Chapter 49

"Okay, okay, boss." The middle-aged woman's suspicious look almost made Tong Jing's smile disappear. Tan

Li looked around in her own eyes. She walked forward and pressed the creaking swing. "I used to live in such a shabby place. I had forgotten."

She raised her head -

the vague memory slowly emerged in her mind. She seemed to be like this back then. She raised her head and saw the small sky surrounded by a low wall.

"So?" The middle-aged woman heard Tan Li's words and couldn't help but look at her -

from her angle, she could only see Tan Li's profile, smooth and delicate skin, and her eyebrows that were so plain that you couldn't tell what she was thinking. She was wearing a beautiful dress that ordinary people might not be able to wear in their lifetime, and the jewelry on her body was shining.

This figure and demeanor should not be someone I know, but...

"Xiao... Li?" The middle-aged woman seemed to be incredulous, "Are you Xiao Li?"

Hearing the call, Tan Li could not help but turn her head and face the other person.

Just now, she was a little bit unbelievable when she saw the side face, but now, the middle-aged woman was sure.

"It's really you, Xiao Li!" The middle-aged woman patted her thigh and said excitedly, "It's me! Mother Wen! Have you forgotten?"

She walked forward quickly and subconsciously stretched out her hand, wanting to give Tan Li a hug.

But her hand stopped in the air halfway, before it touched Tan Li's soft and fluffy fur shawl.

After a moment, it slowly retracted.

Her chapped and dark hands were clasped in front of her body, but she looked at Tan Li with such joy, as if she was looking at her own child.

"Mother Wen?" Tan Li was stunned.

Indistinctly, the originally vague memory seemed to become a little clearer.

Wen Hongjuan, the director of the Blue Sky Orphanage, was affectionately called Mother Wen by the children.

"Yes!" When Wen Hongjuan smiled, the wrinkles on her face became deeper. "Since you became an adult, you left our welfare home and have not been back for these years."

"I thought you would never come back!" Although she said so, Wen Hongjuan's face was full of joy. "Now that I see that you are living so well and you still think about buying things for the children here, Mother Wen is really happy."

She looked at Tan Li as if she was looking at her own successful daughter.

But compared to her...

"Tan Li," Ying Heng's voice suddenly sounded behind him, "My wheelchair seems to be stuck by a stone, can you help me push it?"

"Coming." Although Tan Li's tone was disliked by Ying Heng for being too much, she still walked towards him.

Wen Hongjuan saw this and couldn't help asking, "Who is this..."

"Ying Heng." Ying Heng introduced himself, "Her friend."

His attitude was polite and distant, and he seemed to be very gentle one second, and seemed difficult to approach the next second.

"Ahem..." Maybe because he seldom goes out, Ying Heng's skin is very white, and in the cold air, it looks as fragile as glass.

He coughed softly, said nothing, but it seemed that he said everything.

Wen Hongjuan reacted suddenly, "Look at me, it's so cold today, everyone come in and sit down."

As she said that, she led the way.

Tan Li put her hand on Ying Heng's wheelchair, glanced at the wheel, and asked with a smile, "Is it stuck by a stone?"

"Yes," Ying Heng said calmly, "You brought me here, so take good care of me."

Tan Li raised her eyebrows and said, "Because you are difficult and pretentious?"

"Yes." Ying Heng glanced at her sideways, "Tan Li, you pulled me here, you have to take responsibility for taking care of me as a patient."

"Tsk tsk." Tan Li chuckled, "Okay."

Ying Heng didn't know that she was very good at taking care of patients.

Thinking of this, Tan Li patted Ying Heng's shoulder like an old teacher, indicating that he should rest assured.

Ying Heng: ...

He glanced at her sideways, snorted lightly, and turned his head away.

Tan Li was such a generous person, and she didn't care about Ying Heng's hot and cold attitude at all.

