The afternoon sun was strong, there was not a single wind flowing in the air, and the weather was too hot.

Ning Tao was eating a bowl of fried rice noodles in a rice noodle shop while looking at the neighborhood across the road.

This neighborhood is called Happy Community. There are more than a dozen brick and concrete buildings on a very small piece of land, and there is very little greenery, many of the walls are cracked, and the construction quality is poor.

The happy community is the resettlement community of the villagers in the village that Jiang Yilong forcibly demolished, Jiang Yilong demolished their homes, but only gave them a pitiful compensation for the demolition, and then coaxed them to take out their savings to buy a house in the happy community. This one bought and sold, Jiang Yilong made a lot of money, but it hurt these villagers.

A young girl walked into the snack shop and ordered a bowl of rice noodles.

Ning Tao glanced at the girl. The girl is about eighteen or nineteen years old, her face is elegant and delicate, especially her eyes, which are very dark. She wore a thin cotton T-shirt and a pair of short hot pants, her snow-white thighs exposed to the air, and her whole body exuded youthful vitality and seductive factor.

The girl glared at Ning Tao fiercely, as if she was dissatisfied with him looking at her.

Ning Tao retracted his gaze and got up to pay the boss who was cooking rice noodles. When the boss gave him change, he secretly said in his heart: "It's not a way to go on like this, I only have a few hundred dollars in savings, and the clinic doesn't make money, but I have to eat, and I have to find a way to make money." ”

"Little brother, doesn't it taste good?" The owner of the snack shop couldn't help but ask when he saw Ning Tao's sad face.

Ning Tao put away the change that the boss was looking for, and said casually: "No, it tastes good, you are busy." ”

The owner of the snack shop said politely: "Haole, come and take care of my business in the future." ”

Ning Tao returned to the table where he had just sat down, but when he was about to take his small medicine box, he found that his small medicine box was gone, and the girl was gone. He followed the road outside the store, but the road was empty, and there was not even a ghost.

At this time, the owner of the snack shop came over with a bowl of boiled rice noodles, with a stunned expression, "Where are the people?"

Ning Tao asked, "Boss, do you know that girl just now?"

The owner of the snack shop said depressedly: "I don't know, it's really unlucky, you can't make jokes like this, is it easy for me to run this small business?"

This is a thief.

Ning Tao's nose moved, and he quickly locked on to the girl's scent. He walked out of the snack shop and followed the scent left by the girl.

It's a suburb of a mountain town, in a remote location, with roads but no buses. The girl came on foot, without any means of transportation. Based on these two points alone, Ning Tao could determine that she lived in the vicinity, and it would not be too far away.

When the scorching sun was overhead, Ning Tao was dizzy from the sun, and he was also very angry, "I'm so poor, you still steal me, I have to let you enjoy the sunbathing if you catch you!"

More than ten minutes later, the road came to an end, and a dilapidated two-story building came into Ning Tao's sight. In front of the building is a courtyard and a large rusty iron gate with a plaque reading "Sunshine Orphanage" on the lintel.

The girl's scent entered the iron gate, and her scent was everywhere in the yard and in the building.

"Is she an orphan?" this situation surprised Ning Tao, and he reached out and knocked on the door.

Knock knock!

Ning Tao didn't use much strength to knock on the door, but the dilapidated iron door made a very loud sound.

"Who?" came a childish voice, and the sound of slippers walking.

The iron door opened, and a little girl stood behind the door and looked at Ning Tao with curious eyes. The little girl looked like she was about six or seven years old, wearing a large boy's undershirt that covered almost her entire body, and her face was dirty.

"Uncle, who are you looking for?" asked the little girl in a childish voice.

Ning Tao squatted in front of the little girl, smiling, "Little sister, what's your name?"

The little girl said, "My name is Li Xiaoyu and I am six years old this year. ”

Ning Tao gently touched Li Xiaoyu's head and said gently: "Xiaoyu is really good, I came to find a big sister, she has a pair of very beautiful eyes, she lives here, Xiaoyu, can you take me to her?"

Li Xiaoyu tilted her head and said, "Uncle, are you looking for Sister Su Ya?"

Ning Tao smiled, "Well, I'm just looking for Sister Su Ya." ”

Li Xiaoyu said: "Uncle, come in, I'll take you there." ”

Ning Tao entered the door, and Li Xiaoyu pushed the iron door with her small hands to close the door, but she was too small and pushed very hard.

"I'll help you. Ning Tao stretched out his hand to help Li Xiaoyu close the big iron door.

Li Xiaoyu walked in front to lead the way, and said: "Uncle, this is an orphanage, we are all orphans, you can donate some money to us ......" She glanced back at Ning Tao, and then added, "No money, clothes and food are fine." ”

Xiao Yu's little eyes made Ning Tao feel a little speechless, "Uncle will buy candy for Xiao Yu later." ”

Li Xiaoyulu smiled happily, "Thank you, uncle, I want to eat potato chips and chocolate!

She's really righteous, and she started to summon her friends before she could use the candy.

