The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension

"Comrade, I also saw a woman coming every day to pick up vegetable leaves. Aren't these vegetable leaves unwanted? If they're unwanted, it's not a big deal for the child to take them home, it can't be called stealing! Just let it go, let the child go."

"I've seen it too. She picks up a big bag every time. If picking is prohibited, why didn't you stop that woman? I saw you chatting and laughing with her. Is she your relative?"

The eyes of the masses are sharp; indeed, the truth has been revealed!

The sales clerk panicked.

If this gets to the ears of the leaders, I'm done for.

"Please don't talk nonsense, that person is not my relative, she's a worker from the factory, her family conditions are not good, she collects some vegetable leaves, after all, the vegetable leaves are… unwanted..."

Unable to continue, if they're unwanted, why hold onto Bai Yiyi and not let go?

It was now clear; the sales clerk was deliberately discriminating.

"Oh! So that's how it is. If they're unwanted, then anyone can pick them up. Why is it that when the little girl picks them up, you treat her as a thief and insist on taking her to the security department? When others pick them up, you say nothing."

"There's no need to say, clearly bullying. Haven't you heard? That little girl's mom! Some people are just this malicious."

"This is really unkind. I know this little girl, her mother is actually a good person, no idea why she was caught red-handed before and sent to the police station and convicted."

"Alright, alright, little girl, hurry up and leave. Quickly go home, your family must be waiting anxiously."

The people around spoke up one after another, immediately taking the girl's side.

Although in this era, if someone in the family goes to jail, it's akin to the sky falling.

No matter what others say, it always involves the family, endless gossip and rumors.

But at least people still have some conscience.

Since the little girl hadn't actually done anything wrong, people still had some sympathy for her.

The little girl hesitated whether to leave or not, with the basket still in her hand containing those vegetable leaves.

The sales clerk patted their sleeve, "Alright, alright, you can go now. Don't come here to pick up vegetable leaves again. Just look at the trouble you've caused."

The little girl left with her basket.

In her rush, she nearly tripped and fell. Jiang Xiaoxiao helped her up, picked up the basket, and put it back in her hands.

"Walk slowly, don't rush, and take care of your grandma when you get back."

How should she help this child?

Bai Yiyi smiled at Jiang Xiaoxiao, "Sister, thank you! You're a good person!"

The child's smile was so innocent and pure, yet her future path was so difficult.

Jiang Xiaoxiao watched her walk away.

Bai Yiyi once told her she was from Jingbei, yet Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't know Bai Yiyi's original hometown was Beihe.

Song Moting pulled Jiang Xiaoxiao, "What are you staring at that kid for? Do you know her?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao shook her head, "I don't know her, just met for the first time. That kid is very pitiful, looking just five years old, picking up vegetable leaves in front of a stall, and being wrongfully accused of stealing."

Song Moting saw the pity in Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes.

"Alright, alright. There are many pitiful people in this world; you can't help them all. For now, you should go back and cook. Otherwise, Brother Jin and I will go hungry, help us first before others.

If we ever come across that little girl again, we'll find a way to help her."

Song Moting couldn't bear to see the light in his wife's eyes dim, if she wanted to help, let her help, although this time there was no chance as the kid had long run off.

They couldn't possibly go searching for her like finding a needle in a haystack.

Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded, knowing she hesitated earlier.

She didn't know Bai Yiyi's home address, searching would truly be like finding a needle in a haystack.

But since Bai Yiyi came to pick vegetable leaves here, she must live nearby.

Jiang Xiaoxiao planned to take a look around the area tomorrow after visiting Jia Shu, maybe she'd meet the child again.

If she could confirm that this Bai Yiyi was the same Bai Yiyi she encountered, she would definitely help this child.

Bai Yiyi was the most outstanding among her few apprentices, extraordinarily talented in medicine.

But this child had also suffered many hardships since childhood.

When she was little, her mother was jailed, and her father left her and her grandparents, going away alone, no one knew what happened to him, even when Bai Yiyi became famous, no one knew if her father was dead or alive.

Bai Yiyi said that when she was little, she relied on her grandparents, her life was quite happy, but when she was five, her grandparents passed away.

Her uncle and aunt were supposed to take care of her, but she encountered traffickers.

Such a small girl, she wasn't worth much, no one wanted a girl.

The traffickers kept her, forced her to beg on the streets every day, even forced her to master the art of stealing.

Otherwise, she would get no food and be beaten.

Bai Yiyi spent several years wandering the streets like this, when Jiang Xiaoxiao met her, Bai Yiyi was a street urchin, the bond of mentor and apprentice between them was truly miraculous.

Bai Yiyi had stolen Jiang Xiaoxiao's wallet and got caught.

At that time, Bai Yiyi was like a wild beast, untamed and unrestrained.

Jiang Xiaoxiao took her home, made her part of the family, her three children accepted Bai Yiyi, warming her with familial love, nothing else could bind her.

Like a semi-tamed wild animal, civilized boundaries weren't very distinct to her.

The process left Jiang Xiaoxiao with headaches.

But to Bai Yiyi, Jiang Xiaoxiao was a woman she had no defense against from the beginning.

How could a stranger see someone like her and immediately surround her with immense love and care? Despite her defiant eyes showing fear and embarrassment, she couldn't resist her attention.

If Jiang Xiaoxiao went to grab her, Bai Yiyi would return home without resistance, but with a helpless look of "Oh, damn! This woman is so annoying" on her face.

She even walked back into the house helplessly.

Bai Yiyi would submissively let Jiang Xiaoxiao tend to her wounds, pamper her, suffocate her with maternal love.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao discovered Bai Yiyi, she was already fourteen.

Bai Yiyi dodged the well-meaning welfare agencies by constantly roaming, stealing whatever she needed: food, clothes, and money.

She was extremely intelligent, teaching herself from discarded newspapers and magazines, making scrap yards her favorite hangout. If possible, she'd stand at the newspaper stall for a long time, trying to understand each difficult word.

From reading and catching snippets of TV shows, hearing radio programs, she understood the concept of family—but it was just a concept.

The child only trusted herself.

If Bai Yiyi hadn't stolen Jiang Xiaoxiao's wallet, fallen during her escape, breaking a leg, bleeding from the head, unconscious,

Jiang Xiaoxiao used all her wits to get the child into a car, sent to a local hospital, where doctors diagnosed lung injuries and severe bleeding, and immediately transferred her to the largest hospital 80 kilometers away.