Chapter 260 Is he a good person?

The next morning, Lu Xin got ready and went out.

He didn't go to the company, after all, he had applied for leave before, and it was not yet cancelled, and this time it was a paid leave.

In addition, he had something in his mind that he wanted to verify, so he went directly to the Red Moon Orphanage next to the Security Office.

Document No. 003 made him have many doubts in his mind.

For example, the old dean, the man named Chen Xun, whether they were dead or alive, and what happened at the beginning...

And the one who knew these things was undoubtedly Teacher Xiaolu.

...

Slowly climbing up the stairs, I heard the sound of reading from above.

"Looking forward to it, looking forward to it, the east wind is coming, and the footsteps of spring are approaching..."

Those reading sounds can't actually be considered loud, because you can clearly hear a long sound that belongs only to children, and it's a bit unclear, and you can even distinguish a few listless voices. You don't need to look at it, you know that among the people reading at this time, there must be a few sleepy little guys who are just looking forward to getting through this lesson quickly so that they can go out to play with glass balls.

Lu Xin knew this very well, because in his memory, he was the same back then.

What does the arrival of spring have to do with me? Whether there is meat in the lunch dishes is a big deal...

...

Since they were still in class, Lu Xin stood in the corridor, next to the security uncle, with his hands in his pockets, waiting silently.

"You came back very quickly this time..."

The security uncle carefully picked a dead leaf from the potted plant, then unfolded the newspaper and looked at it leisurely.

"The work was completed early."

Lu Xin glanced at the lonely little flower on the potted plant and answered casually.

Suddenly, I thought of some things before. When did this security uncle come to the orphanage?

If you don't think about it seriously, you won't notice it. If you recall it carefully, you will feel a lot of doubts.

Lu Xin has a clear memory of studying in an orphanage when he was a child, receiving education from the old director, and fighting with others with Teacher Xiaolu, but such memories are a bit confusing, like a movie with many scenes cut out.

For example, he couldn't draw a complete line in his previous memories and remember everything clearly.

Later, when he left the orphanage, it was even more confusing.

He didn't even remember how he left the orphanage. Only some fragmented memories told him that he seemed to have a memory of walking aimlessly on the street, and then his current family appeared and began to live with him.

After his family appeared, his memory began to become complete.

He remembered that he had entered the free high school in Satellite City No. 2 and remembered that he had started working.

But if you count further back, there was a blank period of almost a year in between.

The memory of that year was the least, even if he tried hard to recall, there were only sporadic fragments.

The strangest thing was that before he saw the file named "003" yesterday, he didn't even think about actively recalling.

Even now, he just forced himself to recall.

…

As for the current orphanage, Lu Xin only remembers that after living with his family for a long time, he returned to the orphanage one day and found that there was a familiar person here, which should have been destroyed, that is, Teacher Xiaolu who grew up with him.

At that time, she was not very old, but she had already started to work hard to support several orphans in the city.

This security uncle was already working here at that time.

According to Teacher Xiaolu, the orphanage was rebuilt with the support of kind people.

It was also because of these kind people that Teacher Xiaolu and the children at that time survived the most difficult period.

However, we can't always rely on the support of kind people.

Lu Xin remembers that when the orphanage began to lose support, life became very bad.

But fortunately, at that time, he had already started working and could earn some money to subsidize the life of the orphanage.

It was also because these memories began to become clear that Lu Xin thought of a problem.

During that time, the orphanage couldn't even afford food, so where did they get the money to pay the security guard?

He tilted his head to look at the security guard, wondering whether he should ask these questions...

The only uncertainty was that if he asked, what would happen if the security guard asked someone to give him a salary increase?

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"Move aside..."

Just as Lu Xin was thinking about this question, the security guard looked up at him.

"Ah?"

Lu Xin was a little surprised: "What's the matter?"

The security guard looked up at him from behind the newspaper: "You are standing by the window like this, and your shadow has covered my flowers."

"Oh..."

Lu Xin blushed and moved aside to let the sunlight from the window in and shine on his small potted plants.

He muttered to himself: "Such a small flower is eager for sunlight..."

…

Just as he was thinking about it, the security guard stood up, picked up a small hammer, and knocked on a piece of iron beside him.

"Boom boom boom..."

This is the bell for the end of get out of class.

The classroom upstairs was quiet for a while, and then a loud noise sounded immediately.

"I'll go up first."

Lu Xin pointed up, and the security uncle just waved his hand impatiently: "Go to hell."

As he climbed up the stairs to the fourth floor, a group of children running around bumped into Lu Xin. One of them had a red nose. When he saw Lu Xin, he ran over and asked with his hands on his waist: "Uncle Lu, did you pick up our glass ball last time?"

Lu Xin shook his head: "No, why would I pick up your glass ball?"

"Oh."

The little bastard agreed and said: "When are you going to marry Teacher Xiaolu?"

"What?"

Lu Xin was confused. How can children's thinking jump so fast nowadays?

"I heard that you will get candy when you get married."

The little bastard said confidently: "If you don't marry Teacher Xiaolu, how can we eat candy?"

"Ah this..."

Lu Xin finally reacted, touched his head with a smile on his face, and said: "I'll buy it for you next time."

