Chapter 8 The Desire to Survive
Looking at the joyous scene on the cement clearing, Haige's original joy disappeared, and his heart was still uncomfortable. He felt resentful, frustrated, he touched his gurgling stomach and swallowed, lamenting that his life was not as good as that of a local dog on the outskirts of a big city.
You must know that in the more than a month since Ning Xin walked to Xijin, he had to search for spoiled food from the garbage heap to satisfy his hunger, except for constantly looking for anti-inflammatory herbs to treat his wounds. The fresh baguette, which had not even had a chance to taste before escaping the horrible wolf's den circus, was now watching hungrily as it was eaten by the dogs. He's a hard-working man, he can't even smell the fragrance when he hides in the distance.
The loaf of bread was split in two for Wedel, but he only fed the dogs half of it. The seven dogs did not have much appetite, and when they had eaten the pieces of the ground and there was no more dregs left, they quieted down, and obediently went back to Wedel's side, rubbing their bodies or tails against the tubes of his trousers, as if to express their gratitude.
"Alright, the show is over today, please leave the audience. I'm tired, I'm going to sleep. Weddle said to the dogs, in a gentle tone, without the characteristic rudeness of a tramp, and with a polite appearance, as if he were saying goodnight to the members of the family.
The implicit command in these words, probably accustomed to hearing them, the "stray dogs" reflexively barked in response, and ran towards the hill behind the warehouse. It was only then that Hai Ge was shocked to discover that those wild dogs could openly look for food in the city's garbage heaps? They're clearly wolves!
This discovery scared Hai Ge enough, he had just crawled out of the pile of beasts, and he was glad that he still had a breath, why did he encounter a fierce wolf again? Thankfully, they had left early, or if their sensitive noses had smelled the scent, seven wolves would have pounced on them, and he would have torn them apart like the bread in Wedel's hand!
Unexpectedly, in the gorgeous city where skyscrapers outline the perfect skyline, there are still wild and ferocious animals such as "wolves"! After calming down and thinking about it, Hai Ge felt even more strange, the wolf's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of a dog, and it is still a pack of wolves, even if it is really three hundred meters away, it is impossible not to find his human flesh and delicacies that take the initiative to deliver to the door, right? Could it be that the seven wolves are all vegetarians and only love bread and not meat?
"It's finally willing to get dark, now this damn climate, it's hard to disturb people who want to sleep well~ This half of bread, it's useless to keep it, just see which guy who is late at night and hungry, consume it!"
Wedel's next move was the biggest twist of the night, and Haige could hardly believe that he could meet such good luck! He thought that there was no need to ask, and that the rest of the bread must be Wedel's dinner, but he did not expect that the man waved his thick arm, threw the bread out again, and then walked to the garage without looking back, opened the roller shutter, and then lowered the door after entering, and was silent.
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Hai Ge didn't dare to act rashly, he bowed his waist cautiously, his eyes fixed on the bread that had been abandoned on the ground. He couldn't see himself, but he could imagine that his eyes were definitely brighter than the eyes of a hungry wolf.
It was all dark, and the night wind blew away the scorching heat, but it directly sent the fragrance of fresh bread into his nose, and the fragrance penetrated straight into his heart, causing Hai Ge's saliva to flow out of control, and the ticks flowed down the corners of his mouth, and he couldn't close it.
Dinner has not yet been settled today, and if you give up the bread left by Wedel, you will have to go hungry all night.
Smelling the fragrance, Haige endured strongly.
He was sore and cold, his hands and feet were shaking, and he couldn't stop shaking and dizzy. There are many reasons why he shuddered: tiredness, exhaustion without rest after a long journey; There is also the fear of sneaking up in front of a stranger's house, only to have no idea whether the owner of the house is a hospitable uncle next door, a chainsaw murderer, or even a hellish youkai who specializes in eating human flesh. In any case, the man also blatantly kept a few ferocious wolves at the gates of the city......
Then there's unbearable hunger. From the time he entered the city in the morning until now, he hadn't even drunk a sip of water, and he was holding on with his wounds, and he gradually collapsed. Even if you don't eat bread, you should find some water to drink, right?
In the night, a glimmer of light came through the cracks in the roller shutters of the garage hut, indicating that Wedell had not yet slept. Haige wondered if he would alarm him if he ran out of his hiding place to pick up the bread?
At this time, his firm will began to waver, and two voices appeared in Hai Ge's mind at the same time, one from his backbone self, and said confidently: You are an orphan, not a beggar, you have to have the dignity of being a human being! Gentlemen don't eat the food they come from, and people can't eat what they bring to feed dogs!
The other came from himself who was as weak as a subservient person, and he said: You ragged boy dare to mention the word "gentleman"? Have you counted how many people's saliva you've eaten along the way? Those rotten things in the garbage heap don't even eat dogs, and you don't eat them for so long to survive? It is more shameful to pick up those things to wrap your stomach than to eat that piece of bread, and what you are taboo about now is not to see the person who threw the bread......
Finally, in the bleak night, Hai Ge fell to the side of the succumbent. He endured the sourness in his heart and sucked his nose hard to prevent tears from falling. The phrase "Men don't flick when they have tears" is his motto, and he will never allow tears to dilute the hatred in his heart!
With the desire to survive, he groped his way to the half-scented bread......
"It's been a long time, the food of the world, I will never believe that there is a sweeter and more delicious bread in the world than you!"
Hai Ge frantically nibbled on the bread in his hand, how could he still want dignity at this moment, how could he still care about sorrow? He swallowed not shame but strength, just as if he wanted to see the sunrise tomorrow, he had to endure the darkness of the night.
All the sustenance of life is condensed into a small piece of bread, as long as it is filled into the stomach, the pale world will regain color, and the desperate heart will be reborn with hope!
Yes, an invincible warrior can defeat any powerful enemy, but he cannot defeat hunger.
But halfway through the gnaw, Hai Ge suddenly sat on the ground and couldn't move, the baby bread was thrown away, he stuck his neck with both hands, stuck out his tongue and panted hard. It seemed that he was choking, almost choking—the bread was dry, and he was in such a hurry that he needed water before he could fill his stomach.
Water...... Where is the water?
He was sweating profusely, his face was flushed, and his cheeks burned as he crawled around searching for water. There must be water for people living here, but where the damn water is? As soon as he finds water, he will pounce on it......