"Miss, I'm really sorry, but even if you wait here until it gets dark, Mrs. Green won't see you, so you might as well go." ”

This orphanage covers a large area, the rooms are scattered, the number is very large, and it is impossible to find them one by one, helplessly, I said earnestly: "Shanny, please, for God's sake, the matter is really important, I must ask Mrs. Green face to face, please......"

"I really ......," Sunny had just started to say, when suddenly several children came out of the side door of the orphanage, looking like they had just finished class.

The only children in the whole orphanage are Mrs. Green and Sunny, and Sunny is here, so the person who teaches them should be-

My eyes lit up, and I hurriedly chased in the direction the children were coming, "Sanny, I'm sorry. ”

Ye Ningchen was stunned, and quickly followed my footsteps.

"Hey...... Sunny" Sunny couldn't stop her, so she had to chase after her.

I followed their footsteps up the stairs in the ancient and dim orphanage, and as soon as I reached the second floor, I saw an old lady with gray hair walking slowly from the end of the corridor.

Without further hesitation, I hurriedly stepped forward and said softly and respectfully, "Hello, Mrs. Green. ”

The old lady slowly raised her head, stroked the glasses on the bridge of her nose and looked at me, in the dim corridor, the pale beam of light coming in from the window reflected her old and vicissitudes of life, but the eyebrows and eyes looked very kind.

Before she could react, Ye Ningchen and Shanni chased after her.

"Sorry, Mrs. Greene, they said they had to see you......" Sanny gasped slightly, and gave us a rather disgusted look.

"Oh." Mrs. Green answered, narrowing her eyes slightly. He said slowly, "Madam, sir, is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

"Mrs. Green," I said in a deep voice, "do you know a man named Bella?" ”

"Bella......" Mrs. Green frowned, thinking for a moment, but said, "I'm sorry, I don't know." ”

I was a little stunned. The voice was a little urgent, "Mrs. Green, I am Bella's relative, please tell me-"

"This lady, I don't know the person you're talking about," Mrs. Green interrupted me, "I'm sorry, goodbye." ”

With that, she turned and stepped into the shadows of the hallway.

"Mrs. Green'......"

I'm just about to catch up. Shanni stopped me and Ye Ningchen, "You all heard, Mrs. Green doesn't know the person you are talking about, please two of you." ”

With that, she took one look at us and left.

"Miss, what now?" Ye Ningchen frowned and looked at me.

At this moment, the mobile phone in his pocket rang sharply in the empty corridor. I picked it up, and Phyllis's gentle voice came from the other end of the line. "Miss Liuori, the Si Group called and said that their business manager would be sent to discuss the specific matters of cooperation with you at ten o'clock."

I glanced at my watch, and it was a quarter past nine.

As soon as he raised his gaze, he unexpectedly bumped into the complicated meaning in Ye Ningchen's eyes, like a vague unkindness.

Slightly surprised. I couldn't understand where his hostility came from, and Phyllis, who hadn't received an answer for a long time, asked softly, "Miss Ruori, can you join on time?" ”

"Oh," I said, "yes." I'll be there before ten o'clock. ”

"Okay, I'll tell them to get ready." Phyllis said respectfully.

"Well, I'll see you later." I nodded and hung up.

*

In the colorful suburbs of autumn leaves, the car slowly passed along the path where it came, and Ye Ningchen's speed was extremely stable, not slow, just like his calm and introverted character.

"Can you tell me now? Who the hell is that person. I turned my head to look at the side of his face as he was driving.

"Mademoiselle," he said, looking calmly ahead, without a hint of hesitation, "it is best not to allow yourself to have preconceived impressions until you have found sufficient evidence. ”

I nodded silently.

"Well, at the very least, tell me what the cause of Bella's death has to do with this Lady Green."

He turned the car around and replied: "Bella had a good relationship with this Mrs. Green during her lifetime, Mrs. Green was widowed all the year round, and her strange personality never saw outsiders, so she had almost no friends, Bella's home is in London, you know, and she lives not far from here, so only Bella has come to see her from time to time all these years......"

I bowed my head, "I see." "Mrs. Green's words are indeed false.

He finally turned to me, his eyes filled with solemnity, "Bella had some premonition before the accident, she knew that the man would not let her go, so she left the Furcummings house and lived with Mrs. Green, so to speak, the last days of Bella's life were spent here, she may have left a few words, maybe she left behind something, I guess, must be here with Mrs. Green." ”

At the mention of this, my mood suddenly sank, and I looked out the window of the car at the autumn leaves, and I lost my mind for a moment.

"That's right," he said after a moment of silence, "Nik......"

