Wei Ning had straight, slender, slender gray-blonde hair, a delicate white bow carefully pinned to the side of the hair, and her eyes were pure blue, and from those gentle eyes, you could see your own reflection in the calm sea.

She smiled so sweetly that it made everyone's hearts ripple, and her expression was always so solemn, because of her appearance, she looked innocent and romantic.

The boy Simpler had been secretly observing the most prestigious girl in the hall of the middle school.

She had been smiling most gently, and a light dimple crept up on the girl's fair cheeks, and she seemed to think of something, lowered her chin, and soon raised it again, with a thoughtful expression. Immediately afterward, Simpler saw her smile a second time, a strange, hesitant smile that was very weak, but it parted her lips, and let the gap between her porcelain teeth inadvertently see the sun.

She was a perfect girl, and Simpler met the principal, Lady Dave, many times to compliment her. Moreover, her grades in school have always been top-notch, and people also think that she is as beautiful as the pearl of that Gray River Station.

Simpler looked at the girl blankly and couldn't help but smile, he secretly liked the girl, this was his secret, everyone didn't know, and he swore not to tell anyone else.

"Stinky ass, it's class time......" A little boy with a needle and thread on his bare head shouted his nickname in the distance, it was his friend Gray Bug. Simple's face flushed with anger, he said not to call him by his nickname in front of others, especially Wei Ning, why did Gray Bug refuse to listen.

Even with a lot of resentment in his heart, he had to rush to class.

The rules of the hall of the free middle school are very strict, even to the point of being a little perverted. Principals punish students harshly for their mistakes.

For children who sneak away, these adults will let them know what life is better than death.

The headmaster and the vice-principal were the supreme administrators at this station, and this was known within half a month of Simpler's arrival, and he was paid for a dozen whip marks for it, and the more mischievous children, some of whom would be left with pain that will last a lifetime, such as the gray bug, he was trampled on three fingers.

For the others, they were expelled from the hall of the Liberty High School, but Simpler never heard anything from them after their expulsion, some said they were dead, but no one saw their bodies.

Some say they were detained by the headmaster, but Simpler didn't think that the elegant and noble Ms. Dave, the top headmaster of their school, would arrest a few errant children.

Some people would say that they were sold to some stalker as a tool to get to the surface, but he knew that stalkers were heroes, and heroes would not do these things, and he at least knew about it.

Other boys said that they were taken away by some dark creatures that lived around, those dark creatures, they would scream wildly in the middle of the night, making painful and terrible sounds, they would torment the students day and night from sleeping, and some children who were ridiculously bold could never find their nests, because there were too many suspicious caves nearby, and even many people disappeared because of this. It was possible, after all, it was a dark creature, and the dark creature was the most terrifying creature in the world, he was sure of it.

Simpler thought a lot, but he didn't slow down, but walked faster into the school building, the simple three-story wall surrounded by gray bricks and old cement, although it was built against the station hall, was already in tatters, the glass was long gone, the classrooms in this school were arranged with all kinds of tables and chairs, and the peeling wall skin had a row of large letters, "Students' duties....... Obey...... Teacher...... Headmaster...... Sole..... The command ...... "Some of their large characters have long been swallowed up by damp wall ash.

Needless to add, the teacher will also emphasize every day, obey the teacher's orders, they nurture you, teach you, and so on.

In fact, apart from not giving birth to you with their own hands, the teachers and vice-principals will always claim that they saved you, and that they are everything.

When Simpler walked into the classroom, he found that Ms. Dave, the top principal and literature teacher in the hall of the Liberty School, was sitting at a clean lectern, with a pearl necklace as white as milk on her hand, her pink makeup was not rich, and there was no attempt to hide the wrinkles on her face, her skin was well maintained, and she was always so graceful that every orphan who had lost her parents and every freak who had been abandoned by her parents wanted to smile at her, and wanted to win her attention, she was like a living virgin, amiable and respectable, At least that's what he thought.

"Simpter, it's time for class, take your seat." Ms. Dave's voice was as soft as the mother that every orphan longed for, and it stirred Simpler's heart.

Simpler greeted the principal shyly, then sat back in his seat.

Wei Ning was already sitting upright in the first row, and when Simpler passed by her, he even imagined the scent of her body, but underground, except for rich merchants and powerful officials, few people were qualified to use perfume or shower gel in the bath.

And Winning, she's just an orphan, and Ms. Dave once mentioned that her parents and brother died in a gas explosion, so she came here.

Some people say that Wei Ning. Miss Minahill's own uncle was a wealthy merchant who sold alcohol, but he didn't think a rich girl would end up here.

