Yan Qi's father had two wives: one was his first love during his school days, and the other was a wife arranged by his family for an arranged marriage.

Before marrying the woman arranged by his family, Yan Qi's father had already had a son with his first love. Later, he had Yan Qi with the woman he married in a political alliance.

However, Yan Qi's mother passed away when he was very young.

Therefore, Yan Qi's father remarried his first love, and they had a son and a daughter after marriage.

Yan Qi's father loved the three children he had with his first love, but he didn't like Yan Qi at all. As a result, Yan Qi was neglected from a young age and never received any fatherly or motherly love.

When Yan Qi was sixteen, his father took the family on a cruise ship vacation.

When the cruise ship reached international waters, the family was assassinated.

When Yan Qi's father was in mortal danger, he escaped in a lifeboat with his first love and three other children.

They left Yan Qi alone as bait to hold off the assassins.

With the protection of bodyguards arranged for him by his maternal grandfather, Yan Qi escaped death and arrived in Haicheng by lifeboat.

Yan Qi was shot in the abdomen, but fortunately the injury was not serious. After a simple bandage, he hid in the mountains and forests of Haicheng to avoid being hunted down.

Yan Qi had been hiding in a cave for several days. He had run out of the compressed biscuits he brought from the lifeboat, and he had to leave the cave to find some food to fill his stomach.

Yan Qi's abdominal wound had not yet healed, and he could barely walk a short distance before he could no longer support himself and slowly slid down against a large tree.

Just then, a soft footstep sounded from ahead, followed by a clear, crisp female voice:

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Are you hurt?

"Should I take you to the hospital?"

The girl asked in surprise as she quickly approached him.

The girl was holding a small shovel, her trouser legs were covered in mud, and the bamboo basket on her back was half full of mushrooms.

Yan Qi stared intently at the girl approaching step by step, a layer of murderous intent spreading in his dark eyes. He gripped the wooden awl in his hand and coldly rebuked her:

"Stop! Take one more step closer and I'll kill you right here."

The girl instinctively stopped in her tracks, but she wasn't startled by Yan Qi. Instead, she asked with concern:

Should I call the police to rescue you?

Yan Qi stared at the girl with a chilling expression, his voice hoarse as he warned:

"My business is none of your concern, get lost."

The girl was taken aback, then frowned angrily and turned to leave.

After walking a short distance, the girl turned back for some reason.

She stopped two meters away from Yan Qi, reached into the bamboo basket and took out bread and bottled water, then said to Yan Qi with annoyance:

"You look badly injured. This was originally my lunch, but it's yours now. Goodbye!"

After the girl finished speaking, she turned and left, never to return.

After the girl left, Yan Qi didn't touch the bottle of mineral water or the bread, and instead continued to look for food that he considered safe.

The next day, while Yan Qi was still resting in the cave, he heard the girl's shouts from the previous day echoing again from not far away:

"Are you still here? Why haven't you eaten my bread? Aren't you hungry?"

Yan Qi continued to close his eyes and rest, ignoring him.

The girl persisted in shouting at the surrounding air:

"I brought you anti-inflammatory medicine, iodine, and gauze. You're injured, so you need to treat your wound. I'll leave it here; please take it yourself."

The girl left after she finished speaking.

As dusk fell, Yan Qi emerged from the cave and discovered that next to the medicine were not only new bottled water and new bread, but also a lighter and some dry branches.

Yan Qi took only the lighter and medicine back to the cave.

There are many fruits in the mountains and forests that can fill your stomach. Although they are dry and hard to eat, they can replenish water and barely satisfy your hunger.

Yan Qi didn't trust any food sent by anyone, so for several days in a row, he didn't touch the food that the girl sent him.

One day, when the girl saw that the food and water she had brought were untouched, but the medicine had been taken away, she finally couldn't help but shout to her surroundings:

"These bottled waters are all new and unopened, so you can drink them without worry."

"Don't you like bread?"

"Do you like to eat porridge?"

"My family makes delicious scallop and pork congee. If you like it, I can bring some over for you tomorrow."

After waiting a long time without receiving a reply from Yan Qi, the girl shouted into the air again:

"If you don't like bread, then I'll eat it. These breads are very expensive, and it would be a waste not to eat them."

After the girl finished speaking, she waited for a long time, guessing that no one would respond, so she sat down on the rock, opened the bread on the ground, and ate one.

After finishing her meal, the girl put the remaining noodles back into her bamboo basket and left.

Long after the girl left, Yan Qi slowly emerged from the cave.

He picked up a few bottles of mineral water, walked to the nearby animal watering spot, and poured the mineral water into the water.

Over the next few days, the girl brought different food every day, and would also bring a bottle of mineral water.

Although Yan Qi did not eat any food, he always took a bottle of mineral water and poured half a bottle for the animals to drink.

He would only drink the remaining half bottle of mineral water after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it.

Yan Qi spent many days like this, but eventually, due to insufficient food and physical weakness, he was too weak to walk out of the cave.

Just as Yan Qi was losing consciousness and thought he was going to die in the cave, he suddenly heard the girl's voice in his ear:

"Scallop and pork congee is my favorite. Drink more of it. You need to be full to have the strength to recover."

Yan Qi shuddered and abruptly opened his eyes.

Before me were a girl's bright, sparkling eyes.

Those eyes suddenly turned into a pair of crescent moons, and her sweet voice continued:

"You're awake?"

Yan moved her lips, and surprisingly, there was liquid food in her mouth.

He was completely awakened, and when he swallowed, he found that there was food in his throat as well.

