Liu Feng watched Smith and Karl leave, then turned around, closed the door, and walked over to Xu Lin's bed. Looking at the vacant-eyed Xu Lin, he gave a bitter smile and said, "Xu Lin, thinking about it now, the two of us are quite alike—we share the same miserable fate. We're only being kept alive and comfortable because we're useful to them right now. The moment we're no longer of any use to them will be our time to die. Though, perhaps you might live longer than me. Hurry up and wake up. Right now, you're the only person I can trust. If we want to get out of here, the two of us have to help each other. Suddenly, I miss home so much. I've been out for so long, and I have no idea how things are back there. To let me experience the outside world, my father sold off the family property and brought me to Brandenburg. And now, I haven't seen my parents in nearly a year. I want to go home!" Liu Feng's voice grew lower and more subdued.
Suddenly, Xu Lin murmured from the bed, "Home," and instantly his eyes regained their focus. He grabbed Liu Feng's hand and said to him, "I want to go home."
Startled by this sudden turn of events, Liu Feng said, "Alright, we'll go home! But you need to recover your strength first. In the state you're in now, even walking is a struggle—how are you going to get home?"
Chapter 21