Carloads of hot soup and food were delivered.
As more and more children appeared around, a group of people came here at Andre's call to maintain order and prevent chaos from happening.
After all, those gathered here are children.
The tents were quickly pulled up one after another. The children who had eaten and drank enough were gradually controlled by sleepiness. After receiving the thermal blankets from Sergey, Andrei and others, most of them obediently walked into the tents.
After a while he fell asleep deeply.
"Aren't you going to sleep? It's safe here. No bad guys will show up."
When the number of children gathered in front of him gradually dwindled, Sergey found that the little girl was still beside him, hugging the thermal blanket and looking at him closely.
Hearing Sergey's voice, the little girl looked at the tent not far away, then shook her head and hesitated.
"Mom, Elsa can't find her mother."
Sergey's eyes changed, he sighed silently, walked over and picked up the little girl.
"Your name is Elsa, right?"
The little girl nodded.
Although there was a scar on the left side of Sergey's face, the little girl was not afraid. Instead, she gradually felt sleepy in Sergey's arms.
Looking at the little girl's little head slowly nodding back and forth, Andre beside him said softly.
"Aisha, it's already late at night, let's go to bed first, okay?"
The little girl's little head was nodding, but she shook her head hard and forced herself not to fall asleep.
"No, Elsa, Elsa wants, wants to wait for mother."
Sergey looked at the little girl with soft eyes and said slowly.
"But it's bedtime now. Aisha, have a good sleep first, and then I'll take you to find your mother tomorrow, okay?"
After a pause, Sergey gently took the little girl's right hand and said as if making an agreement.
"Come! Uncle has made an appointment with Elsa now. As long as Elsa sleeps well, uncle will take you to find your mother tomorrow."
With Sergey's promise, the little girl, who finally couldn't bear the onset of sleepiness, muttered a few times, then lay in Sergey's arms and fell asleep deeply.
Seeing this, Andre pointed to the tent on the right and said softly.
"The tent over there has beds. And there's no one else there yet."
After sending the little girl into the tent and setting her up, Sergey walked out of the tent, only to find Andrei setting up a bonfire not far from the tent.
And the same scene also appeared elsewhere.
Presumably, it was Andre who arranged it.
In the flickering firelight, Sergei also saw the figures of some soldiers on guard duty.
"After joining A-LAWS, I participated in several similar operations. During those operations, some unpleasant things happened. So, I became more cautious."
After throwing the wood in his hand into the fire, Andre said casually.
Sergey nodded, walked to the other side of the bonfire and sat down.
"This is the right thing to do. The people gathered here are all defenseless children. In this chaos, children are the most vulnerable."
Andre nodded, but had no words.
Unknowingly, the two fell into silence again, with only the sound of burning wood remaining.
"Feel sorry."
Through the swaying flames, Andrei couldn't see Sergei's face clearly for a while, and only heard Sergei's voice.
He moved his lips and wanted to speak, but Sergey stopped him.
"Andre, listen to me first."
Andre moved slightly, but fell silent.
"I almost died during the battle in the orbital elevator."
Andre's expression changed, he clenched his hands, and wanted to stand up to refute, but he lost all strength for a moment.
"Speaking of which, you may not believe it. At that moment, I met Keli, your mother. At that time, she was still standing in the kitchen as before, cooking your favorite meals and telling me about you.
Something I like." In the firelight, Andre seemed to see a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes full of memories and guilt.
"Before that battle, Keli once asked me to take good care of you. At that time, I just thought that Keli was overthinking it. Unexpectedly, after that, it was goodbye forever. I couldn't accept Keli's departure.
I can't forgive myself for not being able to save my wife. Under self-blame, guilt, and even regret, I ignored you and broke my promise to Keli."
"This is my fault. It's also my responsibility. Andre. I'm sorry!"
Andre was stunned.
How many years!
At his mother's funeral, when he lost his mother and wanted to find some comfort from his father, the man named his father fell silent and never said a word to himself.
After that, Andre thought more than once, even if it was just one sentence, even if it only took one sentence, maybe the resentment in his heart might become less.
This thought kept bothering Andre and made him sink deeper and deeper.
Every time I see Sergey, I can't help but want to blame Sergey for this.
However, after the battle in the orbital elevator, everything changed.
The man he resented disappeared.
Maybe only by losing it can you understand the preciousness of that moment.
Andre closed his eyes slowly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The answer I have been searching for for many years, the apology I have been waiting for for so many years, is finally given at this moment.
But, for some reason, Andre couldn't respond to this moment with words.
After a moment of silence, Andre stood up.
"Colonel, go to bed early! Tomorrow, we still need to accompany Aisha to find her mother."
Sergey was stunned for a moment.
Since meeting Keli on the verge of life and death, he has imagined many scenarios, but he has never imagined the scenario at this moment.
"At least, we may be able to prevent Elsa from losing her mother. No, we must help Elsa find her mother."
After Andre said this, he strode away.
Gradually, Sergey showed a relieved smile.
At the same time, he also saw the smile of his wife Keli in the firelight.
Sergey raised his hand to wipe his face and was about to stand up. When he was guarding the door of the tent where Elsa was, a burst of fire suddenly lit up on the other side of the ruins of the city.
Then, low, thunderous explosions followed one after another.
"Enemy attack?!"
Sergey's eyes changed, and he immediately took out the contact device.
"This is Sergei, the bridge, please answer!"
Silver-white mechanical soldiers appeared from the ruins of the city with their claws and teeth bared, blocking all Feng En and Sha Ci's escape routes.
"Sha Ci, can you see clearly now? The true face of your beloved girlfriend!"
Facing those legion mechanical weapons called scout type, Feng En, who only had a pistol in his hand, did not change his expression, and even continued to use words to stimulate the figure in front of him who was surrounded and protected by the legion.
"Louise Halevi. You must have experienced the so-called promotion, right?!"
Feng En's sharp eyes fell on the silk scarf that wrapped the other party's slender neck.
Upon hearing this, the other party's expression changed, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch the silk scarf.
"This, this is not true! Louise!"
Seeing the opponent's actions, Sha Ci, who had witnessed how the Legion snatched human heads away, changed his expression and quickly asked.
However, what he got was the other party's right hand slowly lowering his hand and a wry smile.
Chapter completed!