Chapter 533

“Mommy, have some water!”

The little girl handed the bottle to her mother with an innocent, healing smile.

Her mother felt inclined to cry. “Shelly, you are awesome.”

She pretended to be happy, but she looked at Shelly with sad eyes.

She dusted Shelly and then bowed at Fei Yin.

Fei Yin bowed back. When they felt delighted, they found Shelly’s mother had no legs in the pants. Obviously, she had lost her legs in the war.

That was why she felt sad. Perhaps she couldn’t stay with Shelly for long.

When Fei Yin and Flying Eagle learned what had happened and they fell silent, feeling upset.

Their country had experienced wars before, so they understood her helplessness and despair.

“More than forty percent of the refugees here are injured.”

Leo explained to them with dim eyes, feeling distressed and guilty.

He looked at Shelly and his mother with compassion.

Shelly’s mother didn’t drink the water and instead gave it to an old, crippled lady beside her. The water was passed around. When the bottle came back to Shelly’s mother, there was very little water left. She raised her head and waited for a long time before the last drop of water dripped into her mouth.

“Mom, why do you give the water to them? Aren’t you thirsty?”

Shelly cried. She was too small to know compassion. She only wanted her mother to take a sip of water.

“I’m still young. The seniors are too old and need the water more than me.”

Shelly couldn’t understand, kept shedding tears.

“Shelly, don’t cry. I’ll give you a peanut, okay?”

It was the old lady next to them. She gave an amiable smile and spread her palm, on which was a peanut. She seemed to have held it for a long time, so her palm was sweaty.

“Madam, please keep it to yourself. Shelly is still young and doesn’t feel hungry easily.”

“It’s okay. I especially saved it for Shelly since this morning.” The old lady handed the peanut to Shelly with a kind smile.

Shelly took it after she looked at it for a while.

She stared at the peanut, tears rolling down his cheeks.

Suddenly, she ran to Fei Yin and the others. “Mister, I have a peanut. Can I exchange it for some water? Mom hasn’t drunk any water since last night. She left all the water to me.”

The tears streamed down her cheeks.

Fei Yin had run out of water, so he could not give any away.

“Can’t I? Can I exchange my bread tonight with you?”

Shelly had the bread for dinner, and she had to wait for lunch the next day before she had another share of bread.

Fei Yin didn’t know how to explain that he had no water, so he stood there awkwardly.

“I’ll exchange with you.”

Xu Yangyi handed Shelly the water and smiled like a boy. He had been watching Shelly all the time. At first, he cried for Shelly, and He Jingyan soothed him. After a while, he stopped crying, thinking he had no reason to be weak since Shelly was so tough.

“Really? I have only one peanut. I can’t exchange it for a bottle of water.”

It pained Xu Yangyi to see her tearful face.

“Yes.”

Instead of giving the water to Shelly, he handed it to Leo and said, “Help me give it to them.”

“But you won’t have any water.” Leo was very grateful, but Xu Yangyi was a very important guest.

“I’ll drink He Jingyan’s water. Don’t worry.”

Leo hesitated for a while before he took the bottle with a stinging nose.

“Come here. It’s too hot there.”

Xu Yangyi pointed at the place in front of him and asked Shelly to sit there.

Shelly did not dare to come over. Xu Yangyi was leaning against He Jingyan, who was sturdy. Shelly was scared.

“It’s okay. This uncle is very gentle. Come and sit with me,” Xu Yangyi said. He gave He Jingyan a warning look, beckoning him not to scare the child.

He Jingyan’s face darkened. “Wife, do you want to push me away because of a child?”

“Who cares about you?” Xu Yangyi held Shelly into his arms and looked very happy.

He Jingyan didn’t argue with him since Xu Yangyi was happy.

After looking at Shelly for a while, He Jingyan suddenly said, “Let’s have a child, my wife.”