They were pushing and pulling trying to force their way through the gap, many of them even holding onto Hao Xuan as if their lives depended on it.
"STEP BACK!" the guards shouted in unison creating a small shockwave, "DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH?!"
They began forcing everyone back but Hao Xuan felt a pair of dainty arms wrap around his leg. He looked down to see the face of a small boy looking up at him.
The kid was no older than 11 or 12 at most with a face covered in gunk and filth.
"Please sir, take me with you! I can help, I swear!" he pleaded but a guard overheard and pulled him by the rags he had on.
He brought the kid up to his eye level just to glare at him, "Che Yun, how many times do I have to tell you?! The desert will swallow you whole! You are not strong enough, go back to your sister!"
From the looks of it this wasn't the first time the boy named Che Yun had tried something like this.
"NO! I need to go!" he asserted, "Please! I need the credits!"