When the car stopped in front of the orphanage, the children inside heard the car and ran out.

The dean had instructed them beforehand that the guests who were coming this time were their sponsors, and they had to behave and not cause trouble.

So even though they were very curious, they just squeezed into the room and looked out through the small window.

"She's so beautiful."

"Her clothes are so pretty."

"Why is she so fat?"

"Is she a princess?"

The children went wild the moment they saw Le Bao.

In their little world, the people they see most are from the courtyard. The slightly older ones have gone out to study, and the younger ones can only stay here and be taken care of by adults.

Most of the children here are thin and small, and although their clothes are not exactly tattered, they are old clothes that have been washed until they are faded.

So when Le Bao, the chubby baby, came in dressed in a top designer outfit, even though they didn't know it was designer, the brand-new, shiny, and well-fitting clothes still caused quite a stir.

"Hey guys, why aren't you coming out to play?"

Le Bao, with her sharp eyes, spotted the little heads crowding around the small window.

As a member of the community, she naturally let go of her grandfather's hand and ran to the window to greet them.

"Is she talking to us?"

"Yeah, she's so cute, I want to pinch her cheeks."

The two slightly older children were discussing in hushed tones.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The girl asked Le Bao.

"I'm here to play with you, baby! Want to play with me?"

Le Bao invited them out to play.

"But the headmistress told us not to go out, saying that we have important guests coming today."

The children were very interested, but they didn't dare disobey the headmistress.

"It's alright, come down. I'm the guest your dean mentioned. I asked you to come down."

Lu Jianguo stood behind Le Bao, watching her talk to the child inside.

"Is it really possible?"

The child was extremely excited.

Lu Jianguo smiled and nodded.

The next moment, the children opened the door and rushed in.

There were a dozen or so children, the older ones were only five or six years old, and the younger ones were about the same age as Le Bao, but all of them were on the smaller side.

Aside from the amusement park, this was the first time Le Bao had ever faced so many children like this.

She was surrounded by children. A little girl, about her age, tried to touch her clothes, but was stopped by the older children nearby.

"Xiao Bao, you can't touch it, it'll get dirty."

Children who lack parental love often mature and grow up earlier than others.

Even at such a young age, they already knew what class distinctions were.

"You can touch it, it's not dirty."

Le Bao opened her eyes wide and looked at the child who wanted to touch her clothes.

Her clothes are only clean when she wears them; once she's left alone, they become unusable in no time.

"Wow, it feels so good, sister, feel it."

The little girl carefully touched the butterfly pattern on Le Bao's clothes. She wanted her older sister to touch it too, as they had never seen such beautiful clothes before.

After getting permission, the older little girl wiped her hands on herself before reaching out to touch Le Bao's clothes.

"You guys like it, right? I'll give it to you."

The little guy is quite generous as long as it doesn't involve food.

"No, thank you. Your clothes look very expensive; we can't accept them."

The girl quickly withdrew her hand; they were not suited to wear such expensive clothes.

"Why not?"

Le Bao didn't understand why they wouldn't take what she was offering. If she wanted something, she would throw a tantrum and get it.

"Because we have no money, the clothes we wear are all donated to us by kind people."

Although they are still young, they still help the headmistress with whatever chores they can. They are not pampered young masters who can be waited on hand and foot, nor do they have that kind of life; they are just children abandoned by their parents.

Therefore, even though they are young, they understand that they are different from the people outside.

"I don't have any money, but Daddy does."

The little one thinks money is just New Year's cash. If others knew she had an entire safe full of expensive collections, they would think she was in Versailles.

"Let's go play."

They stopped dwelling on the topic and surrounded Le Bao, taking her to the yard to play on the swings.

They were all very considerate and let Le Bao sit first, while the older children pushed her from behind. Only after Le Bao had had enough of sitting did they line up to sit.

The director led the Shen couple to her office, where she took out old photos of the orphanage, including a childhood photo of Tang Wanning.

"Mr. Shen, Mrs. Shen, this photo was taken the year Wan Ning first came to the orphanage. These are from the following years."

The orphanage takes a group photo every year, and the people in the photo change every year as people come and go.

When Tang Wanning first arrived at the orphanage, she still had a chubby little face. In the photo, the little girl looks at the camera with a blank expression.

Gradually, she became thinner and thinner in the photos that followed each year, and without exception, she was the most dazzling presence in every photo.

The Shen couple touched the photo, their eyes filled with tears.

In the photo, Tang Wanning is wearing faded, ill-fitting clothes with her sleeves rolled up high, standing in the last row with no emotion in her eyes.

"Dean, may we make copies of these photos?"

During the years they were away, the only place they found traces of their daughter's childhood was here, which they wanted to preserve.

"Of course, you can take these directly. We have backups."

Xiang Jiahui carefully put the photo into her bag. When she got back, she would print out her daughter's photo separately as a keepsake.

"Director, we would like to donate some money to the orphanage to repair the buildings and build some recreational facilities for the children."

Her daughter had been caught in the rain, and now they've found her. So they want to offer a helping hand to these children who haven't yet found their families.

"Mrs. Shen, are you serious?"

A huge surprise hit the dean, who couldn't believe it.

Although the orphanage receives some social assistance every year, the children's food, clothing, housing, medical care, schooling, and the workers' wages all cost money, so they live a very frugal life and dare not be extravagant in the slightest.

"Okay, I'll have him come over as soon as I get back. Just let me know what you need, and don't worry about the cost."

Human traffickers are despicable, but she is grateful to the orphanage for adopting her daughter and preventing her from ending up on the streets.

Le Bao completely lost her mind playing with the children here. When she got carried away, she didn't care about anything else, and her once clean and expensive clothes were no longer recognizable.

She rolled on the ground and climbed trees (but failed to climb them, just clung to the trunk and did nothing), running all over the place she could reach.

"Gaga gaga gaga".

When the dean saw Xiang Jia Hui and Shen Hua Qiang out, he heard the little guy's unique laughter.

Even though it was late autumn, Le Bao was sweating from running around and climbing up and down. Lu Jianguo put a towel under her back.

"Le Bao, we're leaving now. Say goodbye to the children."

Seeing the two of them come out, Lu Jianguo knew it was time for them to go back.

"Don't elbow me, Grandpa, play."

She hadn't had enough fun yet; she wanted to play more. And all the other children here were considerate of her, putting her first in everything, so she had a wonderful time.

Le Bao shook off his grandfather's hand and continued running.

"Sister, come again?"

The older children stopped when they heard what Lu Jianguo said.

They knew this beautiful girl was leaving and they might never see her again.

This little girl is not only adorable, but also not spoiled at all, and doesn't look down on them. Unlike many other parents who bring their children to do charity work, they are looked down upon by both adults and children, and are disliked behind their backs, with their children not allowed to play with them.

They had heard many times that parents secretly told their children that the children in the orphanage were not clean and might have some kind of disease, and that they should not let their children have contact with them.

Today, this little girl and her grandfather didn't show any disgust towards them at all. They played with them happily, and they could tell the difference between good and bad.

"Little sister, you should go back now. Your grandfather is waiting for you."

The sensible children tried to persuade Le Bao, even though they still wanted to play with her, they couldn't be willful.

Finally, after everyone's repeated persuasion, Lu Jianguo promised to come again, and Le Bao reluctantly followed the adults away.

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