The original owner was a college student. Due to his family's poverty, he did not return to his hometown during the holidays, but instead chose to work a summer job in the local area where the university was located.

Universities don't allow students to stay in dorms during holidays, so to save money, the original owner found a roommate.

With the start of the new school year just around the corner, the original owner was about to move out of his short-term rental apartment in a few days when something happened that still terrifies him to this day.

That day, Qin Shou, the roommate, brought the electric scooter battery back to the rented room as usual. The original owner had said several times before that it was dangerous to charge the battery indoors, but Qin Shou had never taken it seriously.

Despite the original owner's repeated warnings, Qin Shou showed no remorse. To avoid arguments, the original owner had no choice but to turn a blind eye and count down the days until school started so she could move away from here as soon as possible.

But things just happen so coincidentally, and as it turns out, you shouldn't take chances.

The next day, school started, and the original owner packed his luggage early, waiting to move away as soon as school started. But he didn't expect the battery to explode that night.

The original owner could have escaped. The moment the explosion occurred, the original owner ran towards the door. Just one more step away from getting out, a pair of fire extinguishers suddenly appeared at the door. The original owner thought that his roommate wanted to put out the fire. His thoughts paused for a moment, and the door was closed the next moment.

The original owner watched helplessly as flames engulfed him, but no matter what he did, he couldn't push the door open.

Explosions rang out one after another, and the original owner let out a desperate scream before finally collapsing in front of the door.

After the incident, Qin Shou neither offered compensation nor apologized, nor was he suspended from school. He acted as if nothing had happened and continued to live his university life.

The original owner of this body lay in a hospital bed, suffering burns over 90% of his body, and remained in critical condition. His father, in an effort to save his son, underwent skin grafts time and again, watching his son struggle between life and death time and time again.

The family had no money left, and even the money for the surgery was donated by kind-hearted people in society.

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"I'm telling you, you're really stupid. With a face like yours, you could easily get tons of gifts if you went live, right? Why bother working so hard? If I had your face and figure, I would have already..."

As soon as Qi Yuan opened her eyes, she heard Qin Shou rambling on and on. She glanced at Qin Shou's appearance and found it to be rather unappealing. He was the kind of person whose looks were so striking that they made one's eyes hurt.

Not only was he unattractive, but his skin was also bad, bumpy and rough like the surface of the moon. He was short, poor, and, to put it another way, short, ugly, and unattractive.

Qin Shou had said this many times before, but the original owner had always just laughed it off and hadn't taken it to heart. In the original owner's view, he was still a student, and the most important thing was to study hard. The original owner didn't consider himself a very determined person, and he was also afraid that if he really focused on live streaming, he would abandon his studies, which would be a loss.

Seeing that Qi Yuan remained silent, Qin Shou chuckled and carried his electric scooter into the living room.

When she saw the electric scooter, her body tensed up instinctively; this was a lingering emotion from the original owner.

Back in the bedroom, looking at the already packed luggage and glancing at the date on my phone, I was certain that an explosion would happen tonight. In that case, it was best to take cover.

Qi Yuan carried her luggage out of the room but didn't see Qin Shou. From Qin Shou's bedroom came angry shouts: "Do you even know how to play? If you don't know how, then...!" Qi Yuan didn't intend to tell Qin Shou anything; escaping was the most important thing, no matter what.

She lowered her voice, closed her bedroom door, and, with her luggage in hand, opened the door between life and death.

The lock didn't open on the first try, so I pressed down hard with my wrist and shook it a few more times before it finally opened.

This is an old house with a persistent problem with the door lock. The landlord was contacted, and he paid for the repairs, but Qin Shou pocketed the money and the lock was never replaced.

Qin Shou proudly said, "That idiot landlord, I'll just say the new lock is broken too, and he won't know. Consider this money as compensation from him."

When Qin Shou said this, he didn't consider that the original owner was also one of the tenants here. He didn't even have the thought of giving the original owner any money.

The original owner didn't like taking advantage of such a small thing, and since she wouldn't be staying here permanently, she let Qin Shou do whatever he wanted.

However, the original owner did not expect that the door that was not repaired back then would eventually become the hardest door to push open on his escape route.

The door was gently closed. In the instant it closed, Qi Yuan twisted the doorknob twice. Hearing the sound of the lock clicking shut inside, Qi Yuan dragged her luggage and left the deathly rented room.

It was still early, and school was starting tomorrow. Qi Yuan didn't want to make do, so she used her phone to find a relatively nice hotel that wasn't far from the school and checked in.

As for what will happen to Qin Shou tonight, I'm quite hopeful.

Upon arriving at the hotel, Qi Yuan took out her laptop, typed a few words on the keyboard, and the surveillance footage of the hallway appeared on the screen. The footage was quiet; there were very few people around. Qi Yuan ordered takeout for herself, intending to eat while waiting.

A moment later, the phone in the room rang. It was the hotel robot's voice. After hanging up, Qi Yuan glanced at the computer screen again. If nothing happened, she went to wait at the door.

I received my takeout and was staring at the screen while eating, but it felt incredibly boring and I had no appetite at all. Just as I turned on my phone to find an electronic food processor, my computer suddenly made a loud noise.

But nothing happened on the screen. After the explosion, there were screams and the sound of doors being pounded on. The noise was loud, but no one came out for a long time. This time, Qiyuan didn't bother looking for any electronic pickled vegetables. Listening to the desperate and miserable screams, he happily finished his dinner.

Fifteen minutes later, firefighters arrived, broke down the door, and rescued Qin Shou, who was unrecognizable.

I prayed I wouldn't watch any more, took a shower, and went to bed early, since school starts tomorrow.

