heart was already moving in directions she had not fully named yet.
Maybe that was enough for now.
Maybe not.
But for tonight, it was enough to keep moving.
Bai Li sat down again, opened the group chat one more time, and started planning how to handle the people who were getting too bold. She would not answer the begging with kindness if kindness only made them greedy. She would not answer the threats with fear if fear only invited more threats. She would draw a line, and if anyone stepped across it, they would learn what that meant the hard way.
As for Lin Lei and his mother, she already had them marked.
As for the man who kept asking for cigarettes and food, she had screenshots.
As for the people pretending to care about children while trying to pressure her, she had their names.
