Chapter 219 A Little Mischief
After a very tense and thrilling excitement, Yu Sheng finally got those doll heads hanging on the cruise missiles (yes, that's right). The good news is that there was no accident - it was just that Hu Li looked a little unsatisfied, and the children who didn't line up looked a little disappointed...
"It's actually very safe," Hu Li muttered, "I didn't let the tail fly too high - and if it really falls, I can catch it immediately. The children in my hometown often play like this..."
"Can the martial virtues in your hometown be the same as here?" Yu Sheng stared, "I'm afraid the kindergarten kids over there can fly with swords!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the resting place of the other children. Hu Li was stunned for a moment before he quickly followed him, explaining as he followed: "No, benefactor, we started flying swords in elementary school..."
Yu Sheng almost fell to the ground...
The "Fairy Tale" members on the platform not far away actually saw what was happening here just now. When the students walked over, several "parents" had already come to greet them. Snow White had a smile on her face: "Don't be too nervous. We have confirmed that it is safe with Miss Hu Li. She... uh, has an incredible technique for controlling her tail..."
Yu Sheng looked at the familiar faces in front of him, then turned back to look at the fox girl who was smiling tepidly, and couldn't help scratching his hair: "Why do I feel like you all have become familiar with each other in just a short while... and all the big and small have adapted to it as if they were back home."
"This place is better than we thought, incredibly better," said Matchstick, who had long hair draped over his shoulders, smiling gently. "We should also thank Miss Irene. She quickly took us to familiarize ourselves with the surrounding environment and made the children relax. In fact, everyone was a little nervous at the beginning. After all, everyone was surrounded by illusions of leakage and out of control just a moment ago, and some people are still sleeping soundly in their tents. It was Miss Irene who helped us confirm their conditions in the Shelter Wasteland."
"Is that so? She's pretty reliable then," Yu Sheng couldn't help but sigh with a smile, then turned his head to look, "Where's Irene?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the little puppet screaming behind him: "Yu Sheng, you uncle, how dare you ask! Why don't you come and help!"
Yu Sheng turned his head and saw that Irene was still being chased by a group of children, but the children chasing her were obviously a different group - the previous group of doll-headed kids were now chasing the "king" all over the mountains and plains.
When the doll ran by, Yu Sheng reached out and picked her up. He looked at the group of children who had gathered around him with a helpless look: "Alright, alright, go away, go away. Sister Irene is tired, let her rest for a while."
The children then dispersed obediently.
Yu Sheng looked helplessly at the puppet that was already lying on his shoulder and didn't want to move: "Is it really that serious? You can't even deal with a group of six or seven-year-old children - what about your super magic, super strength, and super skills?"
"How can that be possible? They are just a bunch of little kids. If I get serious for less than a second, you will have to call the Secret Service to explain why you need more than 40 children's beds!" Irene leaned on Yu Sheng's shoulder with her arms and legs drooping, but she was still stubborn. "I was just giving in to them... Oh, I'm so tired... How come human cubs are so energetic..."
Yu Sheng laughed, carried the doll and sat on the edge of the platform, looking at the distance.
The valley had never been so lively.
There were children eating and resting on the grass around the platform, some teenagers were helping out at the makeshift camp, some children who had just woken up and their "parents" were coming out of the tent area, looking around with a hint of surprise and restraint, and a group of energetic little ones were running around happily at the edge of the grass in the distance, chasing the tabby cat named "King".
There was no gloomy and tense environment, nor was there a panicked and depressing "escape" atmosphere - at least, the youngest children had completely relaxed and were enjoying this place without any worries.
"That's great. That's how children should be," Yu Sheng said softly as if talking to himself, "They were so sensible when we gathered at the orphanage before... too sensible."
"Be nervous when you need to be nervous, and relax when you need to relax," Little Red Riding Hood's voice came from the side. Yu Sheng didn't turn around, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a figure in red sitting down next to him. The girl sat on the edge of the platform with him, with her legs stretched out, dangling in the air. "I told them that the dangerous stage is over, and this is a safe place. They can play as much as they want for a while - just don't leave the grass."
"...Do you know what time it is now?" Yu Sheng asked casually.
Little Red Riding Hood just tilted her head.
"Four thirty in the morning," Yu Sheng said with a smile, "They are so energetic... their schedule has collapsed on the first day."
"What can we do? We have an emergency meeting at 2:30. It's already bright here and everyone is very alert. Besides, there aren't enough places to sleep. If we get sleepy, we can only squeeze into the tent or sleep in the sleeping bag on the grass," Little Red Riding Hood said as if she was complaining, but she always had a faint smile on her face. "Hey, it's quite interesting."
Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the other party would use such a word to describe her feelings at the moment: "Very interesting?"
"...ran out of the orphanage in the middle of the night, carrying hastily packed luggage, and ran to the 'wilderness', then set up a makeshift camp with the adults, some helping, some making things worse, running around everywhere - and even flying low over the place holding the fox's tail," Little Red Riding Hood said slowly, "It was like jumping from one dream to another, messy, a little unbridled, even a little... nonsense?"
She tilted her head and looked at Yu Sheng: "You say, is this a bit of a joke?"
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed: "...Yes, it was a bit ridiculous."
The children living in that orphanage probably rarely have the opportunity to "play tricks" like this.
They have always been well-behaved. In their short life of more than ten years, they have always had to be well-behaved.
Perhaps only today, in this hurried and slightly chaotic "emergency shelter", generation after generation of Little Red Riding Hoods and Snow Whites finally have the chance to act up - many unexpected situations occur, many things that have never been done before are done, people run in front, and nightmares chase behind.
And it outperformed.
Now I can rest in a shelter and stay up all night even at 4:30 in the morning.
If only this could continue forever.
"...How's the situation at the orphanage?" Little Red Riding Hood suddenly broke the silence. She turned her head and looked at Yu Sheng. "It seems like you stayed there for a long time after we came here. Did something happen?"
"I saw the phantom of the 'Hunter', but I'm not sure if it was the aftermath of the subset 'overflow'," Yu Sheng said frankly, "He disappeared before I had time to communicate with him. Afterwards, I checked the entire East Building and didn't find anything unusual - I didn't have time to check the West Building, but I didn't hear any movement either.
"After that, the Secret Service took over the team. The leader is Li Lin, whom you know. They blocked the area around the orphanage and will be stationed there for a while. They brought a lot of professional equipment, which should be for long-term and comprehensive monitoring of the entire area. I think they are quite professional."
"That's good," Little Red Riding Hood breathed a sigh of relief, then hesitated for a moment, "We left in a hurry and didn't have time to take many things with us. If you have time later..."
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"It's okay, I'll go back and get it for you. Anyway, the door is always open, and it's easy to deliver it here," Yu Sheng nodded with a smile, "In addition, there are 'employees' of the board of directors, they should be here soon. Teacher Su and the others are more familiar with the orphanage, and you can ask them to help find anything if you can't find it. Don't worry, everything will be on track - don't think about anything now, this night has been spent safely, the most important thing for the rest of the time is to rest."
Little Red Riding Hood nodded slowly: "Yes."
Yu Sheng stretched out his body, then lay back on the platform.
Now that his nerves had relaxed, he finally felt a little tired.
Irene, who was lying on his shoulder, turned over and rolled forward in the blink of an eye, seamlessly switching from a prone position to sitting on Yu Sheng's chest, and then continued to lie down to rest.
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned by the scene, and it took a while for her to meet Irene's eyes: "... Good skills."
Irene reached out and poked Yu Sheng's chin: "This guy is very careless. If you were in his place, you would be able to do the same."
Yu Sheng half-closed his eyes and blocked the doll's hand by instinct: "Normally you should walk by yourself instead of riding on my shoulders with confidence."
Irene: "Just wait until you can mold my 1.67 meter tall body out of my body!"
Hearing footsteps coming from the side, Yu Sheng, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and saw a thin, dark young man in a Secret Service uniform standing beside him - he had obviously come from the camp.
Yu Sheng sat up quickly, and the young man smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, you take a rest - I just came to tell you that the temporary kitchen can be lit, we will have dinner at 5:30, and I made hot soup, dumplings and porridge for the children, but the canteen is not set up yet, where will we eat later?"
"Hey, that's it." Yu Sheng smiled when he heard that it was just a small matter, then he patted the ground with his hand, "That's easy to say."
The next second, accompanied by the friction of rocks and a low rumble, a table more than 50 meters long rose from the middle of the platform - listen to the quantifier, root! More than a hundred chairs were neatly arranged on both sides of the table... Actually, it was just a pile of stone blocks.
"I can't make complicated things, but it's easy to make a dining table," Yu Sheng glanced at the stunned young man with a smug smile on his face, "I'll ask your people to come over to eat later. We've been busy all night. Let's have a hot meal with the children in the morning."
“…Okay!”
(End of this chapter)
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