He nodded and said, "Okay."
He took a jade pendant from his body, which he had picked up from someone he killed yesterday.
In the past, he had heard that jade pendants could be exchanged for food, but this one he picked up could not, because the jade pendant was of poor quality, and no one wanted it.
So, he gave it to her.
"For me?" She looked at him with some confusion.
"Hmm," he nodded.
She accepted the jade pendant and dangled it in front of her eyes, smiling with her eyes curving like a flower, as beautiful as the ones he had seen by the roadside.
It was the second time she had smiled at him.
As she smiled, a tinge of melancholy appeared on her face. She lowered her head and eyes, saying, "You freak! From now on... there will be no one to protect me."
Then she looked up, casting aside her worries for a moment, and said, "Give me your hand."
He did as he was told.