There are also fools who say that Wining is a cursed child, and that her mother is a madman. But Simpt never believed that the same was true of almost all the boys and girls in the hall of Liberty High School, they never thought that a girl like Wei Ning would be cursed, that the merchant who was her uncle was a fool who would not even adopt a girl like Wei Ning, and would not let anyone else adopt her. Of course, no one dares to provoke a girl these days, and she is very fond of the principal, Ms. Dave. Even the vice-principals and male teachers would not attack her.

Simpt thought a lot, but he never dared to say hello to Wei Ning, he just sat lightly in the penultimate row, and then kept watching the girl's back with a whimsical thought.

A bell rang, and the students came back to their senses, and it was time for class.

Principal Dave reads the story from the book on the blackboard, and the students listen attentively. Principal Dave is happy to tell students about the old days, especially her former hometown, but she prefers to tell stories of obedience and command, as well as stories of her greater, heroic brother.

Ms. Dave is from the Han Court, and this matter is also well known, her brother is one of the seven big businessmen who dominate the Han Court, but no one knows which one is her brother, Simpler looks at her wistfully, fantasizing that she is his own mother, too, such a gentle and considerate mother, which student of the House of Liberty does not want it?

"In the old days, we used to talk about the nine miracles of the world," Ms. Dave suddenly reminded of what she had previously taught, "Tell me, which are the nine miracles?" There is a reward for getting it right. ”

It's a little educational interaction with Ms. Dave, but it's also a favorite among the children, because Ms. Dave always rewards candy, which is a rare thing underground.

Simpt was very upset, that time Lady Dave did talk about the Nine Wonders, but he only remembered three of them, damn it, he didn't listen carefully, maybe only Wei Ning could answer, he set his eyes on the best girl.

Not only him, but all the boys and girls had their eyes on Venin, she always knew, everyone thought so, and of course, there were some girls who were jealous of her who secretly expected her to stand up and answer wrong, but that was unlikely.

Wei Ning raised her hand in anticipation, and Lady Dave gently swung her arm at her, she knew that Wei Ning would definitely be able to answer, so she wanted to give the others a chance. And Wei Ning didn't show any loss, she lowered her arms. The blonde girl smiled as always, looking like a princess she was born with, but she wore the mask of being an orphan.

Actually, she is more like an orphan wearing a "princess" mask, but the children don't think so, they just know that she is beautiful and loves to laugh.

"Bai Jie, how many do you know?"

A tall girl shook her head, "I only remember five, I'm sorry." "She's really not as good as Miss Winning.

"It's okay, what about Abin?"

Young Abin is a tall boy, very handsome, a pair of dark green eyes are big and bright, like a wild wolf, but he is not as dangerous as a wild wolf, Simpt is a little lost, Abin is very popular with girls, he doesn't know if Wei Ning has a crush on him, but he prays that the girl doesn't like this boy.

Abin shook his head humbly, "I only know seven, Ms. Dave, and I don't know if it's right. ”

"Then you come up and write it."

Abin took Ms. Dave's chalk, and he wrote the name of each miracle in a neat and clean handwriting on the nearly cracked board, and Ms. Dave looked at her handsome student with great satisfaction, "If you don't remember clearly, you can take a few more looks, I hope that next time, you can remember more than before, okay?" ”

The students replied yes.

Abin wrote eight, and he could never remember the last one, "I'm sorry, Ms. Dave," he said, "I can't remember." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you've done a good job." Ms. Dave shouted encouragement, "I haven't seen a smarter boy than you......"

Except, of course, Weining, who is a girl.

The boy was humble in his words, but he did not behave like this, and he confidently walked down the stairs, attracting the attention of many girls, and the boys were jealous, and they would not be too friendly to any boy who showed off in front of Venin.

Although Wei Ning still maintained a mask-like smile, in the eyes of many boys, the jealousy in their hearts had made them think of an outrageous point.

"Who knows the last one?" Ms. Dave reminded, "Who wants to come up and add? ”

There was no response for a while, everyone held their breath, and so did Simpler. He thought it was a delicate mistake for his ignorance to put the gentle Lady Dave in an awkward position.

Thankfully, Wining provided a step for the lady, at least in Simple's eyes.

She raised her hand, and with Ms. Dave's permission, she went straight up the stairs and wrote on the board in a neat and tidy handwriting, "The Obelisk of the Ten Towers of the Eastern God in the Far East....... It is the tomb of the ten-tablet tower set up by the mythical sun god Helos for his younger brother the east god in the sunrise culture. ”

It was a lonely name, and the Far Eastern country was not a big country, it was too far away from them, and the obelisk of the Ten Towers was not such an impressive ancient ruin, for which Lady Dave was very satisfied, she only mentioned the spectacle in a cursory way, and the girl's extraordinary memory really made her admire, "I can't praise you any more, Wining, you always do everything I tell you to do." ”

The girl's performance was as dazzling as ever, the boys were attracted by her back, by her long golden hair that shone like a star, and some of the girls were also fascinated by her cleverness, Simpler was suddenly a little lost, she knew that she was not worthy of a girl, she was like a star in the sky, and she was as small as dust.

