Compared with Wang Wenyuan's slightly boring day, Gu Yuexi's day seemed happy and fulfilling.

Venni Street, where the orphanage is located, is located to the west of Dhaka's Old Town, and it has similarities with Sullivan Street, that is, it was built during the British colonial period, but there are some differences: first, it was formed in the early 20th century, it is much wider than Sullivan Street, and even has a tram track; The second is its extreme chaos, during George Curzon's tenure as Anglo-Indian Governor (1899-1905), he strengthened his control over the Bengal colony, implemented a policy of high pressure and partition, and he gave preferential treatment to European immigrants, which led to a large-scale wave of immigration, so that different ideologies, cultures, nationalities, religions, and civilizations achieved suddenness in a short period of time. communication, from which a special form of "chaos" is formed.

Listening to the noise and noise of the streets, and tasting the freshly cooked Kahan Molly, Gu Yuexi came to the gate of the orphanage.

The orphanage is a small three-story building with a courtyard, and at this moment, more than a dozen dark-skinned Bihar children with thick eyebrows and big eyes are kicking in circles in the courtyard, while two white-skinned middle-aged women are standing aside, their heads bowed, as if they are talking about something.

After a short time, two groups of people came to the gate of the orphanage one after another, one group of people were volunteers from different countries, they searched for posts recruiting volunteers from the Internet a few months ago, and then after the assessment and selection of the organizers, they came to Dhaka, Kolkata, and Khulna areas in Bangladesh in recent days to engage in education, wildlife protection, environmental management, etc., as for the other group of people, needless to say, it is a group of lower-level personnel of the Sevi Bank Company.

"Miss, may I ask who you are?" A company employee looked at the slim woman in front of him and couldn't help but be curious.

"He came to work for your king's deacon." She smiled faintly, revealing her white teeth.

"Oh, I see." The employee nodded, and then said, "Alas, I don't know what the master in charge thinks, he first promoted Deacon Wang, but now he is trying to make things difficult for him. ”

"Perhaps, I want to train him." Gu Yuexi had to make up an excuse that could still be explained, in fact, how could she not see that Li Boling clearly wanted to use this to bring the relationship between the two of them closer, and then use Wang Wenyuan to spy on her in order to achieve his ulterior secret.

It's just that what is this secret?

Was it worth the effort of Sevi Bank?

In a trance, the middle-aged woman in the courtyard looked at them, and a trace of complicated emotions flashed in her eyes.

And at the same time, these two groups of people. Then he walked quickly into the courtyard.

"Ms. Katrina, we are ordered by Mr. Li Boling to clean the basement for you." The co-director at the head bowed slightly and said respectfully.

"Okay." Katrina looked a little reluctant, but she finally agreed.

"Excuse me, sign it." The co-director did not hesitate and hurriedly handed over a piece of brown paper.

Seeing this, Gu Yuexi felt a little curious, so she subconsciously leaned over to see what was written on it.

But before she could get up to him, she was stopped by two employees, and a look of wariness flashed across their faces.

"Hmph." Gu Yuexi simply ignored them, and then walked into a half-open room generously.

It's a small library with an area of about 40 square meters, and although it's not small, it's stuffed with three large bookshelves, so it feels a little crowded.

In the narrow passage, sat five eleven or twelve-year-old girls with braided hair, who were now intently reading the books on the shelves, their big eyes full of thirst for knowledge, and their bronzed skin still dripping with beads of sweat.

Looking at their serious faces, she couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in her heart, yes, their fate is the same, they all have a childhood that lost their loved ones, which is full of misfortune for most people, but on the other hand, they are lucky, she has her mother, uncle, Aunt Zhang's careful care, they have the orphanage and international volunteers enthusiastic help.

Retracting her wandering thoughts, she subconsciously took a book from the shelf, sat on the ground in an orderly manner, and flipped through it carefully.

After a while, she suddenly noticed that there was another person beside her, and a small hand, which was slightly rough, touched her arm gently.

Raising her eyes, she saw a little girl in a blue and white dress standing beside her, with a faint smile and a little shyness, and in her small black hands, holding a pencil as long as her index finger and a yellowed notebook.

"Little sister, where won't." Gu Yuexi asked the little girl gently, and took the paper and pen in her hand.

"Sister, the three questions that draw circles." The little girl was not particularly fluent in English, but she made two clever gestures to express her meaning simply.

Gu Yuexi responded with a smile, and then read it carefully.

The first two of these three questions are elementary school arithmetic problems, which are not easy for her, so they can be solved perfectly in three or two minutes.

The third question is a small question about the human geography of Bangladesh, asking what is the northernmost city in Bangladesh, Gu Yuexi did not hesitate, and reflexively told the little girl that she should choose Siliguri.