Yan Qi struggled to his feet, glared at the girl, and asked fiercely;

"What did you give me to eat?"

The girl said with an innocent look:

"Of course it's scallop and pork congee! Can't you taste the flavor?"

The girl then continued in a serious tone:

"You're starving, you know that?"

"You'll die if you only drink water and don't eat. Hurry up and finish the rest of the porridge."

This girl actually fed him half a bowl of porridge.

Yan Qi raised his hand to wipe his mouth, then looked down and saw that his abdomen had also been re-bandaged.

An unnamed warning of danger suddenly exploded in his mind.

He grabbed a wooden awl, aimed it at the girl, and lunged forward, pinning her against the rock wall. With the awl pointed at her neck, he asked viciously:

"Who sent you?"

The girl stared wide-eyed in astonishment at Yan Qi, her face blank, as if she had no idea what was happening.

Several seconds passed before the girl seemed to realize what was happening. She blinked, tears streaming down her face, and asked in a trembling voice:

"I saved you, are you going to kill me?"

Yan Qi's wooden awl remained pointed at the girl's carotid artery, his sinister gaze fixed on her eyes, and he asked in a hoarse voice:

"I'm asking you, who sent you?"

"If you don't talk, I'll take action."

A tear rolled down the corner of the girl's eye, and she choked out as she replied:

"My name is Liang Yu. I'm here to pick mushrooms to earn money for my tuition..."

Yan Qi's eyes darkened, and a hint of sinister malice crept into his gaze:

"What did you add to the porridge?"

Xiao Liang was taken aback and quickly replied:

"It has scallop adductor meat added; you'll be able to taste it after taking another bite."

It's like talking to a brick wall.

Yan Qi seemed to have lost all patience and pressed him again:

"I'm giving you one last chance. If you don't tell the truth, I'll take action."

Xiao Liangyu was startled by Yan Qi, and tears streamed down her face. After a long moment of stunned silence, she belatedly asked:

"Do you think I'm going to hurt you?"

"I can eat from the same bowl of porridge as you, and I promise I have no intention of harming you."

Yan Qi grabbed Xiao Liangyu by the neck with his other hand, still holding the wooden awl to Xiao Liangyu's carotid artery, and said sternly:

"eat."

Xiao Liang made a snap decision, picked up the porridge, and downed it in one gulp.

She swallowed quickly, wiped her mouth with her hand, and hurriedly explained:

"I just saw you were injured and wanted to help you. Everything I gave you is safe and harmless."

Yan Qi then released Xiao Liangyu, leaned against the rock wall, and slowly slid down to sit.

He stood guard at the cave entrance, his eyes fixed on Xiao Liangyu with a sinister look, and said:

"You're not allowed to leave now."

Xiao Liang nodded and replied:

"I'm not leaving. There's still some porridge in the thermos. Would you like some more? You've already eaten half a bowl, so I'll eat with you."

Now that Xiao Liangyu has calmed down, he has completely seen through Yan Qi's act.

Yan Qi was so weak he was almost dead. He had used a lot of strength to hold her down, and he was probably at his last gasp now.

She could easily run away if she wanted to.

However, just to be on the safe side, Xiao Liangyu decided to mislead the other party first, and then run away after the other party lowered their guard.

After speaking, Xiao Liangyu served himself a bowl of porridge and began to eat it by himself.

After eating half of it, he reached out and handed it to Yan Qi, saying sincerely:

"Want some? I've already eaten half."

Yan Qi's gloomy eyes were fixed on Xiao Liangyu, and he remained motionless.

Sunlight streamed through the opening and shone on Xiao Liangyu's face, outlining his delicate features.

The girl's eyes were clear and filled with a pure kindness.

He had already treated her that way.

Why would she still show him kindness?

At that moment, a certain place in Yan Qi's heart seemed to be gently touched.

It was a long-desolate, gloomy corner where no light had ever shone.

At this moment, the girl in front of me, pure and kind, was like a ray of light that suddenly burst in, dispelling a trace of gloom and coldness.

After a few seconds of silence, Yan Qi finally reached out and took the bowl, eating in small bites.

After Yan Qi finished the remaining half bowl of porridge, he handed the bowl back to Xiao Liang Yu and muttered something under his breath:

"Thanks."

Xiao Liang paused when he received the bowl. He never expected that the thug was actually quite polite.

She replied casually:

"You're welcome, just don't kill me."

Taking the bowl, he poured all the porridge from the thermos into it, ate a little more, then handed it to Yan Qi, saying:

"I'm full, you can have the rest."

Yan Qi silently took the bowl and sipped the porridge until he finished it.

Xiao Liang placed the medicine and bottled water he had brought inside the cave, then sat idly near Yan Qi, muttering to himself:

"When I was disinfecting your wound, I realized it was quite serious. Why didn't you go to the hospital? Is it because you don't have the money?"

Yan Qi glanced at Xiao Liangyu out of the corner of his eye, without answering Xiao Liangyu's question.

Suddenly struck by a whim, Xiao Liang couldn't help but ask Yan Qi a question in English:

How are you?

Yan Qi replied with a long string of authentic American English.

Xiao Liang didn't understand a single sentence.

But Xiao Liang stared at Yan Qi in disbelief and asked in surprise;

Are you a top student?

Yan Qi glanced at Liang Yu's stunned expression and replied after a long while:

What defines a top student?

In just one afternoon, Yan Qi's image in Xiao Liangyu's eyes transformed from a thug into an all-knowing super genius.

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