The passersby around them could not help stopping in their tracks to look Luo Yao over.
Luo Yao wore a short white dress, her hair tied into two little pigtails. Her tiny face was exquisitely delicate and snowy white, like a porcelain doll.
Her large eyes stared fixedly at the pastries beside her.
"Little one, you're hungry, aren't you? Here, take them. Let me tell you, the pastries I make are delicious."
The middle-aged woman tending the pastry stall grabbed two pastries and held them out before Luo Yao.
"Thank you, Auntie."
Luo Yao took the two pastries and began eating. The instant they entered her mouth, her eyes lit up slightly.
Then she skipped along the street.
Ye Lin followed behind her, and as he passed, he did not forget to leave a small piece of gold beside the auntie's stall.
"Customer, I gave those to that little girl willingly."
The auntie was greatly startled upon seeing the gold. But when she picked it up, Ye Lin had already vanished into the crowd.
"Sigh..."
"It's been ten years since the last time the strange beasts attacked the city. Who knows when the next siege will come?"
"Who knows? But I think it'll be soon. The imperial court has already begun stationing troops along the border. It'll probably happen within the next month or so."
"Sigh, who knows how many people will die this time. The imperial court can barely hold on anymore."
"Who knows? These old bones of ours can still fight. When the strange beasts attack the city, I'll be the first one up. I've lived long enough anyway. I'll do my best to let those little ones survive—they're the hope."
"That's right. Those damned strange beasts always begin attacking just when the imperial court has recovered a