After chasing the brats away, Elena finally looked down at the man on the ground.
He looked to be in his twenties, just incredibly dirty.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked.
"Hehe, pretty lady, you look so nice. Pretty lady... pretty lady..." The man's eyes were innocent. Upon seeing Elena, he broke into a happy, childlike smile.
Elena sighed inwardly. He clearly had some sort of mental disability.
"What's your name?"
"Lady... pretty lady... I'm so hungry. I want to eat, lady..."
The man tugged at the hem of Elena's shirt, whining like a toddler.
Whatever, she might as well finish what she started. Judging by his state, she wasn't going to get any answers out of him right now.
Elena took him to a nearby convenience store and bought him some bread.
He grabbed the bread and started devouring it ravenously.
"Yummy bread, thank you, pretty lady..."
Noticing some crumbs on the corner of his mouth, Elena reached out to brush them away. But before she even touched him, he curled up and cowered in the corner.
"I won't eat anymore, I won't eat! Please don't hit me! Don't hit me... I'm done eating..."
Elena was utterly speechless.
What kind of abuse had this poor guy been through?
She couldn't even raise her hand without him thinking she was going to strike him?
Had he been terribly mistreated before?
"Relax, I'm not going to hit you. Hurry up and finish your food!"
The man shot Elena a few cautious glances. Seeing that she really wasn't going to hurt him, he stayed crouched in the corner and resumed eating.
He was just a pitiful soul.
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