Usually early in the morning, the men of Ada's family would pull out a chair, sit in the doorway, smoke low-quality cigarettes, and watch the people in the alley idlely.

And today, the door is closed tightly, and it is clear that no one is going out.

An Ning Ning was about to knock on the door, but she heard a voice in the room, and subconsciously listened.

"Father, let's go to the docks and find some short-term work." This is the voice of one of the boys in their family.

"Yes, after all, it's not easy for Brother Noah and Sister An, but they still have to help us...... We're like this, it's not good. Another boy's voice echoed weakly.

"Hmph, little rabbit, do you have your life in your eyes?" The man sneered, "How can I still do those anti-cargo chores at my age?" They are young, and naturally they are not afraid. ”

"But ......"

"Again? Besides, both of you go out to find trouble for Lao Tzu! I can't enjoy a good Qingfu, and I will add bad luck to Lao Tzu. ”

The boys didn't speak again, and An Ningning, who was close to the window, had already unconsciously clenched her fists.

"Then father, mother's medicine also have to be bought, we still have to go out today."

"Did you sleep like pigs last night? Don't you know that something was wrong in the city last night like a pig? Not to mention that the bells are not ringing this morning. ”

"If you want to go out and die, go out!" The man said impatiently, "As for the one who is going to die or not, don't worry, you can't die without taking medicine for a day." ”

"What's more...... On a day like today, Noah would definitely remember to send us money. ”

"Hah, that idiot." He sneered, smacked his lips, and smoked again, choking the boys with a cough.

Idiot?

Thinking of the words in the house, An Ningning's eyebrows became more and more cold.

She remembered that Noah ate black bread like a hard stone every day, and remembered the difficulty of carrying a huge cargo box with his already thin body when he had no business, and then remembered that he always gently divided more than half of his hard-earned money to the family that had recently struggled to support the family.

Be!

He's a fool!

An Ning Tie blushed, without a trace of expression on his face, clutched the coin in his hand tightly, and directly turned around and strode back.

……

"What? Quiet? Is it done? Noah turned around when he heard the movement, and next to him was the box that had been sorted out for his escape.

She didn't speak, but stepped forward, and with a temper that had not yet completely dissipated, she snapped the coin on the table—and made a loud and crisp sound.

"It's—" Noah frowned at the coin, "aren't they home?" ”

"Yes." She said stiffly, "It's just that I'm never going to give them the money." ”

He was stunned, then said softly, "Did something happen?" ”

“…… They, said you. The grip loosened and clenched.

"I'm angry." She looked up and looked at him earnestly.

"Such a person is not worth your kind of work."

A chuckle welled up on his lips as he touched her head, "Good, don't care what they say. I've packed my things, so let's give them the money when we pass by." ”

"But, they said—" She looked up in disbelief.

"It's okay, the city has been in the limelight lately, and they need this money." He interrupted her with a gentle but unmistakable force.

"Need this money?" An Ning Ning only felt that at this moment, he didn't understand that she was complaining about him, but she was treated like a willful and ignorant child by him.

Obviously it's for him.

She laughed strangely, and the hidden grievance in her heart made her anger that she had been holding back completely unbearable.

"People say that kindness is great enmity - you give them so much money, but they say thank you on their faces, but in private they take it for granted. Obviously they have hands and feet, and if it weren't for the fact that Lady Ida is seriously ill, they should have gone out to find work,"

Looking at the young man's indifferent eyes, she couldn't help but continue to mock, almost with malice.

"Do you know what they said?"

"They say you're a- fool! You don't care about that? ”

"Are you really a fool to give them money!"

She whispered, and as soon as she said this, she regretted it.

Grasping the corner of her clothes, she looked at him stubbornly, just because of the words just now, she didn't know that the uneasiness in the depths of her eyes had been completely exposed.

Noah looked at her with a tired look, and after a while, he squinted slightly and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Ann." His tone was softer than before, trying to be patient.

"I know they said about me, but I don't care."

The girl who eats soft and not hard begins to hesitate, and has a trace of regret for just telling the truth that she has covered up for so long.

"The men in their family are indifferent, and Lady Ida is also seriously ill, you know, people in the slums are almost all sick and can only die."

"But—" She licked her somewhat dry lower lip, and her voice was much lower.

"Aren't there those two boys? They could have gone out and found some simple work, or at least some income—not all on us. ”

"Ann, they're still young, they shouldn't be responsible for this at this age."

"Eleven or twelve years old may be considered small." She was a little anxious when she heard this, and retorted, "You also know the way of this world, so you should understand that they have to bear this!" We've all seen kids working outside, even younger, let alone eleven or twelve! If they have hands and feet, they should do things, otherwise they can only be eliminated by this world! ”

"Ann!" For the first time, he shouted her name a little sharply.

And she—didn't care at all, and spoke so fast that she didn't even notice the young man's look at the moment.

“…… There is war everywhere, and in a few years, if this place is really like Ives said, the flames of war are burning, what will they do, nothing will happen, to the point where I am now fifteen or sixteen years old, and can only be sold to others as slaves! ”

"So, Noah, you really don't want to do it again in the future." Thinking of the countless people that the teenager has helped in the past few years, and countless similar results, she slowed down her tone and persuaded, "God will not have mercy on the weak, everyone has such and such difficulties, but there is no way, they must bear it." ”

"If we don't save them, they won't blame us."

"Blame—only the world!"

The words that had been hidden in her heart for a long time finally spit out at this moment, but at this time, she found that the young man's perennial smiling face was extremely cold, and his infinitely tolerant blue color could not feel the slightest temperature at all.

He just looked at her quietly.

"Ann, it's my business." He said.

"And—you probably forgot."

"You were also saved by me."

The cold tone speaks of facts that everyone knows.

The girl's eyes widened slightly, with disbelief and hurt, and for a moment, she bit her lower lip, turned around and pushed the door open and ran straight out.

Looking at the open door and listening to the footsteps that were fading away, the boy stood still - he did not choose to catch up.

The sunlight cast shadows on his face through the window.

In the middle of the night, he covered a pair of painful eyes with one hand, and sat back weakly in his chair.