"Huh? Ruo Li?! What happened to you?! ”

The familiar voice pulls Asa Ruoli back from memory to reality.

"It's fine." Ruoli smiled lightly at Xiaoxing.

"How's it going? Have you made a wish?! Lu Xiaoxing leaned forward, revealing the small pear vortex on both sides of his mouth and asked curiously

"Hmm." Shallow Ruoli nodded

She hopes that she can be with Shao's mother forever, and she can be with Xiaoxing forever, as long as the three of them live happily and happily together!

"Then let's eat the noodles! It won't taste good when it gets cold for a while. Lu Xiaoxing pushed his face forward and urged

Qian Ruoli smiled and pulled up the chopsticks, helped the bowl, and looked up at Xiaoxing and Shao's mother opposite and said, "Then I'll start!" ”

"Well, let's eat it." Mother Shao said softly

Asa Ruoli moved his chopsticks and was about to put the noodles in his mouth when a cry suddenly came from outside the cafeteria door

"Woooooooo

The hand movement holding the chopsticks suddenly stopped.

As soon as the three of them heard it, they knew that the crying chubby began to lose his temper again.

Mother Shao smiled helplessly, and then said apologetically to Ruoli and Xiaoxing: "You guys eat first, I'll go see Xiaopang." ”

"Well, Mom, go quickly, I'll be with you!" The sensible little star waved his hand

Ruoli also smiled and looked at Shao's mother, signaling that she didn't have to worry.

Shao's mother didn't stop when she heard the crying getting louder and louder, and hurriedly walked out.

Xiaoxing turned his head to look at Ruoli: "Eat quickly." ”

Ruoli slowly put the noodles into his mouth, and Xiaoxing stared at her intently.

In fact, the noodles are very ordinary, and they even taste a little tasteless. But for Ruoli, it is very precious.

Not only Ruoli, but for all the children here, such a bowl of birthday noodles is what they look forward to every year, and it is also cherished by them.

This kind of noodles are usually eaten for breakfast in the cafeteria, but the difference in this bowl of birthday noodles is not only the extra poached egg in it, but also the hope, love and warmth it brings to all children.

Most of the children here do not have birthdays that are the date of their birth, but the day they first come to the orphanage. Perhaps it can also be put in another word, it is the day when they regain love and feel love.

From that day on, they no longer had to suffer from the cynicism of others, no longer had to endure the wind and rain on the streets, and no longer had to worry about how to fill their stomachs.

From that day on, they can forget everything that was before, and they can no longer bother to resent their relatives for their own injustice, because, from then on—

He has a home.

As I chewed one bite at a time, my nose couldn't help but feel a little sour, and the bowl of noodles in my eyes seemed to become blurry.

But Ruoli is holding back, today is her birthday, her second birthday here, she has to be happy, and she can't let Xiaoxing worry about herself anymore.

sniffed, looked up at Xiaoxing with a smile and said, "It's delicious!" ”

"Hee-hee, eat more if it's delicious!" Little Star Road

"Hmm." If you leave the enlightenment.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the kitchen of the cafeteria.

Ruoli and Xiaoxing looked at the dark kitchen together, but they didn't see anything.

"Maybe it's the little mouse who is messing with it again! I'll talk to my mom about it later. ”

As soon as the voice fell, "Bang! "The sound of plates falling to the ground and shattering.

Startled, Ruoli and Xiaoxing saw a dark shadow flickering in the kitchen.

"Little Star...... There ......" Ruoli's eyes flashed, revealing a hint of panic.

Xiaoxing stood up, walked to the front of Ruoli, showed a calm look, gently stroked Ruoli's back and said, "It's okay, I'll take a look." ”

"Little Star. You-" Ruoli grabbed Xiaoxing's hand.

Lu Xiaoxing smiled, and said with firmness in his eyes: "Don't worry, there is no problem." ”

As he spoke, Lu Xiaoxing straightened his waist and walked towards the place where there was a dark shadow.

It's an age that should be scared, but you have to hide your nervousness, so you pretend to be calm to take care of and accompany others.

This is not what Xiaoxing should do, but she chooses to protect Ruoli like this, and sometimes, she will make Ruoli feel that she is an adult, a fearless adult. But what she didn't know was that Lu Xiaoxing, like her, was at an age when she needed to be protected, no different.

Slowly approaching the kitchen step by step, Xiaoxing's hands couldn't help but tremble, and suddenly a lot of horror stories told by those big children in the orphanage came to him, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly, looking at that dark place, in Xiaoxing's eyes, it was like a monster with teeth and claws.

