The old dean led him and walked towards the office.

Along the way, pass through a corridor with many rooms.

Unlike Ronan's imaginary orphanage, children here rarely cry.

A four- or five-year-old child, bare-bottomed, scooping water alone for a bath.

There was also a two-year-old child, sitting in a crib, holding a red leather ball, smiling happily.

Next to the nursery bed, there were two children of the same age, with big eyes revealing innocence.

They were quiet and didn't cry.

Being independent is distressing.

Some of these children were abandoned and sent here shortly after birth, some were left here after both parents died, and some were sick and could not be cured, or they secretly ate the forbidden fruit too early and could not raise them and secretly lost them.

Across the hallway, the two came to the office.

The old dean took out a pair of reading glasses from the table, wiped the lenses with the corners of his clothes after a sigh, and looked back at Ronan: "This gentleman, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm a good friend of hers. Ronan pondered the words, "She's not in good shape, and I want to know what she's been through." ”

"And what do you want to know?" said the old dean with an indiscernible smile.

Ronan looked up, "I want to know if there was anything unusual about her in the orphanage?"

"Abnormal? Probably not. The old dean had a kind face, but the smile was a little strange.

Ronan could hear a hint of resistance in his two answers.

Could it be ......

"Are you sure?"

The old dean's polite words did not leak, and it was not beneficial to stalemate.

Ronan simply picked out the words, wanting to see the other party's reaction.

The old dean put on his glasses and looked back and forth with small eyes of unknown significance: "I'm sorry, this gentleman, I can't provide you with her relevant information. Moreover, she is past the age of adoption. ”

"Okay, don't say it, right?" Ronan saw that he didn't look like he was going to eat oil and salt, and turned around and left, wanting to cheat him.

The old dean rolled his eyes, hesitated for a moment and caught up: "Sir, please wait." ”

"Oh?" Ronan stopped, and said in his heart, "Do you remember anything?"

The old dean smiled slightly: "Be light when passing by the corridor, don't disturb the child's rest." If you have time, you can check it out often. ”

Ronan pursed his lips, this mouth is really strict.

If you don't want to say forget it, there will always be someone who will say it.

He lowered his pace and left the hallway, returning to the courtyard.

An old woman in her fifties was playing with a few children, and Ronan walked over to greet her and asked, "Can you come with me?"

Seeing that the other party was hesitant, Ronan took out the dollar from his pocket and shook it.

The old woman was a little moved, and touched the child's head with her rough palm: "You play by yourself first, and I'll give you candy later." ”

"Really, yes, yes. Hearing that there was candy to eat, the two children played with the ball obediently.

Approaching the steps at the edge of the courtyard, Ronan asked, "Do you know Anne Bell?"

"Annie......" The old woman looked up at the sky, as if caught in a memory: "I have an impression." ”

"That's good. Ronan handed the old woman a hundred dollars and continued, "Tell me what you know about her." ”

Taking a hundred dollars, the old woman rubbed her hand and put it in her pocket: "Anne is a poor child, my mother died early, my father and sister died in the fire, and they were sent here about thirteen years old. ”

Hearing the word sister, Ronan's heart jumped, and he handed over two hundred dollars: "She still has a sister?"

The old woman didn't refuse, and reached out to take it: "Yes, it is said that they are twins, and they look exactly the same." ”

Same?

Ronan felt that he had a vague clue, but he couldn't say what it was.

"Is there anything unusual about her coming to the orphanage?" Ronan wanted to hint at it to see if there was any relationship between Anne and the old dean. can be said directly, and it is a little explicit, so you can only knock on the side.

Seeing her staring directly at the money in her hand, Ronan smiled and handed over three hundred dollars.

Just like a coin machine, the old woman who took the money said: "Yes, her family is gone, can her personality not be withdrawn." I don't usually have much contact with people, and I don't have many friends. However, on his fourteenth birthday......"

Seeing that when it came to the key point, there was suddenly no follow-up, and Ronan had a headache.

Who did you learn this ability to break sentences from?

Fuck off, or big-eyed?

Ronan handed over the only four hundred dollars he had.

The old woman smiled a little embarrassedly, showed some scarce teeth, took the money and continued: "We don't know what happened, after her fourteenth birthday, she seems to have suddenly changed her character, one moment lively, the other cold. ”

At this point, the old woman suddenly stopped talking.

Ronan's eyelids jumped, thinking that she was breaking the sentence again, wanting to blackmail more money.

However, following his gaze, he turned his head and saw the old dean standing at the edge of the corridor with a kind face.

Hiss~

There are quirks!

After reading the stalls of the commercial center at noon today, Ronan took a taxi and headed to the orphanage in the suburbs of Brooklyn again.

In the taxi, combined with the information provided by the old woman, he was conducting a complete deduction.

Anne's mother died early when she was a child, and because of the fire, her father and sister died, and she was the only one who survived.

When young minds encounter this, the mental pressure can be imagined.

Subsequently, Anne was overwhelmed and developed a split personality.

One lively, the other cold.

It also makes sense, why I was shy when I saw Anne on the first day, and cold on the second day, and I didn't know myself yet.

And one likes mango drinks, and the other doesn't.

This shows that the habits and preferences of the two personalities are different, and the memories are not shared.

The cold personality is probably her fictional sister's personality, which resists all negative emotions.

And the lively one is Anne Bell, who retains her innocence after her split personality.

As for the changes that occurred on his fourteenth birthday, most of them had nothing to do with the dean.

Ronan felt that he was getting closer to the truth.

It seems that the difficulty of the E-level has not yet exceeded the outline.

Everything is under control!

The taxi stopped in front of the orphanage, and Ronan, who had set the flag, got out of the car.

Entering the courtyard of the orphanage, Ronan did not look for the director, but made an excuse and called the old woman to a distance.

Feeling out the three hundred dollars and shaking it in his hand, Ronan asked, "Anne Bell, you should know her, what happened to her fourteenth birthday?"

The old woman's pupils shrank, and her neck shook a little stiffly: "I'm sorry, this gentleman, I don't know." ”

Thinking back to the last point in time, the old woman also said that it was not very clear, and Ronan changed his words: "You know what the dean knows, he ...... Do you have any special fetishes?"

"This ......" The old woman glanced at the direction of the old dean with some weakness, and stopped talking: "I don't know." ”

Play this with me?

Ronan snorted coldly in his heart and stared at the old woman: "Look into my eyes." ”

The old woman's eyes struggled, and then they were covered in peach.

Ronan put his hands on the old woman's shoulders to prevent her from picking off her clothes, and the entanglement between the two had already attracted the attention of the old dean not far away.

Time was pressing, so he hurried up and asked, "Tell me, what special habits does the dean have?"

He ...... He ......" The old woman's face was a little painful, and suddenly a sentence popped out: "He...... He's a. ”

Ronan's face was full of black question marks: "???"