Ji Qianqian brought people with her.

That person took me and jumped out of the window, and then Ji Qianqian held my hand.

Smoke was already coming out of my room.

Neighbors nearby noticed and started calling the police.

I have so many questions for Ji Qianqian.

Like how did she know I was at the Ding's house, how did she bypass the security check to enter the villa area, and how did she unlock the yard's password.

However, when she led me to the backyard... the dog hole, I was confused.

"Did you crawl in from here?"

How could a little girl choose such a place?

"Otherwise, is there a better way?"

Ji Qianqian didn't care and asked me, "You first or me first?"

I stared at the hole where I could only crawl in and out, my forehead twitching. "I'll go first."

After all, it seemed more urgent for me to leave the Ding's house.

Actually, if you calculate carefully, I haven't been locked in the room for long.

14 days.

One quarantine cycle.

But coming out again felt like a different world.

I leaned against the car window, my mood unusually complex.

Ji Qianqian stared at me. "Did you set the fire inside the house?"

I didn't deny it.

The girl remained silent for a long time before speaking, "Didn't you promise to tell me jokes at night? You haven't fulfilled your promise. How dare you."

At that moment, I suddenly remembered the previous question.

Ji Qianqian was insistent on hearing jokes from me;

She knew I owed a favor to the Ding family;

She even knew about the Ding family's dog hole.

The scene of her waving to me from downstairs suddenly flashed in my mind.

It overlapped with a dirty little girl from over a decade ago.

I thought of what Ji Qianqian said before and said incredulously, "Ji Qianqian, we've met before, right?"

I asked that question again, but this time with a positive statement.

"Remembered?"

I remembered.

But I couldn't believe it.

The dirty little girl who used to make a living by scavenging garbage, how could she become the person she is now?

Ji Qianqian smiled and said, "I said I would help you repay the favor, to take you out of the Ding family. I never forgot, my little brother."

I met Ji Qianqian during junior high school.

It was when Ding Ning suddenly had a "drastic change in personality" and spent the nights at bars and hanging out with delinquents.

The delinquents from outside of school would block me in the alleyway and occasionally give me warnings;

Inside the school, my schoolbag would often be thrown into the mud, and my books would always be torn apart.

All of this was done with Ding Ning's money.

However, every time I deeply hated Ding Ning, she would appear at the right time and give me a sweet jujube.

Time and time again.

Except for one exception.

That day, I stayed late for duty and after finishing mopping the floor, I discovered that someone had deliberately locked me in the storeroom.

I thought Ding Ning would do as she had done before and have someone let me out late at night.

But no one came even until midnight.

The night was like a curtain, with a chilly wind blowing.

I was young at that time, and I was scared.

It was at that moment that Ji Qianqian appeared.

I begged the girl to help me.

Ji Qianqian, just like today, took me and ran out.

Later, I found out that she wasn't a student at our school.

She was... a wandering girl who climbed over the school wall at night to steal waste paper.

Ji Qianqian was very poor, her face always dirty, and I don't think I ever saw her face clearly.

But I reallyappreciated her at that time.

We didn't have much contact after that incident.

Ji Qianqian disappeared from my life, and I focused on studying, trying to distance myself from Ding Ning and her gang.

Years passed, and I eventually left my hometown to attend university in another city.

And now, Ji Qianqian suddenly reappeared, seemingly out of nowhere, and helped me escape from the Ding family.

"Ji Qianqian, how did you become like this?" I asked, my voice filled with curiosity and admiration.

She smiled mysteriously and said, "Life is full of surprises, my little brother. Sometimes, even the most unexpected people can change and grow."

As we drove away from the Ding's house, I couldn't help but wonder about Ji Qianqian's journey.

What kind of experiences had she gone through?

What challenges had she faced?

How had she transformed from a dirty little girl scavenging garbage to a confident and capable young woman?

There were so many questions I wanted to ask, but I also knew that Ji Qianqian had her own secrets.

For now, I was grateful for her help and knew that she had saved me from a dangerous situation.

As we left the city behind, heading towards a new future, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation.

With Ji Qianqian by my side, I knew that anything was possible.