After the troublemakers finished speaking, they got up and ran away with a puff of smoke.

When Yuko returned to the small room, she took Sally in her arms and comforted her that she was okay.

"Machines, robots, my friend, have been snatched away......" Sally said with tears in her voice.

Yuko took a closer look, and sure enough, the robot doll that she had been holding in her arms before was gone.

As soon as she guessed, she knew that it might have been the troublemakers who had just done it, so she went downstairs in a rage and made a big fuss in the hall of the orphanage's cafeteria.

In the end, she snatched back the scarred robot doll from some hippie-smiling boys.

Yuko thought it was strange, why didn't the director of the orphanage come out to stop such a thing from happening? Why doesn't Sally have any friends in this orphanage?

At this time, she saw the chubby girl with a freckled face in the corner of the hall, and pulled her over and asked her:

"A few weeks ago, I saw you talk to Sally occasionally, and you told me about Sally's room, which shows that you don't hate Sally that much. Why don't you be friends with her and help her? ”

"Because people don't play with her, if I insist on playing with her, I'll be on the opposite side of everyone, and everyone will treat me like they did Sally." The freckled fat girl shivered.

Yuko pursed her lips, but she couldn't say anything to blame the fat girl.

Although Yuko is young, she still reads some books.

Being isolated from a "group" is a terrible thing.

In group activities, in order to maintain internal unity and cohesion, it is common to set up an "enemy" externally.

In the small group of orphanages, there is no doubt that Sally, who is naturally not good at talking to people and does not seem to like the director, has become the "enemy" they use to maintain their unity.

When this small group was idle and had nothing to do, they used to quarrel with each other, but now everyone just bullied Sally to pass the time.

When the strong bully the weak within the group, the weak only mutter, "No matter how good I am, I'm better than Sally, she's an abandoned baby, and even the dean doesn't want to see her." ”

"yes, it seems like that." Everyone agreed, and then the contradiction was smoothly transferred.

In this way, Sally is such a useful "tool", strong boys can use her to pass the time, and weak girls can use her as a shield.

Yuko doesn't know what to say to the freckle girl.

No, she felt that the fundamental problem was still with the female dean, that is, she allowed this atmosphere to spread.

Children, especially orphans, can understand the lack of education and ignorance since childhood, are you an adult who is ignorant and do not know how to educate children?

Yuko thought angrily.

She shook the robot doll in her hand and said to the little guy in the cafeteria hall, "Listen, if anyone dares to snatch a toy from Sally in the future, just wait and see!" ”

Glared at by Yuko's tiger-like eyes, the little boys pursed their lips disdainfully, but did not speak.

Yuko returns to the small room with the doll and puts it back in Sally's hand.

"Thank you~" The muscles on Sally's face twitched, and she tried to make some pleasant expressions, such as smiling or something, but failed.

Yuko has a heartache in her heart, "difficulty accurately perceiving and expressing emotions", which is one of the typical symptoms of autism, so she finds that Sally's symptoms seem to be more severe.

"Now, Yuko, you said earlier that you would add a soul to this robot and let it talk to me, right, so that I can have friends while you're away."

"Right...... However, I am not good at learning, so I haven't done it well yet. "Yuko is a little embarrassed.

Sally suddenly said again, "Yuko, you once said that robots can laugh...... So, will it cry? Is the liquid it sheds really tears? ”

Yuko was stunned, to be honest, she felt that Sally was not in a good state, and the question of why she was concerned was getting stranger and stranger.

But she replied, "Yes, with a soul, its joys, sorrows, and sorrows are real, and its tears are naturally real." If you will, I'll name this soul. ”

"Tears of Truth...... What a nice name......"

Sally looked at the little robot in her arms, "I've been laughing and crying since I was very young, if only it could do these things for me." ”

Yuko is still a little worried about Sally's condition, and decides to stay with her father in an orphanage that day to accompany Sally.

The orphanage arranges a room for Masao Sakura, but Yuko insists on staying with Sally in Sally's small room.

The two little loli seemed to be happy about this, and at dusk, they sat on the windowsill hand in hand and looked into the distance.

At this time, the magnificent and vast scene of mountains, rivers, land, and verdant trees outside the window came into view, which was in stark contrast to the dim room of the orphanage, which was like a small matchbox.

Sally watched it all as she stretched out her immature fingers and let the afterglow of the setting sun pass through her fingertips.

"Na...... Yuko, you say, what's on the other side of the mountain? ”

"The other side of the mountain? The ...... of the sea Probably. Yuko shook her short legs in white socks and said.

"What is the sea?" Sally's beautiful big eyes flickered, pure and immaculate, like jade.

"The sea, where there's a lot of water, I remember what I could see when I flew to the city."

"What is an airplane?"

"Airplanes are a giant steel bird."

"Really?" Sally took back her outstretched five fingers, "The outside world looks really good, I wish I had the opportunity to go out and have a look." ”

"Haven't you been out before?" Yuko asked, tilting her head.

Sally shook her head, "I seem to have been in this orphanage since I was born and never walked out. ”

She said, her voice narrowing down: "They all say...... I am...... Foundling. ”

The sunset outside the window slowly set, and the darkness gradually covered the earth, and Sally's expression gradually dimmed with the change of light.

The glimmer of light in Sally's eyes, which had briefly appeared in the afterglow of the setting sun, was extinguished again.

"Don't listen to their nonsense! You are you, a living person, not an abandoned baby, not to mention, you are still my friend. Yuko took Sally's little hand.

