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It took Shen Ye more than ten minutes to reach the church that the middle-aged woman mentioned, which made Marlene, who had been walking with him, very tired. He had no choice but to drag the middle-aged woman with one hand and hold Marlene with the other hand, and walked towards the church that the middle-aged woman mentioned, which was not far away.
It took about another ten minutes before Shen Ye finally saw the church and several independent buildings built near the church.
"This is it." said the middle-aged woman on Shen Ye's back.
Shen Ye immediately put her and Marlene down, but as soon as she landed, she screamed in pain again.
"Uncle..." Marlene pulled Shen Ye's hand and called softly.
"Don't worry, I'll take her upstairs." Shen Ye touched Malin's head and carried the middle-aged woman on his back again.
"Where is your home? Ms. Elmyra ." Shen Ye asked. On the way here, he asked the middle-aged woman's name.
And just as he had guessed before, this middle-aged woman was none other than one of the heroines of the game, Aerith's adoptive mother,Elmyra .
Elmyra pointed to the building in the back and said, "That one, the first room on the second floor."
Shen Ye nodded and walked towards the wooden house.
Going up the stairs to the second floor, before Shen Ye made any move, Malin went up and knocked hard on the door.
Boom boom boom…
No one spoke in the room, only the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard.
Then, the door opened, revealing a face so beautiful that words could not describe it.
Even Shen Ye was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.
"Mom! Why did you come back just now?" The blonde girl who opened the door shouted, and then suddenly realized that something was wrong. Why did it seem like there were two more people?
"Aerith." Elmyra jumped off Shen Ye's back again and skipped to the front of the blonde girl.
"I accidentally sprained my ankle, and this kind young man and little girl brought me back." Elmyra said, holding Aerith's hand.
"Thank you so much." Aerith's emerald eyes were immediately filled with gratitude. She quickly made way and said to Shen Ye and Marlene, "Come in and have a seat. I'll get you something to drink."
Before Shen Ye could speak, Marlenerushed in impatiently and exclaimed, "Uncle, come in quickly, the layout here is so cozy!"
Shen Ye didn't want to pay attention to her, and said to Elmyra and Aerith: "Sorry, this is little Marlene's personality."
"It's normal for children." Elmyra had no resistance to the cute little girl. She said a good word for her and then walked into the house with Alice's support.
After helping her mother to the sofa, Aerith went to boil some water.
But Elmyra was heard shouting, "Aerith, boil some more water. I think little Marlene needs a hot bath."
"Okay, Mom." Aerith responded.
While waiting for Aerith to boil water, Elmyra called Marlene to her side, and regardless of the dust on her body, she held her in her arms and said in a complaining tone: "She is too dirty. As an uncle, why don't you take good care of her?"
"Because I picked her up on the way, just before I met you, ma'am." Shen Ye said.
Elmyra was stunned for a moment: "Isn't she your niece?"
"Of course not." Shen Ye shook his head.
"You are really kind. There are not many kind-hearted guys like you in the Fifth District." Elmyra sighed.
"Of course, the uncle is a very kind person." Little Marlene raised her hands in Elmyra's arms and shouted, "He was like a knight before, saving Marlene from a group of evil thugs."
Then, she began to tell Elmyra the whole process of Shen Ye saving her.
Of course, as a little girl, her words were full of exaggerations and exaggerated descriptions, which made Shen Ye frown as he listened to them.
But the little girl's eloquence was indeed good. Although she always used the wrong words, Elmyra and Aerith, who brought tea, were still fascinated by her words.
"Hey, Marlene, can you be more exaggerated?" After Marlene finished talking, Shen Ye couldn't bear to listen any more and couldn't help but retort.
"No," Marlene yelled, shaking her fist.
"Okay, okay, you are absolutely right. He is indeed a respectable young man." Elmyra comforted the little one in her arms, and then said to Aerith: "Take her to take a bath. I hope you can do it well."
"Mom, I'm not a child anymore." Aerith complained, then took little Marlene from Elmyra's arms.
"Little guy, come take a bath with your sister." Aerith said while hugging Marlene. She also didn't care how dirty Marlene was.
"Okay, sister." Marlene obediently let Aerith hold her.
Watching Aerith taking little Marlene into the bathroom, Amina looked at Shen Ye.
"Shen, can I call you that?"
"Of course, Ms. Elmyra." Shen Ye nodded.
"I heard from little Marlene that you haven't found a place to live yet?" Elmyra asked.
Shen Ye scratched his head: "Due to some special reasons, I can only live on the streets for the time being."
"It's not surprising that people always get into trouble," Elmyra said with a smile.
"If you really have nowhere to go, you can stay here with me first. Although my place is a little simple, there are still extra rooms and comfortable beds." Elmyra said again.
"This..." Shen Ye didn't expect the other party to say this, and said with some embarrassment: "It's a bit inconvenient, it's just you and your daughter here..."
"But you are a good person, aren't you?" Elmyra looked at Shen Ye with a smile.
"But this is just the first time we met." Shen Ye remembered that in the original plot, Elmyra's attitude towards Claude was extremely bad.
"Aren't you afraid that I'm pretending? I..."
"I believe my daughter." Elmyra interrupted Shen Ye's next words.
"Although my daughter is very young and innocent, she is born with the ability to distinguish between good and bad people. If you are really a bad person, she will drive you out the first time she sees you."
"..." Shen Ye was stunned for a moment. Why didn't he remember that Aerithin the game had this ability?
Or is it that it is unique to ancient species and therefore does not need to be described directly?
Looking at Shen Ye who had fallen into silence, Elmyra did not rush him to answer, but just looked at him quietly.
After a while, Shen Ye came back to his senses and said to Elmyra: "In that case, I will stay here temporarily. Of course, I won't stay here for free. I will do what I can."
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