Seed

Luo Yan was cleaning up the SUV.

The two thieves had left behind a complete set of tools. Otherwise, even if Luo Yan knew how to fix it, he could only have stared helplessly.

"Give me a wrench."

Luo Yan called out from beneath the vehicle.

The little girl obediently handed him a wrench.

Her name was An'an, Xia An'an.

She was a resident of a Survivor Camp not far from here.

Little An'an was clever and spoke coherently.

As Luo Yan repaired the SUV, he chatted with her and learned that they had been captured that morning.

The other two boys both called her sister.

But they were not biological siblings. They were merely around the same age and often played together at the camp.

Xia An'an was very assertive. She demanded that the two little ones call her sister and often ordered them to do this or that.

At the same time, Xia An'an fulfilled her responsibilities as an older sister.

Just now, for example, she was still only a child herself, yet she had waved a branch and tried to drive Luo Yan away.

Luo Yan admired her courage.

For a little girl,

that was something rare.

"All right."

Luo Yan crawled out from beneath the vehicle and wiped the grease from his face. After securing the motorcycle to the SUV, he climbed into the driver's seat.

"Let's go. I'll take you home."

On the road,

"An'an Jie, didn't you say there were lots of delicious things outside?"

"Things we can't eat at the camp."

"But it's not much better outside than at our camp."

"You weren't lying to us, were you?"

A child with a round belly but thin arms and legs spoke timidly.

Xia An'an gently pinched the child's cheek. "Sun Xiaopang, we've barely gone