Chapter 27 Weird Rainy

Half an hour later, the taxi Jack was riding in stopped in front of the orphanage's gate.

There were still forty minutes before the end of the visiting time, but it seemed that someone had already notified the guard. After Jack explained his purpose, he successfully registered and entered the orphanage.

He walked through the garden and entered the building he visited last time. During this time, Jack noticed that the orphanage was unusually quiet.

A strange male volunteer greeted him at the door on the first floor. This volunteer should be the person on duty today, responsible for the work during this period, similar to Rainy's previous duties.

Since other children were still in class in another building, the environment here seemed particularly quiet. Jack occasionally met other volunteers or cleaners in cleaning clothes while going upstairs.

The male volunteer told Jack: "Clare didn't go to class in the afternoon and stayed in the dormitory. I finally persuaded her to go out for a walk. She insisted on calling you, but my phone was out of battery, so she went to the office building to call you."

Jack nodded and asked: "Do you know why she didn't go to class?"

The male volunteer shrugged: "She said she had a stomachache and refused to take medicine. I think this is an excuse, but it's not easy to expose. You know, Clare is a sensible child. She won't skip class for no reason."

"Who did she meet at noon?" Jack continued to ask.

The male volunteer thought for a while and answered: "It seems to be Rainy, another volunteer. It's not her class today, and I don't know what she came to do."

"Did they talk?" Jack asked.

The male volunteer nodded: "It should be, but I didn't see it with my own eyes."

"Where is Rainy now?" Jack looked around.

"I don't know, maybe he has left."

As the male volunteer said this, he took Jack to the door of room 307, knocked gently, and asked, "Clare, your friend Jack is here, can we come in?"

To be a volunteer here, whether male or female, love is the first condition, and the second is to be able to get along well with the children.

"Please come in." Clare's childish voice came from the room.

The male volunteer opened the door and let Jack go in first. He stood at the door and said to Clare who was sitting on the bed, "Do you need me to come in?"

"Jack and I need to talk alone. Sorry, big monster!" Clare said.

Seeing Jack's surprised look, the male volunteer explained awkwardly, "This is my nickname here. The children call me that."

Jack smiled.

The male volunteer, known as the "big monster", closed the door gently, and the footsteps gradually faded away.

Clare immediately jumped off the bed, ran to Jack, and held his hand tightly.

"Jack..." Clare's expression could hardly hide her fear. It was obvious that her calmness on the bed just now was deliberately pretended.

"What happened?" Jack squatted down and asked with concern.

"Sister Rainy came suddenly today. She seemed to approach me intentionally or unintentionally." Clare said.

"Did you ask her the reason?"

Although Jack was confused, if Rainy had something to ask Clare, Clare could ask directly, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Clare nodded: "I asked, she said she missed me a little, and then... then..."

"Then what happened?"

"Then, she kept smiling at me." Clare shuddered suddenly, "Actually, Sister Rainy's smile is very sweet, but today, her smile scared me. I couldn't help but ask her what she was smiling at..."

"What did she answer?"

"She said she...didn't smile." Clare shuddered again and said to Jack: "Can you imagine her smiling when she answered me?"

Clare's expression was horrified, and she hugged Jack tightly again: "Jack, I'm scared!"

"Have you told other volunteers or teachers about Sister Rainy's strange behavior?" Jack asked with a frown.

At this moment, he could feel Clare trembling in his arms, and it was not pretended.

In fact, before arriving at the orphanage, Jack was still doubting the reason why Clare called him over. Although she said that Rainy's strange behavior scared her, Jack was more inclined to think that Clare wanted to show weakness in front of him to arouse his sympathy and then adopt her.

It's not that Jack thinks too much, but Clare's mind is indeed much more mature than her peers, and her ideas or plans may be far beyond her peers.

But now he can feel that Clare is really scared.

Clare replied: "I told the teacher's office, but they didn't believe it because... because Sister Rainy also talked to them, it was normal, she didn't laugh at that time."

"Did Rainy leave?" Jack asked.

Clare shook her head: "I don't know, I just deliberately said that I had a stomachache, so that the big monster stayed with me. She may have found that I was not alone, so she left."

The male volunteer who had just left appeared in Jack's mind.

"It's okay, it's okay." Jack comforted and patted Clare's shoulder.

"Besides smiling at you, is there any other abnormality in Sister Rainy?" Jack asked again.

"No." Clare replied.

Jack carried Clare back to bed and poured her a cup of hot water. To divert Clare's attention, he whispered, "I have submitted the adoption application to the city hall. Let's see if it can be approved."

Clare's eyes really lit up, and she temporarily forgot her fear. Both pupils seemed to become more lively: "Really?"

She clasped her hands on her chest and looked expectant: "I hope it will be approved soon, so I can leave here!"

Jack smiled slightly, stretched out his index finger and scratched the tip of her nose. He felt that Clare's facial skin was a little cold, and her hands that were holding him just now were also cold.

"Do you have a cold?" Jack touched Clare's forehead and asked.

Clare shook her head: "Maybe I was too scared just now."

Jack let her lie down, pulled the thin quilt over, covered Clare's shoulders, and chatted with her for a while, asking Clare about her studies, classmates and friends, hobbies, etc., deliberately alleviating her fear.

Before they knew it, there was a knock on the door, and then the male volunteer nicknamed "Big Monster" opened the door, poked his head in, and smiled, "Mr. Shen, the visiting time is over, sorry."

After the reminder, the male volunteer gently closed the door and left tactfully.

"You take a nap first, I'll tell Big Monster when I go out, and ask him to pay more attention to you here." Jack said to Clare.

Clare grabbed the edge of the quilt with both hands, lifted it up, revealing only her two eyes, nodded and said nothing.

She seemed to know that even if she was scared, she couldn't let Jack stay here with her all the time, nor could she let Big Monster look after her in Room 307 all the time.

Two smart eyes kept watching Jack close the door and leave.

Standing in the corridor outside the door, Jack looked around and found that the male volunteer had gone downstairs.

He looked back and saw that the corridor was quiet and there was no one at the moment, so he walked downstairs.

Just as I arrived at the second floor, I saw a figure in a light blue volunteer uniform walking into the right corridor of the second floor. The person was thin, with loose hair, a woman, and her back seemed somewhat familiar.