Five years passed like this.

"During those five years, what I feared most was hunger. I know all too well the feeling of being so hungry that my vision blurred and my body felt weak. Many times, I thought I was going to starve to death."

But those people, in order to continue getting money and things from my parents, couldn't bear to let me, their cash cow, die. So they kept me hanging on by a thread, and then intensified their abuse and enslavement of me.

Later, my dad took a break from a mission near our hometown and decided to visit me. He found me washing clothes for them by the river in the freezing cold, running a high fever. I was so hungry that I almost fell into the river...

It was just my fate that I wasn't meant to die.

After that, my father took me away and cut off all ties with those people in my hometown.

But having been terrified of hunger since childhood, even after returning home and having enough to eat, her eyes would still light up at the sight of food. She couldn't sleep soundly without holding something to eat, and she would even hide food in many places..."

Even now that she's grown up and has money and rations, she still values ​​and is passionate about food.

Ye Weiwei thought back to the time when she had just picked up Xiaoxing from the farm, and she could understand Luo Lili's feelings very well.

She joked, "I thought you would be particularly attached to food and very protective of it, but I didn't expect you to give food to a stranger. Well done, Luo Lili, you have a very high level of awareness."

A person who has been caught in the rain but still generously holds an umbrella for others shows she is a kind and gentle girl.

Luo Lili was completely taken aback by Ye Weiwei's words and laughed from the bottom of her heart, "Stop being so sarcastic. I don't know where you learned that from, but you always manage to twist a perfectly good sentence."

Thinking of how Ye Weiwei had easily made Cheng Meili and Sun Xuemei question their existence with just a few words in the dormitory, she couldn't help but giggle.

After laughing, Luo Lili slapped her thigh in regret: "Oh no! I forgot to ask that person's name and which department they were in! My lunchbox!"

Today, in order to pack more crispy pork, she used her older brother's lunchbox, which was a reward he received from his workplace for meritorious service, and he had always been reluctant to use it...

My brother will definitely scold me when I get back.

Just when Luo Lili was wondering how to explain it to her older brother, she unexpectedly ran into the same person she had bumped into at noon again after school in the afternoon.

Or rather, that person was simply waiting on the way to the second canteen.

It was thanks to Luo Lili's strong attachment to food that Lin An was able to find her. She missed out on the big steamed buns from the second canteen at noon and kept thinking about them all afternoon, hoping to make up for it in the evening.

"Comrade!"

Upon seeing Luo Lili, Lin An immediately walked over with delight, then shyly returned the cleaned lunchbox to her, saying, "Comrade, thank you! Thank you so much!"

After he finished speaking, he bowed to Luo Lili.

Luo Lili was startled and quickly stepped aside, saying, "You don't need to do that. I already said, consider those as my apology."

Lin An's smile was clean and frank. He knew that the girl said this to protect his pride, and he felt even more grateful to her.

"I was really starving before. Actually, it wasn't just you who wasn't paying attention to where you were going, I wasn't either, so I can't blame you. Thank you so much for giving me this food. I...you saved my life, you are my savior, and I will repay you in the future."

Luo Lili quickly waved her hand: "It's not that serious, I was just doing a small favor."

Lin An smiled and did not argue.

Even though it was a small favor for Luo Lili, it was a lifesaver for him.

He will repay this kindness whenever she asks for his help in the future.

"What's wrong with you? Our school provides a monthly stipend, enough for you to eat your fill. How could you almost faint from hunger?"

After hesitating for a moment, Lin An said, "I am not a student of Peking University."

Luo Lili asked in surprise, "Then how did you get here?"

Lin An's eyes held a complex mix of emotions; he didn't know what to say.

Luo Lili had only asked casually, and seeing this, she quickly said, "I was just asking, you don't have to feel awkward or have to answer me."

Lin An shook his head. "I'm not in a difficult position, I just don't know how to tell you."

He pulled a photo out of his pocket and showed it to Luo Lili. "I'm actually here to find someone."

He had come to Peking University with great difficulty, but he had no idea how to find it.

He had spent all his money on the way from home to Kyoto, which is why he almost fainted from hunger.

Luo Lili glanced curiously at the photo in his hand, and her expression changed after she saw the person in the photo clearly.

She pulled Lin An to a secluded spot and asked, "Why are you looking for the person in the photo? What's her to you? Are you two married? And then she got into Peking University and now she doesn't want you anymore, trying to dump you like a heartless man..."

Lin An, who was initially feeling down, was both amused and exasperated after hearing Luo Lili's words. He quickly explained, "Don't misunderstand, we're not a couple! I wouldn't even look at a heartless, wicked woman like that!"

Luo Lili felt inexplicably relieved, and then asked, "So what exactly happened? Would you mind telling me?"

Lin An: "I don't mind at all."

Having suppressed his hatred and anger for so long, Lin An needed someone to confide in.

Luo Lili was exactly the kind of person who could make him lower his guard and open up.

From Lin An's account, Luo Lili quickly learned the whole story.

The person in the photo is Cheng Meili from their dormitory. No, her real name isn't Cheng Meili, but Jia Hongmei.

Jia Hongmei is Cheng Meili's sister-in-law, and her son Xiaogang is Cheng Meili's nephew.

Cheng Meili was admitted to Peking University. Jia Hongmei, seeing her sister-in-law, whom she had tormented and treated like a maid at home, about to rise to prominence and become a city dweller, was extremely resentful. She stole Cheng Meili's admission notice and plotted to sell Cheng Meili to an old bachelor in town for a dowry of 500 yuan. Then, to cover up the crime, she drugged Cheng Meili's husband and set him on fire, burning him to death. After doing all this, she impersonated Cheng Meili and enrolled in Peking University...

After hearing Lin An's words, Luo Lili was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

As she recalled Cheng Meili's behavior over this period, a chill ran through her.

If what Lin An said is true, this Cheng Meili... no, this Jia Hongmei, this Jia Hongmei is simply utterly depraved!

Overwhelmed with enthusiasm, Luo Lili patted her chest and assured them, "Don't worry, I'll help you! I'll definitely not let that murderer get away with it!"

After saying that, she told Lin An to wait for her there, and then hurriedly ran off to find Ye Weiwei.

Others might not know, but she knew very well that Ye Weiwei's father was the president of Peking University, so asking Ye Weiwei for help was definitely the right thing to do!