The older woman was quiet for a while before saying, "Living together is not a bad idea. There are only a few days of water left. If we keep wasting time, it will be worse later."
Yan Cijin did not answer right away. She lowered her eyes and gently rubbed the little girl's back with one hand. The child had started humming softly to herself, already comfortable and happy again after dinner. Looking at that small back, Yan Cijin knew there was no room for casual thinking anymore. She had to consider safety, stability, food, water, and everything else all at once. If Bai Li's place truly had better water treatment and stronger security, then there was no reason to keep refusing just because she was used to living alone. A person could be stubborn, but stubbornness did not keep anyone alive. That was something the world would teach people very fast once it stopped pretending to be normal.
