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Ye Wenyu thought to herself, "Uncle Cai and Aunt Cai were very kind to me, treating me like their own child. Where are they now?" They used to be neighbors across the hall, but later, the Cai family found new, high-paying jobs and moved away, and the two families lost contact with each other.

Ye Wenyu thought wistfully that if she and Cai Wenchuan were together, their families would be well-matched and they would know each other well, so she probably wouldn't be in so much pain.

However, although I miss the Cai family very much, where have they gone? Just like the song "Those Flowers" by Pu Shu, "I once thought I would stay by his side forever, but today we have parted ways in the vast sea of ​​people. Are they all old now? Where are they? We have gone our separate ways."

Time passed little by little, and before she knew it, the surroundings became noisy. Ye Wenyu looked up and realized that she was preoccupied with her thoughts. She walked slowly and unknowingly arrived at the West Bus Station of S City.

The bus station was a chaotic place, and bad people could appear at any time. Ye Wenyu quickened her pace, wanting to get past the West Station as soon as possible. She wondered, could she leave Lin Tingfeng behind?

Now she knows that Lin Tingfeng is no ordinary person. He is cunning and scheming. For the sake of profit, he has even done things that are utterly hateful to his own brother. In order to keep her away from Lin Tingxuan, he even said that his own brother was mentally ill. If he can do this to his own brother, how much more so to her?

If she didn't leave now, the consequences could be dire. Ye Wenyu pursed her lips tightly, held her breath, and recalled the scenes of Lin Tingxuan coming to find her time and time again, as well as his neurotic words whispered in her ear: "Hurry up and leave that devil, or it will be too late!"

The sound exploded in her heart like dynamite, making her heart pound with fear.

Ye Wenyu broke out in a cold sweat. She clenched her fists and vowed that when she got home, she would tell Lin Tingfeng that she wanted to leave him and return all the properties he had given her, hoping that they would be even from now on.

She thought to herself that, for some reason, although they lived together, Lin Tingfeng had not had a real relationship with her, and she was still innocent. Although she was poor, she knew that everything should be fair. She could not take his huge property for nothing, so all the properties had to be returned to him. If they were not returned, her demand for freedom would be empty talk.

However, when Ye Wenyu made up her mind to leave Lin Ting, she looked up and inadvertently saw a strange girl. Ye Wenyu was stunned and stopped in her tracks.

The girl was about the same age as Ye Wenyu. The reason she attracted Ye Wenyu's attention was because she was the same age as her and very beautiful, but at this moment, their circumstances were worlds apart.

Ye Wenyu wore a Chanel dress, Prada shoes, a Gucci backpack slung over her shoulder, and a Patek Philippe watch on her wrist. She owned a villa in Hangzhou and property in S City. But the other girl, wearing a white T-shirt, with her shiny black hair styled in a bob, looked younger than her actual age. She wore pants that barely covered her buttocks, revealing her long, slender, and straight white legs. Her face was covered in foundation and makeup. She sat listlessly on the tatami floor, playing on a laptop. The contrast was like night and day.

Between her and Ye Wenyu was a transparent glass window. From Ye Wenyu's perspective, or from any passerby, they could see the girl inside the window. Everyone, especially men, no matter how old, would be unable to help but take a second look.

What does she do? Why is she sitting in her room with makeup on at this hour, letting passersby stare at her?

Ye Wenyu frowned in thought, a big question mark rising in her mind. She raised her chin, wanting to see what the shop where the girl was standing sold. However, she only saw the words "Lili Hair Salon". Although it was called a hair salon, there was no hairstylist inside, nor any equipment for women to do their hair. The pink sign machine at the entrance of the shop was gently spinning.

The pink lighting made the girl in the shop window look even more beautiful and charming. This reminded Ye Wenyu of the pork stalls in the market, which were always lit up with pink lights, making the meat look very fresh and tempting.

Ye Wenyu was wondering when she saw a man who looked to be about fifty years old drive by on an electric scooter. He stopped in front of the hair salon. Ye Wenyu happened to be standing in front of the salon at the time, so the man glanced at her as he parked his scooter and passed by.

That one glance made Ye Wenyu feel nauseous, as if she were standing in front of him naked, or rather, that man's lewd gaze had the ability to strip a woman naked just by looking at her.

Ye Wenyu turned pale with fright and took a step back.

The man chuckled as he entered the hair salon. The beautiful young girl in the window, seeing a customer arrive, immediately stood up and greeted him with a charming smile. However, instead of getting their hair washed or cut, they went to a room at the back of the shop and disappeared from Ye Wenyu's sight.

At first, Ye Wenyu stood there dumbly, waiting for the man to come out to wash and cut her hair. But after five minutes, the man did not come out. Even if Ye Wenyu was stupid, naive, and ignorant of the ways of the world, she suddenly realized something, her face turned pale instantly, she let out a low scream, and quickly ran away.

She ran very fast in her high heels, like a whirlwind, as if trying to leave her fear behind. She didn't know how far she ran, until she was exhausted, then she stopped. She was out of breath, her heart pounding wildly, almost leaping out of her chest, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down her forehead.

She finally realized that it wasn't a legitimate hair salon, but a brothel, and that the girl, who was about her age, was selling herself to make a living!

Realizing this, Ye Wenyu felt as if she were in an ice cellar, a chill rising from the bottom of her heart, making her shiver uncontrollably.

She thought painfully that life was too risky; if she didn't work hard and wasn't smart, she might really have no choice but to sell herself to survive.

No, she can't go back! She can't go back. Back then, she was working several jobs and collapsed on the street from exhaustion. Lin Tingfeng took her home, like picking up a stray cat. If she leaves Lin Tingfeng now and goes back to her old life, Lin Tingfeng will definitely not take her home again when she collapses on the street again.