"Young Master Ye Luo, are you looking for me?" Yu Qing trotted over and looked at Ye Luo in confusion.

Ye Luo coughed lightly: "It's nothing serious, I just want to hear the story between you and Pang Zuo, do you mind telling me?"

Yuqing's eyes were suddenly filled with warmth, as if she was remembering the past, and she couldn't help but smile.

Ye Luo's mood also lightened up along with her, and he laughed a few times: "You look so happy, you two must be very close."

Yuqing nodded confidently: "We two grew up together and depended on each other. He is like my brother and I am like his sister."

"Although our childhood was difficult, as long as we were by each other's side, we would find joy in the midst of hardship and have endless happiness."

Following Yuqing's narration, Ye Luo seemed to be in Liyue more than ten years ago, in the suburbs of Guiliyuan, with those small straw houses.

At the end of those straw houses is a broad road leading to "Liyue Harbor", and shouts can be heard from the quaint bridge.

Amid the shouting, there were two children, a boy and a girl, walking across the bridge with the boy carrying the girl on his back.

They were ragged, pale and thin, but their smiles were particularly sweet.

At the end of the bridge is a fruit stall. The owner is sitting in a rocking chair, fanning himself with a large cattail leaf fan. In front of him are a variety of fresh fruits.

Xiao Yuqing stared at the shiny apple with her eyes wide open, feeling itchy inside.

Xiao Pangzuo seemed to have noticed something strange about Xiao Yuqing and stopped.

After searching for a long time in his tattered pants, he only pulled out two Mora coins.

Xiao Pangzuo swallowed his saliva, put Xiao Yuqing down, and touched her head: "Yuqing, be good, wait for me here."

Xiao Yuqing held onto the corner of Xiao Pangzuo's clothes and refused to let go. Xiao Pangzuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't go far. I'll be nearby where you can see me."

Xiao Yuqing let go of her hand and watched Xiao Pangzuo walk towards the fruit stall.

"Excuse me, boss, can I exchange two molas for an apple?"

The fruit stand owner glanced at him disdainfully, looked him up and down, and said, "Young man, you should know that two molas are not worth much at all."

Little Pang Zuo timidly withdrew his hand, feeling a little embarrassed, but he still answered bravely: "I know that it is a bit too much for me to ask you for food with two molas. So, if you need my help, I can do manual labor. I just want to exchange an apple for my sister."

"Where is your sister?" asked the fruit stall owner.

Xiao Pangzuo looked at the little girl standing aside, staring at him blankly, and smiled slightly: "That's my sister."

The fruit stand owner, seeing that Xiao Yuqing was only three or four years old, couldn't help but yell, "Where are your parents? They just let you two wander the streets like this?"

Xiao Pang Zuo smiled bitterly, his face full of sadness and helplessness that shouldn't be there for his age: "We both lost our parents when we were young, and grew up relying on each other."

When the fruit stall owner heard this, his expression suddenly turned ugly, but it was not because of malice, but because of sympathy.

He took out a large basket from the stall, held a large pipe in his mouth, and picked a few large and bright fruits from the stall.

"Hey kid, take it and eat it. Today, I'm treating you, your uncle."

Xiao Pangzuo quickly refused: "No, no, we can't take your things for free."

"Just take it when I tell you to!" The owner of the fruit stall glared at him and forced the fruit into his hands.

"If you really feel bad about it, just sign a contract with me. From now on, you will do odd jobs at my stall, help me sell fruits and drive away insects. I can't pay you too much, but I can guarantee you three meals a day."

Xiao Pangzuo's eyes lit up instantly, and he asked excitedly: "Uncle, are you telling the truth?"

The boss sneered and pointed with his big pipe: "I am such an old man, how could I cheat you two little brats? If you want to work, come and work. If you don't want to come, take these fruits and get out of here. Don't delay my business."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Pangzuo knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed to the boss several times, and shouted loudly: "Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"

"Ouch, what are you doing?" The boss quickly helped him up: "I just helped a little. Look, you hit your head and it's bleeding. Come with me to the clinic."

"I'm fine, uncle. My sister and I can help you right now."

The boss scolded him, "Why are you so stubborn? You're like a stone in the toilet, smelly and hard."

When Xiao Yuqing saw Xiao Pangzuo kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, she thought he was being bullied. She ran over crying and helped her brother up, while apologizing to the fruit stall owner.

"Uncle, don't be angry, we will leave now and won't cause you any trouble."

The fruit stall owner sighed helplessly and shook his head, looking at these two sensible children, feeling both pity and regret.

Xiao Pangzuo explained: "Yuqing, I am thanking the boss uncle. He is willing to take us in to do odd jobs for him and provide us with three meals a day."

Xiao Yuqing instantly showed the same look as Xiao Pangzuo, and was about to kneel down and kowtow, but was quickly stopped by the boss: "You two really are siblings, you have the same set of rules."

Xiao Pang Zuo scratched his head and smiled foolishly: "We are not siblings, but neighbors. It's just that our parents are dead, so we depend on each other."

"Wow, it's even better than I thought... That's all. It's just two more mouths to feed. I don't need that little bit of food. Come with me. I'll take you back to my home."

……

After listening to Yuqing's story, Ye Luo couldn't help but sigh: "There is true love in the world. You two are lucky to have met kind people on the road instead of human traffickers."

Yuqing nodded: "Pang Zuo and I have worked in uncle's shop since we were young. Uncle never lacked food and drink, and he never let us do any heavy work. We just did odd jobs and talked to him."

"The uncle is very old and has never married or had children. I know that he treats us two as his own children."

"So, Pang Zuo often told me that since the uncle saved our lives, we should repay him with our own death, and that would not be too much."

Ye Luo nodded silently: "To be honest, there are many people who have saved my life, but I have no chance to repay them one by one."

Yu Qing was curious: "Young Master Ye Luo is so powerful, could there be times when his life is in danger?"

Ye Luo responded: "After all, as I said before, I am also an orphan and have similar experiences to you."

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