Wen Hongjuan, who was walking in front, happened to look back and saw the little gestures between the two of them.

She felt vaguely that she seemed to have realized something.

Tong Jing also saw from Tan Li's reaction just now that she probably didn't want to reminisce with Wen Hongjuan, so she took the initiative to take over the social responsibility at this time, "Come to think of it, why didn't I see the children?"

Wen Hongjuan replied, "At this time, everyone is preparing to eat in the cafeteria together."

"How about I take you over to see?"

Tong Jing quickly glanced at Tan Li's expression, "Let's not disturb everyone while they are eating, or let's find a place to check the list of donations this time?"

Wen Hongjuan: "Okay, okay, then we can go see the children later."

Tan Li and Ying Heng followed behind like little tails, letting Tong Jing act as an external spokesperson without saying a word.

Although the interior of the orphanage does not look new, it is very clean, and there are some Christmas decorations on the glass, adding a mild festive atmosphere.

Tan Li pushed Ying Heng's wheelchair, and her feet paused slightly as she walked.

Although she quickly resumed her normal steps, Ying Heng still noticed her pause for a moment.

He turned his eyes calmly -

a whole wall of photos.

Most of them were group photos of children in twos and threes, some candid photos of them playing during the holidays, and some official photos taken when leaders came to send warmth.

I don't know if Ying Heng's angle was just right, or he had sharp eyes, but he saw a photo in the corner just when he moved his eyes a little bit.

It was a group photo. Judging from the background, it might be a festive occasion. Little Tan Li stood in the corner, trying to put on a smile, but her eyes were a little evasive.

Tan Li pushed the wheelchair forward, but Ying Heng looked at the little Tan Li in the photo quietly, his eyes following the photo.

"What are you looking at?" Tan Li stopped when she saw Ying Heng's neck was almost twisted.

Ying Heng felt a little uncomfortable, "Nothing."

Tan Li didn't believe it and followed his line of sight -

"Aren't they just a bunch of little brats? What's so good about them?" Tan Li was puzzled.

"...You." Ying Heng felt like he was playing the lute to a cow.

"Me?" Tan Li was stunned and moved closer to the photo wall to look, "Where?"

Ying Heng: ...

He turned his wheelchair helplessly and pointed, "Here."

Following the direction of his finger, Tan Li finally found the person Ying Heng was talking about in a photo.

Just...

"Is this me?" Tan Li was unsure, "Shouldn't a natural beauty like me be beautiful from childhood to adulthood?"

Why does he look so listless.

Ying Heng was completely sure, so he didn't need to think that Tan Li had any grievances. He pointed at the photo, "This eye, this nose, this mouth, why aren't they you?"

"Wouldn't you look like this when you grow up?"

"Really?" Tan Li wanted to refute, but in the end, considering that Ying Heng was a patient, she said, "Why are you so excited?"

"Heh." Ying Heng took his hand back and turned back to his original difficult and hypocritical look, "Aren't they worried that you're blind?"

Wen Hongjuan and Tong Jing, who were walking in front, heard the voice behind them and couldn't help but come over.

Wen Hongjuan: "Xiao Li, your friend has really sharp eyes. He found you among so many people in a short time." It

would have been better if she didn't say this. After she said this, Ying Heng's face became even more ugly.

"Ha, ha." Tong Jing laughed, "Of course!"

"Dean Wen, it's getting late, let's go check the list."

As she said that, she took the initiative to step forward, blocking Wen Hongjuan's gaze towards Tan Li and Ying Heng.

Seeing Tong Jing once again drawing Wen Hongjuan's attention away, Ying Heng couldn't help but say, "Your little assistant has grown up quite fast."

"Of course not," Tan Li gladly accepted the compliment that didn't belong to her, "Don't you see whose assistant she is."

Ying Heng: ...

seemed to have remembered the scene when he first met Tong Jing. Although he didn't want to admit it, Ying Heng still said honestly, "Yes, she is lucky to become your assistant."

