A moment later, before Lin An could ask softly, the recovering Anduin let out a bitter laugh and began introducing her to him.
"Lord Soul's Serenity, this is Audrey."
"She's a friend of mine."
As if afraid Lin An might misunderstand, Anduin smoothed the stray hair from the girl's forehead and let out a long sigh.
"She's thirteen this year, and she goes to the same school as me."
"Her parents were Aerospace Engineers, while my father was a truck driver who delivered supplies to the Launch Base. That's why the two of us have known each other since we were very young."
Like he was taking care of a younger sister, Anduin spoke bitterly as he brought over a tin can.
He suddenly crouched beside the girl's feet and said earnestly, "Audrey, I bought milk powder. Feed it to him, and he won't cry anymore."
"There's something I want to tell you. Your little brother..."
Anduin hesitated. He glanced at the baby, but the words seemed impossible to force out.
The tin was opened. Inside was half a can of milk powder.
Lin An came back to her senses. Looking at the slightly yellowed milk powder, she finally realized that what Anduin had bought was actually milk powder.
She glanced at the girl, who remained wooden and motionless like a puppet, then noticed the foul-smelling stains of urine and feces on the bed.
Lin An sighed inwardly, immediately understanding why Anduin had been so anxious.
The girl was thin and frail. With a group of children unable to find breast milk, expecting one child to care for another was no different from waiting to die.
Little brother? Was this child Audrey's little brother?
As if she had thought of something, Lin An looked around.
"Why didn't you take them