Xu Wuning took out a sandwich bread and a bag of milk from her small backpack and handed them to him with bright eyes.

She asked again, "Would you like some milk?"

Xiao Lu Jingci lay on his side on the ground, looking at the bread and milk in front of him, without saying a word.

The bread bag was transparent, and you could see orange jam inside. He stared at the jam for a long time.

His stomach rumbled a few times, and he swallowed weakly.

Is it really not a dream?

He had experienced hallucinations many times. When he was starving, hot food would appear in front of him, but he couldn't touch it; it would fall apart as soon as he reached out to grab it.

But the bread in front of me looks real.

A ray of light shining down from the stairs shone on Xu Wuning's dress, giving it a shimmering glow. She smiled brightly at him, her delicate and soft face full of tenderness.

Xiao Lu Jingci felt that she was like a little princess.

Did he see a deity before he died?

Xiao Lu Jingci pinched her finger; it hurt.

No, it's not a dream, she really exists.

She just said her name is Xu Wuning.

He looked at her. She was about his age, maybe a little younger, but she was dressed so well. Her little leather shoes were polished to a shine, and the little bear keychain on her schoolbag was fluffy.

He looked down at himself; his clothes were filthy, the cuffs of his shirt were torn, his pants were covered in dirt, and his face and hands were also dirty.

His shoulders trembled, and he curled back in embarrassment and shame, trying to hide his dirty clothes and conceal himself.

But as he moved, he accidentally aggravated the burn on his arm. The pain shot through him, and he groaned, gritting his teeth to endure it.

Xu Wuning squatted down in front of him, looking at his current miserable and pitiful appearance.

Her eyes suddenly reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes behind her eyelashes. She sniffed and tried her best to force the tears back.

She wanted to cry; she felt so sorry for him, so very sorry.

He's starved to death, he's become so thin.

The child was perfectly fine before, but now his parents don't want him anymore. He sleeps every day under a thin blanket at the basement door, huddled in a corner, cold and like a stray kitten that no one wants.

She pushed the bread forward a little further, "Are you hungry? Here, take this."

Xiao Lu Jingci shook his head, already huddled in the corner, his voice dry and hoarse: "...I'm not hungry, thank you."

He said he wasn't hungry, but his eyes were still glued to the bread. His lips moved, and he swallowed again.

My stomach growled again at that moment.

Xu Wuning looked at him, "Nonsense, I'm clearly hungry, my stomach is growling, why don't you want it?"

Having been exposed, Lu Jingci's eyelashes trembled, then drooped, unable to look at her.

His heart was pounding, his dirty little face was burning and flushed, and his voice was trembling: "I can't take it..."

"I don't know how you got in, or if you can get out again. My dad closed the door to the villa... If you can't get out of here either, this is all the snacks you have left. I can't eat them."

"Then you won't have any food, you'll be hungry..."

He was so hungry that he had no strength left. His breathing was weak when he spoke. He lay there, but he was still thinking of others.

"Besides... I can't just take things from other people."

Xu Wuning was stunned for a moment, her eyes reddening even more. She tore open the bread wrapper and stuffed the bread into his hand.

she says.

"I am not just anyone."

Xiao Lu Jingci was taken aback.

He looked down at the bread in his hand, the aroma of jam wafting up, smelling sweet.

It tastes different from sour bread and expired cookies, and it doesn't have any mold on it.

Xiao Lujingci's nose tingled, and tears welled up in his eyes. He hadn't seen fresh bread in a long time.

Xu Wuning looked earnestly into his eyes and said tenderly, "Besides, you don't need to worry. I can get out, and I can take you out with me."

"Just now, my kite seemed to have flown into your villa's yard. I came in to look for it, and while I was looking, I ended up in your basement."

"Seeing you, I realize I didn't come for the kite, I came for you."

She pointed to the bread in his hand, "I want to be your friend."

"Now that we're friends, we're the closest people in the world, so this bread doesn't belong to anyone else."

"This is a gift from your friend."

Xiao Lu Jingci looked up, her eyes reddening, and asked her, "Friend?"

He had been crying for so long that he had almost run out of tears, but at this moment, tears still fell and dripped down his little face to the ground.

His parents don't want him anymore, nobody in the world likes him, everyone hates him, will he even have any friends?

"Yes," Xu Wuning nodded vigorously, the shimmering bow on her head swaying. "We're friends, so eat quickly, there's more if you finish."

She put on a stern face and said, "If you don't eat it, it means you don't accept me as a friend, and I'll be unhappy."

She paused, then added, "Do you look down on me, and that's why you don't want to be friends with me?"

"I'm not!" Xiao Lu Jingci panicked, tears welling up in her eyes, and she shook her head hurriedly.

He began to introduce himself, his childish voice tinged with weakness, "My name is Lu Jingci, and I want to be your friend..."

He lowered his head, sniffed, and said, "Nobody wants to be my friend, and my mom and dad don't want me anymore... You're my first friend."

"I really want to be your friend..."

Xu Wuning smiled, but as she smiled, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Okay, if you want to make friends, then eat."

Under her gaze, Xiao Lu Jingci finally brought the bread to his mouth.

He took a bite; the bread melted in his mouth. He chewed a few times and swallowed.

Then he took another bite. People who have been starving for a long time can't control their eating. He ate faster and faster, wolfing it down, and finished the whole bread in a few bites.

He only realized he had eaten too fast after he finished.

He touched his lips, which still had jam on them, and his face turned bright red. He quickly wiped his lips with the back of his hand.

Xu Wuning smiled indulgently, then handed over the milk with the straw already inserted. "Drink up."

Xiao Lu Jingci took the milk and drank it. The milk was warm, and she felt much better.

After he finished drinking, Xu Wuning handed him a box of strawberry cookies and let him eat a few more.

Xiao Lu Jingci was full; she hadn't eaten her fill in a long, long time, and her stomach felt warm and cozy.

He moved and accidentally aggravated his arm injury, and immediately, intense pain returned.

Tears welled up in his eyes from the pain, but he didn't make a sound and covered his arm.

Xu Wuning looked at his wound and felt her heart clench.

She reached out her hand to him. "Take my hand, and I'll take you to the living room. We need to treat the wound on my arm first, then I'll take you away, okay?"

Xiao Lu Jingci looked at her fair and clean palms, hesitated for a long time, but did not put his hand on them.

He lay on the ground, choking out, "I'm okay... I'm not in pain."

"It really doesn't hurt."

His parents probably abandoned him because he was disobedient and troublesome, so he can't cause any more trouble for others.

He has to behave so that he can make friends and won't be abandoned again.

Besides, his hands were too dirty, and he was afraid of getting her dirty...

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