They are in their final year of high school and are heavily dependent on me.

"And I'm also on a diet recently, so I eat a lot in the morning. Well, I guess I can help you out, even if it's difficult."

Lin Mo covered her face.

The label on the girl's head has changed again:

I want to eat! I want to eat, I want to eat, I want to eat!!

[It wasn't me who asked for it; he begged me for help.]

Damn, sometimes holding back laughter is really hard, even for professionals.

Don't laugh, you wouldn't be able to get past the second level either!

A moment later, after Xu Lingxi officially took over Lin Mo's lunchbox, the girl was about to ask who brought Lin Mo the lunch.

But as soon as he turned his head, he saw Lin Mo run to Li Zhihan's side.

The two looked at each other in silence. Then, Lin Mo suddenly squatted down, reached into Li Zhihan's drawer, and took her lunchbox.

"Take it if you want," he chuckled twice, and dashed out of the classroom. Li Zhihan stood there for two seconds, then followed him out with a pitiful expression.

Xu Lingxi: ?

Chapter 30 Xu Lingxi's Debt

The girl looked at the lunchbox on the table and sighed.

She had no choice but to take out her notebook and write down:

"I owe Lin Mo five grilled sausages, a box of rice, a favor for repairing things, a favor for making friends, and a favor for breakfast."

She paused, pondered for a moment, and then wrote down again:

I owe Lin Mo a lot of care.

Cross it out.

Change to:

"I owe Li Zhihan a bento box."

After writing this sentence, Xu Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief. Transforming her concern for the coldness and warmth of human relationships into material savings would make her feel much lighter.

Then, I took a small bite of rice.

She could tell that Lin Mo was intentionally taking care of her. One or two coincidences could be considered accidents, but so many times... she couldn't convince herself otherwise.

Unable to explain his motives, she also ruled out any signs of "puppy love".

Is it just friendly?

I don't understand. She doesn't want to owe anyone anything. She's strong-willed and firmly believes she can get through this.

But Lin Mo always seemed to be able to help her in a way that she couldn't refuse, without expecting anything in return, or by making her pay a very small price, making it hard for her to refuse.

Being treated unconditionally well only brought her temporary happiness, but each night when she reflected on it, she felt an increasing pressure.

The debt has increased even further.

It wasn't owed for nothing.

"Dili li, dili li~"

Suddenly, an electronic bell rang from her schoolbag.

She realized what was happening and quickly opened her schoolbag.

From the layers of compartments, she took out an old-fashioned mobile phone, obsolete from the times, with cute little bunny stickers on it. The girl was usually too shy to take it out, so she kept it deep inside her schoolbag.

Before answering the phone, she looked around to make sure no one was there before connecting.

A somewhat off-key, sweet female voice came from the phone.

"Hey~~ Xixi? I'm sorry, Mom forgot to top up your meal card again. But there's no money in my bank account. I just paid the rent. Can Mom go find a temporary job and I'll transfer the money to you tomorrow, okay?"

Upon hearing the words "temporary worker," Xu Lingxi's pretty face suddenly darkened.

"Mom, don't go, it's too dangerous there."

"Oh, Mom, no, it's just a night shift as a waitress at a bar!"

"No need, I still have enough money on my meal card, you don't need to go."

"That's enough~ Xixi, it's your birthday this weekend, are you going home?"

"I'm not going back; I'm staying at school."

"Okay, then add it."

"Don't call unless it's absolutely necessary."

Xu Lingxi hung up the phone on her own initiative.

Then, the girl stared blankly into the empty space for a long while.

It wasn't so much that she was spacing out, but rather that she was suppressing something.

In short, the joy of receiving help instantly transformed, just as she had anticipated, into pressure after careful consideration.

The joy of the meal was instantly wiped out by a single phone call.

She was thinking about how to save money for the next few days and how to pay back the debt she owed Lin Mo.

How many days will I have to go hungry? I've run out of pen refills, how can I borrow some? My new physics teacher is very strict and she's bad at physics, how can I cope?

I've thought about it a lot.

Until the steam from the rice condensed on her eyelashes, the pale green vegetable leaves wilted, the clouds outside the window dissipated, and the sunlight stung her eyes.

She wiped her eyes, hastily erasing the tears in an instant.

