances at us.

"I'm right here."

I became alert and retreated to the corner, ready to escape at any time.

When he saw me like this, he looked confused, but he quickly responded, "Then you just stay here and I'll buy some meat."

Mother always leaves for at least a few days. This time she specifically said she would stop for a while, so this period of time must not be short. Now that it has been noticed by humans, it is a very troublesome thing. If it is noticed,

What…

If I escape outside the city and find a place to hide, will my mother be able to find me by then?

I glanced at the city gate from a distance. There were guards standing there, both inside and outside. If they let us in on purpose, they would definitely not let me out. Once I left, I would have simply fallen into a trap.

On the contrary, if they don't know our identity, there is no need to leave.

I stood there, thinking about various possibilities, until the human appeared again, very suddenly.

He put a large piece of meat and some things I had never seen before on the branch where I slept, and asked: "Are you alone now? Where is the person who came in with you yesterday?"

I am very sure that he really appeared suddenly just now, and I only saw a blurry shadow. This human being is very powerful.

I was even more alert. Why did he keep asking where his mother had gone? She couldn't have exposed some flaws and was discovered.

"I don't know either. I haven't seen him since I woke up."

He nodded slightly, thoughtfully, then pointed to the city gate from a distance and said: "This food should be enough for you to eat for a few days. I will work there and will always pay attention to it. After you finish eating, I will give you some more."

Come here, but you have to think of something yourself, I can't give you too much, and I still have a big family to support."

I was at a loss when I heard it. I didn't understand anything except the first sentence. He scratched his head and laughed, and said: "I'm so stupid. You are too young to understand this. Wait until the other person comes back."

Just tell her these words."

I said nothing and nodded cautiously in response.

Then he turned around and left. I hurriedly called him and finally made up my mind to express my doubts: "Why did you let me and my mother in?"

He didn't hesitate, walked up to me, picked me up, put me down after a moment, and asked, "Why don't you let me in? I don't know what other people think. Anyway, I never thought there was anything despicable about you picking up things."

Watching his disappearing back, my mind went blank, what was he talking about...

Scavengers are people who pick up things from everywhere to make a living.
Chapter completed!