"My name is Tang Xiaoyan." The little girl finally spoke, her voice very pleasant.
"Mm, go take a bath first," Lin Chen said.
Clutching the clothes Lin Chen had just gotten for her, the little girl took small steps into the bathroom.
Before long, Xiaoyan emerged after finishing her bath.
Having washed herself clean, Xiaoyan no longer looked grimy. Her delicate, pretty little face held two bright, watery eyes, making her so adorable that anyone who saw her would want to give her a good squeeze.
"Where is your home? How far is it from here?" Lin Chen asked as he looked at Tang Xiaoyan, who was clearly a beauty in the making.
"Big Brother, I don't know how far my home is from here. I only know that I lived in a village," Xiaoyan said.
"Why did you come here?" Lin Chen continued. When he had investigated earlier, he had not found any urban village anywhere in the city.
After thinking for quite a while, the little girl answered, "That day, my father and I were selling things at the village entrance. An uncle came to our village entrance and said a few words to my father. Then my father had that uncle take me away. When I woke up, I saw... I saw..." As she spoke, Xiaoyan's voice became choked with tears again.
When she woke up, she must have seen the pile of corpses in the dungeon, Lin Chen thought. However, he did not say it aloud. Instead, he began awkwardly comforting Xiaoyan with his unpolished conversational skills. He could not stand seeing children cry.
After being comforted for a while, the little girl lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
*When she wakes up tomorrow, I'll take her around and see if we