"Alright." Spicy Girl reached out and gripped Shi Nian's hand tightly, two lines of tears silently sliding down: "Here, no one has ever treated me like this. N, thank you."
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After crying enough, Spicy Girl fell into a drowsy sleep.
Shi Nian accompanied her, also lying down to sort through her own thoughts.
As evening came, it was time for dinner. Seeing Spicy Girl still asleep in a daze, she quietly got up and went to the dining hall to get food for her.
When she walked out, the whole suite was quiet, as if everyone was gone, off to eat. Shi Nian went to knock on the doors of the other three rooms, confirmed there was no one, then left a note for Spicy Girl on the fridge and locked the suite's main door firmly from outside.
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The school's cafeteria was quite nice, with first-rate settings and appealing dishes. She hesitated over what to get for Spicy Girl to satisfy her Sichuan-style craving for spicy food when her elbow was gently tapped.
