Vol Chapter 1 (1/2)
Sounds of rain ca in
Weiwei carefully placed the bantarabbed two sacks of unpolished rice The bag of food her elder brother got by stealing a piece of silver jewelry, and selling it at the docks, was slowly running out Although she’d been rationing the food for half a erously low – and she’s terrified
No food
They’ll most likely starve in a few days!
Weiwei’s red eyes looked over at the smoldy smell Her brother didn’t wake today, either Their pastor, illing to help, see to fully devote hi a thief
Weiwei stood strong She wiped the tears from her eyes and she carefully climbed down from the stool
She was eight years old, but since she didn’t have enough food, she see a fire to prepare food is still very difficult for her Both her hands hold several pieces of firewood that she picked up during the day Breaking off the branches she throws it on top of the pile, because of the heavy afternoon rain the fuel has been continuously stained by nition speed to be slow and a heavy smoke to bellow at the nose Weiwei closes her eyes unable to endure the soreness of her eyes as she bloith her small mouth to rouse the fire only then does she rub her eyes
“Big brother!……”
“You have to wake up ah!… Weiwei misses you!…”
“Don’t leave me!”
Weiwei sat sobbing softly at the stove, drops of crystal like tears falling, small hands wiped her cheeks as her face clouded The family had some salts but they’d been finished over the last week She’d wanted to learn to steal like her brother, but the was alht by the obese shop owner The wife had picked up a broom and swatted at her backside a bit, even now her backside was still blueish purple and held a burning pain to the touch
“Bark!”
A black and yellow old dog walked over, even though it can be seen doddering faintly it is still noticeable that it was originally a outstanding hunting dog As Weiwei stretched out a s up at the location of the stove as it exuded a low pitiable sobbing sound
“Xīsī”
Weiwei took hold of the dog hugging it into her bosoentle sob Gently stroking its back Weiweiout”
“Weiwei is also hungry but we must leave some for brother to eat, you’ll have to wait till the rain finishes to go out to look for so to eat”
“I am sorry”
“Weiwei is not very useful”
“There is no way for s, and there is no way to save …”
Eyesseeaze as he turns and starts to lick her paletting ready to take a nap
Faint voices seem to sound fro for a moment
The originally black and yellow doddering old dog suddenly opens his eyes, in that‘woo’ sounds, barking loudly towards the outside
“damn!”
“Sooner or later we’ll kill your old dog and cook it in soup!”
Out caradually fade away
Weiwei’s panic-stricken cohtly as she extended out a s in a low voice : “Xīsī”
“If he dares to come, you bite him!”
“My brother is still unconscious, only you can protect me”
The old dog in her palone a bit senile his gaze was still that of a demon
It is a Gelasi hound!
In its priht leopards, in folklore it was said to be the offspring of the Three headed dog of hell
Unfortunately, it is very old
The stove unleashed a rice flavored s’s nose as he laid back down
Weiwei’s belly released a flurry of ‘cuckoo’ calls, but she was careful in cli a corner with old pottery bowls she dished out the rice, gently blowing a bit Little by little with a wooden spoon she fed the youth on the bed She is too sreat; but there is no way to help it she can only feed her brother slowly
“Big brother!”
“Coht!…”
“All will be good”
The little girl spoke as tears trickled down, her hands wiping the tears away as she puts down the bowl and gets off the bed
This place is the Amber city slums
One filled with thieves, bandits, and traffickers, a place where it’s difficult to survive as a helpless little girl, if she was not careful enough If not flanked by Xīsī’s patrol, there would be bad guy’s that would try to in broad daylight to abduct her, just by using a drug soaked towel over her nose and mouth, soon she’d lose consciousness and then sold to a sack of traffickers Slu, sometimes even quite a few pretty women would be kidnapped
“Xīsī!”
Weiwei fed the e bowl She then washed her hands and cheeks and hastily huddled into the moldy quilt Because after the previous encounter and the wound on her back, the little girl couldn’t help sobbing in pain for athe entrance and the old dog she said: “If someone comes bark!”
“I knohat they’re thinking”
“They now think because my brother is unconscious, they want to take and sell me to Suǒ XiYa!”
“They can exchange me for money”
Growing up in the ghetto since childhood, she knew alot est sluirl and develop her into , a large city to amber
But for her big brother
She is willing to do anything, because he was her only relative
‘Shasheng’ caht outside