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1957, April 19, Siberian Federal District, Kemerovo Oblast. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The small town of Salaire, nestled in the Salaire Mountains, is covered in snow and ice throughout the winter. Due to its location in the south of Siberia, the climate is pleasant and picturesque in the spring. Floating like a cloud on the northwestern slope of the town, Salaire Orphanage is built on the edge of the Ob River, with layers of rocks, dense bushes, flower-filled slopes, and open reeds by the river, especially bathed in a glow, like a fairytale wonderland.

The huge pendulum clock in the hallway rattled and the hour hand pointed to eleven o'clock. Gianna was in front of the dean's office, and she honestly muttered in her heart: eavesdropping is not good, and if the dean finds out, she doesn't know how she will be punished. But she was really worried about her friend, Mina, who had been called away by the dean when she was in Latin class, and that something must have happened.

Eventually, Gianna leaned against the door and pressed her ear to it.

At this time, there was the sound of urns and chattering angrily.

"I'm afraid this won't work!" said an elderly woman's voice, which reached Gianna's ears, and as soon as she heard it, she knew that it was the voice of the dean, Mrs. Ksenyava, and her voice became high-pitched when she was excited.

Another clear male voice said, "Madam, it is not difficult to have my help, and most importantly, you are not willing to let Mina go back to Japan...... Right?"

Gianna listened with great difficulty, and she pressed her ears so tightly that she couldn't hear anything for a long time.

After a pause, the dean spoke again, "I don't want to, Mina's father's family really wants to take her to Japan, and even passed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do the handover, but I still don't feel good...... Anyway, Mina's parents died so tragically back then......"

I heard something intermittently, as if the dean was walking back and forth in the room, and he couldn't hear it well when he walked away.

The man's voice was clear, "You don't want Mina to know about the past, do you?"

The dean took a long breath and said, "That's right. ”

The man laughed lightly and said, "Isn't the proposal I gave you the best choice?"

After a long while, the dean finally made a decision: "You promise not to rush to take her away, wait for her to choose?"

"Of course!"

After that, the dean became much calmer, and the voices of the two of them gradually became inaudible.

Gianna was still thinking about what she had heard, when the door suddenly opened, and a man in a black uniform opened it.

Suddenly, Gianna stumbled a few steps and nearly fell. Because the movement was so big, several stacks of paper slipped out of her hands and flew all over the ground.

"Gianna, why are you here?" the dean asked, a little surprised, with her usual look of displeasure.

Everyone in the orphanage knew that Mrs. Ksenyava was a typical tigress, a high-achieving student of political science from Moscow University, but after the war she left there and deigned to become the director of the orphanage in the remote town of Salaire.

"Yes, I'm sorry. Gianna hurriedly bowed her head and apologized, "It was Teacher Lyiminov who asked me to send you the activity sheet." ”

She replied as she knelt down to pick up the paper on the floor.

A few floated to the edge of the couch farther away, and Gianna crawled over to pick them up. Suddenly, she saw a piece of paper fall on a delicately made leather shoe, and then two slender fingers caught the paper, and the man turned and handed it to her.

"I'm really bothering you, thank you......"

As soon as the word Xie came to her mouth, Gianna paused, because the person in front of her was incredibly beautiful.

He stood up from the sofa, with long blond hair, a white suit with a small waistcoat, a yellow tie with a "Windsor knot", and a tie clip with gold leaves held in place, looking very fashionable and noble, and his standing posture was even more charming, he was almost like a living statue of Alexander, or the incarnation of the sun god.

Gianna stared intently at the other person's face. Because he stood sideways, his tall nose was even more impressive, and his eyes were Mediterranean blue, with double eyelids, and his skin was white and crystal clear.

The other party whispered a word of unkindness, and exchanged eyes with Gianna, who looked at her with some surprise.

Surprised by the other party's gaze, Gianna thought that she had something on her face, and unconsciously wiped her mouth with her hand.

The blonde man asked, slightly confused, "Excuse me, but could you be Mina's best friend?"

She nodded.

"I've heard her mention you, Gianna Yesmovich, right?" Seeing that she nodded frequently, the man smiled slightly, and said, "I'm ready to adopt Mina, although there are still some problems with the formalities, but everything is on the agenda, right?"

As he said this, his gaze turned back to the dean's side.

Seeing that the other party had no objections, he turned back and said, "So, in Mina's original words, her favorite Gianna, please spend more time with her and take care of her during the time I haven't picked her up...... This is also a request as her future guardian. ”

After speaking, he bowed his head slightly and expressed his gratitude and entrustment again.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the dean's room. The four people in the room turned their heads one after another to see the vice president and a few chubby commissioners walking in. Gianna felt that their attitude was not as condescending and humble as usual. The vice president didn't care to wipe the beads of sweat from his head, and walked straight up to the blonde man and said, "Mina doesn't know where to hide, we haven't found it." ”

"She was a little shy when she saw me for the first time. The man gently hooked the cuff with his little finger, looked at his watch, and then said, "It's almost time, I'll take my leave." ”

"I wanted Mina to send you personally!"

"Out of the way," he waved his hand casually, nodded to the dean again, and turned to the man standing in the doorway, dressed in black, "Jack, let's go!"

The vice president and several commissioners immediately said that they would see him off in person, but the president did not speak, but sat back in his chair, as if lost in thought.

Before leaving the dean's room, the man raised his hand slightly and made a goodbye gesture to Gianna, which made her very happy.

Gianna followed them out, until the man got into the black car and left, and she asked distractedly, "Who is he?"

Suddenly, she remembered something, forgot to say hello to the vice presidents and commissioners, and rushed in one direction. Behind a partition in the pantry was a small space that was just big enough for two skinny girls to hide in. Gianna knew that Mina would hide here if she was scared. She removed the plank and slumped inside, and sure enough, she saw a shadow huddled in a ball.