But she understands that standing behind her is Ruoli's sister, Ruoli's sister who needs her protection, and she can't be afraid!! Can't hold back!!

Time seemed to pass slowly, and gradually it came to the side of the switch.

Lu Xiaoxing reached out and fumbled, and finally touched the light switch covered with oil stains, pressed it quickly, and in an instant, everything around him lit up.

Xiaoxing narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a few seconds adjusted to the light, he opened his eyes and looked around.

"Kai?! Feng Ze?! Lu Xiaoxing looked at the two boys standing against the wall behind the cupboard in surprise.

Xiao Kai and Feng Ze have been in the orphanage since they were children, I heard that Xiao Kai was abandoned by his parents and he was still in his infancy, he was placed at the door of the orphanage, and Feng Ze was sent here because his mother died and his father had a new home.

Both of them are already in elementary school, one is seven years old, the other is eight years old, and the eldest is Feng Ze.

"Why are you here?!"

"We. We-" Xiao Kai's face seemed to be a little red, and he looked overwhelmed as he stood behind Feng Ze.

"We're hungry and we're looking for something to eat." Feng Ze on the side said expressionlessly, without a trace of lying at all.

"Looking for something to eat?!" Xiaoxing wondered.

"Hmm."

"That's not right! This is where uncles and aunts cook, and the steamed buns are all on the other side of the cafeteria! Xiaoxing pointed to the back and asked

As soon as the words fell, a trace of embarrassment flashed on Feng Ze's face, but he quickly regained his composure, but Xiao Kai beside him looked even more nervous.

At this time, Ruoli, who had just been sitting outside eating, heard the sound and came from the other side, that is, behind the two of them.

"Huh? What is that?! ”

Ruoli saw a red thing clenched in Xiao Kai's hands behind his back.

Xiao Kai and Feng Ze, who heard Ruoli's voice, immediately turned around and looked at her in panic, and Xiao Kai's hands were suddenly released because of the fright.

"Smack!" A red object fell to the ground and slowly, rolled to the feet of Little Star.

"Dragon Fruit?!"

Xiaoxing exclaimed.

Ruoli also looked in front of him, not realizing that he was looking at him with extreme disgust and resentment in front of him.

"No, we are. We, it's just—" Xiao Kai kept waving his hands in panic, as if he wanted to rush to defend himself, but he couldn't say anything for a long time.

Xiao Xing bent down to pick up the fresh dragon fruit from the ground, and carefully wiped it with her little hands until the dust was wiped clean, and then, she looked up at Feng Ze, who was still unflustered and turned her back to herself, and asked, "Are you here to steal this dragon fruit?!" ”

After being sluggish for a few seconds, Feng Ze slowly turned around, looked at Xiaoxing, who was half a head lower than him, and said, "Yes." ”

"But not stealing, but taking. Didn't I say that when I'm hungry, I'll get something to eat. ”

During the whole process, Feng Ze didn't show a trace of my mistake, as if everything he did was taken for granted.

Indeed, here, it is common to come to the cafeteria to "steal" something to eat when you are hungry. Sometimes, the aunt who cooks in the canteen will even deliberately cook a little more meal and put a few steamed buns in the basket, and by the next day, the basket will basically be empty.

Shao Xinhua naturally understands these things. In fact, she felt quite guilty in her heart, even if she had government funding, to take care of so many children, of course, the funds were not sufficient. So she never deliberately catches the children who steal steamed buns, let alone punish them.

If Xiao Kai and Feng Ze were just hungry at this moment to get the ordinary steamed buns in the basket, she decided not to say anything.

But not now. This dragon fruit is different.

Not to mention that it is expensive for the orphanage with limited funds at present, it is used for Xiaopang to treat diseases.

Xiaopang's physical condition was extremely poor not long ago, and he couldn't find out the deeper condition in the small infirmary in the orphanage, so Aunt Shao, who was not at ease, took him to the big hospital in the city for examination, and the result was found to be a stomach ulcer.

The doctor in the big hospital said that he needed to eat more tropical fruits such as dragon fruit for this disease, and after bringing back some necessary medicines, Shao's mother specially spent money to buy a few dragon fruits, and prepared to get them for Xiaopang to eat.

was afraid of encountering a situation like the current one, afraid of where the greedy children would give these dragon fruits, so she asked the cafeteria aunts to hide in their stir-fry places, but who knows, they still found it.

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