In the principal's office of the Xiali Orphanage, Henry, an old police officer in a black police uniform, led a thin, black, and blank-looking child in.

The child's body was dirty, his long, messy hair was like a bird's nest, and his face was black, I don't know if it was originally very dark skin, or it was smeared with a layer of black ash. He curled up in a long black T that was too loose, and this slightly cleaner black T was still the one Sheriff Henry had forced him to change into, and he was forced to change into it.

A millet rat with fur as dirty as his hair poked out a small head from the nest, squeaked twice, and then immediately retracted.

The old principal Taylor, who was downloading the TV series with his personal brain, looked up at the two people who came in, his face changed, and he hurriedly put away his brain. He lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, pushed away the chair and stood up, and said, "It turned out to be Sheriff Henry, please feel free to sit down." ”

"Where's the headmaster busy?" Henry sat down on the leather sofa by the door, leaning comfortably against the soft leather cushions of the sofa.

Principal Taylor coughed twice in embarrassment and replied, "I'm just looking at a few papers." He glanced at the black and thin Asian child standing beside Henry, and all kinds of thoughts turned in his mind, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Sheriff has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, what are you doing today?" ”

Henry was too lazy to play dumb riddles with this old fox, pushed Shen Ling forward, and said, "This child has been wandering on the island for several months, I have investigated, and there is no household registration information. According to the regulations, it is the duty of your orphanage to adopt him until he reaches the age of 20. ”

"This ......," Principal Taylor looked embarrassed, "there are so many children in the yard that there were no beds a few months ago. ”

Sheriff Henry, who had long expected this old fox to react like this, said unhurriedly: "Two days ago, our Chengnan police station caught a burglary thief, Titus, it seems that this is the name. ”

Hearing Henry's name, Principal Taylor's face changed slightly.

"Upon questioning, it seems like he left your orphanage a week ago." Henry's back was off the upholstery and he leaned forward, his piercing eyes staring directly at Principal Taylor. "There are no new children in this time, and I think there should be at least one more bed."

"Don't you say I'll forget about it." Principal Taylor squinted his eyes and smiled, "I have the impression that this kid named Thales did come out of our courtyard. But Sergeant Henry, you don't manage an orphanage of this size, and you don't understand the hardships involved. Taylor sighed, "The children have to pay for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and now the relief funds of the municipal government welfare department are very tight. Isn't the mayor your brother-in-law? You see—"

"Alright, principal, I understand your concerns, this child has already applied for relief from the General Welfare Administration, and his share will be paid on time like everyone else."

As soon as he heard that the relief money had been arranged, Principal Taylor immediately changed into an extremely sincere smile. "Since it was requested by the sheriff, I can't refuse, so we'll accept this kid for the time being." He pressed on a very old telephone beside him, and after a few seconds of "beep" tone, the other end of the phone was connected.

"Teacher Helen, please come to my office."

After a few minutes, the sound of hurried high-heeled shoes stomping on the ground sounded outside the door.

Helen, a stocky governess with an apple-shaped face, knocked on the door of the principal's office, and when answered, she pushed it open and walked in.

"Teacher Helen, come and meet the new members of your class." Principal Taylor raised his hand to introduce Helen to the dark, skinny street child, but found that he didn't even know his name, "What's his name?" He asked Henry.

"Shen Ling, he can write." Henry replied.

In fact, Helen saw Shen Ling when she walked into the principal's office, and immediately understood what the principal meant by asking her to come over.

Her brow furrowed imperceptibly.

Why did such an unclean street child be pushed into their class, she had also seen a few such children in the orphanage, and they were often the masters with eccentric personalities that were not easy to handle. Forget all this, look at the dirt on his body like this, I don't know if there is any mess, in case he has any illness, it will not be good.

Although she was very dissatisfied in her heart, in front of the principal and the elderly police officer, Helen still maintained the demeanor that a teacher should have, and she smiled: "Shen Ling, he is an Asian child, this name is quite good. ”

Sheriff Henry, who is over a hundred years old and has seen all kinds of people, saw the dislike for Shen Ling in Helen's eyes at a glance, he snorted coldly and said, "I hope you can take good care of this child, I still have something to do, so I will leave first." ”

Henry got up and patted Shen Ling on the shoulder. "Little one, I'm gone, remember what I said, a lot of things, you have to grow up to do it."

Shen Ling's eyes flashed because of Henry's words, and he raised his head, which had been lowered, to see Principal Taylor personally send Sheriff Henry away.

After Henry and the Headmaster were gone, the smile on Helen's face collapsed. She rudely pushed Shen Ling and scolded, "What are you doing in a daze, go out!" Probably thinking that Shen Ling was too dirty, Helen took a few pieces of paper from the tissue box on the principal's desk and vigorously wiped the hand that touched Shen Ling before.

Shen Ling staggered, and the millet rat was almost thrown out of his hair. However, it cleverly grabbed Shen Ling's hair with its small claws so that it could not be crushed to death. ╭(╯^╰)╮

Helen took Shen Ling down from the small western-style building where the principal's office was located, and entered a small five-story building next door. The building was very shady, and Helen took Shen Ling up to the fifth floor and stopped in front of the door of a room by the stairs.

When Helen took Shen Ling up the stairs, a group of children, large and small, surrounded her. I don't know if it's because I'm afraid of Helen or Shen Ling's body is too dirty, these children don't dare to get too close, and point at Shen Ling a little farther away, Helen impatiently waved their hands to let them disperse, they laughed and ran away.

Helen knocked on the door, and soon the door was opened from the inside, and it was opened by a tall, handsome boy. Like Shen Ling, he is an Asian boy, with soft black hair and smiling black eyes, and at first glance he looks like a docile old man.

