It's a smelly room.

The room was littered with human droppings, as well as food scraps that had become stinky and surrounded by flies.

The only wooden bed that was still clean was a middle-aged man.

The man's beard and hair were covered in lice, and his face looked like it hadn't been washed in days and was covered in dirt.

He was looking at the ceiling, his legs crossed, doing nothing.

Suddenly, there was a sound at the door not far away, and a glimmer of sunlight came in through the gap.

"Mom, is that you? You're back?"

A smile of surprise appeared on the middle-aged man's face, and he quickly sat up from the bed.

"Daniel, it's me. ”

Lillian's figure appeared in the doorway.

Ignoring the mess in the house, she walked in, looked at Daniel's disgusting face, and kissed her.

"Did you bring back the money?"

Daniel's hands kept clutching at his shabby, sweat-soaked clothes.

"Of course, my silly son. ”

Lillian pulled the silver coin from her pocket, the silver glow nearly blinding Daniel's eyes.

He had never looked at a silver coin so closely.

"It's ...... A hundred copper coins worth a silver coin?"

Daniel's mouth opened wide.

"It's like a fake. ”

Lillian put it back in her pocket.

"Quick! Mom will show me again!"

Daniel jumped up and down, his face flushed with excitement, and he didn't have the steady appearance of a middle-aged man at all.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, this money is the foundation of our survival in the town, and with this money, we don't have to suffer here. ”

Lillian touched Daniel's head and sat down on the bed.

Looking at Daniel's head surrounded by lice, Lillian felt a little distressed, "It's really hard for you." ”

"If we didn't have those monsters, how good would we be in the village......

Thinking of her previous happy life, Lillian couldn't help but shed tears.

After crying for a while, coupled with the previous run, she seemed to be a little tired, leaned against the head of the bed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

"Mom?"

Daniel reached out and shook it in Lillian's closed eyes.

Seeing that Lillian's breathing was still steady, he reached into the pocket that had previously held the silver coin.

Feeling the hard silver coin, Daniel's face couldn't help but show a little joy.

He carefully lifted the coin, and seeing that his mother was still unaware, he put it in his pocket and quietly got out of bed.

Creeping to the door, slowly pushing open the door, feeling the warm sunlight outside, he was like a bird out of the cage at the moment, running outside.

The half-open door, in the silence of the room, could hear Lilian's slight breathing from time to time.

A small smile tugged at the corners of her mouth.

It seemed to be a dream of the kind young man who had given her a silver coin that was of great value to her, or the Rory who had helped her get out of the ghetto.

Perhaps she also dreamed of her and Daniel's happy life in a clean and tidy township.

No matter what the dream is, it is a dream that is destined to be unrealizable.

The old woman slept very soundly.

"Hey, dead old woman, wake up!"

Hearing the man's loud shout, Lillian slowly opened her eyes, as if she hadn't figured out what was going on.

"Wake up, your son is dying!"

Hearing the word son, Lillian sat up suddenly, and when she saw that there was no Daniel around, she was immediately anxious, and hurriedly got out of bed, ignoring the on her feet, and walked towards the source of the sound.

The sound came from the doorway.

"My son, Daniel?"

When she walked to the door, she saw not her son's familiar face, but a tall black figure who couldn't see clearly because of the sunlight.

The sun had just risen outside, and Lillian had slept for almost a day.

The dark shadow stepped out of the way, revealing the world outside the house.

"Daniel!"

Looking at Daniel, who was caught by two tall men outside the house, his face was covered with blood, and he was dying, Lillian's body went limp, and she almost fainted.

Covering her nose, the shadow pulled Lillian out of the room and rudely threw her on the ground.

When the surrounding people saw this scene, they gathered around.

"Isn't this Lillian and her shitty son Daniel?"

"How did Daniel get into trouble with Schuck?"

"When he heard that Lillian had gotten a silver coin, Daniel stole it and went out to eat, drink, and gamble, only to be targeted by Schurk. ”

"Oh my God, a silver coin! that's money to keep their family alive in the town!"

"If I had a son of waste like Daniel, I'd kill him!"

The people around him, dressed in tatters and with yellow faces, suddenly lit up with some numb eyes when they heard a silver coin.

With a silver coin, they don't have to struggle to survive in this hellish place.

"Your son owes us two silver coins, hurry up and take them out!"

A small man who looked about the height of a ten-year-old walked up to Lilian and looked at her with eagerness.

For him, the boss of the slums, a silver coin was already a good extra money, and he didn't expect to get it from Daniel, a well-known waste.

"I ...... I didn't, Master Schuke, let Daniel and me go......"

Looking at her son's tragic condition, Lillian said with tears in her eyes.

"If you don't have any money, then I'll charge your son a finger as interest!"

Hearing Lillian's words, Shuk turned around and grabbed Daniel's head like a dead dog with one hand, and took a knife from a man next to him with the other.

"No, no! Master Shuk, I really don't have any money!"

Seeing this scene, Lillian didn't know where she got the strength, barely got up from the ground, hugged Shuk's legs, and the sticky tears and snot stained Shuk's trouser legs.

"How did that silver coin come from?"

Shuk didn't care, let go of Daniel's head, and looked at Lilian condescendingly.

"A kind man saw that I was pitiful...... For me. ”

Lillian lowered her head, her voice a little slurred.

"Then you can go to the man and ask for two silver coins, and I'll give you one anyway, and I won't mind giving two more." ”

Shuk laughed, his odd smile out of place with his dwarf-like stature.

"I ...... I see, please don't touch Daniel!"

Lillian didn't even dare to look up at Daniel again, she was afraid that she would faint when she saw it.

"Got it, as long as you have the money to pay off your debts, everything is easy to say...... Otherwise......"

Shuk leaned into Lillian's ear, his voice as low as a secret whisper between lovers.

Suddenly, the knife in his hand fell down so hard that it slashed right Daniel's right index finger without making a sound, and the top half of the finger rolled on the ground.

"Ahh

Daniel, who was still groggy and groggy, began to scream, and his voice was deafening.

The blood-stained fingers rolled in front of Lilian, who was bowing her head, her pupils suddenly dilated, and she fainted directly.

The laughter of men could be heard all around.

"Alright, let's go back. ”

"Jett, you wait here, this damned old woman will bring her to me when she gets the money. ”