Chapter 585

Melina had gotten that bit of meat by hunting wild boars in the mountains. She'd risked her life to catch it. She'd sold most of the boar meat to pay for tuition and living expenses. She'd kept only a small piece, dried and cured it, and taken little bites at a time. When she'd become friends with the girl, she'd given her the only piece of meat in her lunchbox. "Melina doesn't really love studying at all. She's always going on about that Joe, and her grades aren't even as good as mine." Whenever Melina had wanted to study, her friend would interrupt her. The friend would ask for tutoring or say she missed Joe, and Melina would stop studying to comfort her. Then, Melina would stay up late trying to fit her own studies into whatever time she had left. Because of malnutrition and irregular hours, she'd gotten sick, and her grades had dropped a lot. "She's not my friend. I just couldn't stand that holier-than-thou look of hers. Can you believe how stupid she is? She listens to everyt