Chapter 1111
Tu Lanxun was startled by these words.
But young N had no intention of refutation and continued to stare at the orphanage staff and Wang Ella with a sinister look.
"This child is a born pervert," an orphanage employee angrily said. "Finally, a family wanted to adopt him, but he refused to listen after much persuasion. What a jinx!"
Hearing this, N ducked his head and turned to run away, heading towards the orphanage. The staff waved their fists behind him, "You'll be in for it!"
Seeing N had gone back, the orphanage staff also wanted to leave, but Tu Lanxun stopped her and said, "Let me buy you a cup of coffee."
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The orphanage employee was a rough middle-aged woman, and the idea of sitting in a cafe and drinking coffee seemed too far away for her.
But Tu Lanxun said he would treat her to a plate of cake from the counter, so she thought about it and agreed to give herself an hour off.
Until the orphanage staff sat opposite him in the corner of the cafe, looking at Tu Lanxun with disdain and inquiry, snorting, "Are you a reporter? Who told you the news about the evil children?"
Tu Lanxun was completely confused and only brought a piece of strawberry square cake and a piece of chocolate cake roll. The orphanage staff started digging with a small spoon.
Tu Lanxun stirred her cup of black coffee. The orphanage employee had already quickly finished half of the cake. She pushed her portion of chocolate roll over, and the employee's expression brightened a little. He lowered his head and said, "My name is Coco."
"Okay, Coco. My name is Wang Aila." Tu Lanxun clicked to reply, then asked, "Is there anything special about that child?"
This sentence aroused Coco's vigilance, "What do you want to do?"
Tu Lanxun said calmly, "I'm looking for an adoptable child for my sister. My sister and her husband have never had children, and they live in another city. We'd like to adopt a healthy child, and the farther away the better."
She lowered her voice again and said with a smile, "My sister is very rich and can pay for the upkeep of the orphanage for up to eight years."
That means they only target children eight years old and under. Keke retracted her gaze, looked at Wang Aila, and asked, "You are dressed so casually, is your sister rich?"
Tu Lanxun replied, "She's my adopted sister. If she were my biological sister, would there be any need for adoption? I'll definitely get married this year and have twins next year, and I'll give one to my sister."
Coco liked what Wang Aila said, and with the same worldly light in her eyes, she agreed: "Yes, we can still inherit the inheritance a hundred years later, and the whole family will be rich."
Keke liked Wang Aila better because she was a "barking dog helping rich women find their children" than because she was a "rich man's sister." She thought they were the same kind of people, and their conversation was a bit crude and blunt, like people from the lower classes. "I can help you find your child, but you have to pay me a fee. But seriously, that guy is not okay. I'm doing this for your own good."
"Why?" [Wang Aila] showed her gossipy mentality at the right time.
Coco took a sip of her sweet drink, wiped her mouth with a tissue, and said, "He's a disaster! This isn't an insult, it's the truth. He's been to two adoptive homes before. The first one caught fire and everyone died. The second one had a car accident on the way. Each time, he was the only one who survived. Don't you think he's a disaster?"
But even so, as long as the orphanage is willing to conceal N's past adoption experience, N will definitely be the most sought-after child in the orphanage. He is healthy, smart, good-looking, and not too old.
Tu Lanxun controlled Wang Aila and made a bitter face. "Really? I quite like that child on behalf of my sister. Although he is very naughty, he looks very healthy. Are those two cases just coincidences?" She said with a hint of hope.
Coco snorted. "Believe it or not, Nightingale is the bane of our orphanage. He's a loner. Even though he looks like a flower, no one likes him. The children are all afraid of him."
"Are there really dead cats and dogs under his bed?" Tu Lanxun asked.
Keke cleaned up all the food and drinks and said, "How could I lie to you? I was on duty that day and I smelled something under his bed. The scene was really disgusting. When I asked him about it, he just stood there in silence, letting you hit and scold him, his eyes cold! Who else could do such a thing?"
Tu Lanxun fell silent, and the origins of N—known as Nightingale in "Gray City Cave"—were more or less clear. In the game world, he was still an orphan, and his growth trajectory was similar to that of his childhood, but with many more terrifying plots added.
For example, the family that adopts him may all die within a short period of time.
For example, he was suspected of animal abuse and had a withdrawn personality.
It's unlikely that a child who grows up like this won't turn evil and become a boss...
Tu Lanxun said goodbye to Keke and promised that if he came to the orphanage to see the children, he would bring money to find her.
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The second round is cheat mode. Tu Lanxun can simply complete the main quest "Investigating the Orphanage" and then proceed to the next part.
In the rules of the game, her freedom is maximized because of the cheating mode, but she still cannot go to places not planned in the plot, because this is just a simulator, not the game world itself.
It was probably three years later when he opened his eyes again. Tu Lanxun ran to the orphanage familiarly. The streets had changed much more than he had imagined. In the distance, tall buildings were rising from the ground. However, those rapid changes had nothing to do with the orphanage.
After waiting for a while in front of the orphanage's gray-blue metal gate, which had remained unchanged for ten thousand years, Tu Lanxun saw several staff members carrying a stretcher out. An ambulance was parked on the other side of the street, but the car could not drive in because of the narrow alley where illegal construction had built concrete piers.