"I didn't cry."

My eyes are just fogged up.

Let's eat first, never mind that.

The girl no longer ate in small bites, but instead piled the vegetables directly on top of her rice.

He shoveled large mouthfuls of food into his mouth, coughing as he ate, his tears choking him.

It seems to be some kind of retaliatory act.

I hate it!

So, she cares a lot about early relationships, and that's why she wants to be absolutely certain about it.

Meaningless puppy love, irresponsible relationship, irresponsible marriage, irresponsible to bring her into this world!

Why did you give birth to her when you were so irresponsible and incapable?

But she was so indignant!

Lin Mo didn't go far; he witnessed everything from the corner of the classroom doorway.

I sighed in my heart.

Originally, Xu Lingxi planned to run away with the socially awkward girl; otherwise, she probably wouldn't have felt comfortable eating lunch.

But after taking only a few steps, the progress of Xu Lingxi's negative information in the system suddenly skyrocketed, and some negative information that didn't belong to the future was also revealed.

That was text written primarily from Xu Lingxi's perspective:

Xu Lingxi is almost ten years old.

As evening fell, the girl, panting, dragged a bag of empty bottles that was bigger than herself back home, wanting to call out to her mother if she could go with her to sell the bottles at the recycling center.

[Because she's turning ten and wants to buy a small cake.]

She happily called out, "Mommy..."

Mom isn't here.

She tried to call her mother, but it took her ten tries to get through.

The sounds from her mother's end were chaotic and noisy. The girl realized that her mother had forgotten her birthday and had gone out to play again...

She sighed and decided to take the trash out to find the old man who collects recyclables, but...

The power is out.

[The girl, as was her habit, groped her way through the darkness, found the last candle in the house, and used the last match to light the final glimmer of light...]

She whispered to herself, "Happy birthday, Xixi!"

But then, the door to the house was kicked open, and people outside shouted, "Pay the rent! Otherwise, we'll cut off the water and electricity! How many months have you been in arrears?!"

She hid under the bed in fear, the hot wax from the melting candle dripping onto her arm, it hurt so much… but she dared not make a sound…

The kicking stopped only after the candle flickered and went out.

However, the landlord took away the garbage bags left at the door.

There are no more cupcakes left.

She never celebrated her birthday again after that.

I will never like cake again.

【.】

[Remaining black material progress: 20%]

"Was your childhood also tough?"

After gathering his thoughts, Lin Mo looked at Li Zhihan, who was holding a lunchbox and seemed at a loss, and asked,

The aloof girl remained dazed as always. She trembled for a while before finally standing still, taking several deep breaths, opening the lunchbox, and handing it to Lin Mo.

"Give it to me?" Lin Mo asked.

Li Zhihan began releasing shadow clones again, avoiding direct eye contact with him.

Lin Mo smiled and, of course, didn't accept the offer. "I was just teasing you. I don't need to eat, but the people inside need to be well-fed."

"correct."

"Do you know how to celebrate a girl's birthday?"

Li Zhihan slowly shook her head.

"How about this, can you bring two lunch boxes every day? I'll give you an extra box of milk."

Li Zhihan nodded quickly.

Just then, a coquettish female voice suddenly came from outside the corridor; it seemed to be one of the girls from the class returning.

If Xu Lingxi were caught crying pitifully at this moment, she would probably break down.

After hearing this, Lin Mo looked at Li Zhihan with a serious expression.

"Well, this time, I might need you to distract me."

"There are no teachers in the office, so you'll be safe if you go there."

Li Zhihan shook her head in fear.

"A carton of milk?"

Li Zhihan hesitated for a moment, then shook her head fearfully.

"Two boxes?"

"."

“Three boxes!”

The socially awkward cat pursed its lips and nodded with difficulty.

"Oh, class monitor~ please come with me~ I heard Lingxi stays in the classroom during lunch break, and I don't want to be alone with her, I'll scare her away, please help me~"

"Could you please get her QQ number for me? I really like her type!"

"Huang Yaoyao, let's get this straight first, you're not allowed to harass your classmates, and also, don't hold my hand, it's giving me goosebumps!"

"Yes! But class monitor, you've wronged me! I just like pretty girls~ I'm not a sissy! I like pretty boys too~"