As the sun set, the day's hustle and bustle came to an end.
"Growl..."
A group of exceptionally hungry people were now awaiting their food.
Axe's vision was blurred, and he was struggling to walk steadily. He hadn't eaten for a whole day and had worked continuously. Even though he was an orc, he was on the verge of collapsing.
He couldn't fall yet. For that 0.5 kilogram of wheat, he had to take it back to his companions. Sister Anli was almost starving to unconsciousness.
Others would receive 0.35 or 0.4 kilogram of wheat and have a meal on the construction site, but Axe saved all his wheat.
The scenes he saw now were all double visions. He moved his feet mechanically, numbly following the crowd.
"Plop..."
Axe finally couldn't hold on any longer. As he lost consciousness, he heard the female voice that had captivated him today.
"Everyone, go and get your wheat. I'll take care of him."
............
When Axe opened his eyes again, he subconsciously licked his lips and found the scent of wheat on them. Before he could savor it, a girl's voice came from beside him.
"You're awake?"
Axe's body suddenly stiffened. He turned his head mechanically and stared at the girl who was looking straight at him. He recognized her as the freckled girl who had helped him write his name during registration.
Cold sweat broke out on Axe's forehead. He felt an unprecedented crisis, even more uneasy than when facing a tiger orc, because he had been exposed. Beside him lay the linen cloth wrapping his horns.
"Why aren't you speaking?" The girl tilted her head, looking at Axe strangely, her eyes frequently glancing at his horns.
"Growl..."
Axe's throat moved, and he said in a hoarse voice, "What do you want to do? Do you want to sell me as a slave?"
"Oh, you're speaking." The girl smiled, saying curiously, "Why would we sell you as a slave?"
"Uh..." Axe was speechless. He looked at the girl in disbelief and said bitterly, "I'm an orc. Look, I have a pair of horns. Shouldn't you hate me?"
He remembered a rumor among humans that the existence of orcs was a punishment from the heavens. Orcs were a hybrid of humans and animals, a mixed race.
Many humans were starving now because of the existence of orcs, who consumed too much food.
Thinking about it, Axe felt it was right. If he ate freely, he could consume the meals of two or three humans in one sitting.
"Why should I hate you? You're strange!" The girl giggled and said, "I remember your name is Axe, right? Do all orcs look like you?"
Axe couldn't hear anything else. The only sentence in his mind now was "Why should I hate you?"
"She doesn't hate me?" Axe suddenly felt that the girl's smile was holy. At this moment, the somewhat freckled and ordinary girl in front of him appeared more beautiful than Sister Anli and Sister Mina.
Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Axe felt his heartbeat accelerate. He had never felt this way before.
For the first time in his life, a human had told him that they didn't hate him. In other cities, he would be hunted down by humans once exposed.
"What's wrong?" The girl asked worriedly, "Are you still feeling unwell?"
"Ah? No, I'm fine..." Axe quickly shook his head and sat up from the bed. His mind was a bit hazy now.
"Are all orcs as strange as you?" The girl chuckled softly and said, "Everyone calls me Lan. You can call me Lan."
This was the second time she had seen an orc. The first time was Miss Mina who was beside City Lord. There were rarely orcs in West Sun City. She felt that orcs were not much different from humans, except for the extra pair of horns.
Like Mina, she only had a pair of cat ears, but Lan found her extremely beautiful, the most beautiful girl she had ever seen.
"We're not strange, we're not strange." Axe quickly waved his hand after hearing her words. He was a clumsy teenager who didn't want Lan to think orcs were strange, mainly because he was the strange one.
"Why didn't you eat today? You starved yourself to unconsciousness." Lan's face turned serious.
"Oh yeah, where's my wheat?" Axe shouted anxiously, his eyes darting around.
"It's here." Lan pointed to the corner beside the bed.
Axe grabbed the wheat and hugged it tightly. "Thank you."
Lan shook her head, stood up, and smiled, "I have to go. There are many things for me to arrange."
She was a manager. Those who could read would receive a 20% increase in salary and could become managers. This was a decision she thought was the greatest made by City Lord.
After Lan left, Axe sat there stupidly for a while before hurriedly wrapping the linen cloth around his head to cover his horns. Then, he carefully walked out while holding the wheat.
Outside, he discovered that behind him was a row of sheds. The one he had just slept in was a small shed.
Axe soon spotted Lan's figure not far away. She was currently assigning sheds for those who had moved out for house reconstruction and had to temporarily live in the sheds.
He gazed at Lan's back foolishly, then walked towards the outskirts of West Sun City under the setting sun. His steps were unprecedentedly light. He wanted to go back immediately and share with Sister Anli that there was a human girl who didn't hate him.
Moreover, during today's work, he had also gathered the information he wanted. That was, Sister Mina had been captured by Liu Feng, a nobleman of West Sun City. He had to tell Sister Anli this news quickly.
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