Chapter 394: Welfare Institute, the beginning is a little fool
In a short period of time, Zhou Chen temporarily understood his current situation, an orphan in a welfare home.
The situation was not that good. Even though he had never lived in an orphanage, he could still imagine that life in an orphanage would not be much better.
But Zhou Chen was not too sad. Although he was an orphan, at least he still had a place to stay in a welfare home.
This orphanage is quite large. Zhou Chen walked around and found that the buildings here were very retro. The walls were all whitewashed. Many places had even peeled off. There were also large characters written on the walls.
There are three rows of houses in the orphanage. The first row is a two-story building, and the back are bungalows, which have a very period feel. He is in the front of the yard and has not looked at the back yet.
There are also some toys in the yard, such as swings, seesaws, slides, etc., but at first glance, you can tell that these things have been used for a long time and are very old.
From the buildings to the toys, and from the clothing of adults to children, the conditions of this orphanage are not good.
Just when he thought of this, Zhou Chen suddenly wanted to give himself a slap. He was already in a children's welfare home, so what good conditions do he want?
For the children here, it is the happiest thing if they can survive and have enough food and clothing.
Because he didn't know his current identity and situation, Zhou Chen didn't have contact with other people. Even if a few children bumped into him, he didn't care.
But after walking around, he still found some problems.
He found that although there were many children here, none of them seemed interested in coming to play with him. Even the adults who were watching the children ignored him when he walked past them.
Based on his own experience, he immediately judged that his original body must have been a lonely person, otherwise children and adults would not have ignored him and allowed him to wander around.
However, this situation made Zhou Chen very satisfied. If he was originally withdrawn, he would not have to worry about exposing anything when he traveled through time, as long as he continued to be withdrawn.
It was afternoon. After a while, the adults began to take the children back to the classroom, and the children followed the teacher one by one.
Zhou Chen, who had no memory, had no idea who he should follow or which classroom he should go to, so he simply stood there stupidly and did nothing.
He knew that as long as he didn't move, someone would definitely come to take him away later.
"Xiao Ming, why don't you go back with everyone?"
While Zhou Chen was waiting patiently, suddenly a woman in her thirties came over, patted his head gently, and asked softly.
Zhou Chen looked up and saw that this was a woman with a kind and kind face. He had seen countless people, and he could clearly feel that the eyes of the woman in front of him were full of love.
Just this name, Xiao Ming? Has he become Xiao Ming in the textbook?
Although he was surprised by his name, he still didn't speak because he didn't know what was going on with his original body, so he could only say nothing and try to expose as few flaws as possible.
Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't speak, the woman didn't feel strange, but she touched Zhou Chen's head with more pity.
"Poor kid, let's go, Auntie will take you back to the classroom."
Although it is a welfare home, there are still teachers who can teach children knowledge, but they are not as professional as schools.
Zhou Chen didn't care about the pity in this 'aunt''s tone. Isn't that child in the orphanage pitiful? They are all pitiful people.
Being held by his 'aunt', Zhou Chen did not resist and let her lead him to a classroom.
There were seven or eight children in the classroom who were about the same age as Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen took a quick look and saw that among these children, there were actually two disabled people, one had no hands, and the other was missing a leg.
In addition to a few children, there was an adult in the classroom who was writing something on the small blackboard. When he saw the woman and Zhou Chen coming in, he immediately stood up.
"Dean."
Upon hearing this title, Zhou Chen was immediately surprised. This young and kind aunt was actually the director of the welfare home?
"I sent Xiao Ming here."
The female teacher did not show a strange expression. Instead, she said to Zhou Chen harmoniously: "Xiao Ming, did you forget to come back to class again? Remember it next time."
Zhou Chen didn't speak, just looked at her calmly. His reaction did not make the female teacher feel strange.
"Excuse me, Dean, leave Xiao Ming to me."
The female dean nodded and said: "Well, Xiao Ming is a bit special, you should pay more attention to him."
"I know, Dean, don't worry."
I can’t say for sure who can work as caregivers and teachers in orphanages, but most of them are kind-hearted, kind and patient.
