Lin Qingping’s face was a blank mask. “Those cookies are for Zhiyuan. Chengzi bought them for him.”
“When will you ever learn?” Her mother stared at her as if she were a fool. “Does that little stray deserve to eat something so nice? He’s an outsider. What do you get out of feeding him? You think he’ll even remember you when he grows up?”
The words struck Lin Qingping, and the snarling face of her
















