Yao Ran nodded at the little girl and replied, "Yes. Your elder brother is working for me, and I promised to pay him by curing your illness. This is part of his payment."
The girl hesitated before saying, "I will eat it later with my elder brother."
Looking at her obedient look, Yao Ran reached out to stroke her messy hair. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will prepare another portion for your elder brother. You should eat this now so you can recover faster."
The little girl stared at the corn and egg porridge for a moment before nodding obediently. Seeing this, Yao Ran placed the bowl in front of her and handed her a spoon.
While the girl was eating, her elder brother returned with information about where Chen Zizhen lived.
When the boy saw that his younger sister had woken up, he rushed toward her. Touching her forehead to check her temperature, he asked, "Younger Sister, how do you feel? Is your leg still hurting?"
The little girl smiled at her elder brother and replied, "Elder Brother, my legs are not like roots anymore. I'm not a monster."
Hearing this, the boy paused and looked at her legs. In his excitement to see his younger sister awake from her coma, he hadn't noticed the change in her legs. When his eyes finally landed on her legs, they reddened with emotion.
He turned to Yao Ran and sincerely said, "Elder Sister, I owe you a favor. Thank you for saving my younger sister."
Yao Ran calmly replied, "You don't owe me anything except the information about where Chen Zizhen lives."
Hearing this, the boy pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her. He then explained, "This is the address. I found out that almost everyone living in Area 2 is connected to him. Elder Sister, be careful when you go there."
Yao Ran put the paper away and nodded. "Thanks."
Before leaving, she took out four meal boxes, two one-liter bottles of lake water, and a five- gallon bottle of diluted lake water.
Glancing at the boy, she said, "Don't share this water with anyone else. Drink it with your younger sister. Otherwise, you might end up with root-like legs, too."
The boy clenched his hands as he watched Yao Ran and Long Yu leave.
After the door closed behind them, he sighed and looked down at his own legs. Staring at his skin, which was already beginning to turn root-like, he hesitated and then looked at the bottles of water on the ground.
Seeing him just staring at the water, the girl urged him, "Elder Brother, quick, drink the water."
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