Chapter 592 Paradise
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"Brother Song, look."
A sweet voice came from the front.
The fair-skinned boy had just taken a bite of his steamed bun. When he heard the sound, he looked up and saw the girl sitting opposite him reaching her hand to the dining table. The girl glanced around and saw that no one was looking at her. Then she spread out the five fingers of her right hand with a smile on her face. In her palm lay an unpeeled orange boiled egg.
The girl looked to be about ten years old, with big, lively eyes and a bit of baby fat on her cheeks. She had two thick, dark braids tied behind her head and was wearing a white floral shirt.
Luo Ran looked around vigilantly again and quickly stuffed the egg into Bai Songzhe's hand.
"Where did you get it?" Bai Songzhe looked at the hot egg in his hand in surprise and asked the girl with a smile.
"Teacher Liu gave it to me."
"Is it the female teacher who taught you ballet?"
"Yeah." Luo Ran nodded, picked up the steamed bun at hand, and continued in a low voice: "Teacher Liu said that we eat steamed buns and pickles every day, which is prone to malnutrition. We are in the period of growing up now."
Bai Songzhe looked at the egg in his hand and said with emotion: "Teachers from big cities are good. Have you eaten it?"
Luo Ran looked at him, his eyes were startled, and he nodded quickly: "I ate it! She gave me two, I ate one, this one is for you."
"Or... give it to Xiao Chong, he has never eaten eggs, okay?" Bai Songzhe gave the girl a cautious, pleading smile.
Luo Ran's eyes drooped when he heard that. He lowered his head and picked up the pickles with chopsticks, muttering, "It's up to you."
Bai Songzhe smiled again, looked down at the egg in his hand, and was about to put it into his pocket when suddenly a fat hand grabbed his wrist.
Before Bai Songzhe could react, the egg in his hand was snatched away by the fat boy. The fat boy ran over and proudly shook the egg in his hand in front of Bai Songzhe across two tables.
"Chen Yonggui!" Luo Ran shouted angrily.
The fat boy who grabbed the eggs was still sticking out his tongue at Luo Ran mischievously, and slandered: "Okay, you two, the nursery teacher said that you can't hide food!"
"Give it back to me!" Bai Songzhe cursed and rushed towards the little fat man named Chen Yonggui. However, his body size was not an advantage after all, and he was soon pinned to the ground by the little fat man.
"We never provoke you, why do you always bully us?!" Bai Songzhe lay on the ground and pulled his collar hard.
Chen Yonggui made a "Pooh" sound and slapped Bai Songzhe in the face. Luo Ran ran over to hit him, but Chen Yonggui just raised his hand and pushed him, causing Luo Ran to fall to the ground.
"Xiao Ran, don't come over here!" Bai Songzhe shouted. He struggled violently under Chen Yonggui. Seeing this, Luo Ran sat on the ground and started crying.
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly flashed past her, and a boy rushed past her and kicked the fat boy Chen Yonggui in the face!
"cnm! Let him go!"
Bai Songzhe shouted in surprise: "Xiao Chong!"
The boy named Xiao Chong had narrow eyes, sharp eyebrows, and a fierce look in his eyes. He was panting, but his expression softened when he looked at Bai Songzhe. He also called Bai Songzhe, "Xiao Qing."
He then frowned again: "Xiao Qing, you are so stupid! To deal with him, why don't you just pick up the dinner plate and smash it on his head!"
After Xiao Chong finished speaking, he walked to Chen Yonggui, who was lying on the ground crying with his hands covering his cheeks. He raised his foot and kicked him hard again.
Bai Songzhe quickly stood up and helped Luo Ran up, raising his hand to wipe her tears: "Don't cry, I'll go get the eggs back."
Luo Ran nodded.
Xiao Chong kicked Chen Yonggui and shouted, "Next time before you bully Xiao Qing and the others, think about who beat you up today!"
Bai Songzhe quickly came to Chen Yonggui's side, squatted down, and took the egg out of his pocket.
At this moment, there was a noise from behind, and a group of onlookers moved to the sides. Bai Songzhe turned around and quickly pulled away Xiao Chong who was still kicking Chen Yonggui. The woman who walked into the restaurant was the strictest caregiver in the welfare home.
"What are you doing?!" the caregiver asked.
Xiao Chong frowned: "This fat guy is bullying!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around, but was stunned to see the fat boy Chen Yonggui lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth and twitching.
Xiao Chong was stunned and stood there in a daze, while Bai Songzhe shouted anxiously at Chen Yonggui: "Why are you pretending?! You didn't act like this just now!"
Around noon.
In the cafeteria, Bai Songzhe sat alone at the table. He turned his head to look at the place where Chen Yonggui had fallen to the ground before, and then took out the egg from his pocket that he had not had time to give to Xiao Chong.
Bai Songzhe stared at the eggs in a daze.
"Xiao Chong seems to have been punished very severely."
A child passed by from behind, and the sound of their conversation reached Bai Songzhe's ears.
At noon on the third day, Luo Ran came running in hastily without even changing into her dance costume. She panted and told Bai Songzhe, "Brother Song, Xiao Chong sneaked out of the welfare home! I heard it from the teacher!"
Bai Songzhe frowned for a moment. He stood there in a daze for a moment and asked quickly, "When did it happen?"
"The night before last."
"...I roughly knew where he went. I went out to find him and brought him back. Chen Yonggui was no longer in serious condition. The nursery teacher only punished him."
Luo Ran quickly grabbed Bai Songzhe's arm: "You can't get out."
Bai Songzhe looked back at her: "I sneaked out at night."
He had just taken a few steps forward when Luo Ran's voice came from behind: "Brother Song!"
Bai Songzhe turned around and saw Luo Ran running towards him with an egg in his white and tender little hand. Luo Ran stuffed the egg into his hand and said, "This is for you. Eat it yourself."
At this moment, Bai Songzhe just thought of the kick Xiao Chong gave him three days ago. He said nothing and clenched the egg in his hand.
"Brother Song, when will you come back?"
"Come back after you find Xiao Chong."
After Bai Songzhe finished speaking, he saw Luo Ran looking at him with red eyes, so he opened his arms and hugged the girl. Luo Ran and Xiao Chong have always been the two most important people to him. No matter where he is, he will not abandon any of them.
That night, Bai Songzhe successfully slipped out of the welfare home. He had no money and the welfare home did not allow him to hide any food, so he did not take anything with him except the egg that Luo Ran gave him.
Based on his memory, he walked in one direction from morning till dark. His feet were worn out and he was hungry. He was so tired that he sat on the side of the road, staring in a daze at the people passing by him.
Bai Songzhe knew Xiao Chong before entering the welfare home, but he and Luo Ran met after entering the welfare home.
He and Xiao Chong once swore brotherhood like the characters in The Water Margin and said they wanted to be brothers for life.
He suspected that Xiao Chong had escaped to the reservoir where they had sworn brotherhood before entering the orphanage. The reservoir was full of peach trees, just like the paradise described in the books.
(End of this chapter)
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