"I'm fine," I whispered.
They hesitated for a while, and the girl in the lead said, "Well, you can call me Sister Fen. You look like a child without a family. You can't sleep here tonight, and you will freeze to death when it's around negative 10 degrees tonight."
"I'm fine," I said in a low voice.
Big Sister Fen grew anxious. "You'll be frozen to death when the time comes. Don't say that we'll beat you to death!"
I took a few breaths and forced a smile, "Am I going to talk to Yama in the Palace of Hell?"
Big Sister Fen ignored me. She thought for a moment and picked me up. She was very tall and very energetic. She carried me all the way into a pitch black basement.
"Why don't you sleep here tonight? Have you eaten yet?" Sister Fen asked.
I said, "I'm not hungry."
In the warm dark
