Ye Ling heard a squeaking sound from inside the room, and instantly knew it was the sound of mice. Thinking about Shen Chun being just a girl, she didn't leave immediately. Instead, she placed the lunchbox on the table and began searching inside the room. Finally, crouching cautiously under the bed, she indeed found two fist-sized mice eating rice. Even when Ye Ling lifted the bedsheet, she wasn't afraid and didn't run; the mice continued to eat there.
Ye Ling's gaze fell upon that portion of food, which she had gotten for herself in the cafeteria at noon. When she went to see Shen Chun, she found out she wasn't there, so she later gave the meal to Shen Chun, going hungry herself all afternoon. But Shen Chun had dumped it for the mice.
