Chapter 048 Jinjiang Debut
Dean Feng explained sheepishly: "Forgive me, forgive me, we are short of funds here, and we can only afford one cleaner. He cleans the entire building by himself, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions."
Li Mo waved her hand to show that she didn't care. She asked, "Where are the children?"
Dean Feng smiled flatteringly: "It's almost there, it's almost here."
Dean Feng led the two through a long corridor. At the end of the corridor was a hall. There were all kinds of toys scattered in the hall. A group of children were playing freely inside. Dean Feng said:
"Ms. Li, all the children here meet your requirements. The oldest is only six or seven years old. Take a look. If you want to know more about someone, you can ask me."
While saying these words, Dean Feng's eyes were fixed on Li Mo. From the moment she entered the door, her eyes had been glued to Li Mo, completely ignoring Bai Mian's existence.
Li Mo turned his head, took Bai Mian's hand and said, "Master, thank you for your help."
Bai Mian nodded: "If you see someone you like, I can help you calculate the fortune for that child."
Seeing that Li Mo was so respectful to Bai Mian, Dean Feng immediately changed her previous attitude and came over attentively. She looked Bai Mian up and down, then said with a smile:
"Is this... the fortune teller that Ms. Li invited? Oh, I've heard that rich people are very particular. Today I see that it is true. This master is really extraordinary. Master, please take a seat. What should I call you?"
Li Mo introduced: "This is Master Bai Mian. Her live broadcast is quite famous in Qingshui Town. Have you never seen it?"
Dean Feng shook his head: "I am usually too busy with work and have no time to watch the live broadcast. However, I think this Master Bai looks very familiar. Master Bai, you are a local of Qingshui Town, right? Have we met somewhere before?"
Bai Mian didn't say anything and gave Dean Feng a cold look. She didn't know why, but she hated this woman from the bottom of her heart.
The atmosphere was a little awkward. Dean Feng smiled awkwardly and stepped aside tactfully: "Ms. Li, Master Bai, you guys just watch first. I won't disturb you."
Li Mo walked among the children and sat quietly for a while, observing each child. There were often outsiders visiting the orphanage, so these children did not react much when seeing strangers and continued to do their own things.
There were a few children playing with dolls in the corner, a few children gathered around the table eating oranges and apples, and two little boys were performing Ultraman fighting monsters at the door. Li Mo watched for a while, then pulled Bai Mian and said:
"Master, I like the boy who plays Ultraman. He is so lively and healthy, and he has a generous personality. I want to adopt this child!"
Before Bai Mian could say anything, the boy who played Ultraman came running over. He heard the conversation between the two and patted his chest and said, "Auntie, if you become my mother, I will definitely protect you well, just like Ultraman protects the world!"
These words made Li Mo laugh out loud. She said to Bai Mian, "Look, this child is so smart. He will definitely have a bright future!"
Bai Mian grabbed the boy's hand and felt his pulse. The little boy seemed to know that this was a test for himself, so he stood there obediently without struggling.
After a moment, Bai Mian let go of the boy's hand and shook his head gently: "This child's parents are both criminals. He inherited the criminal gene. He pretended to be like this today. In fact, he is a cruel and violent child who likes to bully the weak and often bullies other friends."
"If you adopt him and bring him home, his true colors will be revealed soon. He will cause trouble everywhere and often talk back at you. But you have been indulging him out of softness. When he grows up, he will kill you in order to get the family property, and then be sentenced to death."
After hearing Bai Mian's prediction, Li Mo took a deep breath and his good impression of the little boy disappeared instantly. The little boy realized that Bai Mian was saying bad things about him, and pointed at her and cursed: "You stinky bitch, you deserve to be fucked to death!"
Li Mo simply couldn't believe that these vicious swear words came out of the mouth of a six-year-old boy. It seemed that this child was not as sunny and cheerful as he seemed. Before she could react further, Shi Xingye pushed the door in.
"Children, the gifts are here!" Shi Xingye shouted loudly.
He was holding a pile of boxes of various sizes in his arms. Before coming, he and his wife had carefully wrapped these gifts, all with colored paper and ribbons, so that you couldn't tell what was inside from the outside.
As soon as the children saw the pile of gifts, they immediately surrounded Shi Xingye. The little boy pounced on him like a hungry tiger and squeezed into the innermost part of the crowd. He grabbed Shi Xingye's pants and shouted, "Give it to me! Give it to me!"
"Don't rush, everyone gets one, just line up!" Shi Xingye smiled gently and asked the children to line up to receive their gifts.
The little boy who played Ultraman stood at the front, and the other children stood behind him. After everyone had lined up, a little girl in the corner put down the doll in her hand and slowly walked to the end of the line.
Shi Xingye put all the gifts on the ground and the little boy was the first to choose. He couldn't see what was in the box, so he simply picked up each box, weighed it, and picked the heaviest one to go.