The dean patted the back of Zhou Chen's head again and said softly: "Go, Xiao Ming, go to class with everyone."
Zhou Chen felt helpless. In the past few minutes, he had been patted on the head several times. Adults really like to touch children's heads.
Taking steps forward, Zhou Chen walked into the classroom. All the children in the classroom looked at him, and one of them, a very fat little boy, even raised his fist at him.
Zhou Chen glared at the little fat man. He could grow so fat in the orphanage. The obesity gene is really good enough.
Ignoring the others, he found a place to sit down by himself.
The tables and stools were both made of wood, which reminded him of the desks and chairs he had when he was in elementary school, but they were even more shabby than they were back then.
After sitting down, he watched the female teacher writing and drawing on the small blackboard. He was not interested. Instead, he began to think about the conversation between the dean and the female teacher just now.
First of all, his name is Xiao Ming, well, a name that is well-known across the country; secondly, the original person seems a bit special, because he has never spoken, but the dean and the female teacher didn't think there was any problem.
This means that the original person either cannot speak, or is too withdrawn and unwilling to speak.
But no matter which one it is, it is obviously not a normal phenomenon, indicating that the original body has certain problems, or is a problem.
What the female teacher wrote on the blackboard was addition, or simple addition within ten. The other children followed the teacher's rhythm and read.
Less than half an hour later, the female teacher stopped teaching, let everyone study freely in the classroom, and then left.
As soon as the female teacher here left, the little fat man who raised his fist at Zhou Chen came over.
"Hey, little fool, I forgot to come back today. What a little fool."
As he said that, the little fat man burst out laughing. Although the other children did not laugh along, they had no intention of stopping the little fat man.
Zhou Chen is such a big man, so naturally he won't argue with this little fat man, so he just pretends that he didn't hear anything and continues his thinking.
But when the little fat man saw Zhou Chen ignoring him, he became even more proud.
"As you can see, this fool was adopted by others before, but because he was a fool, he was sent back again, hahaha..."
When it came to Zhou Chen being adopted, the little fat man showed a look of jealousy on his face.
All the children in the orphanage understand that they can only live a good life if they are adopted, so whenever someone wants to adopt, everyone will be very active, hoping that the adopter will like them.
The little fat boy is six years old this year. He has been in the orphanage for three years but has never been adopted.
Xiao Ming was adopted before, but a few months later, he was returned again.
The little fat man didn't know the reason, but he just heard that Xiao Ming had a brain problem and was a fool.
When he thought that all the fools were adopted, but no one adopted him, the little fat man's heart was filled with jealousy.
Zhou Chen didn't take the little fat man's insults and provocations seriously. Instead, he got a lot of information from the little fat man's words.
The original person was actually adopted, but because he was a fool, the adoptee returned him.
This experience is quite tragic.
Not only was Zhou Chen not afraid of being possessed by a fool, he was actually very happy, because in this way, he didn't have to worry about being exposed.
As for the fool, what does it matter if there is something wrong with his brain?
At his current age, no one would doubt him if he became smarter in the future. It is not strange for some people to be dull in the early stages and then become smarter later on.
"Very good. I have figured out my situation for the time being. The next step is to figure out the world we live in."
According to the nature of the system, if you want to trigger a mission, you need to first figure out which world you are traveling through.
When the little fat man saw Zhou Chen ignoring him, he became even more angry and pushed Zhou Chen angrily.
"Hey, idiot, I'm talking to you, you..."
Just as he was about to curse, he saw Zhou Chen suddenly stood up and stared at him. The look frightened him and he sat down on the ground.
Zhou Chen stared at the little fat man coldly for a while. After seeing the fear on the little fat man's face, Zhou Chen ignored him and sat down again.
After all, he is just a child. As long as he shows a little bit of momentum, it is enough to scare the other person.
But he still underestimated the look in his eyes. The little fat man suddenly cried loudly. He was really frightened by Zhou Chen. The look in Zhou Chen's eyes just now was so fierce. It was even worse than a wild dog on the roadside.
Be scary.
As soon as the little fat boy cried, chaos immediately broke out in the classroom. Not long after, the female teacher from before came running back.
