Chapter 140: Furious
The floor where the archives were stored was dark, and sunlight could not reach this gloomy room.
After opening it, a musty smell hit her nose. Xu Yangyang covered her nose and watched her aunt take out a brown paper bag that looked like it had just been sealed from a pile of file bags.
"Xiaohua's file is right here. If you don't believe me, take a good look."
The aunt opened it in front of Xu Yangyang in a somewhat annoyed manner. The two thin pieces of paper represented Xiaohua's entire life.
On the A4 paper, it was clearly written that Xiaohua had been adopted, and there was also a stamp and a photo of Xiaohua on it.
With the help of the dim light, Xu Yangyang could see Xiaohua's appearance clearly.
He was as thin as the other children here, perhaps even thinner. There was no smile on his face, and his big eyes stood out because of his thinness, making him look a little scary.
"Is this Xiaohua?" Xu Yangyang frowned and asked, "Why does she look so thin?"
"She has a good personality. Although she's very thin and looks scary, she has a good foundation. She's sure to be a beauty when she grows up." Auntie said as she put Xiaohua's file away. "So when the couple saw Xiaohua, they liked her very much and took her away immediately."
The aunt looked very calm, but Xu Yangyang could tell from her anxious movements that Xiaohua had not been adopted at all and was probably still being kept somewhere by them.
Xu Yangyang did not dwell too much on Xiaohua's affairs, but followed her aunt out of the archives room.
"The environment here is really bad. No wonder the children don't look well."
Xu Yangyang had finally come here, so how could she leave against her aunt's wishes? She felt that this place was very big and suitable for hiding people. Maybe Xiaohua was in this place, otherwise her aunt would not have locked it.
"Because there is no money, the director has spent all the money on the children, so there is no money left to renovate the equipment of the orphanage."
In my aunt's words, the dean seemed too majestic, even like a saint, and was incomparably kind to children.
If Xu Yangyang had not seen the scars on the children's bodies, she might have really believed what she said.
"Then what about your salaries? Won't the dean pay you?"
Xu Yangyang tried every means to delay time and also wanted to find out the origins of these two aunts.
After all, these two aunts were also very cruel to the children. As the saying goes, people of the same kind tend to share the same affinities. These two women are probably birds of a feather as the dean!
"We all live here, and we don't have many expenses. We don't mind if the dean can't pay the salary occasionally."
The aunt also described herself as great, and after seeing the sympathy and pity on Xu Yangyang's face, she felt relieved.
At least the woman in front of them seemed easy to deceive. If that was the case, their lies might not have been exposed by the couple.
For the current welfare home, Xu Yangyang and his wife are actually very difficult to deal with. If they can really be sent away with a child, it doesn’t matter if they can’t get any money in return.
Of course, this is just something Auntie is thinking about. The real decision-making power still lies in the hands of the dean.
Seeing Xu Yangyang's curiosity about everything, the aunt thought of the dean's words and warned, "Don't be fooled by how shabby this place is. It actually covers a large area and there are abandoned buildings behind it. Please don't wander around."
Xu Yangyang became curious now: "It's actually this big, it looks like it can be used in many places."
Auntie smiled without saying anything, left the house with Xu Yangyang and locked the door.
Xu Yangyang observed the key and followed her aunt to the children's activity room.
The children here were very lively after the aunt left, but after the aunt and Xu Yangyang came back, they behaved well again and seemed to be very afraid of the aunt.
After staying here for a while, Xu Yangyang stretched and said to the aunt, "There are so many children here. I'll go back and rest for a while. We'll talk about it at dinner tonight."
The aunt nodded and watched Xu Yangyang leave. After she really returned to her room, she came to where the dean was.
The dean's office was completely different from the outside. It was filled with landscape paintings and various decorative luxury items. He was currently wiping his most precious purple clay teapot. When he saw the aunt come in, he didn't even raise his head.
"Did they choose the child?"
"No, that Ms. Xu also wants to find Xiaohua." The aunt diligently explained to the dean the process of Xu Yangyang looking for Xiaohua.
"Those kids' mouths should be sewn shut. They're like colanders. No matter how many times I tell them to, they'll tell everyone else!"
The dean was so angry that his hands were shaking, and the purple clay teapot fell to the ground with a crisp shattering sound.
The dean was even angrier now. He stood up and walked over to Auntie, "Who said that? Arrest him! I'm going to give him a few slaps in the face!"
All the children here become punching bags when the dean is angry, and some have even been seriously injured by the dean!
"I don't know either, but I saw Yunyun and Ms. Xu together before, so I think maybe she said it." The aunt shuddered and hurriedly pulled someone to take the blame in order to prevent the dean's fist from falling on her.
"Yunyun? That child is indeed smart. Initially, I was planning to let Mr. Xu adopt her. It seems that the beating she received after escaping with Chenchen and being caught wasn't enough!"
The dean took out a whip from the drawer and walked out angrily: "Where is Yunyun?"
"In the old place. After I found her with Ms. Xu, I took her out of the lounge." The aunt did not intend to stop them because she knew that if she tried to stop them, the whip would fall on her.
The children here are all poor bastards who are not loved by their parents. They are just commodities for them to make money. It is not worth it to sacrifice yourself for the life and death of a few commodities!
Walk along the yard to a hidden corner, where there is a rusty iron door. When it is opened, there is a long black passage.
This welfare home was once prosperous, and many of its buildings were abandoned after the director took over.
At the beginning, the director took over the welfare home for the sake of social welfare money. Later, he found that the money from buying and selling children was far higher than the money from embezzling social donations, so he came up with a bad idea.
At that time, the entire welfare home had no money for maintenance, and the staff left one after another. Only these two aunts who were of the same ilk as the director stayed here to maintain the operation of the welfare home.
Opening a tightly closed door, the dean glared at the children huddled in the corner and pulled Yunyun out of the crowd. "You're really brave! You're not giving up and you still want to help others leave here?"
Yunyun was pulled by the dean's hair, her face covered in tears: "Dean, I didn't say anything, I didn't do anything, I don't know anything!"
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