The next day, news of the electric scooter exploding while charging indoors went viral. Such incidents happen many times every year, so this didn't cause much of a stir. Even the comments were just saying not to bring electric scooters indoors in the future, and no one asked about Qin Shou's condition.

Qi Yuan had been keeping track of Qin Shou's situation, but the two had no mutual friends and were just ordinary roommates. Apart from the landlord, she could only see Qin Shou's situation online.

"Xiao Qi, how are you? I heard your house exploded yesterday, but I didn't see you." The landlord called, and Qi Yuan answered the phone, hoping to hear a good show.

"Huh? What explosion? I don't know. Landlord, you know I started school today. I thought I'd move out last night because I wanted to be closer to school. Didn't I tell you about this beforehand? And what explosion? Why did it explode?" Qi Yuan pretended to be completely unaware.

"Hey, thank goodness you're not here. I've really had a run of bad luck. That Xiao Qin, I've told him so many times not to bring his electric scooter home to charge, but he just wouldn't listen. Now look what happened! My house! I don't even know who should compensate me for this damage. I heard his family is also struggling financially, and now he has burns over 90% of his body and is still in critical condition. I can't very well ask him for compensation right now, can I?"

On the phone, the landlord sighed repeatedly. It was the same in the previous life. It was clearly Qin Shou's fault that the original owner was hurt and the landlord's house was destroyed, but in the end, Qin Shou acted as if nothing had happened, and neither side received any compensation.

"What? How could it be so serious? Didn't he push his electric scooter back to charge it every day? How could it suddenly explode? Is he alright?" Qi Yuan asked, feigning concern, but in his heart he was thinking that if it wasn't serious, he would make Qin Shou's injuries even more severe.

"What do you mean 'every day'? Didn't you say it was just once in a while? Damn it, I have to go find him. Xiao Qi, I have to go now." When the landlord heard Qi Yuan say that Qin Shou brought his electric scooter home to charge every day, he immediately flew into a rage and was about to hang up the phone, but Qi Yuan didn't stop him.

He didn't know what the landlord would do, but in any case, it was none of his business. He just had to wait for Qin Shou to suffer the consequences of his own actions.

That's what Qiyuan thought, but some people didn't want Qiyuan to have an easy time. So Qiyuan's name started appearing online. Originally, it was Qin Shou's electric bike, but online people said it belonged to Qiyuan. Some even said that Qiyuan couldn't stand seeing Qin Shou do well, so she left the electric bike behind to kill Qin Shou.

Why can't you stand to see Qin Shou doing well? What's so good about him? Is he short? Ugly? Poor and lazy? Or just an ordinary man? What aspect of him can you find to be good?

Qi Yuan's identity was exposed by netizens, and some even went to Qi Yuan's school to demand that the school expel Qi Yuan. Before the school could find Qi Yuan, Qi Yuan released a video showing Qin Shou pushing an electric bike home. In three months, Qi Yuan was not seen pushing the electric bike even once.

At the very end of the video, there is a recording of someone praying and advising Qin Shou not to bring his electric scooter home to charge.

He doesn't want any twists and turns; he can't stand being criticized. He doesn't want to be an internet celebrity, nor does he need to pull off any shady moves like slapping faces or abusing his fans. He just wants to go to school peacefully, graduate, find a job, and earn money to support his family.

Once the video was released, those who had been criticizing Qiyuan disappeared instantly. Some netizens even tried to find Qiyuan's account to apologize, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find it. Now everyone believed that the case had nothing to do with Qiyuan.

Qin Shou's family wanted to gain sympathy and play the victim online, but it was all because of Qin Shou's own fault. If they wanted to play the victim, they could only post pictures of Qin Shou lying in a hospital bed covered in bandages, barely clinging to life.

While netizens expressed sympathy, very few donated. There are so many people in the world who need sympathy, and netizens' money doesn't grow on trees. Besides, Qin Shou brought this upon himself, so frankly, netizens didn't feel there was anything to sympathize with.

The donations received were minimal, far from enough to cover the cost of the next surgery. As a result, Qin Shou's family had no choice but to turn to electric vehicle brands.

Unfortunately, Qin Shou bought a counterfeit. In order to save a few hundred yuan, Qin Shou did not choose a well-known brand, but instead went to a second-hand market and bought a car randomly.

Unable to find either the electric vehicle brand owner or the buyer, Qin Shou could only accept his bad luck.

Qin Shou held on for a month, stubbornly clinging to life. Until one day, while Qi Yuan was reading in the library, she noticed that Qin Shou's vital signs were declining. How could he die so young?

After leaving the school, Qi Yuan avoided the cameras, found a secluded corner, disguised himself, and came out looking completely different before heading to the hospital where Qin Shou was.

Qi Yuan arrived a little late. Qin Shou had already been taken home because his family couldn't afford the subsequent treatment costs. After saying something unlucky, Qi Yuan could only count on her fingers to figure out Qin Shou's address.

Perhaps the prayers were fast enough, for when they arrived, they saw Qin Shou being carried off the ambulance. Qin Shou's family members were mostly elderly and weak, and they had no strength to lift him up. Qin's mother looked to the neighbors for help, and the onlookers felt embarrassed to stand by and do nothing. Several of the older men exchanged glances, then had someone record the incident, indicating that they were just helping out and that any problems that arose were none of their concern.

Once everything was settled, the older brothers stepped forward, each carrying one side of Qin Shou towards his home. Qi Yuan also joined the group carrying Qin Shou, and when no one was looking, her hand paused for a moment above Qin Shou's lips, and a drop of liquid fell precisely into Qin Shou's mouth.

Feeling that Qin Shou's vital signs had stopped declining, Qi Yuan finally felt relieved. After carrying the man into the house with his brothers, he left the Qin family without saying a word.

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