A large group of children ran out of different rooms, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded Ning Tao, stretching out their dirty little hands one by one to ask for candy. They are all very young, the youngest is only three or four years old, and the oldest is only ten years old. Their clothes were tattered and dirty, and there was a little boy who was even wearing a girl's skirt, which was so pitiful.

Ning Tao's heart was sour, he took out all the money on his body and put it in Li Xiaoyu's hands, "That's all there is on your uncle's body, it's all for you, take it to buy delicious food for your friends." ”

"Uncle, you are so good, thank you uncle, I'll take my uncle to Sister Su Ya first. Li Xiaoyu's little mouth was very sweet, she held the hundred and ten yuan in her hand tightly, and then led Ning Tao to a tiled house on the side of the building.

A large group of children followed, noisy and bouncing, happier than Children's Day.

When approaching the tiled house, Ning Tao glanced up at the rooftop of the building, but only glanced at it, and when Li Xiaoyu pushed open the door of the tiled house and entered the house, he also walked in.

Entering the house, Ning Tao saw a woman lying on the bed, about sixty years old, with a pale face and oily hair, who had probably not been washed for a long time. On a small table next to the bed was a bowl of brown medicinal soup, and a sand pot for boiling medicine, which contained most of the jar of medicinal residue. On the small table was a bunch of boxes of Western medicine, as well as a plastic work tag with her photo and name. Her name is Zhou Yufeng, and she is the director of the Sunshine Orphanage.

There was an electric fan in one corner of the room, and it was whirring and fanning, but it was still very hot in the room. The most valuable thing in the whole house is probably a Changhong brand TV, but it is not LCD, it is old and old, and there are a few flies perched on the dirty screen.

Zhou Yufeng closed his eyes, as if he didn't notice that someone was coming in the room.

The girl wasn't in the house.

Ning Tao's gaze fell on Zhou Yufeng's face, and in his sight, a cloud of colorful qi was permeated around Zhou Yufeng's body, and different colors corresponded to different organs. Hundreds of scents also poured into his nostrils, including the smell emanating from Zhou Yufeng's internal organs.

It was this look, as soon as he smelled it, in just a few seconds, Ning Tao had already grasped Zhou Yufeng's condition. She had cirrhosis of her liver and symptoms of ascites. This kind of disease can afford to go to a big hospital for a liver transplant and survive, but she obviously does not have this kind of financial conditions.

"Strange, Sister Su Ya was still in the house just now, where did she go?" Li Xiaoyu looked left and right, with a strange expression.

Ning Tao said: "Your sister Su Ya is on the rooftop, you go and tell her, I want to talk to her." Then he added, "Well, you ask her to bring my box, and I can treat Aunt Zhou." ”

Li Xiaoyu said curiously: "Uncle, are you a doctor?"

Ning Tao smiled and nodded, "Well, let's go." ”

"Uncle, can you cure the dean's mother-in-law?" Li Xiaoyu asked again.

Ning Tao said: "Yes, go quickly." ”

"Great, I'll call Sister Su Ya right away!" Li Xiaoyu turned around and ran out the door.

Ning Tao came to the bedside, and subconsciously wanted to take out the ledger bamboo slips to measure Zhou Yufeng's merits, only to remember that the ledger bamboo slips were packed in a small medicine box, and it had been stolen by the beautiful female thief named Su Ya.

At this time, Zhou Yufeng, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes, she looked at Ning Tao, and said in a weak voice: "Young man, I heard the conversation between you and Xiaoyu...... Ahem......"

Ning Tao leaned over to the bed and said with concern: "Auntie, you speak slowly, don't worry about anything, I'm not a bad person." ”

"Suya is not a bad girl...... She, she stole for the children in the orphanage...... Don't sue her...... Don't hurt her...... I beg you......" Zhou Yufeng struggled to get up.

Ning Tao hurriedly reached out and pressed her shoulder, "Auntie, don't worry, I won't hurt her, please rest assured." ”

In fact, without Zhou Yufeng helping Su Ya say good things, Ning Tao already had his own judgment based on what he saw and felt in this orphanage. The girl named Su Ya stole not for herself, but for the poor children in the orphanage, as well as Dean Zhou, who was sick in bed, she was a kind-hearted "thief".

"Uncle, I've found Sister Su Ya!" Li Xiaoyu ran in from the door, the expression on her face as if she had completed an important task.

Ning Tao turned around, not only saw Li Xiaoyu but also saw Su Ya, she was the girl she met in the snack shop. She stood outside the door, holding his small medicine box in her hand, her face looking a little nervous.

"You ......" Su Ya wanted to say something, but only said one word.

"Auntie, you take a rest first, and I'll come back when Su Ya and I go out to talk. Ning Tao walked towards Su Ya.

Zhou Yufeng sighed and didn't say anything.

"Uncle, can I go to the commissary with my friends to buy candy?" asked Li Xiaoyu following Ning Tao's footsteps.

Ning Tao stretched out his hand and patted her little head, and said with a smile: "Of course." ”

Li Xiaoyu ran away.

Su Ya nagged, "You know how to eat, be careful when crossing the street." ”

Li Xiaoyu turned around and stuck out her tongue at Su Ya, "Slightly!"

Ning Tao was amused by her, but he didn't know why he had a heavy feeling in his heart.