Seeing the little fat boy sitting on the ground crying, the female teacher hurried over to ask about the situation, and several other children immediately told the teacher the whole story.
After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, the female teacher was even more surprised. She looked at Zhou Chen lying on the table, and she couldn't identify the Xiao Ming in her impression with the Zhou Chen the child just mentioned.
Xiao Ming is a well-known child in the orphanage because he was the only child who was adopted and then returned. The director was kind-hearted and was afraid that Xiao Ming would suffer in the adoptive family, so he took back Xiao Ming's welfare.
hospital.
Because Xiao Ming's situation was a bit complicated, it was difficult for the female teacher to make a decision, so she said to Zhou Chen: "Xiao Ming, come here, I will take you to the dean."
Zhou Chen stood up and followed the female teacher out of the classroom without resisting.
The dean's office is on the second floor of the bungalow. As the dean of the welfare home, she has an independent office.
Zhou Chen followed the female teacher into the dean's office. He saw that although the office was simple, it was also very clean, indicating that it was frequently cleaned.
"Teacher Zhao, why did you bring Xiao Ming here?"
The director's surname is Xie. In fact, she was not the first director of the welfare home, but took over from her mother.
"Dean, Xiao Ming scared Fatty to tears." the female teacher explained.
Dean Xie was suddenly surprised: "Xiao Ming scared Fatty to tears?"
It’s not surprising that she was surprised, because Pang Dun was a well-known naughty child in the orphanage and often bullied other children. Xiao Ming, who was taciturn, was often bullied by him. This was the first time she heard that Xiao Ming could bully Pang Dun.
"I understand. You go back and look after the child first. I'll talk to Xiao Ming."
Dean Xie has been running the orphanage with her mother since her husband died unexpectedly. She watched Xiao Ming grow up and left a deep impression on her.
She remembered that Xiao Ming was not like he is now when he was a child. Instead, he was very smart. He could memorize numbers and add and subtract when he was very young.
The reason why it became like this was after being returned by that adoptive family, which is why she agreed to let Xiao Ming come back.
"Xiao Ming, tell me, what happened just now?"
It was just a simple question, and she didn't expect Zhou Chen to answer her, but to her surprise, Zhou Chen actually answered.
"He bullied me first."
Dean Xie's face was suddenly shocked. She hadn't heard Xiao Ming speak normally for a long time, and she didn't react for a while.
She looked at Zhou Chen carefully and was surprised to find that Zhou Chen's eyes were completely different from before. His eyes were dull before, but now they were bright and spiritual.
This made her very strange, so she continued to ask: "Why did Fatty bully you? Tell me."
Zhou Chen: "He called me a fool and said that it was because I was a fool that I was sent back."
Dean Xie frowned. She did not doubt what Zhou Chen said, but was very dissatisfied with Pang Dun's words.
The children in the orphanage are already very pitiful and should not be harmed again.
But what she is more concerned about now is Zhou Chen's changes.
"Then Xiao Ming, do you think you are a fool?"
"no."
He knew that the original person might have intellectual problems, but Zhou Chen didn't want to keep pretending to be a fool, so he had to change his image. As for the reason, he had already thought of it on the way here.
"Auntie the dean."
"What's wrong, Xiao Ming?"
"Auntie Dean, I'm really not a fool. They don't want me anymore, that's why they say this about me."
Dean Xie's face suddenly straightened up. She guessed who Zhou Chen was talking about.
"You mean, the parents who adopted you?"
Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Well, they regretted adopting me. They wanted their own baby, so..."
He didn't say any more because he knew that was the end of the story.
Although he didn't know what the situation of the person who adopted him was like, since the other person could return him after adoption, no matter what the reason was, it also meant that they were not a good place to go.
After hearing Zhou Chen's words, Dean Xie frowned even deeper. She thought of a lot in that moment.
As the director of an orphanage, she knows very well that most adopted children are unlikely to be regarded as biological children by their adoptive parents, but sometimes, even being an adopted child is better than staying in an orphanage.
So she didn't think Zhou Chen was lying, but felt even more sorry for Zhou Chen.
