Infinite: Dawn Game

Shi Pei looked at the child's hand gripping her finger, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears.

Seeing that Shi Pei's eyes had turned red, Brother Wang across from him laughed even more disgustingly.

"Why are you crying? Haven't you been able to eat lately? If you ask me, just give in and do whatever I tell you, and I'll definitely give you some food, right?"

“Come on,” Brother Wang said, winking at the other two male players beside him, and smiling as he reached out to put his arm around Shi Pei’s shoulder.

"Let's find a place to have a good talk with Brother Wang. I'll definitely give you extra food this time to ensure you have enough breast milk so your baby can be well-fed..."

"Brother Wang is such a kind person."

The two male players next to her burst into laughter, "If you ask me, one bowl of rice is enough. She's not some stunning beauty, just an ordinary, ordinary woman..."

"..."

"Hey."

Brother Wang was pleased by the flattery. Even though he was just an ordinary player in the "Chrysalis Shop" who was struggling to survive every day, he still enjoyed hearing these flattering words.

"This isn't some kind of relief for our great Ms. Shi Pei—oh crap! Who the hell dares to touch me?!"

The hand that Wang Ge had put his arm around Shi Pei's shoulder was suddenly twisted from behind. A piercing pain shot from his arm joint into his brain, and Wang Ge instantly let out a heart-wrenching howl.

"Relief?"

Anjie came up, grabbed Wang Ge's arm, and threw him aside. She looked at Wang Ge lying on the ground with a half-smile.

"Come on, how about you help me out too?"

Seeing Anjie look up, the other two male players who had wanted to take advantage of her simultaneously took several steps back.

As Wang Ge lay on the ground, writhing in pain, he tried to utter some harsh words, but then he saw An Jie's face.

Almost everyone in their world knows the top few hundred players on the Dawn of the Game leaderboard, and these ordinary players naturally remember their faces clearly, whether male or female.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were particularly adept at discerning who could and could not be offended.

Anjie's face was actually quite unfamiliar.

But for some reason, Wang felt his heart pounding so fast just from being stared at by her eyes that he could barely make a sound.

What exactly is this—

"Rubbish."

Anjie ignored Wang Ge's lifeless, curled-up state on the ground and raised the milk powder in her hand to Shi Pei, who was in shock.

"Shi Jiu asked me to buy it."

Ange paused, then added, "I'm his older sister."

Shi Pei: "..."

She opened her mouth to speak, but the child in her arms snuggled against her chest and pouted—

Shi Pei quickly lifted her clothes, ignoring the fact that there were three other men present.

Anjie's brow twitched, and she quickly stepped in front of her, giving the two male players standing there a cold look.

"roll!"

The two male players were startled and quickly lowered their heads, turned around, and ran into the "pupa shop".

Brother Wang, lying on the ground: "..."

He watched the two male players run away, then cautiously looked at Anjie—and their eyes met as Anjie was about to walk towards him.

"I'm leaving! I'm leaving! I'll leave by myself! I'll leave by myself!!!"

Despite the pain, Brother Wang quickly got up and ran towards the "cocoon shop" while dragging his dislocated arm.

Anjie stood with her back to Shi Pei for a while, until she heard the rustling sound of clothes being put down behind her, before slowly turning her head.

"Actually, you don't need to turn your head."

Shi Pei smiled, pulled down the uneven edges of her clothes, and lowered her eyes somewhat awkwardly.

“I feed them directly at the ‘pupa shop,’ I don’t know how many people have seen that…”

"Then you should turn around."

Anjie walked over to her and reached out to smooth out the hem of her shirt that had been lifted up on her back. "This will make you more comfortable."

"..."

Shi Pei remained silent for a long while before giving a weary smile.

“I haven’t heard that kind of talk in a long time.”

Anjie did not respond.

Looking at the baby in Shi Pei's arms, who was drowsy after drinking milk, the milk powder she was carrying seemed to have become several times heavier.

"Actually, you don't need to buy baby formula."

While coaxing the child to sleep, Shi Pei whispered, "This morning, I hadn't had a normal conversation with any player other than Uncle Fang for far too long, so I let that child think I really needed milk powder."

“It’s not really necessary,” Shi Pei said bitterly. “The ‘pupa shop’ doesn’t provide hot water, so even if they had formula, we couldn’t feed the baby.”

"...I brought it."

Anjie took out the kettle she had brought with her from her system backpack and sat down on the steps to start preparing the milk powder.

Whether it's pouring milk powder or adding water and shaking, all the actions are done in one smooth motion, without any hesitation.

Shi Pei was completely stunned.

She only slowly came to her senses when Anjie handed her the shaken baby bottle.

"...You're so skilled, have you taken care of such young children before?"

Shi Pei took the baby bottle and asked, somewhat dazed.

“…It should be considered a brief mention,” Ange said after thinking carefully.

“I used to raise all my younger siblings myself.”

"Younger brothers and sisters?"

Shi Peiyin exclaimed in amazement, "You raised so many children? That's amazing!"

Ange did not directly respond to her astonishment.

She simply handed the milk powder she was carrying to Shi Pei and then tentatively asked a question.

Have you considered moving to a town?

The astonishment on Shi Pei's face slowly faded. "A town?"

She looked at the very modern city across the asphalt road, shook her head with a wry smile.

"never mind."

"I can't afford it."

"I can't even get into the game because of him."

Shi Pei lowered her head, kissed her child's forehead, and whispered:

"...When he's a little older, when he can support himself, I'll try my luck in the game and see if I can take him to live in a town."

That day is too far away.

Both Shi Pei and An Jie were well aware of this fact.

"I can help you."

Anjie said.

"no need."

Shi Pei refused once again.

"it's useless."

The woman, so thin that her cheeks were sunken, smiled. A weak, tired, and helpless smile appeared very clearly on her face at that moment.

"Whose points weren't earned through their own hard work? Who am I? Why should you support me and my child?"

Shih Pei: "Although it sounds like disgusting arrogance, I still refuse."

"Thank you."

Ange didn't say anything more.

Before leaving, she handed the milk powder to Shi Pei and said only one sentence.

"Take it, I didn't buy it."

Anjie lied, "Shi Jiu bought it."

"If you want to return it, go find Shi Jiu yourself. I'm just an intermediary."

Anjie left immediately.

At the entrance of the "pupa shop".

Shi Pei held the milk powder can in her right hand and hid the sleeping child in her left hand. Slowly, slowly, she closed her eyes.

"……Thanks."

The woman carried her child back to the "cocoon shop." As she turned around, a tiny drop of water pierced the air and fell to the ground.