"Big sister, could you buy Nannan a bun? Nannan's so hungry..." The little girl's voice was timid, her eyes brimming with tears. She seemed to have been begging and going hungry for a long, long time.
Luo Yue's heart trembled.
She drew a sharp breath and looked down at the little girl tugging on the hem of her clothes, confirming that her eyes had not deceived her.
"Come on!"
"I'll take you to get candied hawthorn."
Luo Yue stood dazed for a few moments, then reached down and picked up the little girl. She bought her candied hawthorn and steaming meat buns on Ancient Street, along with something to drink, telling her to eat slowly so she would not choke.
"Thank you, big sister. These meat buns are so yummy."
Xiao Nannan wiped away her tears and began eating the meat bun in her hands, heedless of its scalding heat.
"I'll take you out to play."
A remarkable sight unfolded on the street.
An ordinary black-haired girl carried a grubby little girl all around the ancient city, sweeping through its shops. Before long, their hands were full of food.
"Big sister."
Xiao Nannan tilted her head up, her eyes filled with hope. Her little hand tentatively caught Luo Yue's hem again. "Can Nannan stay with you? Nannan will be very good and eat very, very little."
Luo Yue froze at those words. She reached out and stroked the girl's head, unsure what to feel.
Unfortunately, I'm not the person you're waiting for.
Had the person this little girl had spent over a hundred thousand years waiting for, begging all alone in the world, arrived yet?
Luo Yue inwardly shook her head.
She did not want to judge the obsession Ruthless had held for over a hundred thousand years. Ruthless had