Chapter 21 Madam’s voice... sounds really young
On the first day of traveling through time, Li Xiaogou knew that he was an orphan.
The melon-eating system told him the past of his original body, including the fact that he had lived in an orphanage.
As for the name of the orphanage, he didn't ask, and the system didn't tell him.
Now it seems that he was unintentional, but the system was intentional.
When Agent Baiquan mentioned the "Lingquan Orphanage", a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart. This unpredictable emotion prompted him to ask the system, but he still got the standard answer of "It is related to the world line, so it cannot be disclosed."
Being unable to tell is itself a form of disclosure. He knew then that he, too, came from this orphanage.
He had already thought of an explanation to give to his two companions.
Turning his head slightly, half of his body bathed in the light, Li Xiaogou readily admitted, "Yes, I also came from Lingquan Orphanage."
At this moment, the car happened to pass through a tunnel, and the darkness swallowed up everyone in the car. The roaring sound of the wind was like a roaring beast, cutting Li Xiaogou's voice into pieces.
"I lived in Lingquan Orphanage for seven years. I was adopted at the age of seven. Within a month, my adoptive father started beating me, so I ran away." He curled his lips. "I worked illegally, slept under bridges, and when I was hungriest, I even rummaged through trash cans. In short, I never returned to that home, or to Lingquan."
"I'm not sure if Lingquan is related to Baiquan's poisoning. But I'm sure I'm not poisoned. After all, we just had a physical examination at the Special Investigation Bureau."
The physical examinations conducted by the Special Investigation Bureau are very strict, and Li Xiaogou's arguments are convincing enough.
A beam of light came in and they passed through the tunnel.
"We're almost at the orphanage." Tao Qi said.
Mo Shang breathed a sigh of relief, a smile on his face: "I'm not doubting you, I'm just worried about what this orphanage has done to you."
Li Xiaogou nodded: "I understand. But when it comes to human lives, it's a public matter, I must make it clear."
"We're all brothers, just be clear. But those keyboard warriors online are just too abominable!"
Li Xiaogou readily asked, "What's wrong?"
"Those keyboard warriors used to call you the judge, the anti-North Korean warrior, and the entertainment industry's disciplinary inspection committee, saying that as long as you were there, there would be no place for filth in the entertainment industry."
"But when Baiquan got into trouble today, his expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book!"
"Those big Vs are even more despicable! I've never seen them praise you before, like they don't even know you. Now they're all jumping out to step on you, trying to trick you into thinking you're not a judge, but a plague god, spreading plague wherever you go."
The mouth flies in front and the brain chases behind.
After saying this, Tao Qi regretted it.
He was trying to change the subject, but wasn't that just rubbing salt into the dog's wounds?
"Well... you don't have to take it too seriously. It's just a flurry of online comments. Maybe they'll start praising me again tomorrow."
Mo Shang also comforted him: "This is a common trait of human beings. They like to create gods, and they like to destroy gods even more."
"Pfft." Li Xiaogou was really amused. "Do you think I'm emo?"
Mo Shang looked like he was crazy: "A normal person would feel sad when being slandered."
The smile on Li Xiaogou's face gradually faded. He held his chin up and looked out the window. "I'm not lying to you. I really didn't think anything of it. I'm used to being misunderstood and ridiculed."
We soon arrived at the orphanage.
Although this small orphanage "miraculously" produced many celebrities, it obviously did not gain any financial rewards from it.
——At least that's what it looks like.
A small courtyard in front of four tiled houses formed the Lingquan Orphanage.
The yard is divided into two halves by a gravel path. On the left side is a vegetable garden where easy-to-grow vegetables such as cabbage and cabbage are grown. The other half is a mini stadium.
A group of children were chasing and playing with each other.
Tao Qi held down a child and said, "Little boy, where is your dean?"
The gate was unlocked and the yard was full of children; the dean must be nearby.
The furry child looked at them timidly, not daring to speak.
