Because of Shen Xinxing, Shen Fu dislikes children.
But the little girl in front of me was crying so hard, her eyes were brimming with tears.
Large tears streamed down her cheeks, one by one.
She raised her hand and fiercely wiped away her tears, but new ones would soon fall again.
Shen Fu couldn't help but soften his heart after seeing this.
He walked over and asked softly, "What are you looking for? Let me help you?"
The little girl turned around and saw the tall boy standing in front of her.
The sadness deep in my heart masked my fear of strangers.
She seemed to have found her anchor, and cried even harder and more helplessly in front of the boy...
...
That day, Shen Fu spent the whole morning helping the little girl look for her things.
Ignoring the unpleasant smell, he rummaged through the garbage, but still couldn't find the gift the little girl had mentioned.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the garbage truck arrived on time to collect the garbage.
The little girl blocked the pile of trash, refusing to leave: "No, you can't. Wanwan's things haven't been found yet, you can't take them away..."
She pleaded pitifully through her tears, "Please, Uncle, wait a little longer. Please give Wanwan a little more time, okay?"
The cleaner didn't have much patience for the two dirty children.
With a stern face, he said to Chen Fu, "Hurry up and take your sister away. It's dangerous here."
Helpless, Shen Fu had no choice but to carry the little girl away.
Sitting on a swing in the park, the little girl covered her face and sobbed.
Shen Fu didn't know how to comfort people, so he could only say dryly, "Don't cry."
"Your gift might have been picked up by a homeless person nearby. Don't worry, I'll find it for you."
"Really?" The little girl lowered her hand and asked him with tears in her eyes.
"Um."
Shen Fu carefully inquired about the appearance, color, and contents of the gift.
The little girl thought carefully and repeated everything.
Finally, she stopped crying, and Shen Fu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Brother, thank you for helping Wanwan look for the things."
The little girl grinned at him.
Her little face was all dirty.
Besides the crisscrossing tears and snot, there were also black stains.
Shen Fu raised his hand, wanting to wipe it clean for her.
But when his gaze fell on his own hands, he ultimately gave up on the action.
He pointed to his face and said, "Your face is a little dirty."
The little girl pulled her sleeve over and wiped herself haphazardly.
She then jumped off the swing: "I'm going to be late for school, Wanwan should go."
Before leaving, she took two small bread rolls out of her coat pocket and handed them to Shen Fu: "These are snacks from Wanwan's kindergarten, for your brother to eat!"
Shen Fu stood frozen in place, not reaching out to take it, but instead blushing with shame.
So she must have noticed it already.
I realized I was so hungry I had to rummage through the trash for food...
...
Seeing that Shen Fu stood there motionless for a long time, the little girl stuffed the bread into his hand without saying a word: "This is your reward. It's the money you're getting for asking your brother to help Wanwan find a gift."
Her words were innocent and naive, interpreting the two loaves of bread as an equivalent exchange for Shen Fu helping her find something.
Upon hearing this, Shen Fu breathed a sigh of relief and did not refuse any further.
As long as it's not out of pity or charity, it's fine.
He knew he looked pathetic, yet he stubbornly clung to his meager self-esteem.
"Thank you." He took the bread and assured him confidently, "I will definitely help you find the gift."
...
With a warm greeting, "Goodbye, brother, Wanwan is going home now~"
The little girl ran away anxiously.
As if guided by some strange force, Shen Fu quietly followed her.
The little girl's home was a bungalow not far from the garbage dump.
Because I went out without a reason, I missed school.
At that moment, her mother was grabbing her ear and scolding her: "You brat, where did you run off to so early in the morning? You haven't been to school all day, do you know how much tuition money you've wasted for me?"
"If you don't want to go to school, then you might as well not go!"
The little girl didn't dare to struggle.
I could only try to stand on my tiptoes to try and ease the pain in my ears.
She forced a smile and apologized in a conciliatory manner: "I'm sorry, Mom, Wanwan knows she was wrong. Mom, I'm sorry..."
...
As a result, she still couldn't go to school that day.
After observing for a whole day, Shen Fu also learned that the girl's name was Ning Wan.
In this family, she was also an unloved individual.
On this day when he missed school and stayed at home, the young child was not idle.
Ning Wan not only had to help with washing dishes and sweeping the floor, but also with washing clothes and tidying up the room.
Despite being shorter than the sink, she had to carry a small stool and laboriously wash the family's dishes.
Ning Wan has an older sister who is in elementary school, but her parents clearly favor this older sister more.
When my older sister came home from school.
She didn't even need to say anything; her parents would come forward and take the backpack from her back.
Watching her mother pour juice for her older sister and ask her questions with concern, Ning Wan felt a little envious.
But she could only carry a bucket of clothes and slowly make her way outside.
Ning Wan looked up at the clothesline hanging high above.
After searching around without success, she ran back into the house to get a small stool.
However, when she returned outside, the clothes in the bucket were neatly hung on the clothesline.
Looking at the clothes, Ning Wan tilted her head in confusion: "Huh?..."
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