"Good child, why are you crying? Why did you suddenly start crying? We don't have any improper intentions. We only felt sorry seeing you here, so we wanted to help you."
"If you don't like us or hate us, we don't have to do this. Don't cry. We're two grown men—we really don't know why you suddenly started crying. Little girl, you need to slowly learn to be strong."
Faced with her sudden tears, Uchiha Hiko truly did not know what to say. He could only keep comforting the little girl, hoping to make her stop crying.
"It's nothing. I just feel that you've been far too kind to me. Since I left home, I've never met anyone as kind as you. My parents abandoned me when I was little, and I've never felt love like this."
Holding her cup of hot water, the little girl crouched pitifully in the corner. As she spoke, it was as though she were pouring out all the grievances she had endured over the years.
"To be honest, my parents abandoned me because I have a terminal illness in my body. It can't be cured, and treating it would cost a great deal of money. They didn't have that much money. They said spending so much on me wasn't worth it. I was only a little girl and couldn't create much value for them."
From the moment she began speaking until now, the little girl had been crying nonstop. By now, she was crying so hard that she could barely catch her breath, her body constantly trembling.
"Alright, alright. We understand. Don't cry anymore. Look at your body—it can't take much more. It's alright. Whatever you have to say, tell us slowly. We're here listening."
Although Uchiha Hiko did not know what this girl