The car stopped two hundred meters away from the orphanage, and Xu Meir gave the money to the driver.

The driver did not leave immediately, but asked: "Little girl, why are you running so far away alone?"

"I'm here to look for my family."

The driver immediately imagined a big drama when he saw such a young child coming all the way from a remote place to City A: "Then you have to pay attention to safety. If it doesn't work, go back to your hometown."

"Yeah." Xu Meir nodded, turned and left.

The driver behind me was still chattering: "Parents nowadays, they give birth to children but don't raise them, they just leave them to the elderly. Although they go to big cities to make money, the children are so pitiful..."

Xu Meir walked into the orphanage from a small path. She was very familiar with this place.

Behind the orphanage's backyard is a small grove with lush trees and leaves, but it is surrounded by a sturdy fence and no one is allowed to enter without permission.

At that time, she was always used to sitting alone quietly on the stone bench in the backyard, slightly raising her head and gazing at the dense woods in the distance.

The forest is like a huge green castle, full of endless mystery and freedom. The sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled shadows, as if it is a gorgeous painting woven by nature.

She often sat there quietly, her thoughts gradually drifting far away.

However, reality confined her to this small backyard.

When she was thirteen years old, she escaped from the orphanage in the woods... Later she found a sales job. After working, she finally had money. She took the self-taught college entrance examination and after graduation she successfully got a job in a pretty good company.

Xu Meir successfully entered the backyard according to the route she remembered. At this time, the people in the orphanage were having lunch. She avoided the cafeteria and went to the utility room carefully.

There was a lock hanging on the utility room, and Xu Meir opened it skillfully.

In the utility room, the old books were neatly stacked in a corner. A long chair stretched across the middle of the room, and a landline phone was placed on the wooden table. It was in this simple place that she spent five full years.

She locked the door. In two days, the royal family would come to the orphanage to do charity, so no one would come to the utility room for a while.

This place was originally a forgotten place. Back then, because of her arrival, they thought about it for a long time before remembering it. Even if there hadn't been charity two days later, they would not have come to this place.

She sat quietly on the bench, took out the bread she had just bought at the supermarket from her backpack and ate it silently. The sun was shining brightly outside the window, but not a single ray of light came in.

She put on his coat as she felt a little cold.

The sky gradually became less bright, the sound of insects chirping rose and fell, and stars twinkled on the deep blue sky.

At the lively dinner, people were laughing and talking to each other. However, in this atmosphere, some discordant sounds came into our ears.

Sitting in a corner, two figures were whispering to each other. One of them whispered, "This is the legendary sales champion. She is so beautiful!" There seemed to be some envy in his tone, but more of it was an indescribable meaning.

Another voice sounded immediately afterwards, also full of contempt and disdain: "I thought so, it turns out that she relied on her body to become the sales champion! She has no real ability, so she can only use this method to get to the top. When she gets older and her beauty is gone, I don't know how she will survive." After saying this, the two of them sneered at the same time, full of disdain and ridicule.

They deliberately amplified the sound so that everyone could hear it and embarrass the person involved.

Xu Meir held the glass of red wine gently in her hand, her long curly hair fell like a waterfall to her slender waist, swaying slightly with her every step, exuding a charming lazy aura.

She was wearing a long red skirt, which swayed as she moved.

She walked towards the two of them, made a toast gesture in the air, and raised the corners of her mouth with contempt: "You look so ugly when you are jealous."

The woman in the yellow skirt exploded immediately: "Jealous of you? Jealous of what? Jealous that you have no parents and are an orphan?"

Xu Meir replied calmly: "It's easy to give birth, but difficult to educate. If you don't educate me well, I will end up being like you when I grow up."

"Are you sick?" The woman glared at him. "Apart from your good looks, what else is good about you? You haven't even read a book, what right do you have to say that about me? Do you deserve it?"

"Heh," Xu Meir chuckled, "At least I'm good-looking, unlike you, who are selfish, mediocre, incompetent and vicious."

"Xu Meir, I'm going to fight you!" The woman strode forward and raised her hand to hit him.

"We are all colleagues, there is no need for that." Several male colleagues immediately stepped forward to stop them.

The woman looked through the crowd and saw Xu Meir, whose face was calm and without any emotional fluctuations. She stood there quietly, as indifferent as a bystander.

She yelled, "You are all deceived by her appearance. You are helping her like this, but does she take you seriously? You are a bunch of lickspittles!"

The male colleague who was holding her hand shook her hand off fiercely, and several other male colleagues also looked cold: "You are going too far. Aren't you just jealous that she is prettier than you? Forget it. Even if you get plastic surgery, you can't be prettier than her."

"How can you say that about her?" Seeing her companion being spoken of like that, the woman in the light red dress could no longer sit still.

"What? You can't say you're ugly?" As if irritated, the male colleagues' attitudes gradually became worse.

"You, you guys," the woman's eyes turned red with anger, "you bunch of superficial men, do you think she is a good person?! She is so young, has no parents, and has never been to school. How did she become the top seller? You all help her and you will regret it!"

She ran out crying, and her companions hurriedly chased after her.

"Mei'er, congratulations on becoming the sales champion. They are just jealous of you. Don't take it to heart." said a man whose hair looked greasy because he had obviously sprayed too much hairspray.

"Thank you." Xu Meir responded with a perfunctory smile.

The man seemed to be inspired and asked happily, "By the way, to celebrate your success, how about I invite you to sing after the party?"

The colleagues standing beside him immediately focused their attention and silently observed Xu Meir's reaction.

Xu Meir's face showed an apologetic expression: "I'm too tired today. I want to go home and rest early."

The man blurted out: "Then I'll take you home!"

“Thanks, but I have a car.”

The man was embarrassed for a moment, then said: "Then I will treat you to dinner tomorrow."

With so many people watching, how could he save face if he refused? Thinking of this, he said stiffly, "You must be free tomorrow, right? If not tomorrow, you must be free the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, right?"

Xu Meir shook the wine glass, and the bright red liquid in the glass swayed. She curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and her whole body was glowing as if sprinkled with starlight. Even those who hated her had to admit that she was incredibly bright and beautiful.

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