Another family of elderly and children was waiting just like them. No one made distinctions between families anymore; everyone huddled together as tightly as possible, terrified of a repeat of yesterday's beast attack.
"Look, someone's coming!" someone cried out, and all eyes fixed on the approaching figures.
It wasn't one or two people, but a large group, leaning on each other for support as they slowly made their way over.
Li Cuicui squinted, but she couldn't make out their faces. "You children have better eyes. Help your grandmother see—who are those people?"
"They're too far. I can't see clearly yet," Gu Le Shun said, anxiously scanning the crowd, hoping to spot his parents.
"I can't see either, but there are so many of them," Gu Lehua added, licking her chapped lips. 'She had lied to her grandmother earlier. Their family actually had some water left, but since she'd already said they didn't, she couldn't very well take it out now. They would just have to endure.'