"Even if they say so, would you like to be my friend?"

The moon gradually appeared, and a small light appeared in Sally's eyes.

"Of course, we've always been friends."

"It's a pity that you can't stay with me all the time......"

"Don't you still have it? It is a testimony of our friendship, and it will always be by your side in my place. ”

Yuko gestured to the robot doll in Sally's arms, trying to squeeze a smile out of her.

That night, Yuko and Sally huddled together on the small wooden bed.

Two Lori, who were wearing pajamas, hugged each other face to face, their legs overlapped, their foreheads touched, and their fingers were interlocked.

The soft moonlight outside the window, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas in the summer forest, makes this cottage very quiet.

In the darkness of the night, Yuko reached out and held Sally's little face.

"Sally, your eyes are so beautiful, I can see the stars in them."

Sally's face turned a rare red, blonde hair fell from her cheeks, and she also stretched out her little hand to hold Yuko's face,

"Yuko, promise me that you'll always be friends with me, okay? Don't forget me all the time, okay? ”

"Of course, no matter where you are, I will never forget you." Yuko's face grew closer to Sally.

"Yuko...... I felt that the world was squeezing me all the time, like a Rubik's cube that I couldn't escape, and I felt that it was getting harder and harder to breathe and make out everything around me......"

"Don't think about it...... I swear to you, I'll try to make everything okay......" Yuko hugged Sally's thin little body tighter, as if she was going to rub the other into her body.

Then, Yuko gently bowed her head and kissed the other party's cheek, and did not let go for a long time.

If only the heat of the lips could warm the cold cheeks of the other person, even if it was only a little bit......

……

"Dad, there's definitely something wrong with that orphanage, and the director doesn't want to treat Sally properly."

Shortly after leaving the orphanage, Yuko said this to Masao Sakura at a dinner.

Sakura Masao put down his chopsticks, he could see that his daughter's recent thoughts were on Sally, a little girl, and for this reason, she didn't study hard in school, and Yuko's homeroom teacher had already found herself for this matter.

"Yuko, Dad understands your feelings very well, and is also trying his best to find an alternative agency for Sally, and I have also clearly reminded the hospital to treat Sally well, otherwise I will face an investigation."

"But ......"

"In the past few days, I heard from the teacher that you often wander in school and don't eat well at noon, how can this work, how can you have the strength to protect Sally?"

After hearing this, Yuko lowered her head. As a descendant of a high-IQ scientist, she didn't understand her father's teachings, but she still muttered quietly:

"I don't believe the dean, she keeps telling the other children that Sally is an abandoned baby."

Hearing the word "abandoned baby" coming out of Yuko's mouth, Masao Sakura also stopped eating and frowned.

At this time, he also realized that things seemed to be a bit serious.

Because he had taken Sally to the hospital for treatment and demanded it, the dean once talked to him about Sally's information:

When the police found Sally, she was a few months old and had just been dumped in a trash can near the red light district.

I'm afraid it's not a child made up by a dusty woman who didn't take precautions, even if she grows up, I'm afraid she won't even know who her biological parents are. ”

In the office, Ms. Dean said to Masao Sakura lightly while applying nail polish.

At that time, Masao Sakura didn't think much about it, most of the orphans' backgrounds were like this.

However, this background information should be kept confidential, how can the word "abandoned baby" come out of the mouths of children who don't know a few words?

The more Sakura Masao thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, he groaned slightly, and then discussed with Yuko: "Yuko, do you think this is good, if you can't find a suitable facility, and if you want, our family can apply to adopt Sally." ”

Yuko said in surprise, "Is it okay like this?" ”

"Yes, it's just that we have to go through some formalities to check whether our family has such qualifications. In the meantime, you have to behave well in school, but don't Sally come to our house and you're in the hospital. ”

"Great!" Yuko ran over excitedly and hugged Masao Sakura, "Thank you, Dad!" ”

Masao Sakura patted Yuko on the back and smiled with satisfaction, and he looked at the photo of his beloved wife on the wall of the living room.

"Eriko, my daughter is an angel just like you......"

……

The adoption application process took longer than expected and was stuck in the process.

Masao Sakura is not a citizen of the country where he is located, and it is difficult for foreigners to apply for this kind of procedure.

Moreover, according to the foster care regulations, Masao Sakura now has no wife, and no one in the family takes on the role of mother, which is not eligible for the application process.

For this matter, Sakura Masao ran in many ways, and he was worried about a lot of gray hair.

In the end, it was the senior management of the company who used his connections in the company and the city council to help Masao Sakura solve the problem.

To put it simply, let Sakura Masao first fake marry a divorced female employee of the company to obtain foster care qualifications.

After listening to Masao Sakura's story about Sally, the female employee was also happy to offer to help. He also said that if Masao is busy with work in the future, he can help take care of the sisters with other female colleagues.

After some tossing, the formalities were finally passed.

"The paperwork will be approved on Friday, and this weekend, let's drive together to pick up Sally."

One evening, a tired Masao Sakura said to his daughter.

"Great! I've got to clean up Sally's room right away, yes, and I'm going to get Sally's welcome party! Dad, you say, are we going for a burger or a pizza, but I'd rather take Sally to French food......"

Yuko muttered excitedly as she took out her various dolls, snacks, and toys and put them on the table. When the time comes, she's going to share these things with Sally.

Seeing his daughter happily busy, Masao Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that his running these days was worth it.

Just as he was thinking this, the phone rang in the room.