Inside a hut in the slums of Sal City, a little girl with dark brown hair sat in the embrace of her father. The man holding her was quite thin but traces of his previous muscular stature remained.
His cheeks had sunk due to malnourishment and his bones showed. Yet, his eyes watched his daughter with delight as she munched on the sweetened hawthorn berry.
"Qiqi, do you like the treat your father brought for you?"
The man asked, gently trying to tame the wild hair of his little girl with his hands.
Luo Qiqi nodded like a hen pecking at grain, fully engrossed in eating. She looked like a cute squirrel as she took small nibbles of the tiny sweetened berry, trying to prolong the eating process for as long as possible.
"I am glad."
The thin man whispered. He looked out of the hut at the rising sun and gently moved the little girl out of his lap.
