The little boy was also carried on someone’s shoulders as Sasha bit her lip, unsure if her decision was right and if it would harm him.
But she wanted to try! Staying here would eventually lead to death, so taking a one in a million chance was better than doing nothing at all.
Perhaps knowing that she wasn’t in immediate danger, Sasha unknowingly fell asleep.
When she woke up again, she found herself in a luxurious European-style villa with magnificent golden hues everywhere.
She lay on a soft bed wearing a clean white nightgown that someone had helped her change into.
After briefly staring around the room, Sasha rolled off the bed and landed on the cold floor with her chubby feet before quietly opening the door and peeking out.
A dark-skinned woman with beautiful features carried food towards her, most likely one of the maids here, but looked different from anyone else Sasha had seen before.
She wore an egg-yolk yellow jacket paired with light green straight skirt without any decorations except for a white camellia pinned at her waistline, similar attire to what Sasha saw when visiting Mom’s filming set where Mom said it belonged to an ethnic minority group.
Sasha quickly closed the door and ran back to her bed, pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed.
Sure enough, the older sister had come looking for her.
Creak-
It was the sound of the door opening.
Then someone came in.
After a brief look around the room, finding nothing amiss, the person saw the exquisitely cute little girl on the bed still sleeping soundly.
In a proper sleeping posture, with hands placed on either side of her body, breathing evenly… she looked just like a well-behaved little princess.
The visitor didn’t want to wake the child up, but Mister had instructed to take care of this young lady before leaving. It was already mealtime, so it was not good to skip meals.
After some hesitation, she gently patted the little girl’s shoulder.
Actually, Sasha pretended that she just woke up. She fixed her curious eyes on the older sister and in a soft, delicate voice, she began to inquire.
“Who are you?”
“Where am I?”
“What about Uncle who brought me here?”
“And what happened to that young boy? Where is he? I want to see him!”
…
She asked a series of questions, but the woman seemed to not understand what she was saying and just smiled at her.
Gesturing in the air, Sasha couldn’t understand what she was trying to convey.
Sasha’s lips twitched slightly. It turned out the woman was deaf and mute, so her earlier questions had been asked in vain.
Seeing her getting up, the maid reached out and lifted her up from the bed.
This sudden action startled Sasha, who was not used to being embraced by strangers, so she couldn’t help but struggle.
“What… what do you want to do? Are you going to sell me off?”
The maid had no choice but to put her on the ground and point with her finger towards the direction of the bathroom, indicating for her to freshen up.
Sasha looked at her strangely several times, until finally she was sure that the older sister meant no harm to her. She was just here to take care of her, which made Sasha breathe a sigh of relief.
“Thank you.”
This bathroom is certainly not as spacious and luxurious as the one in her own home, but she now finds herself having to stoop under the low roof.
At least it’s much better than being tied up in a cave, isn’t it?
The maid was afraid that she was too young to know how to wash and clean properly, and even wanted to help her wash her face. Sasha quickly took matters into her own hands and grabbed a towel to do it herself.
“No need, thank you, big sister, I can come by myself.”
She’s the apple of Master Glenn and Kate’s eyes, but when daddy’s away on business trips and mommy’s filming, there’s no one at home. She has to fend for herself, dressing and eating on her own.
The little girl, because she was not tall enough, had to stand on a stool to wash her face. As she looked at herself in the mirror, Sasha began to miss her daddy and mommy again, with tears welling up in her eyes.
With determination, she forced out a hint of a sweet smile.
“Okay, big sister, I’m done with my washing up.”
The woman led her back to the room and had her sit on the single sofa by the window, then served delicious and abundant food.
A white porcelain plate holds a golden and soft egg pancake, a piece of pink strawberry cake, and a glass of fresh milk.
Being trapped in a cave for several days, every day was half a bowl of cold water and difficult to swallow.
Now, suddenly seeing such tempting food, Sasha couldn’t help but widen her eyes and secretly swallow her saliva.
“Are all of these for me?”
The woman cannot speak and can only nod her head.
Sasha is once again in a dilemma. She is very hungry and wants to eat the food, but she doesn’t trust the people here.
Is there anything else in these foods?
Mommy’s script is written like this, the villain puts poison in the food, and people will die after eating it.
“No, I’m not hungry! Thank you, big sister, for bringing me food. You can go first and I’ll eat later.”
The maid wanted to persuade her, but when she opened her mouth, no words came out.
The little girl sat with her hands propping up her chin, looking outside the window with a stubborn expression that gave the maid a headache. She decided to seek advice from the person in charge and turned to leave.
As soon as the maid left the room, Sasha’s stomach growled loudly.
“Gurgle… I’m so hungry. When will Daddy come save me? And Mommy… I miss you so much,” Sasha whimpered while burying her head in the blankets. Silent tears streamed down her face and soaked into them.
Suddenly, a bird on the windowsill caught Sasha’s attention. It was smaller than one of Sasha’s hands and had green feathers on its head and yellow feathers on its body. In its beak was an unknown white flower that made it look adorable.
Sasha stared at it without moving for a while, forgetting about all of her troubles for just a moment. She felt like an innocent three-year-old who was curious about everything around them.
The bird chirped happily before smelling food nearby; it put down its flower on the windowsill and flapped over to Sasha’s plate of food where it drank some milk from a cup before pecking at some egg cakes and cake slices.
Of course, given how small it was even if its stomach was filled, there would still be leftovers!
After the little bird had its fill and flew away flapping its wings, Sasha finally got out of bed.
She picked up the egg pancake and devoured it eagerly.
For the next few days, the little bird would fly into her room’s window sill with a small flower in its beak, placing the wildflower down before eating her food.
Sasha would collect all these little flowers, waiting to eat until the bird flew away.
This went on for several days.
She never once saw the uncle who claimed to be Daddy’s friend in the cave, making the villa seem as quiet as if it were just her and the disabled maid.
Oh, and there was a romantic little yellow warbler too.