He couldn't attract her attention all his life, so he could only silently guard her over and over again in his mind, and he fantasized about dying for her countless times.

Simpler was so uncontrollable that he was so engrossed that he was reprimanded by Lady Dave at the end of class with a stern but not mean admonition. But even so, he was happy, at least Wei Ning still looked so moving today.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Ms. Dave reminded as she was leaving, "tomorrow there will be a merchant from Hanting and Feishui Station, who is willing to pay for the adoption of thirty students, and the merchant wants to find some students who are very skilled, and if you want to think about your future, I think you will benefit greatly from helping under a merchant, children," she seemed very serious about the matter, "I know that you may not be willing to venture into an unfamiliar environment, but you should understand your own predicament, on this matter, I hope you will be cautious. ”

She seldom told a story in such a heavy tone, Simpler's heart jumped, the matter of adoption had been mentioned many times before by other teachers and principals who were countless times more cruel than Ms. Dave, some people were unable to raise children because of radiation, so they came to the Hall of Liberty to find suitable children to cultivate, and there were also people who wanted young children to help with it, such as the Craftsmen's Society, the Rangers, and other organizations, but there were also some people who were beasts.

They accepted the children in the name of nurturing, took them outside the core of the underground civilization, to the surface, or to their own dungeons, and only the Mother of the Tunnels knew what was going on, and the children disappeared completely, and no one heard of them again.

And the merchants from the Han Court, they have heard too much news of child prostitution floating from the Han Court, abusing orphans, enslaving them like cattle and horses, or hearing which part of them, especially the old two of the deformed freaks has a huge magical power, such as the old two of the two-headed baby can prolong the long life, the life root of the dwarf is often associated with curses and blessings, the "yang" of the two sexes has the effect of curing impotence, and the bird of the seven-year-old child will make people rejuvenate, so those businessmen often do some appalling things.

Simple knew that even if the principals tried to restrain the beasts to avoid ruining the reputation of the school, those people were too powerful, and although the hall of the free middle school accepted orphans, freaks and cripples from the major powers, most of the school's funds came from the neutral Han Court Alliance, and it could even be said that it came from Lady Dave's brother, one of the seven big businessmen.

Damn, why Hanting, Simpler felt a pang in his heart. He was afraid that the merchant from Hanting had other intentions, that he would take him away, and that he would hurt Wei Ning. She's such a lovely girl that Simpler can't imagine being taken away by a perverted prostitute uncle. Thinking about this, it was as if Simpler was tied up in a thick rope, unable to breathe.

"You'd better be better tomorrow........ Lady Dave's voice drifted farther and farther away, and by the time Simpler came to her senses, Ms. Dave had already gone out.

He opened his mouth to see that the students were whispering, and they were hiding their uneasiness with loud words, and of course, more chose to be silent.

As early as when they were abandoned by their parents and abandoned by their families, most of them understood their situation. The hall of the Liberty High School was never a charity hall, but in a sense, it was a garbage dump.

Most of the students who live here are more sensible, stronger than their normal peers, and have easy friendships with each other, such as housekeeping, cleaning up the station and its surroundings, sewing clothes, growing mushrooms, and other underground plants and livestock.

But even so, it is always scary to venture into an outsider's home and become someone else's heir or helper.

Simpler's dislike of strangeness, the strange eyes of others, and his "difference" are not due to Wei Ning's outstanding talents, but the difference caused by his own suffering family background and innate mediocrity.

He hated that outcome.

Although they had signed an agreement as early as the first time they entered the hall of the free middle school, when they reached a certain age, they would either pay a large sum of money and leave, or continue to work, or they would be taken away according to the school's arrangements at a certain age, but once it really came to this time, he found that he could not relax as much as he used to comfort himself.

"Stinky ass ......."

"Stinky Ass ......"

The sound of the gray bug woke him up from his nightmare like a whip, and Simpler squeezed a bitter smile at his friend, "What's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong? Are you stupid? It's time for us to go back, and we'll have to go back to work later. "There is a scar on the gray bug's head, which he says was from a fight with someone else, but it is said that he tripped and stumbled on the edge of the stone, and whatever the truth, Simpler only thought it was ugly.

But he's right, there's still a work class in a while, and now I'm going to go back and pack my things.

He walked up to Wei Ning and wanted to pluck up the courage to tell her about tomorrow, but when she was three meters away, Simpler lost all his courage and fled in disgrace.

