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Liyan mentioned that the child was the one Little Black had picked up before New Year, and by now they had been caring for the child for seven or eight days. At first, the child was full of fear towards strangers, and had tried to run away; when Mo Yan stepped forward to stop her, she was bitten.
These past couple of days, the child's condition had indeed improved. The three meals sent to her were almost entirely eaten, and her appetite was gradually increasing. Mo Yan had not personally visited, but heard from Lixiu, who delivered the meals, that the child's wounds were slowly healing; however, she had not spoken a word, and even the cries for help, for her mother, and for her big sister that she used to utter had gradually stopped.
