Kakaruga knew that Anna was in one of the thirty or so bungalows, but the question was, which one was she?

There was no point in thinking about it, and Turtledove knew it, and he didn't intend to delay any longer, so he picked the one closest to him, and Turtledove slipped quietly out of the shadows to the door, and pushed the door open.

Inside the wooden house, there were rows of wooden planks, and on them were crowded with orphaned children of different skin colors, and when they saw someone pushing the door in, they all looked at the turtledove standing in the doorway with wide eyes and without blinking.

It's a poignant scene.

The children are unusually thin from malnutrition and long hours of labor, which may be why their eyes look so big, especially since their already thin bodies are huddled together and look even thinner.

A little girl with a sallow face stood in front of the turtledove, and she didn't know what she was doing the previous moment, but the moment the turtledove pushed the door in, she was standing there, still holding a small teacup in her hand.

Turtledove could even count how many ribs she had.

There was a light bulb hanging from the roof, emitting a cloudy yellow light, and the turtledove was dazzled by the water in the little girl's cup, and he looked away and did not dare to make eye contact with the other party again, but asked in a low voice:

"Do you know where Anna is?"

No one answered him.

It took him more than a dozen seconds to regain his courage and raise his eyes, his gaze swept over all the children in the room, and he saw their wide-open but empty eyes clearly, and repeated his question:

"Who of you knows where Anna is?"

Still no one answered him.

……

"Who are you?"

Finally someone spoke, and it was the little girl standing in front of the turtledove.

"Her brother asked me to take her home."

The turtledove squatted down, but he still didn't dare to look at the other party's eyes, so he looked at the other party's head, earlobe, and chin, in short, he didn't look at the eyes.

The little girl didn't say anything more, she tilted her head to look at the turtledove, her short flaxen hair tangled up, and she didn't know when she had last washed her hair.

"You're Anna?"

The turtledove was taken aback because he saw a less obvious birthmark on the little girl's arm, just half the size of a palm.

The little girl neither shook nor nodded, but took a step back, and as soon as she stepped back, the other children in the room became nervous.

Ikadove knew that she didn't trust herself, and it was no wonder that he was prepared in advance.

"Adu said you like cactus honey the most, right?"

Ikaruga tried her best to make her tone sound softer, and when she heard his words, Anna's eyes lit up, and although she didn't say anything, a smile appeared on her face, obviously remembering the days with her brother.

"What's wrong with your hair?"

Turtledove asked suspiciously, and Schultz said that Anna's biggest feature was long flaxen-colored curls.

"The hair was too long to work, so they cut it."

The "they" in Anna's mouth, Turtledove didn't need to guess to know who it was, he really couldn't stay here for even a second longer, Turtledove was afraid that if he continued to stay, he would not be able to suppress the anger in his heart and smash the entire sugar factory to pieces.

He had come to save Anna tonight, and Adu was still outside waiting for her to return.

"Let's go."

Turtledove said to Anna.

Anna didn't move, she timidly put her hands behind her back, looking around at all the children in the room, and the meaning was quite obvious:

What about them?

Yes, one Anna was saved, but there are so many children here waiting to save them, they don't have a brother named Adu, and they don't know other people called turtledoves, so who will save them, should they just wait here to die?

There was a fierce struggle in the turtledove's heart, and at this moment he suddenly understood the question he had asked himself during the day, and found the answer that he had never been able to find, and he finally understood why he could live.

"I'll get them all out, but not today."

No matter how reckless and impulsive the turtledove was, he knew that he could not save all these children on his own, but after witnessing all this, how could he be indifferent, since he said it, then he would definitely do it.

With Turtledove's assurance, Anna followed him out of the place.

……

Holding the scrawny Anna, the turtledove effortlessly climbed over the walls of the dormitory, and the two buddies were still unconscious under the walls.

Evading the patrolling escorts, Ikaruga managed to leave the sugar factory campus with Anna, and in the darkness he went straight to a residential area in the candy city, found the house with a red balloon tied to the door, and knocked on the door again and again.

It was the worm who opened the door for him.

"You're back?"

The little insect let the turtledove into the house, and then she saw Anna, the smile on her face instantly cooled, and Schultz inside also rushed to hear the sound, and several people went to that station, and the already small space seemed more and more cramped.

The house was small enough, and there was no furniture in it, just a table and a few chairs, and there was a musty smell everywhere.

"Where's Adu?"

The turtledove looked around, but did not see Adu's boy, from the morning until now, Adu has never appeared, and the turtledove is still waiting to see his happy appearance when he meets Anna.

"I don't know," Schultz shook his head, then looked at Anna, "You're Anna, have you eaten?" I'm going to get you something to eat. ”

Anna looked at Schultz and the worm nervously, she didn't know these two people, of course she didn't know the turtledove, but after all, it was the turtledove who rescued her, so in this strange situation, she followed the turtledove closely, not leaving an inch.

Schultz brought Anna a plate of bread and a jar of jam, and the little worm was not unprepared, she took two things out of her pocket and put them on the table, and the turtledove was immediately distressed.

Those were the last two cans of beef they had.

When I left the mouse city, the pickup truck brought about 20 cans of canned beef, during which the turtledove was not eaten, all cheap insects, and the last two cans were left, and the insects also knew that they had eaten too much, so they "generously" said that they would all eat for the turtledove, and the turtledove had been kept and was not willing to eat, but I didn't expect it to be taken out by the insects at this time.

The turtledove was distressed, and when he saw that Anna's cheeks were bulging, he was still very happy, and sat next to Anna, and the turtledove smiled for the first time tonight.

"Bang Bang."

Everyone was watching Anna eat, but suddenly there was a sharp knock on the door.