The other children followed suit, picked up their gifts and left. When it was the last little girl's turn, there was only a small, light and thin box left on the ground. She did not disdain it, but picked up the box happily and said thank you to Shi Xingye.
After receiving the gifts, the children happily opened the boxes in their hands. Some got clothes, some got snacks, and some got toys. Everyone was very happy, except for the little boy who chose the first gift. He tore open the packaging and found that it was a whole set of famous books. He angrily threw the books on the ground and shouted, "Who wants this?"
The little girl at the end of the line also opened her gift, which contained a small heart-shaped box with English words written all over it. She opened it carefully, and an intoxicating fragrance wafted out of the box.
"It's chocolate!" she said in surprise, "and it's foreign chocolate. I've never eaten foreign chocolate in my life!"
Shi Xingye smiled slightly. The little girl didn't know yet that she had received the most expensive gift in the venue.
When the little boy saw her gift, he immediately became jealous. He rudely snatched the chocolate from the little girl and stuffed it directly into his mouth, saying incoherently: "I'll trade with you, your gift is mine!"
The little girl's expression instantly became very disappointed, but she still squatted on the ground and picked up the set of classics lovingly: "The book is not wrong, and the book is also very good."
Seeing the pitiful appearance of the little girl, Li Mo felt pity for her. She exchanged glances with Shi Xingye, called the little girl over and asked Bai Mian to take her pulse.
After feeling her pulse, Bai Mian said, "This girl is kindhearted, calm, and intelligent. If she can get a good education, she will become a scientific research talent and contribute to the country. She will get along well with you. If you adopt her, you two can spend a happy old age."
After hearing this, Li Mo slapped her thigh with joy. She said to her husband, "Oh my God, isn't this better than a biological child? Honey, we want her!"
Shi Xingye also nodded with satisfaction. Seeing that the couple had made a decision, Dean Feng stepped forward and said, "Congratulations, the child is called Ningning. I will get her information later and there will be staff to assist you with the formalities. Ningning is so lucky. Being adopted by you two is like being reborn a second time..."
Dean Feng kept talking, her eyes full of envy, as if she wished she was the one adopted by Li Mo and his wife. After she finished nagging at Li Mo and his wife, she said to Ning Ning:
"Ningning, you will leave here to enjoy your life in the future. If you become successful, don't forget the care that the Dean has given you. When you grow up, you must also take good care of the Dean. Let's keep in touch!"
Bai Mian sneered at the side. Dean Feng was really snobbish. Ningning was so young, but Dean Feng treated her as a connection to win her over. Moreover, judging from Ningning's situation in the orphanage, Dean Feng didn't seem to have taken much care of her.
Mr. and Mrs. Li Mo exchanged a few polite words and prepared to take Ningning to go through the formalities. Seeing that the matter was already a foregone conclusion, the abandoned little boy suddenly went berserk, ran over angrily and pushed Ningning. Ningning fell down and hit her arm on the corner of the table, drawing blood.
Li Mo felt distressed when he saw the wound on Ning Ning's arm, but Dean Feng comforted her as if he was used to it: "It's okay, children just fight like this. Don't worry, I have prepared emergency supplies here."
As he spoke, Dean Feng opened a drawer beside him, took out alcohol and cotton swabs, skillfully disinfected Ningning's wound, and then put on a Band-Aid.
When checking Ningning's arm, Li Mo noticed that she had other old injuries on her body. It seemed that the management of the orphanage was very chaotic and Ningning was not having an easy time here. She glared at the little boy with dissatisfaction, picked up Ningning and prepared to leave.
Perhaps he still felt unsatisfied, so the little boy jumped up and grabbed Bai Mian's face: "It's all because of you, woman, talking nonsense here. Look, I'm going to tear your mouth off!"
Bai Mian dodged backwards. The little boy didn't hurt her, but just took away her sunglasses and mask. He threw the sunglasses on the ground as if to vent his anger and stomped on them a few times.
"What are you doing? Is this how your teachers usually teach you?" Dean Feng stepped forward and scolded him harshly, "Where is his tutor? Come and get him away!"
A young teacher stepped forward and took the boy away. Dean Feng turned around and prepared to apologize to Bai Mian with a smile on her face. But when she saw Bai Mian's face, she was completely stunned and pointed at Bai Mian tremblingly:
“You…you…you?”
Li Mo asked in confusion: "Do you know each other?"
Bai Mian knew that the original owner of this body grew up in an orphanage, so it was not surprising that he knew the director. Now that the director saw a dead person standing in front of him, he would inevitably feel panicked.
But what surprised her was that Dean Feng's face showed not only panic and fear, but also a bit of guilt.
Bai Mian's heart sank. She did not inherit the original owner's memory. She just happened to overhear a few words when she was taken to the police station that day. She roughly understood some of the original owner's situation. The original owner's name was Zhou Xinyu, an orphan who died accidentally while climbing a mountain.
She looked at Dean Feng with interest. It seemed that Zhou Xinyu's death might not be an accident.
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