On an afternoon with soft sunlight, the wound on Ruan Ruan's foot was completely healed.
She has been here for more than twenty days.
On this day, she was washing vegetables by the stream with her children as usual.
Ali squatted beside Ruan Ruan, humming a song that Ruan Ruan had hummed before. Her voice was soft and she laughed from time to time.
A boy with a disabled arm and no palm is using his round "palm" to pick out the small green caterpillars on the leaves.
His name is Dingdang, a name given by Ruan Ruan.
His palms were born with a disability, and they were round, just like Doraemon's. So one afternoon, Ruan Ruan called him, "Ding Dang."
The children in the orphanage have no names.
And because of Ruan Ruan's arrival, most of them have their own names.
Ali is the girl with cleft lip who guides her.
Ruan Ruan never smiles. There is no expression on her face, and her light brown pupils just look at the children quietly.
At first, the children didn't dare to get close to her, thinking that Ruan Ruan's cold face looked a bit fierce.
Only Ali and the nuns are different.
Ali often talks to Ruan Ruan, but Ruan Ruan ignores her most of the time.
But from one day on, there were many more children around her.
Perhaps the children saw that although she didn't talk and didn't like to laugh, she would comb Ali's hair and braid it.
She would not speak on her own initiative, but when the old nun was too old to fetch water, she would silently pick up the bucket and fill the kitchen water tank with water.
When the children couldn't sleep at night, Ali would pester her to tell them stories.
Her tone never fluctuates, and she never laughs, but her voice is very nice, and when she tells stories, she can make children feel the long-lost warmth that belongs to the role of a mother.
Gradually, these children always liked to gather near her and sleep.
Ali was the only child who slept on her arm.
The children didn't know her name, and Ruan Ruan fell silent when asked her name.
Over time, the children stopped calling her by her name and always called her Big Sister.
Because she is the oldest child among the group and has been abandoned by her family.
The eldest sister must have been abandoned by her family, otherwise why hasn't anyone come to look for her for so long?
"Big sister! Look, there's a four-leaf clover here!"
After washing the vegetables, Ali suddenly saw a unique leaf in the grass next to her.
My older sister once told me that finding a four-leaf clover can bring good luck.
At that time, they were curious and asked what a four-leaf clover was.
The elder sister also pointed it out to them.
She said that among these three-leaf grasses, if one leaf has four petals, then that leaf is a four-leaf clover.
Ali was very happy, her cleft lip was wide open and her eyes were curved.
Ruan Ruan looked at her indifferently and nodded.
She turned her head and continued washing the leaves.
A shadow suddenly appeared beside her. Ruan Ruan subconsciously looked up, and there was a hint of imperceptible murderous intent in her eyes.
However, what she saw was a little face with a serious and pious expression.
It’s Ali.
She gently inserted the four-leaf clover into Ruan Ruan's hair.
"Big sister! Good luck to you!"
Ruan Ruan was stunned. She pursed her lips, said nothing, and continued to wash the vegetable leaves with her head down.
That night, when the children and nuns fell asleep, a small creature the size of a palm crawled into Ruan Ruan's palm.
It's Agungmo.
“Biu～biu…”
Agungmo opened and closed his mouth, gesturing with his claws.
Ruan Ruan frowned after hearing this.
"Only two were destroyed? The last statue was not found?"
Agungmo nodded, feeling somewhat lost.
Ruan Ruan lowered her eyes and said nothing.
After a while, Agungmo said another thing.
Ruan Ruan paused, and her face looked a little distorted.
It seems like joy, but also like disgust.
Kenneth, the crown prince of Cassio, took the initiative to break off the engagement with Hermione and chose her.
001, who hadn't been online for a long time, sent out a reminder: "According to the additional tasks of the previous system, completing the wedding date with Kenneth will add 100 points."
Ruan Ruan's lips curled up, but there was no smile on her face: "Yeah."
001 paused and advised, "Kenneth is the crown prince, and he has a very high aura. If you marry him, it means that he has been completely conquered by you."
"With these 100 points I got plus my own points, I can buy a substitute puppet."
"You can no longer be fatally injured. With a substitute puppet, you have an extra life."
Ruan Ruan lowered her eyes: "I know."
She put Agongmo on her shoulder and looked at Ali who was sleeping soundly beside her with a dazed expression.
Ruan Ruan left.
She left a note on the table: I've rested enough and it's time to leave.
Under the moonlight, Ruan Ruan rode on Agongmo, crossed the high palace wall, and returned to her residence.
When Xili saw Ruan Ruan return, her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally relaxed.
She hurried forward and put a coat on Ruan Ruan.
When Xili touched Ruan Ruan's skin, she paused.
How come... it's cold?
She poured Ruan Ruan a cup of hot floral tea with some concern.
Ruan Ruan looked at Xili's dark circles with a faint expression.
Only then did Xili realize what was strange about Ruan Ruan after she came back.
smile.
It's a smile.
In the past, the saint always had a gentle smile on her face, but now, she looked indifferent, like a puppet.
Xili became more and more worried, but just as she was about to ask, Ruan Ruan spoke first: "How is Dennis?"
Xili changed the subject and quickly replied, "The great magician only fully woke up about ten days ago."
"After the great magician woke up..."
Xili bit her lip and said, "I've come to see you several times."
"I stopped him as you instructed."
"Not only the Great Magician, but also Viscount Charles and the Third Prince have come to see you..."
Ruan Ruan raised her eyes and saw Xili's voice getting lower and lower, and suddenly she felt like she didn't want to pretend in front of her anymore.
Thinking of this, Ruan Ruan smiled gently: "You guessed right, I am in a romantic relationship with all three of them."
Celie's eyes widened.
She looked at Ruan Ruan's first smile after she entered the room, and suddenly felt that this kind of thing happening to the saint... didn't seem to be something too strange.
Yes, the Saint did this because she had just arrived in this world and felt somewhat isolated and helpless, so...
Xili frantically made excuses for Ruan Ruan's bad behavior.
Ruan Ruan looked at Xili's expression and suddenly wanted to reveal more.
So he tilted his head and smiled sweetly: "Do you know why I do this?"
Xili pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Because I really enjoy the feeling of being noticed and cared for."
Ruan Ruan's voice was gentle but filled with endless teasing and coldness: "I don't like anyone, and I look down on everyone, but I just want them to be completely devoted to me."
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