When he got to the door, Simpler regretted it, and tomorrow if the big merchant had only chosen some of them, he might never see Wining again. If he doesn't speak now, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

At the thought of this possibility, Simpler's heart was sad, what should he do?

He had to say something, and Simpler understood that he had to say something at this point, and just like that, he let the gray bug leave in confusion, leaving himself in place.

Wei Ning packed up her things and methodically put the books that belonged to her into a wooden box tied with red hemp rope. Simpler knew, of course, that those things were prizes from the principals to reward her for her excellence.

The wooden box carved with the image of the city on the ground had attracted the attention of many girls, and even one girl had her finger broken by a teacher in order to steal it, and of course, the girl was much more well-behaved after that, and never dared to provoke Wei Ning again.

As soon as she thought of this, Simpt was actually a little angry, obviously interrupting her hand to refer to the teacher, why was that girl afraid of Wei Ning, Wei Ning has always been kind, it is impossible to do such an excessive thing, she is likely to stab the matter to her superiors in a hurry because the books in the box were lost.

She's a generous girl.

After thinking about it a lot, Simpler finally waited for Wei Ning to pack everything, and the girl walked briskly towards the door, she noticed herself, and Simpler suddenly became nervous.

Wei Ning's eyes were still clear, she smiled so beautifully, Simpt hurriedly lowered his head, he silently cheered himself up, he must talk to her....... Be sure to ......

But...... It wasn't until Wei Ning walked over that he raised his head in a trance, and he failed again.

There was only a hint of the girl's scent in the air, and he stretched out his hand, but he couldn't grasp the passing scent, nor did he catch Wining.

The frustrated boy had to go to the work class, he didn't take the opportunity, and if he was late because of it, he would be too weak.

The work class was held in a tunnel near the school, and the teachers in charge of the work were a middle-aged man and a young woman in their twenties. The male teacher assigns the boys to plant plant seeds on a section of the tunnel's dirt-paved land, or to plough new soil on the old soil and collect underground vegetation such as hard melons. The girls would learn to sew new clothes, and some would be assigned to the kitchen to prepare the next meal for all the students.

He was assigned to the task of turning the earth, which was very laborious, both pulling out the uncultivable layers of soil and renovating the hard layers of the deep underground, which was too much for a boy who was still an underage.

But he finally got a little comfort, in the distance, Wei Ning was in charge of picking mushrooms today, and she and a few other girls were picking the blackened deep mushrooms one by one beside the layers of iron mushroom racks, very easy work.

She seems to be very serious about every job, and Simpler is secretly happy that she is a girl with a strict attitude, which is admirable.

"Smack!" A crisp slap hit Simpler in the face, and he was knocked to the ground.

Simpler was stunned, and he looked up at the teacher from nowhere, puzzled.

"Look at what," the pockmarked sensei with a black nose spat at him, "if you're in a daze, you're dead." ”

Simpler nodded aggrievedly, he struggled to get up, and he didn't care about the burning pain on his face, and was busy pretending to do his job.

The male teacher didn't seem to be angry, slapped him on the head again, and then walked away scolding while muttering "wild seeds".

Simpler stared at the teacher with resentment on his face, and he really wanted to shovel him in the face with the shovel in his hand and make him regret hitting himself. He suddenly remembered something, and looked at Wei Ning in a panic, the blonde girl was plucking mushrooms as usual, and she didn't notice what was going on, which made him feel both lucky and a little sad for some reason.

Forget it, he shouldn't think so much, or that hateful pock-faced teacher will trouble him again.

Simpler picked up the shovel and imagined that the land was the face of the labor teacher, and he shoveled it down.

Suddenly, there was a scream from nowhere, and Simpler looked up to see three girls with shovels driving away two extremely ugly girls, who he knew were twins, short in stature, whose skin had been badly eroded by radiation, and had become ugly and rotten and white, as if they had been soaked in stinky milk all day long. The most terrifying thing is that this strange radiation sickness is said to be contagious, which is extremely terrifying.

"Two ugly monsters," he couldn't help but mutter, "why aren't they dead?" "They're so ugly and smelly that just one look at them can make Simpler fall all over his body.

The two girls were whipped on their backs with shovels, and even then, they just screamed and ducked. Pathetic, he thought, the Mother of the Tunnels had created such admirable and perfect ladies as Miss Wining and Lady Dave as they were, and if it were me, he secretly speculated that I would have killed myself.

He was distracted again, but the teacher surprisingly did not scold him or hit him this time, but told him with a blank face to go to his office in the evening.

Why? He almost screamed, but the teacher's terrifying eyes scared him, and he nodded silently as he thought about the night.

In the evening, he went to his office, in a carriage......