Mo Shang pulled out a handful of candy like a magic trick: "Brothers are here to give you candy, can you tell us?"
The furry kid quickly grabbed the candy, pointed to the bungalow at the corner, and ran away quickly.
They walked towards the corner.
As soon as I walked out of the yard, a person came running towards me from the end of the corridor.
The three of them couldn't help but pause, their hearts sinking.
A girl was running towards me. She looked a few years older than the children in the yard, about the age of a junior high school student. She was staggering, tears were on her face, and her yellow cartoon apron was stained with blood.
Li Xiaogou came forward and supported the girl who was about to fall. He looked up and asked in a gentle voice, "Are you hurt?"
The girl shook her head, tears streaming down her face like a broken string. She pointed in the direction of the room and said anxiously, "Dean, the dean—he's seriously injured!"
The girl ran very fast in front. Strangely, she didn't go to the kitchen, but ran to the compartment next to the kitchen.
The door of the compartment was half open, and faint sobbing sounds could be heard from inside.
Mo Shang pushed the door open carefully.
The room is not big and has a panoramic view.
There was a bed and a table with a computer on it. It looked like a simple medical room.
The sobbing came from two girls who were huddled in the corner. When the door opened, they looked at them in horror like frightened deer.
The table blocked most of the boy's body. He had dark skin and held a bamboo stick in his outstretched hand. A round ball was stuck on the tip of the stick. Red liquid was dripping down the ball and forming a puddle on the ground.
In the middle of the puddle, there was a white thing that was crushed and whose original shape could not be identified.
Hearing the door open, the boy also looked over at them.
His eyes were as dark as ink, taking in all the light around him, and eventually turning it into a formless black.
Li Xiaogou looked at him for a second and gradually frowned.
“Help—help—”
A weak groan interrupted their gaze.
The three of them then discovered that there was an adult man curled up in the corner, and the boy's body was facing the man.
Two gusts of wind blew past Li Xiaogou's side, and Tao Qi and Mo Shang supported the staggering man on his left and right.
The man was helped by them to slowly turn around.
In an instant, the two couldn't help but gasp.
I saw that where the man's eyes were originally, they had now turned into two dark holes.
What the boy had stuck on the bamboo stick was the man's eyeball.
The man's identity is self-evident; he is the director of Lingquan Orphanage.
The few children who followed them out of curiosity screamed and ran away when they saw the dean's appearance. There was a commotion in the yard not far away.
"Save me..." The man grabbed the corner of Mo Shang's clothes with his bloody hands.
Mo Shang pursed his lips tightly: "Call an ambulance."
He caught a glimpse of Li Xiaogou still standing there, and thinking he was frightened by the bloody scene, he said kindly, "Go to the yard and keep an eye on the children."
Li Xiaogou nodded and left. As for the man holding the bamboo stick, Tao Qi was responsible for keeping an eye on him.
When Mo Shang helped the dean out, the ambulance arrived.
Together with the emergency personnel, he struggled to lift the dean into the ambulance. However, just as the man stepped one foot into the ambulance, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and pressed his shoulder.
The hands were extremely beautiful. Because of the force, the joints were pink and almost pierced the thin skin. But even with such a pair of hands, the strength was so terrifying that it nailed the dean to the spot.
"If you just leave like this, what will happen to all the children in the house?"
Mo Shang understood that Li Xiaogou's abnormality was not due to fear. He let go of the dean's hand and stood beside Li Xiaogou.
Li Xiaogou curled his lips.
The man suppressed the pain and replied in a trembling voice: "My wife will take care of them."
Li Xiaogou opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise, "Madam? With such a big incident, you didn't even see your wife?"
The dean opened his mouth but didn't say a word.
Mo Shang also asked in a deep voice: "Dean, where is your wife?"
The man broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, not sure if it was from the pain or the fear.
"I'm here."
Following the sound, I saw a slim woman walking out of the room on the left.
