The night is dark.
The light from the street lights outside the hospital shines through the windows on the side wall and into the corridor of the orphanage. The dim corridor is very quiet. The noise during the day seems to have never happened. There is a reassuring feeling in the night tonight.
of stability.
Little Red Riding Hood slowly walked through the corridor and passed each door. She stopped briefly in front of each door and took a look at the situation in the room through the observation window on the door. Only after confirming that there was nothing unusual in the room did she feel relieved.
Keep walking forward.
The "parents" on duty in the first half of the night will patrol like this twice, and the "parents" on duty in the second half of the night will patrol three times until the sun rises and the night fades.
The sound of footsteps came from the opposite side. Little Red Riding Hood raised her head and saw a petite figure slowly approaching in the night. The figure was short in stature, had short ear-length hair, and looked to be two years younger than her - that was the person she followed during dinner.
The girl she talked to.
"Snow White?" Little Red Riding Hood was a little surprised, "It's not your duty today - why don't you sleep?"
"I can't sleep, so I got up and took a walk," the thin girl with short hair said casually, "Then I remembered that you should be patrolling the east building, so I stopped by to take a look."
"Yes." Little Red Riding Hood nodded and said nothing more. She just continued to walk forward silently with Snow White.
According to the rules of the organization, after ten o'clock in the evening it is the time to go back to the room to sleep, but this restriction only applies to children who are under fourteen years old or who have not yet "awakened", and Snow White is already considered a member of the "fairy tale" organization
"Parent", she knows what she should do, and Little Red Riding Hood won't talk too much.
"You rarely sleep now, do you?" Snow White suddenly broke the silence.
Little Red Riding Hood just hummed softly.
"As adulthood approaches, sleep will decrease significantly. Sometimes you only need two to three hours of rest a day, but correspondingly, those two to three hours of sleep will become particularly dangerous... The stable dream state has almost disappeared.
The chance of entering a 'fairy tale' after falling asleep is almost 100%... Every night is a challenge," Snow White said softly, "I heard from the 'King' that you didn't have this situation last month.
, it only started this month..."
Little Red Riding Hood's tone was very calm: "My birthday is next month. This is normal."
Snow White pursed her lips, and after a while she whispered: "Are you afraid?"
"A bit, but okay, my wolf is with me," Little Red Riding Hood said, looking into the eyes of the girl next to her in the night, "But you, why are you suddenly telling me this? Don't you usually pay little attention to this?
Of?"
The corridor became quiet, and after a few seconds, Snow White slowly spoke: "Did you notice the new child here today?"
"I noticed that she doesn't talk to people very much and looks very nervous," Little Red Riding Hood nodded. "The handover staff said that she originally lived in a public orphanage in Beicheng District because she had continuous nightmares and caused some abnormalities.
The phenomenon' attracted the attention of the Secret Service and was sent here - is there anything wrong with her?"
"'Match' was responsible for accompanying the new child today. She said... Although the child could not accurately recall what she saw in her dream, when she read the storybook, she clearly resisted anything related to 'Wolf'
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Little Red Riding Hood suddenly stopped, but after only a second or two, she continued to move forward as usual.
Snow White walked with her, and after both of them were silent for a long time, she spoke again: "...The child may be the new 'Little Red Riding Hood'."
"Then you should take good care of her in the future, just like I took care of you." Little Red Riding Hood looked serious.
Snow White immediately frowned and looked unconvinced: "You are only two and a half years older than me!"
"Then I have been your 'parent' for two and a half years." Little Red Riding Hood glanced at the thin girl next to her, "You should just eat more food. You are still as thin as last year. If you continue like this, you will not have any children.
I listened to you."
"I ate, but I can't gain weight. What can I do?"
They were chatting like this, as usual, but suddenly they fell silent.
In the end, it was Snow White who broke the silence first: "...there are more than one adult records in the organization. Don't be afraid. Just like the 'King', he is already over 40 years old when converted to human beings. There is also the last one."
Cinderella, it is said, even celebrated her twenty-sixth birthday - I guess it's not unusual for two Little Red Riding Hoods to exist at the same time..."
Little Red Riding Hood listened quietly. In fact, she often thinks about these things these days. What Snow White said to her, Dr. Lin also said to her, and she even said it to herself, but... she can still
How?
Every "Fairy Tale" member who is about to reach adulthood has heard similar words.
