Chapter 084 Chapter 84

No, no, no, she must be overthinking it.

Didn’t she also bear her own face when she was reborn as Cinderella last time?

What's so strange about this?

Xia Meng forced herself to suppress the strange feeling that suddenly surged in her heart.

Calm down.

She took a deep breath.

After standing up straight, she turned the doorknob and opened the door.

Outside the door, the people who were chattering happily were caught off guard by her. They looked at each other for a moment, their faces full of embarrassment.

We were all in our early teens and hadn't developed such thick skin yet.

Several people quickly turned around and went back into the room, closing the door with a "click".

Xia Meng looked calm and pretended not to hear anything.

She looked at the girl who had stayed behind and said, "Hello."

There was still a hint of embarrassment on the girl's face.

She lived next door and couldn't just turn her head and enter the room like other people.

She coughed and whispered back, "Hello."

After saying hello, she turned around quickly.

"Excuse me--" Xia Meng called her.

The girl turned around and asked, "What?"

Xia Meng asked, "Excuse me, is there someone here named Li Zhou?"

The girl blinked in confusion: "Li Zhou?"

Xia Meng nodded: "It's a boy about my age, with brown hair and gray-blue eyes."

The girl shook her head hesitantly: "It seems... there is no such person."

Xia Meng sighed slightly in disappointment.

I didn't expect Li Zhou was not here.

Xia Meng asked without much hope: "Then, is there someone named Herman?"

The girl's eyes widened at the words, a hint of longing and yearning evident in them. She said, "Of course I know him! Senior Herman! He's the most formidable sentinel here. How did you know him?"

Without waiting for Xia Meng to answer, she answered her own question.

Girl: "Ah! I see! Because you're also S-rank! You must be pretty powerful too! So, is it because of Hermann that you came here?"

Xia Meng was silent.

But please don't.

But her intuition told her that this was probably the reason.

Xia Meng smiled perfunctorily and passed it off vaguely.

Perhaps it was Xia Meng's gentle attitude that made the girl let down her guard and took the initiative to introduce herself to Xia Meng.

The girl's name is Mai Xi, and she is a C-level guide.

Her status is relatively low among the children in this orphanage.

There seems to be a clear hierarchy in this orphanage.

The higher the level of the sentry, the easier it is to obtain certain preferential treatment.

For example, a room.

Mai Xi lived in a six-person room with several other C-level guides. The six people shared the same space, including the shower room.

And clothes.

The children in the orphanage all wear the same outfit: white shirts and plaid pants or skirts.

The sentinels' are red checks, while the guides' are blue checks.

Xia Meng hasn't received her uniform yet.

Mai Xi volunteered to take her there.

There is a special place in the orphanage to collect uniforms.

There are many children here, and the younger ones are in the growing period. Plus, they run, jump, fall and fight, so their uniforms need to be changed frequently.

Therefore, the orphanage has specially set up a service room where children can go to register and get a new set of clothes if their clothes are too small or torn.

When Mai Xi brought Xia Meng there, there was only an elderly grandmother in the service room.

Maxie was obviously very familiar with this grandmother. She skipped in and called out, "Grandma Rose! I brought a new friend here to pick up a uniform!"

Grandma Rose, who was sewing, smiled and looked up. "New friend? Who did you bring?"

Xia Meng followed Mai Xi in and looked up at her grandmother.

The old lady had a kind face and her clothes looked very old, but they were patched up and looked very clean.

The old lady's eyes fell on Xia Meng's face, and she softly exclaimed, "Oh!" "He really is a new kid."

She smiled and waved at Xia Meng: "Come here. What's your name?"

Without waiting for Xia Meng's answer, Mai Xi had already said it all.

"Her name is Xia Meng! Aunt Rebecca brought her in this morning! Do you know Grandma Rose? She's an S-class! I've never seen a living S-class in my life! Oh, no, there's also Senior Herman. I should say she's the first S-class guide I've ever met!"

Grandma Rose looked at Xia Meng in surprise.

She murmured unconsciously: "...I didn't expect them to find it."

He almost uttered these words.

Xia Meng stared at her lips and did not miss this sentence.

Who?

Who to find?

Are they purposefully searching for an S-class guide?

It seems that this old lady knows something about the inside story.

Xia Meng secretly took note of this person.

Afterwards, Grandma Rose helped her get two brand new uniforms.

She put her shirt on the table, took out her needle and thread, sat down and carefully embroidered Xia Meng's name on her collar.

White shirt and blue plaid skirt.

The name and an S were embroidered on the collar in blue thread.

Grandma Rose worked very quickly and finished embroidering two sets in just a few minutes.

She handed a set to Xia Meng and pointed to the dressing room next to her: "Go in and change into it."

Xia Meng followed suit and went to the locker room to change.

The clothes are similar to the uniforms of ordinary schools and are loose fitting.

When Xia Meng came out, Grandma Rose nodded and kindly helped her straighten her collar, muttering, "It's better to keep it loose. Children of your age are in the growth stage. You grow taller in the blink of an eye."

Xia Meng thanked him.

