Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Orphanage
However, Merlin didn't plan to give up just like that, she directly asked passers-by one by one.
Finally, after some inquiry, they not only learned the direction in which the little girl ran away, but also learned her identity.
According to one resident of the village, she appears to be a child in a nearby orphanage.
When the "orphan ......" first heard the news, Mei Lin was stunned, probably remembering what happened to her, but soon she became serious again, "No matter what! It's just not right to steal! ”
"Then let's go, go get the things back," Roland began, now that he had learned the location of the orphanage, whether she went back or not, it would be right to go there.
"Hmm!" Mei Lin nodded and ran in the direction told by passers-by, and Xiao Yu and Roland naturally followed.
Coincidentally, this direction is actually the direction to that city.
It didn't take long for them to run to a fork in the road, where two signs were inserted, one that read "Ahead of Luan" and the other that read "Ahead Maggiono Orphanage".
However, the two signs are actually very different, the former is a huge stone street sign, and the words on it are carved and painted with paint.
The latter is a rough wooden street sign, and the words on it are also written in coal blocks and the like, probably made by the orphanage itself, right?
Of course, this is not the point, the point is the direction it indicates.
Now that they knew the location of the orphanage, Roland and the others hurried over.
……
And at this time, the orphanage department.
It is a clearing surrounded by dense forests, and on the clearing is a small house, mostly wooden.
And in the open space in front of the house, there is also a fertile square cultivated land, on which some vegetables are grown, and it has grown almost enough.
At this time, on the edge of the cultivated field, four children were chatting.
The little purple-haired girl was the first to speak, "Betty, where have you been again?" How did you come back? ”
"That's it! Sister Beatrice hasn't been able to find you, I'm worried! A little green-haired boy next to him continued, his tone a little angry.
"It's okay, I'll tell you! I got a nice thing this time! The first two blamed the red-haired girl with a hat just now, and she was looking smug at this time.
"Hey! Betty! You're not going to steal again, are you? Finally, the little blue-haired girl also spoke, "You shouldn't have forgotten the last time you were reprimanded by Teacher Harriet, right?" ”
"Not stolen! It's picked up! Betty quickly retorted.
"What picked it up? It's obviously stealing! Suddenly, a shout came from not far away, and it was Merlin, who had just arrived.
"Ahh Caught up? Betty exclaimed, but quickly calmed down again, "What are you talking about?" Did I steal anything? ”
"Don't you admit it yet?" Merlin was a little emotional and shouted angrily, "Hurry up and give me my wallet back!" ”
"What wallet? I don't have such a thing," Betty shook her head and denied.
"It's my wallet! You must have stolen it while you just bumped into me! Hurry up and give it back to me! Merlin said and walked over to her.
"Why do you say that? Do you have proof? Betty said with a smug face, "Don't slander me without evidence!" ”
"Evidence?" Merlin was stunned, and then continued to walk towards Betty, "In such a short time, you must still be on your body, and it will be evidence when I find out!" ”
"You have no proof! Why a body search! You...... Let go of me! As Betty spoke, she was caught by Merlin.
"Whew!"
Suddenly, a bow and arrow shot at the ground next to Merlin, she was stunned, and her hand couldn't help but loosen up, Betty quickly broke free from her hand and took a few steps back.
"What are you doing?!" At the same time, there was a loud shout, coming from the doorway of the house, "Please stop!" Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude! ”
Merlin turned her head to see a girl at the doorway with a bow and arrow pointed at her.
Suddenly, a figure appeared next to her, directly took the bow and arrow from her hand, and at the same time, a familiar voice sounded, "This thing is dangerous, don't take it to my partner." ”
Naturally, it was Roland who spoke, and he didn't react just now, so he let her shoot an arrow, if it weren't for the fact that this person didn't have the idea of hurting Merlin, maybe Merlin would have been injured.
However, because she didn't want to hurt Merlin, Roland just took away her bow and arrows and didn't do anything else.
The man was taken away from his weapon, and she was stunned for a while, but after Roland finished speaking, she reacted and continued to speak, "I don't want to hurt anyone!" She was the one who hurt my partner first, right? They are still children, and you will never be allowed to hurt them! ”
She was also a little emotional, but understandable.
"I think you may have misunderstood...... "Mei Lin quickly explained, and was suddenly stunned in the middle of speaking, "Huh? Aren't you the one just now? ”
Hearing this, Roland looked at the girl again, and sure enough, he didn't notice it just now, wasn't this the purple-haired girl who collided with Merlin at the door of the hotel?
However, she was originally looking for the little girl named Betty, so it was not surprising that she would appear here.
"Ahh You're the one just now! The purple-haired girl also remembered when Mei Lin asked this, paused, and continued, "So, what is the misunderstanding you are talking about?" ”
Because after colliding with Merlin before, her first impression of Merlin was not bad, so she calmed down a little at this time, feeling that she might really misunderstand something.