"Mina. ”

Gianna sat down beside Mina, put her arm around her, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are the boys Eugene bullying you again?"

Mina's head was still buried deep in her knees, and she shook her head and whimpered, "I'm going to be sent away!"

Gianna was twelve years old, but she was only a little girl four years older than Mina, but at this time she pretended to be very mature, like an affectionate mother, one hand gently stroked the little girl's head, and she smiled and said, "The children in the orphanage are looking forward to being adopted. She added in her heart: And he is still such a handsome person, and his identity also looks noble.

Mina finally raised her head and cried like a tearful person: "That person is so scary, I'm so scared, can I not go with him, I don't want to leave here, I don't want to leave you." ”

Gianna smiled and said, "Silly boy, maybe one day, I will be adopted too, and we will still be separated at that time." ”

"Don't, Mina don't!" Mina was emotional, holding something in her hand that glowed red, catching Gianna's attention.

"What's in your hand?"

Xiaoina's hands were open and closed, and it was a red, oval egg studded with gold ribbons and rubies. Gianna's eyes widened, she had never seen anything so beautiful.

"Easter eggs. Gianna exclaimed.

Mina said, "He gave it to me." The day after tomorrow is Easter, and he said it was a birthday present for me. ”

"It's really beautiful. Do you know how much this egg is worth?"

"Worth the money?"

"With it, you can buy a big house to live in, and you can have delicious food every day!" Gianna was almost dazzled by the brilliant and dreamy light.

"Gianna, if you like it, I'll give it to you. ”

Gianna's mouth couldn't close when she heard this, but immediately, her head shook like a rattle, "Such a valuable gift, he gave it to you, how can you casually pass it on to others?"

"But I don't like it," Mina said, gesturing to a texture on the eggshell, "Look here, it doesn't look like a skull, it's scary." ”

She looked and looked at Mina's finger, there was nothing, the ornamentation on the eggshell, where there were any skulls, Gianna laughed, and nodded with her finger on Mina's eyebrows, "You, you don't know what is going on in your head for a day." ”

Mina happily slipped into Gianna's arms, rubbed her head, and squeezed.

"By the way, the day after tomorrow, you have a birthday, what do you want me to give you a birthday gift?"

Mina raised her head and seemed to think for a long time before she spoke, "I want you to play hide and seek with me!"

"Hide and seek, why don't you get tired of playing?"

"Because it's so big in the orphanage, I always have to guess where you're hiding?" said her blue eyes, sparkling with joy, "just like the nursery rhyme you taught me." ”

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Hide it? Hide it!

Where is the timid grey rabbit hiding?

In the summer it hides in the grass

In winter it hides in the snow

Sweet children's voices sang in the dark.

Mina heard the child's screams.

What followed was a series of clackling footsteps.

The sound was gone, but she heard a smaller voice, a wheezing sound......

Hide it? Hide it!

Where is the daring black rabbit hiding?

In spring it jumps happily under the fir trees.

In autumn it hides from menacing wolves in the forest.

Mina sang a song in Russian as she searched each room.

Engrossed in thinking, well, if I were the one who ran away, where would I choose to hide?

That's the greatest joy of hide-and-seek.

There are too many intricate corridors and dark hidden places in the orphanage.

She paused for a moment to hear the children's movements and their frightened sieving.

Pushing open a door, which was full of bookshelves, she snorted coldly: Sluts are as annoying as Ivan, Ivan is Eugene's side, Eugene takes him, and several other boys bully him every day. Ivan usually likes to hold a book in his hand, and always thinks that he is a great philosopher, but in fact he is a self-righteous fool.

Mina ran wildly again. Tracking the direction of the sound, running past the bookshelves.

Alexandra, who was peering through the cracks in the shelves, caught a glimpse of a small figure turned to the right, and this was her chance.

Bypassing a few bookshelves, he rushed to the door at an accelerated speed, grabbed the handle, but couldn't twist it. Hell, the door is locked. A burst of wind sounded in her ears, she reacted quickly, flashed to the left, and at the same time brought her hands together, and a green light suddenly appeared in the middle, she stretched her hands open, and the green light was pulled into a green spear.

In an instant, the red-glowing lava giant hand slapped towards him.

The situation was so bad for her that Alexandra decided to take action, and instead of rushing to attack the giant hand, she jumped upwards and threw her spear out to attack the owners of the two strange hands, for that was the enemy's greatest weakness.

Mina also knew that the other party was staring at her several times to attack, it was impossible for her not to take precautions, the left hand of the black shadow, wrapped around several bookshelves, when the spear flew close to her side, her small hand drew a "Z" shape in the air, the bookshelves suddenly moved quickly one by one, blocking in front of the spear, the spear penetrated the first and second, and saw that the third was also penetrated, but the force stopped.

At this moment, Mina knew how much danger the other party had caused to herself, and with a moment, her anger was completely ignited, and the lava giant hand in her right hand began to change, and it began to vibrate as a whole, and the rock quality on it changed, from brown and black to a deeper black and gray in terms of color alone, and rock thorns appeared one after another, like sharp giant fangs.

Alexandra was stunned, although she and Mina had already had a few encounters when she was spying on local intelligence, but more often than not, she was mainly escaping, and the two had never fought so face-to-face. I really didn't expect her two strange hands to have other forms, but I blamed myself for still underestimating the enemy.

When the giant hand attacked, she was a little panicked, but she never lost her fighting spirit. Some of the green balls gathered in her hands looked like an air bag, but the giant fangs on the enemy's palm were sharper, and it sliced open the air bag, and Alexandra was slammed to the ground. (To be continued.) )