It was rare for him not to be sarcastic, and Tan Li couldn't help but slightly raised her eyebrows.

"You are lucky," Tan Li said, "you also met me."

Ying Heng: "... Thank you."

For a moment, they stared at each other in silence.

After a moment, Tan Li couldn't help laughing first.

She felt vaguely that similar scenes seemed to have happened several times. Ying Heng, this childish weirdo, was a bit contagious.

Tan Li smiled, and Ying Heng couldn't help laughing with her.

In fact, he also vaguely realized that when facing Tan Li, he would inexplicably become very childish.

Ying Heng suppressed the smile in his throat and lowered his voice, "I see you don't like this orphanage, so what are you doing here?"

"Hehe," Tan Li said with an expression as if she was telling you a little secret, and leaned close to Ying Heng's ear, also in a low voice, "I'm here to spend money."

Ying Heng:?

Tan Li: "Didn't I tell you that I have so much money lately that I can't find any place to spend it."

"But yesterday I received a letter that seemed to be from my old friend in the orphanage, and it was like a flash of inspiration!"

"Charity!" Tan Li couldn't help but get a little excited, "That's a lot of money to spend! And once the money is spent, it's spent, it will never come back!"

"Is there a better way to spend money than this?"

Facing Tan Li's bright eyes, although it was difficult, Ying Heng still responded against his conscience, "No."

"Really!" With the recognition of Ying Heng, the capitalist, Tan Li felt that she had thought of a super good idea, "and it's doing good deeds and helping people, killing two birds with one stone."

"Let me try it here first and get a feel for it."

"Once I'm proficient, I can spend money all over the world. Isn't it faster to spend money than buying houses or investing in projects?"

Ying Heng: ...

He really wanted to say that no matter how much money he had, it couldn't withstand her spending like this.

But as soon as the words came out of his heart, they were burned by the brightness in Tan Li's eyes and shrank back in an instant.

Ying Heng looked at Tan Li for a moment, "Then congratulations on finding such a good way to spend money."

But in his heart, he thought that some things were useless to say to Tan Li. It seemed that he had to talk to Tong Jing alone when he got back, or maybe he could talk to Tan Xinman...

Tan Li didn't know what Ying Heng was thinking, and her mind was full of happiness that she had found the best way to spend money in her life.

And...

Tan Li lowered her eyes and smiled faintly. Although she didn't want to spend money for pleasure, she felt that the person who had proposed the retirement goal of spending money as he pleased would like the way she wanted to spend money.

Tan Li did not believe in gods or Buddhas, nor in reincarnation.

To her, once a person died, he was dead. Even if there was such a thing as reincarnation, without the same experiences and shared memories, he would no longer be the person she knew.

But...

she shrugged.

Who knows.

Her hands were stained with blood, from her enemies and teammates. She did not ask for the rewards of these good deeds to come back to her, but only hoped that her teammates could find peace.

The two chatted as they walked, and unknowingly, they had put some distance between themselves and Tong Jing and Wen Hongjuan in front of them.

"Gurgle--"

Tan Li lowered her head, "Are you hungry?"

Ying Heng said calmly, "No."

As soon as the words fell, her stomach rumbled, "Gurgle--"

Tan Li looked at Ying Heng's stomach.

In her silence, Ying Heng felt his face slowly getting hot.

"Puff--" As soon as a snort of laughter came out, Tan Li tightened the corners of her lips and said seriously, "Then let's move quickly, finish it quickly and go to eat quickly."

"How could we let our Young Master Ying go hungry!"

"I shouldn't have done that! Really!"

"... That's enough," Ying Heng closed his eyes, "It's too much."

"Hahahaha..." Ying Heng's current look was really funny, Tan Li couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Ying Heng let her laugh for a while, and seeing that she didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, he opened his mouth helplessly -

another voice got there first, "Tan... Li?"