When Tara woke up the next day, she found that the man had already left, leaving porridge and soy milk warm on the table with hot water.
The tool bag in the corner was gone, presumably taken out for work. Since the basement had no windows, she couldn't gauge the time. She got up, washed up, and then with bright eyes, looked at the steaming porridge and soy milk, carefully eating half a bowl of porridge, saving the remaining half for the next meal.
She had been pampered since childhood, living a life of luxury. But after a year of imprisonment, hunger, and beatings, she narrowly escaped death, experiencing a significant change in personality. Seeing the poverty of the man who saved her, she was even more reluctant to waste any food.
Gaining strength from the porridge, Tara took out the money the man had given her from under the pillow, took a red banknote, and stuffed the rest back under the pillow. Then, feeling a bit anxious, she went out the door and left the basement.