But for some reason, Little Red Riding Hood, who thought she had made all preparations, suddenly had some other... "thoughts" in her heart when she heard Snow White comforting herself.
She suddenly thought of the phone call she had made with Yu Sheng today, and what he had told her.
"Maybe..." She suddenly broke the silence softly.
Snow White, who was trying hard to think of some light-hearted topics, almost didn't hear Little Red Riding Hood speak. She said a few more words before realizing belatedly: "Ah? What did you just say?"
Little Red Riding Hood calmed down and looked into Snow White's eyes: "Maybe, the situation really won't be that bad. I mean maybe... maybe some good things will happen."
Snow White's expression looked a little dazed, but she noticed that there seemed to be some... brilliance that was different from these days in the depths of Little Red Riding Hood's always calm eyes.
She didn't know why, but she nodded subconsciously: "Well, it's good that you think so."
"A friend is coming over tomorrow, and I invite him to be a guest at home." Little Red Riding Hood said seriously.
"Ah, ah?" Snow White's eyes widened in surprise, but she quickly responded, "Oh, that's okay, but it's really strange that you actually invited friends to your home. I thought only long hair would do that.
Are you doing this - are you classmates in the class? You guys just stay in the east building, right?"
"He's an adult."
Snow White was stunned.
"He comes here at noon," Little Red Riding Hood continued, "to avoid the most unsettled times in the morning and evening. He... knows some things about me. It happens that there are no classes tomorrow, so I will probably take him around the orphanage."
"...You should have told everyone during dinner," Snow White was stunned for a long time, and finally digested the news, and said with some complaint, "Now we have to make arrangements tomorrow morning to let some unstable children go
West Tower..."
"No, he is also a detective in the spirit world, and he has acted with me, and he also knows some things about 'fairy tales.'" Little Red Riding Hood shook her head, "The one I mentioned to you is the 'Yu Sheng'."
"...the one who eats the entity alive?!"
Little Red Riding Hood nodded: "Yes, the one that is eaten raw - but most of the time it is cooked and eaten."
Snow White suddenly stopped talking, as if she was stuck.
Little Red Riding Hood continued to walk forward.
Snow White was stunned for a few seconds before reacting. She took two steps to catch up with Little Red Riding Hood, who had already walked several meters away. Then she asked a series of questions:
"How did he know about the 'fairy tale'? Did you tell him? Don't you rarely talk to outsiders about this?"
"What is he here for? Just to visit our orphanage?"
"You don't want to involve him, do you? This is not okay, it is very dangerous..."
"Does Dr. Lin know? Do you want to discuss it with Dr. Lin?"
Snow White asked questions along the way, but Little Red Riding Hood just dealt with her casually. Soon Snow White stopped asking. She just looked at Little Red Riding Hood walking beside her. After a long time, she said the last sentence: "Although we don't have any rules, we still have some rules."
You have to remember that those who wanted to help in the past... all died later."
This time, Little Red Riding Hood finally stopped and responded to her seriously: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Snow White pursed her lips, and finally said nothing more, but looked forward with Little Red Riding Hood.
Unknowingly, they had passed the dormitory area and the canteen, and in front of them was a large "classroom".
The lights are on in the classroom.
"I forgot to turn off the light in the activity room again," Snow White frowned, "How much is the electricity bill?"
Little Red Riding Hood pushed open the door of the activity room and took a look inside.
This is a place for smaller children to play and "learn". The spacious classroom is divided into several areas. Some old tables and chairs are placed in the northeast corner, while in the northwest corner are small bookshelves filled with picture books and some
Among the indoor toys, there is a small blackboard standing near the door. The graffiti left by the children on it has not been erased. There are also many small pieces of paper stuck to the edge of the blackboard. On the pieces of paper are the immature handwriting of younger brothers and sisters.
Those are the wish cards written by everyone when the teacher taught the children today.
There was everything on the card - I wanted a piece of cake, I wanted a new toy, I wanted a new dress, I wanted to go out to play, I wanted to watch cartoons all day.
The text is mixed with pinyin, and some simply draw simple graphics.
Children's wishes and expressions are really strange.
Little Red Riding Hood couldn't help but smile, but at this moment, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a piece of paper being taken out and stuffed in the corner of the teaching box next to it.
She reached out and pulled it out, smoothing it carefully.
"wo xiang grows up."
It says this.
"Turn off the lights." Snow White's voice came from the side.
Chapter completed!