After spending half an hour together, Mai Xi had completely let down his guard against Xia Meng.

Xia Meng took the opportunity to learn a lot about this welfare home from her.

For example, this welfare home has been established for more than 20 years.

Funded and sponsored by a powerful family.

They would search for orphans who had awakened and become sentinels from all over the country, and bring them to this welfare home for unified training.

Mai Xi has been here for many years.

When I first came here, I hadn't awakened yet.

Genetic tests showed that she had a high chance of awakening as an A-level guide, so Rebecca brought her here from another orphanage early on.

It’s a pity that she awakened to a C-level the year before and suddenly became a marginal figure here.

A C-level guide is certainly not up to the level of the "young soldiers" here.

If nothing unexpected happens, when she reaches adulthood here, she will be arranged to work in the mansions of the powerful and wealthy, as a maid doing odd jobs - for those powerful and wealthy, such "insiders" who have been trained since childhood are of course more trustworthy than outsiders recruited from outside.

As for the top A-level and even S-level ones, they will receive some special training.

Mai Xi didn't know much about what kind of special training there would be.

She only knew that the children in the orphanage were never allowed to leave the orphanage unless on regular group outings.

As for the top A-level ones, and Hermann, they have a high degree of freedom and leave the welfare home from time to time.

No one knew what they were doing.

At least Mai Xi didn't know this.

After some investigation and exploration, Xia Meng realized that Mai Xi didn't know much valuable information.

The only information he knew about Hermann was like the back of his hand.

Hermann is a prominent figure in this welfare home with more than 200 people.

Mai Xi even secretly took Xia Meng to the rooftop of the dormitory building.

From the rooftop, you can just see the classrooms on the fourth floor of the teaching building opposite.

"Look! The blond guy sitting by the window is Senior Herman!"

Xia Meng looked in the direction of Mai Xi's finger.

I saw a blond boy sitting in front of the window of the classroom in the opposite building.

The boy lowered his head and listened to the class attentively.

His blond hair was neatly combed and his shirt was buttoned to the top button.

The whole person looks exquisite and sparkling, and even seems a little out of place with the surroundings.

From a distance, Xia Meng couldn't see clearly.

But with just one glance, she could tell it was him.

It's disgusting even looking at it from such a distance.

It was definitely him.

Mai Xi didn't know what Xia Meng was thinking, and she was chattering about Hermann's excellence.

The theoretical classes are so good, and the practical classes are so strong.

He is so handsome and has such a noble temperament.

Xia Meng curled her lips secretly.

Whether in reality or in the mental picture, he is indeed like this.

Keen on creating a superior and perfect image.

Xia Meng withdrew her gaze, turned and left.

Mai Xi followed in surprise: "You don't want to watch it anymore?"

Xia Meng didn't even turn around: "There's nothing to see."

Mai Xi looked at her with a bit of admiration: "You are so cool!"

Xia Meng: “…”

Behind the two of them, the young man at the window turned his head as if aware of something, and his excellent eyesight only allowed him to see the backs of the two girls.

Girls from the welfare home often climbed onto the rooftop of the dormitory building to secretly look at him, and he had long been accustomed to it.

He looked away expressionlessly.

…

Xia Meng then declined Mai Xi's invitation to take her further shopping.

Because her face and the S on her collar are too conspicuous.

There are almost no children with Asian faces in the welfare home.

Xia Meng's black hair and black eyes are unique here.

When she walks on the street, many people will notice her unfamiliar face at first sight.

When they got closer and saw the S on her collar, their expressions became even more strange.

There is a bit of fear, a bit of curiosity, and a bit of respect.

Xia Meng actually likes to observe people's expressions.

But if you see too much, you will inevitably get tired.

So she went back to her room.

To kill time, she opened the textbook on the table and flipped through a few pages.

The content of the textbook is a bit difficult and does not look like it is for a child who is only in his early teens.

It's more like a freshman course in the navigation department of Shaoxiang University.

For Xia Meng, it was not difficult to read.

In many details, it was even more detailed than the introductory guide materials she had read in the Black Tower.

She flipped through the pages, absorbed in reading.

Until one moment, she was suddenly brought back to her senses by a series of knocks on the door.

She got up and opened the door.

I saw Mai Xi standing outside the door.

Mai Xi greeted her: "Good morning!"

Xia Meng was stunned.

Morning?

She suppressed her strange thoughts and asked, "Hello, what's up?"

Mai Xi said as if it was a matter of course, "I came here to go to class with you! You just arrived yesterday, so you probably don't know anyone in the classroom yet, right?"

Yesterday? Just arrived?

Didn’t she just arrive this afternoon?

Xia Meng was a little stunned and subconsciously looked out the window at the end of the corridor.

The sky was indeed much brighter than before.

If she listened carefully, she could even faintly hear the clear chirping of birds outside the window.

Xia Meng had a lot of question marks on her mind.

ah……?

It's morning already?

Wasn't it just getting close to evening, waiting to go to the cafeteria for lunch?

She was just reading a book, how come an entire night passed by!?

Xia Meng withdrew her gaze.

There seems to be something wrong with time here.