"Cough..."

A cough came from not far away.

All of a sudden, the child who was about to eat candy and Lu Xin who was about to buy candy for the child were both startled.

The child ran away with a "whoosh", and Lu Xin also stood up straight as if nothing had happened.

"I'm glad you're back."

Teacher Xiaolu looked at Lu Xin for a while, smiled, and said: "Let's have lunch here at noon."

Lu Xin nodded and said: "Okay."

He walked forward and pushed Teacher Xiaolu into a small room opposite the office.

This is the kitchen, with a bag of potatoes, machine-pressed noodles, an induction cooker, a few pots that look big, etc. on the ground.

Teacher Xiaolu washed her hands, then turned her wheelchair to fetch water, wash vegetables, and pick vegetables in this narrow kitchen. Her movements were quick and familiar.

Lu Xin helped her put on her apron, then squatted aside to help.

At noon, she made shredded potato rice, which also contained a lot of eggs, and cooked it in a sour and spicy vegetable soup.

Sour shredded potatoes are the best, but it is definitely impossible to make a big pot of rice with vinegar.

So the potatoes in the orphanage were all boiled in grievance.

There are now 23 children in the orphanage. Teacher Xiaolu is very skilled in dividing the eggs into pieces to avoid fighting.

However, during this period, Lu Xin cracked two more eggs into the pot and divided them into two more portions.

Teacher Xiaolu glared at him, but acquiesced to his extravagance.

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When a group of children who were lining up and holding large porcelain pots finished their meals, Lu Xin and Teacher Xiaolu entered her office. It was already an hour later, and in another hour, they would be ready for the afternoon class.

Because the rice was not cooked enough, Lu Xin took a steamed bun left over from yesterday, broke it into pieces and put it in the soup.

While eating, he said naturally: "This time I went to the main city, I thought of some things in the past."

Teacher Xiaolu also ate silently and nodded: "Yeah."

Lu Xin picked up a piece of egg from his bowl and gave it to Teacher Xiaolu, saying: "Then I felt something strange. Remember when we were in the orphanage, Dean Wang, I remember that he was very good. During that time, people outside were starving and everywhere was in chaos, but he protected us very well. I even remember that there was meat in the food we ate at that time."

"I also remember that he has been teaching us to study, saying that the world is too chaotic now, but the most terrifying thing is not how many people have become crazy, but those who are left, abandoning all culture, they will become more terrible than crazy people."

"I remember that he watched cartoons with us and watched the old movies he stored in the hard drive..."

As he said, Lu Xin couldn't help laughing: "I still remember that once I found a hidden folder..."

"As soon as I opened it, he rushed in and chased us all over the corridor with a broom..."

"..."

"Yes, we asked him why he beat people, but the dean's face turned red, and he refused to explain..."

Teacher Xiaolu also laughed, and tears dripped into the soup.

Lu Xin stopped eating, scooped out the tears with his spoon, and poured them aside.

Then he looked at Teacher Xiaolu and said, "So the dean is actually a good person, right?"

Teacher Xiaolu slowly wiped the tears from her cheeks and said, "Of course the dean is a good person."

"He is the best person in the world."

"..."

The expression on Lu Xin's face disappeared, and he didn't know what to say.

Teacher Xiaolu was silent for a while, and then whispered, "But he is also the most terrible person in the world."

Lu Xin slowly stuffed a piece of steamed bun into his mouth, and he didn't ask any more questions.

He was just waiting for Teacher Xiaolu to tell him.

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"Actually, I knew long ago that you would remember it one day."

After a while, Teacher Xiaolu spoke softly, her voice trembling slightly: "Sometimes I envy you for being able to forget what happened at that time, and sometimes I am really afraid that you will remember those things again... I know that what you have left in your memory before is the good side of the dean. In fact, that is good. He also... does have a good side..."

"After all, if you don't see it with your own eyes."

"No matter how many people tell me that our dean will become..."

"Becoming that, that kind of look, I won't believe it..."

"..."

Hearing the fear in Teacher Xiaolu's voice, Lu Xin felt very uncomfortable.

There was a feeling of emptiness in his heart.

He subconsciously held Teacher Xiaolu's palm, wanting to comfort her.

But she didn't expect that Teacher Xiaolu seemed to be electrocuted, and she shrank back suddenly in fear and almost fell over.

"Actually, you don't have to be afraid of him..."

Lu Xin had just prepared a consolation, but he stopped halfway.

He saw that when Teacher Xiaolu looked at him, her eyes were full of fear that could not be hidden.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

When she noticed the surprise in Lu Xin's eyes, Teacher Xiaolu reacted suddenly.

She apologized anxiously, saying, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not, I'm really not, don't..."

As she spoke, she subconsciously reached out her hand, as if she wanted to hold Lu Xin's hand.

But it was obvious that her movements were hesitant, as if her will was forcing her to hold Lu Xin's hand.

"I know that what happened at that time is not your fault..."

"But I still can't help being afraid, I'm sorry, I can't control it..."

"..."

Lu Xin slowly withdrew his hand, his mind was a little confused.

He suddenly realized a problem...

It turned out that Teacher Xiaolu was not afraid of the dean, but himself.