Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1019 - 1015: The Little Scavenger

"His mom, she just... just doesn’t live with him," the middle-aged man said.

"Not living together? Why? Did she go to work far away?"

Dou Dou tilted her little head, full of curiosity, and Duoduo also looked at the man with the same curiosity.

The middle-aged man sighed and slowly said, "After I passed away, his mom left, leaving him, who had just turned five, with his Grandma."

"What about Grandma? Grandma can make breakfast for him!" Duoduo couldn’t help but ask, her little face full of worry.

"Half a year ago, Grandma had a stroke, and she’s bedridden, unable to move. She even needs someone to feed her... The family’s little savings have long been spent..."

"So he not only has to take care of Grandma but also has to support himself..."

The middle-aged man’s voice choked slightly as he talked about these things.

He paused, his gaze fell on the little boy, full of pain.

"He’s not used to not eating breakfast; he just can’t bear to spend money. Every penny he saves, he uses to buy medicine and food for Grandma. Sometimes, when he collects fewer recyclables and can’t exchange them for money, he just toughs it out with an empty stomach..."

Dou Dou and Duoduo listened, their eyes turning red, and their little mouths tightly pressed together, their previous liveliness wiped away.

"I have money; I can give him money so he can buy food," Dou Dou immediately said.

This was the best solution she could think of, and Duoduo nodded in agreement.

But the middle-aged man stopped them, "You can help him for a moment, but not for a lifetime."

"Then what should we do?" Duoduo asked.

For the two children, this was a very difficult problem, one they had no idea how to solve.

"Go find his mom and let his mom take care of him," the middle-aged man said.

"That’s right, find his mom and have his mom take care of him," Duoduo said excitedly.

"But... but didn’t his mom abandon him?" Dou Dou hesitated.

"Even if she did, she still has to take care of him; otherwise, it’s against the law," the middle-aged man said.

"Is that so?" The two little ones were very puzzled.

"Of course, adults can’t just abandon their children," the middle-aged man said with confidence.

"But... but we don’t know where his mom is," Duoduo said, a bit troubled.

"Why don’t we go back and ask Potato? Potato surely can help find his mom? He found Tang Tang’s mom before," Dou Dou said.

"No need for such trouble; I know where his mom is. You can go look for her directly or take my son with you to find her," the middle-aged man said.

"Wow, you’re amazing. That way, the little brother won’t have to collect bottles," Dou Dou said excitedly.

Duoduo didn’t speak but looked at the man doubtfully, feeling like something was not quite right.

"Let’s go; I’ll take you to find his mom," the middle-aged man said.

"Okay."

The two little ones turned and followed the middle-aged man.

But after a few steps, Dou Dou turned back to look at the little boy rummaging through the trash can.

"Don’t worry, we’ll come back after we find his mom," the middle-aged man reassured them.

Thus, Dou Dou and Duoduo followed the middle-aged man without looking back.

In their minds, since they knew where the little brother lived, they could always come back to find him.

After they disappeared, Xiao Yue descended from the sky, glanced at where Dou Dou and the others had left, and then looked at the little boy still rummaging through the trash can. Thinking it over, she appeared and walked over.

"Hey, what’s your name?" Xiao Yue asked directly.

The little boy, who was head-down rummaging through the trash can, was startled, looked up, and saw a girl about his age, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why do you want to know my name?" The little boy stood at a distance, not stepping forward.

"I want to get to know you," Xiao Yue said coolly.

The little boy looked Xiao Yue up and down, then said, "But I don’t want to know you."

Then he picked up his sack and walked in the opposite direction without looking back.

Xiao Yue wasn’t angry. She watched him leave, then turned into a gust of Yin Wind and disappeared from sight.

Actually, the little boy didn’t completely reject Xiao Yue’s offer to talk.

After all, there were very few kids his age who took the initiative to talk to him, wanting to get to know him, especially girls, who typically avoided him.

So, after walking a bit, he couldn’t help but look back, but seeing the empty spot where Xiao Yue had stood, his eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment.

However, he didn’t dwell on it and soon put it out of his mind, preparing to continue collecting bottles. For him, survival was everything.

But after only a few steps, he found Xiao Yue standing in front of him.

The little boy looked around in surprise and then sighed, "You’re fast; how did you do that?"

Xiao Yue’s lips curled up slightly, a hint of pride flashing across them.

"You still haven’t told me your name."

This time, the little boy didn’t refuse Xiao Yue.

"My name is Xu Xiangyang," the little boy said.

"How old are you?"

"Nine years old."

"Why aren’t you in school?"

"My family doesn’t have money."

...

It seemed that since he answered the first question, he no longer resisted answering the rest of them. Basically, whatever Xiao Yue asked, he answered.

The two weren’t just standing by the road unmoved; Xiao Yue took the initiative to help him rummage through the trash, looking for recyclables. This behavior easily earned Xu Xiangyang’s trust.

Xiao Yue was curious about Xu Xiangyang, and Xu Xiangyang was just as curious about her.

"Don’t you go to school?"

"Why help me collect bottles?"

"Where are your parents?"

"Where do you live?"

...

His questions seemed even more numerous than Xiao Yue’s.

"I don’t want to go to school."

"Because I want to get to know you."

"They’re both dead," Xiao Yue said nonchalantly.

Her words seemed to resonate with Xu Xiangyang, who happily said, "I’m a bit better off than you; only my dad is dead."

Actually, Xiao Yue’s mom wasn’t dead, but in her heart, she had long been gone.

"What about your mom? Why doesn’t she take care of you and let you collect recyclables outside instead of going to school?"

"She divorced my dad and left with my little sister. I don’t know where she went; I can’t find her anymore."

Xu Xiangyang wiped his dirty little face, smiling as if he wasn’t saddened by it.

"Hasn’t she come back to see you?"

It’s normal for a child to not be able to find an adult, but an adult can easily find a child.

"I don’t know; we don’t live in the original place," Xu Xiangyang said.

"How did your dad die?"

"They said he drank and drove and had to pay a lot of money. A lot of people came to our house, but we didn’t have money, so it was just me and Grandma, and then they left..."

"You shouldn’t drink and drive."

"Yes, Grandma and the police uncle also said so. What about you, how did your dad die? Was it also drinking and driving?"

"No, he had an incurable disease."

Talking about her own dad, Xiao Yue’s eyes flashed with a hint of sadness.

Since he died, knowing that people could turn into ghosts, she had tried to find her dad’s ghost.

She went to all the places she thought he might go, but never found him, which made her very disappointed and heartbroken...