"Teacher Helen." The boy smiled shyly and greeted Helen.

Seeing this boy, Helen, who had been keeping a straight face and not very happy, finally showed a little smile. "Anwen, this child is a new child in our class, his name is Shen Ling, you wait and take him to get daily necessities, and I will say hello to the warehouse." You're the squad leader, so you're going to work hard these days and teach him the rules in the yard, you know? ”

An Wen immediately replied, "Okay, don't worry, teacher." ”

Helen has always been very relieved of An Wen, and after handing over Shen Ling to him, she left the dormitory building.

Helen left, facing Shen Ling, who lowered his head and said nothing, An Wen suddenly felt a little uneasy. There have also been street children in the yard who have been sent over, but these street children who are used to being wild outside are usually sent to the class of the only male teacher in the orphanage, Mr. Arthur, because most of them are thorns. This time, I was assigned to their good baby class, and I really don't know what the teachers think.

"Come in with me." An Wen walked a few steps into the room, and after finding that Shen Ling was still standing motionless, he thought about it and simply grabbed Shen Ling's arm and dragged him in.

The dormitories of the orphanage are all standard quadruple rooms, which are not large, with a small bathroom added to the twenty meters square. There was a large lockable cabinet, four wooden beds, and four tables and chairs, of which the one by the window and the table and chairs next to the bed were empty.

"Would you like to take a shower first? I can lend you my clothes to wear. Anwen asked.

Shen Ling still lowered his head and said nothing.

"Then you can go with me and get something first." An Wen knew that Shen Ling would not move, so he simply took his men downstairs and went to the warehouse at the end of the corridor on the first floor to receive the bedding, basin and other things.

Shen Ling's body was too dirty, An Wen only let him take the basin, lunch box and mat, and went upstairs with two futons and pillows by himself.

Back on the fifth floor, An Wen asked Shen Ling to sit on the empty bed board first, and he went to collect the rest of the sheets, clothes and pants and other miscellaneous items for him.

Before leaving, An Wen persuaded Shen Ling again: "Let's go take a bath, otherwise the canteen master won't allow you to go in later." ”

Shen Ling lowered his head and didn't speak, An Wen smiled stupidly, and when he was about to look away, he accidentally saw a small gray mouse coming out of Shen Ling's head, which frightened him so much that his face turned pale and screamed: "Old ...... Mouse? "Take a few steps back.

Shen Ling glanced up at An Wen when he screamed, and at that moment, he remembered that there was a person who had also screamed loudly because he had seen the dirty little fat for the first time and mistook it for an ordinary mouse.

Chubby slid all the way down from Shen Ling's head, Shen Ling raised his hand to catch the falling Chubby, Chubby stood in Shen Ling's palm, lifting his upper body, grinning at An Wen with his teeth, and screaming "squeak" in his mouth.

I'm not a mouse, I'm a Mickey Mouse! It's a strange beast, it's a strange beast, you know! You stupid mortals! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Looking at the little fat in the palm of his hand, Shen Ling Muran's eyes had a little more tenderness, he put the little fat on his shoulder, turned around and walked into the bathroom.

Shen Ling was willing to take a bath, and An Wen was also relieved, but he didn't understand very much, why would someone keep a mouse as a pet? Is this a special hobby of street children?

Thinking that he might have to share a room with this little mouse in the future, An Wen shuddered, he shook his head, and went downstairs to get the rest of the things for Shen Ling.

The bathroom was very small, and it could only shower, and the hot water fell on his skin, and Shen Ling finally felt as if he was a little angry.

More than half a year ago, Xiao Hei, who woke up on the island, didn't see his master, he went crazy looking for her everywhere, but he searched for a long time, but he didn't find his master. Now the only ones left on the beach are him, Chubby, and Celia is wearing the jade dragon jade pendant for him, hoping that his body can get better soon.

Later, he chose to wait where he was, he believed that Celia would come back, Celia would never abandon him, she would definitely leave with him, as she had once said, and go to the Lord of the Empire, Kamilia, whom he had heard of many times, and make him her bodyguard.

While waiting, he ate small insects caught from the woods on the coast, sour wild fruits picked from the trees, drank simple filtered stream water, and slept just to find a random place to lie on the ground. He hadn't slept well since the day Celia had left, and he always thought that if he hadn't slept so hard that night, he would have known where Celia had gone.

A month passed in a long wait, and his Celia did not return.

The more time passes, the more desperate feelings accumulate in love. One day, Shen Ling suddenly thought about whether Celia had been captured by the bad guys. The first time he saw Celia was when Celia was being tracked by the bad guys, and the bad guys must have known about Celia's whereabouts, so they followed them here and captured his Celia.

He couldn't wait, he had to save Celia!

Shen Ling walked away from the seaside woods and came to Xiali City. He wants to infiltrate the terminal in Xiali City, and there is only one place in his mind where Celia can go, and that is Kamilia, he is going to Kamilia, and he is going to find Celia!

It's just that a city-level terminal like Xiali City, whose economy has been growing steadily, could be simply mixed up by a little kid like Shen Ling. Therefore, every time Shen Ling entered the terminal, he was beaten by the security guards, and then twisted and sent to the police station.

Every day without enough food and clothing, and his consciousness was also chaotic, Shen Ling lived a wandering life in Xiali City for several months. It wasn't until two days ago that he was sent to the police station again because he broke into the terminal, and the words of the old sergeant Henry on duty made him finally give up his fearless resistance and agree to live in the orphanage.

"I don't know why you're doing this, but before you realize your ideas, let's let yourself grow up first, many things can only be done when you grow up."