In the height of summer, the chirping of cicadas can be quite irritating.
Inside the Songshan Orphanage, the director stared at the financial statements in front of him, tugging at his dwindling hair.
If this continues, the orphanage will simply be unable to survive.
I'm determined to get rid of Qiqi today, no matter what!
Just then, a series of cheerful footsteps sounded.
Immediately afterwards, a lovely little girl rushed in.
"Grandpa Dean, what can I do for you?"
The adorable baby voice instantly melted the previously stern-faced dean's heart, bringing a loving smile to his face.
"Qiqi is here!" The director looked at the delicate and well-behaved little girl in front of him, who looked like a porcelain doll, and smiled. "Qiqi, another uncle and aunt are coming to the orphanage to adopt a child today. Can you listen to Grandpa Director and behave well? Don't be naughty and say those strange and impolite things?"
Qiqi suddenly appeared at the gate of the orphanage three months ago.
The little girl is adorable, with big, dark eyes like black grapes. When she looks at people with those pleading eyes, she can melt anyone's heart.
A child like this should have been adopted very quickly.
Indeed, after Qiqi arrived, several couples came to the facility to adopt children, and they all took a liking to Qiqi at first sight.
But for some reason, the usually well-behaved and obedient child suddenly pointed at someone and accused them of being a human trafficker who was trying to kidnap and sell children.
This means that the person has malicious intentions and adopts the child in order to find a suitable kidney to transplant into their own biological child.
The result was that everyone was thoroughly offended, and they all left in a huff.
Fewer and fewer couples have been visiting their orphanage to see the children lately. If this continues, the director is really worried that no one will come to adopt the children from their orphanage in the future.
It wouldn't have been a problem if no one adopted them. The orphanage received donations from kind-hearted people and support from the government, so raising a group of children was not an issue.
But... Qiqi really can eat too much!
This petite little girl can eat the equivalent of six or seven adults' meals in one sitting.
In just three months, the orphanage has already been severely over budget and is unable to make ends meet!
If this continues, she'll bankrupt the entire orphanage.
"But Grandpa Dean, Qiqi didn't lie! Those are bad people!" Qiqi blinked her big eyes, her little face full of seriousness.
She was a patriarch of the Xuanmen sect; she could tell at a glance that those people were bad guys who were trying to deceive the children in the orphanage.
The dean didn't want to argue with a three-year-old girl about this issue; he just wanted to get rid of this "hot potato" as soon as possible.
"Okay, Grandpa Dean believes you." The dean said in a coaxing tone, "Then, Qiqi, can you promise Grandpa Dean you won't talk about it today?"
Qiqi pouted, knowing that Grandpa Dean didn't actually believe her at all, and felt a little sad.
But I also know that I am just a three-and-a-half-year-old child, and it is understandable that they do not believe me.
Who would have thought that the body of a three-and-a-half-year-old child housed the soul of a failed immortal cultivator from the Xuanmen sect?
She wouldn't believe it if she hadn't experienced it herself.
But none of that mattered. What saddened her even more was that the orphanage was so poor that she couldn't even afford a full meal.
She has never had enough to eat since she arrived at the orphanage.
Life is not easy, the old man sighed.
Just then, there was a big bad wolf, the headmaster, trying to coax her, Little Red Riding Hood: "If Qiqi behaves well today and doesn't cause trouble, Grandpa Headmaster will give Qiqi a reward, okay?"
"Can I eat meat as much as I want as a reward?" The little girl's eyes sparkled with longing when she heard the word "meat."
Dean: ...
My little darling, I can't accept your 'whatever' attitude!
The dean's smile faltered for a moment, but he quickly recovered and said, "If the uncles and aunts who come later like you and take you home, then Qiqi will be able to eat meat every day from now on."
"Eat however you want! Eat as much as you want!"
The couple coming today are the president and his wife of the Ji Group.
I heard that the couple really wanted a daughter, but they had six sons in a row.
Furthermore, when she gave birth to her sixth son, Madam Ji suffered a serious injury and was unable to conceive again.
That's why they wanted to adopt a daughter to make up for their regret.
If Qiqi could catch their eye and become the daughter of the Ji family, she would not only have meat to eat, but also endless wealth and luxury for the rest of her life.
Upon hearing the dean's words, Qiqi's eyes lit up instantly!
Wow, can I eat meat as much as I want?
This temptation is just too great!
Or... should we just bear with it today?
Even if the other party is a bad person, she won't say anything. She'll wait for them to take her away first and give her a good meal before saying anything.
Anyway, even if she only has one-thousandth of her ability left, ordinary people can't hurt her.
However, if the other person is a good person, then...
"Grandpa Director, do they have money?" She hadn't forgotten that she was destined to be poor, and the orphanage was getting poorer and poorer, partly because of her fate. "If they don't have money, Qiqi can't go with them."
She wouldn't want to harm a pair of innocent, kind people just to eat meat.
The thought that the other party might not be able to withstand her destiny, and that the prize she was about to win would fly away, filled Qiqi with sadness.
Qiqi said this for the other person's own good, but the dean misunderstood that she was materialistic and snobbish at such a young age, and immediately scolded her with a stern face.
"Qiqi, did Grandpa Dean tell you that you shouldn't be too materialistic and that you shouldn't measure everything by money?"
The old director said solemnly, “Regardless of whether the uncles and aunts who come have money or not, they are willing to give unfamiliar children a home and love and care for them. They are very kind people and deserve our respect and gratitude.”
"We shouldn't look down on their kindness, you know?"
Qiqi: ……
Okay, I forgot that Grandpa Dean didn't know she was destined to be poor, so he couldn't understand what she meant.
But Qiqi couldn't explain this kind of thing.
So all he could do was obediently apologize: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Dean, I know I was wrong."
She'll decide for herself later; if the uncles and aunts who come have bad luck, she won't go with them.
To avoid harming anyone, Grandpa Dean would definitely be heartbroken.
The dean, unaware of Qiqi's thoughts, felt a pang of heartache seeing her hanging her head dejectedly, looking as if she knew she had done something wrong.
He quickly patted her head and smiled kindly: "Qiqi is still young, it's normal that she doesn't understand. Grandpa Director didn't blame you. Besides, our Qiqi is very well-behaved, the uncles and aunts who come later will definitely like Qiqi very much."
Qiqi skipped and hopped out of the director's office, just about to go to the cafeteria to see if there were any snacks to fill her stomach, when she saw a low-key yet luxurious black private car slowly stop in front of the orphanage.
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