GULP...
Xiao Furen's chopsticks paused for a moment. Then, as if nothing had happened, he went back to slurping down the noodles in the clay pot.
"Sis, I want some noodles too. I'm hungry," a small voice drifted in from outside.
"Be quiet! Second Brother will hear you, and he'll hit you," another little girl's voice replied.
The little boy started to cry with a few sniffles, but his voice slowly faded, likely because the other child had pulled him away.
Xiao Furen kept eating, his face expressionless, as if he hadn't heard a thing.
