Chapter 7: The House of Hope

Hearing the familiar cry for help behind him, Dick understood what was going on in an instant with the information in his head. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Trench Orphans refer to those orphans from the lower classes of Zuan, and this large number of orphans not only makes Zuan a mess, but some of them will also come to Piltover in some special unconventional ways to run around this rich city. Of course, while Piltover was collecting all sorts of talking points, they always took something away from the wealthy Pichengff by the way, and they called it oiling.

Seeing the fat wealthy merchant of Picheng writhing his oily body towards him, Dick felt a sense of nostalgia in his heart for no reason. A year ago, when he was just admitted to the Academy of Science and Technology and Magic, due to the inertia of the identity of an orphan in the gutter, when he saw this type of leather city guy on the street, he always couldn't help but want to smear some oil on him......

"Whew...... Call...... The hateful gutter orphan, the lowly Zuan bastard like a mouse, returned Uncle Reuben's silver wheel, damn it, my poor money bag was actually scratched by you stinky boy, do you know what it's worth? ”

The fat rich merchant burst into foul language, reaching out and grabbing the skinny boy behind Dick.

With a snap, Dick easily grabbed his stout wrist, and with a little force, the fat rich merchant sweated in pain, and his threatening eyes turned into begging for mercy.

"Although it is true that it is wrong to steal your things, but you threaten a child so much, and even have a deep disrespect for Zuan in your words, I don't think you have the right to punish a child without permission."

The rich merchant obviously didn't buy Dick's words, and after scanning Dick's outfit with vicious eyes, he said, "Hmph, Uncle Reuben advises you not to meddle in your affairs, if you think ...... Yes! ”

Dick didn't want to be verbose with him, so he pulled the fat rich merchant past him and pushed him towards the railing of the bridge, and with a little force, his whole body fell out of the bridge, leaving only air between him and Zaun hundreds of meters away. Of course, Dick's right hand was firmly gripping his right leg, and he wouldn't get himself into big trouble for such a small matter, but it didn't matter if he threatened and intimidated him a little.

"Ah...... Don't! The rich merchant obviously didn't expect Dick to be so ruthless, and although he knew that Dick was intimidating him, he didn't want to gamble with his body.

"If you sincerely apologize to the poor kid next to you, I think he will forgive you." Dick stretched his right hand slightly under the bridge, and the frightened wail of the rich merchant rang out in his ears.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Poor Ruben knew he was wrong......"

Hearing his plea for mercy, the thin boy who was hiding behind Dick immediately cheered, laughed with the four children who also appeared at some point, and asked the wealthy merchant of Picheng, who was completely frightened: "Poor Reuben, I seem to have heard the word silver wheel in your mouth just now, did I hear it wrong?" ”

"Ah, no, no, you must have heard it wrong, Ruben never brings money when he goes out, I don't know what a silver wheel!"

Looking at the group of jubilant children in front of him, Dick pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, and with a little force in his hand, he lifted the fat rich merchant up and threw it on the ground. Originally, he wanted to threaten, but unexpectedly, this leather city guy actually got up after landing on the ground, and then ran away without even saying a word of cruelty, and the speed was obviously disproportionate to his fat body.

Run, run, Dick turned his head to look at the five children who had quieted down beside him, thinking that they must have come up by screaming before, so his eyes were a little serious, and he deliberately lowered his tone, and said, "Nick, it must be you who led the way, did you pick up the screams again?" You should know ......"

"Brother Dick!" One of the five, a slightly older child, immediately interrupted Dick, "Has Brother Dick become as verbose as Mother Eletty?" Damn, I still thought that when I grew up, I would be able to be admitted to the Academy of Science and Technology and Magic like Brother Dick, but I didn't expect that it would be a place to turn warriors into aunts, woo, give us back our Brother Dick......"

Immediately, the five children whimpered and wept together, wiping away non-existent tears while staring at Dick with all his embarrassment.

"Alright, alright, I knew you wouldn't listen to me, a bunch of clever imps!" Dick had no choice but to give up the senseless preaching, and through the memory in his head, he knew what kind of image he was in the eyes of this group of children. If it was Dick in the past, he would only take them with him to scream, where would he teach them to stay away from that dangerous game.

Screaming is one of the many rituals that Zaun's children have to go through, and while these rituals are often sinister, they can only prove that they are unprovoked street kids. Maybe the more you know, the more you fear, even the old Dick, as he grew older, he hadn't been exposed to the dangerous game of screaming for years. Of course, he always maintained a disdainful appearance in front of the children.

Scream, the name of a Hex-pressure transporter, is a large vehicle between Zaun and Piltover, and is usually used by Zaun residents to get to Piltover. Of course, the orphans who wander the streets of Zu'an are not qualified to ride it, but hardship will never defeat the tenacious Zu'an, so some of these children with unusual courage have come up with a unique method - picking up the scream.

As the name suggests, it means to hitchhike on the scream. What's special about this method is that it's exciting and dangerous, and it's usually only done by kids who are both strong and courageous.

Dick looked at the five children beside him who couldn't be tied to the strong in any way, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Forget it, I'll definitely sue Mother Elody anyway, but I guess you definitely won't care about cleaning the house for a month." ”

The children were just about to launch a pretending to be pitiful, but Dick stretched out his hand, pointed to the pile of fruit that had been placed on the ground before, and said, "Well, everything has been lifted, no one is allowed to eat it secretly, and you must wait until you return to the Hope House before you can start, you know?" ”

"Yay, long live Brother Dick!"

The children were excited, scrambling to help carry the fruit, and no one ate it. In fact, the wealth they harvest in Piltover ends up being shipped back to the House of Hope, which is one of the reasons why Mother Eleti can feed so many children on her own.

The children at Hope House are very sensible.

Dick couldn't take the academy elevator with a few children, so he had to take them to the Scream, which was a lot of money for him, but he was also very satisfied looking at the excited faces of the children.

"Wow, I didn't expect the screaming inside to be so calm, I thought it would be as strong as the wind outside! You know, I had to use all my strength to barely hold on to the baroque grid on top of the cockpit! Sitting on the fluffy couch, Nick swayed from side to side as if he had a thorn in his buttocks.

"Yes, yes, Grant on Anxiang Street doesn't dare to scream, and he always shows off in front of us that he sat with his uncle a few years ago, hum, I have to discuss it with him when I go back." A kid who buried himself in the couch said, "A few years ago, the scream must have been a hard seat. ”

Looking at the smiling faces on the children's faces, Dick was in a surprisingly good mood.

It took some time for Scream to reach Zaun, and Dick and the children walked out of Scream. Feeling the unique air quality of Zuan again, Dick frowned slightly, although he was determined to set foot in the entire Runeterra, but Zuan's environment really needed to be improved.

However, this is not something that a small soldier can handle.

Descending all the way, Dick and the children soon reached the lower area of Zaun, which was full of stagnant waste water and the smell was extremely pungent, and Dick endured mental discomfort and quickly entered a crack in the mountain wall.

Inside the crack, there is a fairly clean house, which is the place where his body grew up, the house of hope.