Despite the excruciating pain Yu'er experienced at the time, an unknown force surged within her body, compelling her to pick up Cui'er and leave this place she never wanted to remember for the rest of her life.

Later, amidst countless disdain and disgust, Yu'er exhausted all her abilities to raise Cui'er until the age of seven. Today, Cui'er fell seriously ill, and Yu'er could only bring her last bit of savings and hurriedly went out to buy medicine for her. That's how the scene of colliding with Shi Liuli came to be.

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry. It was an accident, please, please don't hit me! I really didn't mean to!"

She had experienced incidents like this many times before. Due to her impaired vision, she often bumped into pedestrians on the street. If she was lucky, people would just curse at her and walk away. If she was unlucky, she would be subjected to a beating. It had become a common occurrence for her.

But she was in a hurry now. Cui'er was still gasping for breath on the bed! However, she couldn't just walk away directly. Based on the momentary touch from the collision earlier, the person she bumped into was wearing fine clothes, likely from a wealthy family. There were probably many people around, and she, with her small stature, wouldn't be able to escape. It was better to quietly beg for forgiveness. Perhaps the person would ignore her because of her dirty and smelly appearance and let her go?

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her wrist, and Yu'er's heart immediately sank in despair. She was already prepared to be hit, prepared to act pitifully, hoping that the person would let her go as soon as they had their fill of beating her.

However, the anticipated fierce blow did not come. Instead, the hand holding her wrist pulled her, and "Ah!" Yu'er fell forward but was caught by a pair of hands on her cheeks.

"Can't you see with your eyes?"

—She could hear someone speaking gently, and it was evident that it was a woman's voice.

Huh?

Yu'er hadn't quite understood what had happened yet. Those hands were gently touching her eyes, making her feel a bit itchy.

"Ah!!!" Yu'er was startled and quickly moved away, urgently saying, "Please, please don't touch me!" She hugged her trembling shoulders. "This will dirty you..."

Shi Liuli couldn't help but feel compassion. What kind of life had turned a little girl who should have grown up healthy and happy into this state?

Even though she was a beastman.

Beastmen were not highly regarded in human society, although they were not completely disregarded. Many benefits enjoyed by humans were unavailable to them. Unfortunately, they were equally unwelcome among the monsters. Perhaps even more so than in human society!

Furthermore, the beastmen's habitat was resource-poor and densely populated. Some beastmen had no choice but to come to human lands in search of a better life, which was preferable to being eaten by monsters or starving in their own habitat, right?

All of this was unknown to Shi Liuli, who had just descended to the mortal realm, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

Approaching, Shi Liuli extended her hand towards Yu'er. Sensing this, Yu'er also leaned slightly backward, but perhaps out of consideration for the possibility of being beaten, she ultimately didn't evade it.

"puff—"

As a sound of collision sounded, Yu'er fell into a warm embrace, accompanied by a soft voice saying, "It's alright. Big sister doesn't mind. But you, is there something you need help with?"

Help with?

Yu'er was momentarily stunned, but she clearly heard the words of the other person offering help. She quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no need. Ah! Yu'er still has something important to do. I have to go first...?"

Perhaps she felt that she didn't have the right to decide, so she was seeking Shi Liuli's opinion on what to do next.