The next morning, she woke up early, kissed the little guy's face, then changed into clothes, picked up a simple suitcase and walked out of Chu Le's children's room.
Without disturbing anyone, she walked out of the manor with her luggage, walked all the way to the road, squeezed into a bus, went to the train station, and got on the train to Qingdao.
There were still many passengers on the train, and her luggage was still as simple as when she came to Beijing from Qingdao.
After getting off the car, she did not rush to find a hotel, but took a taxi directly to the orphanage on the outskirts of the city.
It was afternoon, and the children were playing in the yard. A little girl fell to the ground and started crying.
Lin Xiangwan hurriedly ran over, helped her up from the ground, and took out candy to comfort her. The little girl finally stopped crying.
After noticing her, a teacher from the orphanage came over suspiciously.
"Are you...are you here to adopt a child?"
"No!" Lin Xiangwan looked around, his eyes passing over the dilapidated buildings and courtyard walls, "Is the dean here? I want to see her."
The teacher looked at Lin Xiangwan and nodded gently, "Come up with me!"
Following the teacher upstairs, Lin Xiangwan walked into the familiar office.
Looking at the dean sitting behind the desk, many things flashed before her eyes.
"Hello." The dean stood up with a smile, "You are..."
Lin Xiangwan came over and said, "Dean mother, don't you recognize me?"
"You are..." The dean looked at her carefully and did not recognize who she was.
Lin Xiangwan pursed her lips and said, "I am Lin Xiaoqing!"
"Xiaoqing?" The dean took off his spectacles and looked at her face carefully, "You are the one..."
"Lin Xiaoqing was adopted several times and then returned." Lin Xiangwan said with a smile.
The dean smiled and said, "Actually, I have always thought you are a good boy."
Lin Xiangwan didn't speak, but walked up to her and gently hugged her shoulders.
Holding her, the dean also had tears in his eyes.
Of the children who walk out from here, few will come back.
It's rare that she would come back to see me.
The two hugged for a while, and then the dean asked her to sit on a chair, "How are you now? What kind of work do you do?"
"I..." Lin Xiangwan pondered for a moment, "I don't have a job now... Dean mother, I just saw that the switches in the courtyard and corridor should be replaced, and..."
She stood up and walked to the window, "Why don't we build a building in the open space at the back? This house is still the same when I was here. How can we still live in it after so many years?"
The dean sighed, "I want to, but... I don't have the money!"
"I have money." Lin Xiangwan said.
"you?!"
"Yeah!" Lin Xiangwan pursed her lips, "I'll pay for it. When the time comes, you can let me stay and help, okay?"
"Do you really want to stay?" The dean looked over in surprise.
The "Lin Xiaoqing" in my memory has always been a somewhat selfish girl, and the dean never thought that she would be willing to come back here.
The dean pondered for a moment, and then spoke softly, "Xiaoqing, you are really willing to stay and help. Our place...but...the conditions are very average, and I can't pay you much salary."
Lin Xiangwan raised her lips and said, "I don't want a salary."
In the past few years, following Luo Jun, she had already earned enough money to live comfortably for the rest of her life.
What she needs now is not money, but a sense of belonging and hope.