The person on the stretcher was an acquaintance with a blue Xun tattoo, and her heart ached.
Coco is dead.
Coco was still pale and swollen, with a strong body. She was lying on the stretcher with her eyes closed, and there was a circle of purple and black marks around the skin of her neck.
Was it suicide or strangulation?
The ambulance left quickly, but it was probably heading to the funeral home rather than the hospital. Tu Lanxun grabbed another orphanage employee who was coming out to close the door and asked, "What happened?"
That person's personality was as bad as Coco's. He ignored Tu Lanxun completely. Tu Lanxun manipulated Wang Aila to block the corner of the door with one shoe and said in a righteous tone, "What happened in there?"
A gloomy, thin man who worked at the orphanage raised his eyelids and asked impatiently, "Who are you?"
Tu Lanxun reacted quickly and replied, "I'm Keke's friend. I came here specially to see her today!"
The gloomy man was a little surprised to see that Tu Lanxun could answer Keke's name, but considering that they were not close friends, he said, "Her personal belongings should be taken away by her registered relatives. This matter has nothing to do with you. You can leave."
It turns out that I was considered a swindler.
Tu Lanxun controlled Wang Aila to hand a roll of banknotes to the gloomy man. The gloomy man glanced around, quickly retracted it, grabbed her shoulder with his claws, and said, "Follow me!"
Wang Ella was led into a small, gatehouse-like room. The air reeked of stale beer and cigarette ash. The bunk beds hadn't even been made up. The gloomy man kicked aside a greasy stool and said, "Sit down, reporter."
Mistaken for a reporter again, Tu Lanxun watched him close the door and said, "Don't worry, Miss Reporter. No matter what information you've gotten out of Keke, I can always update you. And I won't do anything to you. We can't have two people dying in this place in one day."
Tu Lanxun played along and asked about Coco again. The gloomy man lit a cigarette, and the rich smoke rose up. He said lazily, "I can't say too much about this matter, or I'll get into trouble. Let me tell you this, Coco was killed by an evil spirit. We found her in an orphanage dormitory this afternoon. She looked like she was hanged."
"It looks like?" Tu Lanxun repeated.
The gloomy man dusted his cigarette ash into the instant noodle box and nodded. "I can't say if it was strangled or suicide by hanging. The police haven't arrived yet, and we've already sent someone to ask for them."
The Gray City Cave is very different from the place where Tu Lanxun lives. The security personnel here charge for their services and are not always on time.
Tu Lanxun uttered a "hmm" and saw the gloomy man put out his cigarette with his fingers, casually dropping the butt under the table. He then pulled his hand back and stared at her: "Do you have any other questions, Ms. Reporter?"
"No more." Tu Lanxun stood up immediately. "I thought it was some kind of evil incident, like orphanage staff abusing children, or children being strangled by revenge."
The gloomy man laughed "Haha" and laughed uncontrollably at her words, and seemed to like this guess very much.
"You have a good idea." He praised and continued to sit lazily behind the folding table. The atmosphere was about to send the guests away, but he had no intention of getting up to open the door for Wang Aila.
"Thank you. I have a talent for writing novels."
There was no gentlemanly demeanor at all, but Tu Lanxun didn't bother to press the issue. He turned and walked away, frustrated that his attempt to dig up information had failed. There was a distance between the gatehouse and the orphanage entrance, a distance N likely walked frequently. Tu Lanxun counted his footsteps and heartbeats, his pace steady but quick.
Two orphanage staff members walked past and glanced at Tu Lanxun, but they were obviously busy with more important things, so they didn't ask any questions after seeing her leave.
They just kept muttering, "How horrible! The evil spirit that was sent away has come back to do evil again! He is Satan's child, and he wants to kill everyone who knows about his evil deeds!"
"It must be him. I often see Keke beating him. He holds a grudge against me. Do you think the police will believe it?"
Tu Lanxun listened to these words and ran as soon as she walked out of the orphanage gate. She always felt that there was a pair of gloomy eyes watching her from behind, and she wished she could run as fast as a feather.
That was so reckless. Luckily it was the simulator cheat mode.
There's something wrong with that gloomy guy just now!
The cigarettes he smoked were good ones with a mellow smell. The wages of the orphanage staff were meager and often in arrears. No one would smoke such expensive cigarettes, especially someone who lived in a dormitory with bunk beds, greasy tables and chairs, and instant noodle buckets piled together.
The gloomy □□ was not originally an employee of the orphanage, and his uniform was obtained later.
He pinched the cigarette with his fingers to keep the habit of wiping off fingerprints. After putting out the cigarette, he seemed to throw the cigarette butt under the table, but Tu Lanxun noticed that he had actually flicked the cigarette butt into his pocket with a magical and quick move.
If it was his own dorm, why did he avoid leaving cigarette filters with DNA on them there?
And just before Tu Lanxun left, the man sat behind the table without moving while watching her leave. This was because he was feeling for a weapon through his pocket, either a gun or a knife, or maybe another piece of rope. Judging from his movements, he was a martial artist.
The gloomy man was not an employee of the orphanage who came out to close the door, but the real murderer of Coco who had just left the vicinity of the scene!
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