Li Xiaogou's eyes darkened. The woman was actually covering her face with a veil.
Oh, it's really retro.
She apologized, "I'm sorry, I've had rubella these past two days and can't be exposed to the wind, so I didn't come out."
"The dean's eye was stabbed, and you didn't come out because of rubella?" What a good actor.
Mo Shang controlled the urge to roll his eyes.
The woman laughed dryly. "I'm not a doctor. Coming out would only cause more trouble."
After she finished speaking, her expression changed and she immediately ordered them to leave: "As you can see, we can't entertain guests today. I can take care of this place, don't worry, come back another day."
The paramedics also looked at Li Xiaogou and the others with dissatisfaction: "The patient's bleeding hasn't stopped yet, and you want to hinder the rescue?"
"You misunderstood." Li Xiaogou said shamelessly, "I know the dean cares about these children the most. I wanted to tell him that we can help take care of them. Since the dean's wife is also sick, why don't we go to the hospital together?"
"What do you think, Madam?"
A gust of wind blew through the hall, lifting the hem of the woman's veil, revealing her delicate chin - and trembling lips.
The woman stammered, not knowing how to answer.
The smile on Li Xiaogou's lips gradually disappeared, and his gaze passed through the crowd and fell on the child who had just walked over.
The boy was still holding the bamboo stick in his hand, and his eyes filled with hatred were staring at the dean's wife.
Li Xiaogou slapped his forehead and said in frustration, "Oh my God, I actually forgot such an important thing! There's a child here who might be injured. Please take him and his wife with him."
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman screamed, "He's the murderer!"
"...How can we go together?"
Li Xiaogou chuckled: "Madam's voice... sounds really young."
"She's not his wife at all!" the boy who was called the murderer said angrily, "His wife is hiding in the kitchen, cooking them. As soon as you leave, she will force us to eat them!"
"I'm not the murderer. He was the one who forced me to stab him. He said that this way I wouldn't have to eat... my friend."
Tao Qi, who was standing next to the boy, reacted very quickly. He twisted his feet slightly, raised his arm, and pressed the kitchen door behind him that was about to open.
The woman who was about to escape was locked inside and banged on the door.
Mo Shang wanted to ask Li Xiaogou if he had guessed it a long time ago, but when he turned around, the scene he saw made him furious.
One of the paramedics had a scalpel in his hand and was swinging it towards Li Xiaogou's neck.
"Be careful!" It was too late for Mo Shang to rush over.
However, the dagger flashing with a sharp cold light did not hit Li Xiaogou's neck. He ducked and actually dodged it.
When the sneak attack failed, they just tore their bodies apart. Several paramedics threw the dean aside and attacked Li Xiaogou.
Mo Shangyou was stunned, seeing Li Xiaogou rushing straight towards him.
? !
"Tao Qi!" Li Xiaogou shouted loudly, and at the same time, he flashed behind Mo Shang like a dragon.
Mo Shang: ...
"Chicken wants to stop us too?"
Several people opened their first aid suits, revealing their muscular arms, which were as thick as Mo Shang's two arms combined.
Li Xiaogou: "This is intolerable! They actually called you a little chicken! Mo Shang, charge!"
Fuck you!
Mo Shang turned and ran.
Li Xiaogou ran faster.
The paramedic followed closely behind, and suddenly, his feet felt weak and the originally solid ground became soft and collapsed.
They looked down, their eyeballs almost falling out of their sockets.
Shit! There's a monster!
The ground beneath their feet was transformed into pink, wriggling things that looked like tongues and worms, licking their ankles wetly.
My ankle gradually started to go numb.
This thing is poisonous!
Mo Shang frowned: "These people are not superpowered. We need to notify the bureau immediately."
Li Xiaogou had run to the other side without anyone noticing. He restrained the dean's fake wife with one hand, smiled, and showed the location sharing page: "There are still five minutes before Yunlou comes to clean up the mess."
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