Unexpectedly, the little girl shook her head and said with a serious face: "I also think that I should choose this answer, but the reference answer behind is Rajshahi." ”

She was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that the answer to the question was full of controversy, Siliguri has been a military center in the northern border of Bengal since ancient times, and a border trade center with Bulukba, Je Mengxiong, and Baleb, but on July 18, 1974, King Zup Tsunba forced Mahmud, the Sultan of Bengal, to sign the humiliating "Gangtok Treaty", which stipulated that the Sudanese authorities would cede Siliguri and its surrounding six cities to the Kingdom of Jemengxiong without compensation, and in November 1977, Mojeli became emperor. The contract was reconfirmed.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" The little girl looked at her a little strangely, and then said: "Referring to the answer, our Sultan has already given Siliguri to Zhe Mengxiong, so the answer should be Rajshahi, but I think that territory is a very sacred thing, and it must not be possible to give it to other countries casually." ”

"Little sister, you are right, territory is the foundation and lifeblood of a country, and if the territory is stripped away, the country will not be a country; At the same time, you must also know that justice triumphs over power, although Siliguri is currently occupied by Zhe Mengxiong, but it is the result of aggression and hegemony, there is no justice at all, as a citizen of Bengal, you should study hard to make your country strong, and then drive out the invaders and recover the lost homeland. Gu Yuexi clenched her fists and said slowly.

"Understood, thank you, sister." The little girl smiled and nodded, and then, as if by magic, took out a small wooden carving the size of a thumb and placed it in her hand.

"Little sister, may I ask what this is?" She looked closely at the wood carving and saw that it was in the form of a brave and shrewd monkey, with angry eyes and eyes ahead, and a sharp weapon in his hand, as if it were about to face a life-and-death battle.

"Haha, its name is Hanuman, it is the monkey god that our Bihar people believe in, and my aunt once told me that it is the embodiment of justice and light, and it is because of its assistance that King Ayuta rescued his beloved wife from the hands of Rabona, the ten-headed demon king of Ranga City." The little girl's eyebrows fluttered to introduce the origin of the wood carving, and the big watery eyes showed the excitement in her heart completely.

"I see." Gu Yuexi smiled and touched her somewhat dry hair, and unconsciously remembered Yin. The Sanskrit epic Ramayana during the kingdom period contains a detailed account of Hanuman, a monkey god with four faces and eight hands.

After that, the children were led by the orphanage teacher to the classroom on the second floor, while she and the volunteers carefully cleaned the orphanage, played with the children in the activity class, and told the children about the customs of their country.

When the sun was in the west, Gu Yuexi and the volunteers reluctantly left the orphanage, and before leaving, they exchanged contact information with the children, and she learned that the little girl's name was Sirte, and she was from the coastal city of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh.

But at this moment, a teacher at the orphanage suddenly stopped her, as if there was something important.

"Teacher Sophia, is there something wrong?" Gu Yuexi looked at her with a little puzzlement, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"You're with them?" Sophia lowered her head and asked in a slightly eager tone.

"Well, what's wrong?" Gu Yuexi was going to shake her head, but she suddenly felt that this was a good opportunity to spy on Sevi Bank's intelligence, so she lied.

"They've been down all day, and they haven't come up yet, can you help me go and see." Sophia's voice was a little frightened, as if there were some demons and monsters hiding in this basement.

"What, basement, is it haunted?" Gu Yuexi couldn't help but raise her eyes, staring at the white woman in front of her, puzzled.

Sophia was silent, and even waved her hand and retreated into the house.

Sophia's actions undoubtedly fully aroused the curiosity in Gu Yuexi's heart, so much so that she immediately decided to go to this mysterious basement to find out.

Holding on to the rusty iron railing and stepping on the loose wooden staircase, she quickly reached the entrance of the basement, and it was obvious that the group of people from Severin had come to clean the basement today under the guise of a complete disguise, because the clutter around her was not only messy, but also accumulated a thick layer of dust.

Then, following the clear footprints on the ground, she finally came to the door of a small room in the basement, and it was obvious that the group of people had a very steady pace, a high level of concentration, and their destination was in this small room.

Holding her breath and concentrating, Gu Yuexi suddenly caught a faint ticking sound without pause, and in addition, in this ticking sound, there was a slightly painful moan that was sometimes large and sometimes small.

Her heart tensed, could it be that something happened to these people?

Thinking of this, she hurriedly picked up a wooden stick in the corner of the wall and carefully unscrewed the doorknob.

Upon closer inspection, she found that the scene behind the door was completely different from what she had imagined, for there was not a single corpse in the small room, and there was no visible bloodstain; However, she found a passage that stretched downward, narrow and slender, far from the end, as if she could reach the distant inner world.