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【But Chenxi only has that one friend. 】

"Little Mushroom doesn't consider him a friend. Just wait and see. It won't be long before Little Mushroom sells him out."

Yu Tong blew out a smoke ring and sneered, "It doesn't seem quite accurate to say that I'm alienating them. I'm just trying to reduce Chen Xi's favorability towards Xiao Mushroom, so that he won't be too sad when Xiao Mushroom and him fall out."

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When Chen Xi returned to the cafeteria, there were no children there, only a few nuns cleaning.

Classes don't start until nine o'clock today, and there are still more than two hours until nine o'clock.

Chen Xi ran to where Little Mushroom had sat, wanting to see if his brother had left him a message. But the table and chairs were clean, empty.

It wasn’t like this before. In the past, I would tell Little Mushroom where he went.

Chen Xi was the only one left in the cafeteria. The orphanage had different schedules every day and he didn't know where to go.

He stood there for a long time, and suddenly felt his finger being pecked by a chicken.

Although no one was talking, Chen Xi felt that the little chicken was telling him not to be afraid. Even if he was in danger, he would cover him with his wings, just like last night.

Several orphans from other dormitories passed by the cafeteria door together.

Chen Xi took a deep breath and trotted over, quickly selected one of the girls, and went over to chat with her.

The little girl had obvious baby fat on her face, and her clothes were still clean. She must have just been in the orphanage not long ago.

These children are relatively innocent and simple, and are much easier to communicate with than children who have been in orphanages for a long time.

Chen Xi was beautiful and sweet-talking, and she tricked the little girl into telling her everything she knew.

Chen Xi asked her about the orphanage's requirements for today.

Go to the cafeteria at six o'clock, and go to the big room on the third floor on the east side for class at nine o'clock.

Students are free to move around before nine o'clock, but are not allowed to go to the classroom early, return to the dormitory, or go to the yard behind the orphanage where livestock and crops are raised.

You must remain quiet throughout the class, and you are not allowed to look around or out the window or door.

Only when the priest who teaches the class says, "Okay, class is over," can everyone leave the classroom through the back door. Led by the nuns, we go to the second floor of the cafeteria for lunch.

Today's lunch was provided by a noble lord. His entire family is allergic to coriander and milk, so these two things will not appear in the food provided.

If you find cilantro in your food, you should find the nearest nun and ask her to remove it. If you find milk on your seat, you should pour it out before leaving the cafeteria.

Lunch will end at 12:30, and the lunch break is between 1:00 and 3:00, so you must go to bed and take a nap on time.

Chen Xi listened carefully, writing down every word the girl said, "What are you going to do after nap?"

The girl tilted her head. "I don't know either. The nun said she'll let us know during the lunch break. Oh, and I heard the nuns talking about something tonight... a competition for the most beautiful pet. Preparations start at 6 pm and end at 4 pm the next day. The competition ends when the most beautiful pet is selected."

"Several nuns are planning to bring their pets to the competition, but the competition will affect their regular shifts, so they are busy looking for replacements for tonight's shift. However, it's difficult to find replacements because everyone wants to watch the competition."

The little girl didn't notice Chen Xi's strange expression. She hugged the book with a face full of envy.

"I also want to have a pet, but the kids in my dorm told me that children can't have small animals. If the nuns find out, they will strangle the pet to death."

Chen Xi thanked him with his mouth, but his hand hidden in his pocket silently pinched the little yellow chicken's mouth.

Yu Tong: ...

Yu Tong was very pleased that the little villain cared about him so much, but his chicken beak was about to fall off.

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You can't go back to the dormitory before taking a nap. Chen Xi wandered around the orphanage until half past eight, and finally found Little Mushroom reading a book near the confessional.

The boy's eyes were red and swollen, as if he had just cried. His clothes were torn and his exposed skin was covered with purple bruises.

Just like Brother Chen in Yu Tong’s memory, although Chen Xi is full of ulterior motives, he becomes soft-hearted easily when facing the people he cares about.

Looking at the bloodstains on the back of Little Mushroom's hand, the little villain didn't say the question on his lips.

He cut off a relatively clean piece of cloth from his clothes, sat down next to Little Mushroom, and silently bandaged his wound.

Little Mushroom leaned on Chen Xi's arms and cried. He refused to say what had happened to him. He just kept saying that he was very sad and his body was in pain.

Yu Tong was used to hearing children cry, so his heart wasn't much moved. He narrowed his eyes, trying to discern what had happened to the little mushroom from his chaotic words.

Little Mushroom was probably called away and beaten by some nuns this morning while washing up. After breakfast, he was taken to the confessional by Sister Ai.

He had just come out from inside, and the marks on his body were all caused by Sister Love.

The system saw him covered in bruises and was so angry that it jumped up and down. [Fuck, I knew that Sister Love was a stupid pedophile!]

"No, I have experience. The marks left by that kind of thing are different from the ones on his body. He just beat him up."

[…Oh my god, you have experience?! !]

'A visual experience, not a personal one.'

[That’s also terrifying!!!]

While they were chatting, Little Mushroom had already come out of his sadness.

Chen Xi wiped the tears from his face and asked him what the rules were for today.

Little Mushroom counted on his fingers as he recalled: "During class, we had to stay quiet and not look around. We had to hear the priest say 'OK, get out of class is over' before we could leave the classroom."

"Are there any requirements for the order in which we leave?"

"No, you can leave any way you want."