The store clerk glanced up while he was online. The boy was dressed decently, looked clean, and was holding a tablet, so he probably wouldn’t steal anything. Seemingly just using the network, the clerk shrugged indifferently and returned to his phone.
Meng Qing closed the tablet, looked up at the clerk still absorbed in his phone, and hesitated while looking at the bread on the shelves. He didn’t have much money left.
Meng Qing stood in front of the shelves for a few minutes before finally picking up the cheapest bread and paying at the cash register.
His money wasn’t completely spent.
Teacher Yu would find him; she always could find him, so she would soon discover that extra document. If he had really stolen something, how would he tell her when she asked how he had spent these days?
On the third afternoon, when Meng Qing entered the orphanage’s internal network again, he discovered the document had been modified. His heart raced as he opened the document.
The first line was the text he had left two days ago: Teacher Yu, please don’t tell the two people who adopted me that I found you. Can you come find me?
Below this line was Teacher Yu’s response.
Meng Qing? Is that you? Where are you? Your mom and dad are almost crazy with worry. Why didn’t you tell them you found me? Come home quickly to put their minds at ease, and you can come find me at the orphanage. — Teacher Yu
Meng Qing continued typing: Teacher Yu, they beat me. They are the ones who did something wrong, not me. They forced me to steal money from the bank. If I didn’t do it, they would beat me.
After saving the modified document, he waited in the convenience store, constantly refreshing the page. After more than ten minutes, he finally noticed the document’s last modified time had changed and quickly opened it to check.
Sure enough, Teacher Yu had replied: Where are you? I’ll come find you. Tell me the details.
Meng Qing knew she was sitting in front of the computer, so he remotely controlled her computer.
