Downstairs, Bai Haoxue watched Xi Wei devour her food as if she hadn’t eaten in years, taking in the scene with wide eyes.
"Miss Xi, how long has it been since you last ate something?"
Xi Wei swallowed the meat with difficulty before slowly saying, "Just call me Wei, or Yiyi, Miss Xi sounds too formal."
"Alright, I’ll call you Yiyi then, and you can just call me Haoxue!"
Xi Wei said, "Ever since my wallet and luggage were stolen, I haven’t had a full meal, no, well, I did have one full meal once."
Xi Wei looked at Bai Haoxue sheepishly, clearly hinting at a story there!
"What did you do?"
Xi Wei, "I went and had a dine-and-dash, ordered all the food at a restaurant, and stuffed myself full."
Bai Haoxue, "I’m more interested in what happened afterward?"
Xi Wei, "I got stuck washing dishes for a week, but since I broke more plates than I washed, the owner gave me a good scolding and kicked me out."
Bai Haoxue: "..."
"Well, that restaurant owner seems quite nice!" Bai Haoxue remarked.
Xi Wei, "Not at all, he was so fierce, shouting at me every day. He was going to report me to the police. But I’m smart, I made up a tragic story, he felt sorry for me, and that’s why he let me go."
Bai Haoxue: "..."
"I’ve been hungry for many days now, everything’s been stolen, no ID, no phone. I wanted to find a job, but no one would trust me, everyone says I’m a scammer."
Xi Wei looked pitifully at Bai Haoxue, "Haoxue, do I really look like a scammer?"
Bai Haoxue shook her head, "Not at all, you look very cute, but without an ID, people are afraid to hire you."
"It’s more than that. No money, no ID, I haven’t slept well in days, sleeping in parks or at bus stations every day."
Xi Wei spoke with a hint of self-disgust, "Wait a moment, I have to take a good shower, I’m smelling terrible!"
"You’re really a poor little thing, going through all this and still running into a bunch of thugs."
Xi Wei nodded, "I’m truly miserable, I’ve never been this miserable in my life."
Xi Wei touched her own face, "At first, when I tried to resist and escape, that guy slapped me hard, left me dazed. If I hadn’t bashed their leader with a rock, I would’ve surely been assaulted today."
"In the future, you shouldn’t be out alone late at night as a young girl."
Xi Wei sighed, "I have no home, so what do you mean out at night."
"If it weren’t that I was so weakened by hunger, I could’ve handled those thugs. My martial arts may not be as good as yours, but it’s still decent."
"You seem like you ran away from home, didn’t you?"
Xi Wei nodded, "Even though I’ve suffered a lot, I still don’t want to go back, I promise I’m not a scammer."
"I believe you!" Bai Haoxue said with a smile.
This young girl, it’s obvious she’s been pampered and protected at home since childhood.
Bai Haoxue didn’t ask further, everyone has their secrets.
In the upstairs corridor, Ji Hanyu watched Bai Haoxue from above, the phone still on a call, with the speaker turned on.
On the other end of the line, the man’s mesmerizing peach blossom eyes were filled with world-destroying rage as he listened to Xi Wei’s words.
Wallet stolen, luggage stolen, washing dishes for a week, yelled at, chased away, sleeping at bus stations, sleeping in parks, hungry for days, slapped, beaten, nearly assaulted.
Each point made the man’s anger boil to the extreme...
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