I snapped back to my senses, "Nik, what?" ”

He looked at me, his voice reassuring, "Nik is fine, miss, don't worry, Young Master Zoxi, in order to make Young Master Si let go of their suspicions, they don't think that you are being coerced, so they didn't imprison Nik, and still let him go to and from class normally, like other children, he was not coerced and wronged in the slightest in his diet and daily life, and I was taking care of him for the first few days, and he was very good." ”

I nodded slowly, my long-held heart relaxed.

"It's just ......," he said, looking at the front of him, embarrassed.

"Just what?" blurted out the question, but I had a hunch in my heart, "It's just that Zoshi still buried a very secret killer around Nik, right?" Hidden to Si Tianzhe, they didn't find out at all? Just in case I will go against his will one day, right? ”

He stared ahead, the silhouette of his side face silent, silent.

I looked at him, a little puzzled in my eyes, "If you tell me this, aren't you afraid that Zosi won't let you go in the future if he finds out?" ”

There was still a deep silence, he only stared at the road ahead, and the whole person seemed to be immersed in boundless silence. I didn't answer for a long time.

*

Now that I knew the direction, I had to pursue it to the end, and the next morning, I rushed to the orphanage on the outskirts of the city.

As soon as you step inside, the dark corridor is filled with the sound of ping-pong hammers and the pungent smell of paint. I followed the sound and saw a room being renovated.

When Sunny, who was painting the wall, she was surprised when she saw me, "Why are you ......?"

"Hello, Sanny." I smiled at her and stepped into the room, feeling uninvited.

At the table by the window, Mrs. Green, who was busy, looked up and saw me, she was also slightly stunned, she put down the tools in her hand and walked over slowly. "This young lady, I already said yesterday, I really don't know the person you mentioned, you still ......"

"You ...... Do it all yourself? "I was amazed at three or two teenage boys nailing planks on one side, a couple of younger girls unskillfully dumping paint from buckets on the other, and three or five children ping-pong something on the wall. The whole house, both adults and children, was actually from the orphanage.

Or rather. Only these people in orphanages.

I couldn't help but interrupt her, "Why don't you hire some workers to fix it?" Rely on these children ......"

"Miss," said Mrs. Green, smiling, as if disdainful of my surprise, "the orphanage is short of funds, and we would rather save a little more money to feed the children better." If you can do this kind of thing yourself, of course, you have to do it yourself...... I'm sorry, I can't accompany you, please. With that, she turned back to the window and went on busy.

My gaze slowly wandered around the room. Looking at the busy children, the youngest of them may be as young as five years old.

Yes, although I can't get freedom, I have been lacking in food, clothing, housing and transportation since I was a child, where would I have thought that there is such a corner of the world that needs to be cared for by the sun, where people live in the shadows far from the glitz and glitz of the city, and even food and clothing are a problem, they have to do everything by themselves, and their small bodies bear a disproportionate weight.

I thought of Nik, who had lost his loved ones and was in the world, and his eyes suddenly became sour.

Casually putting down my bag, I reached out and took the paint bucket that the child was carrying crookedly, "Sister, come." ”

Putting the paint bucket down, I picked up the tools and looked at Sanny carefully for a moment before I straightened my arm from the top of a wall and painted it from top to bottom.

Mrs. Green walked over and gently touched my shoulder, "These are not things that a lady like you can do, please go back." ”

"How do you know if you don't give it a try?" I smiled slightly, "Besides, it is the responsibility of the whole society to take care of these orphans, and I admire you for your selfless adoption and care for them, so please let me do something for them." ”

She was still a little skeptical, "Miss, it's useless for you to do this, I never knew the person you said, and I can't help you at all." ”

I smiled to myself, "Don't worry, I'm not doing this to get anything out of you, I'm just trying to do my part." With that, I continued my hand movements, busily under Mrs. Green's slightly suspicious gaze.

I had never done such physical work, even during the days when I was on the run, and it seemed like I had exhausted most of my strength in this half day.

It was nearly noon, and I rubbed my sore arm and said goodbye to Mrs. Green, "I have something to do, I'll help you tomorrow, goodbye." ”

Mrs. Green looked at me with a complicated gaze for a long time, but she didn't say much, but said indifferently: "Goodbye." ”

*

Since joining the family business, I've been working late into the night so I can spend less time at home and avoid Zosi as much as possible.

Tonight was busy until late, and I dragged my tired body into the hall of the mansion, and the physical exertion of the day made me even more tired than usual. Tomorrow is going to continue, I take a deep breath and step up the stairs. (To be continued......)

PS: Warning: Let's have some sweetness in the next chapter~ ^_^