Chapter 431

Not even crossing the district.

The motorhome stopped at the gate of the orphanage.

Zhang Xiao rolled down the car window and quietly watched the orphanage.

This place was once her nightmare, but now, she felt a bit nostalgic.

But nostalgia aside, she still did not want to stay here.

In fact, just smelling the air here felt a bit wrong.

Suddenly.

Zhang Xiao seemed to think of something and said to Ning Chen very excitedly, "I left something inside; I need to go get it!"

"Now?" Ning Chen looked at Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao nodded affirmatively.

"Then go ahead," Ning Chen said, taking Zhang Xiao out of the car.

They left the Husky in the motorhome.

After all, it was a large dog; scaring people would not be good.

Zhang Xiao entered the orphanage with ease.

The orphanage director saw Ning Chen and Zhang Xiao approaching and was also a bit surprised.

After all, it had been some time since Ning Chen took Zhang Xiao away; he did not expect them to return.

Seeing Ning Chen and Zhang Xiao walk into the orphanage.

The orphanage director came forward, smiling and saying, "Is this a visit home?"

Zhang Xiao had no particular feelings toward this director, "I am here to get something; I will be back soon."

Saying this.

Zhang Xiao ran alone toward the dormitory she once lived in.

Ning Chen watched her leave, with no intention of following.

Because he also had some things he wanted to ask about.

"Has her father come recently?" Ning Chen asked.

Zhang Xiao's father was the one who used to deal drugs.

He was also the one who indirectly caused Si Shiya's death.

The director looked up and thought carefully for a while, then said, "No. Strangely enough, I haven't seen him for a very long time. Of course, I mean during the time Little Jiujiu was here."

That man never came again.

It was because he loved his own life more.

Rather than loving his daughter.

"What about her sister?" Ning Chen asked again, while the figure of that woman appeared in his mind.

The woman who once stopped him halfway, only to be used as a tool by him and then ruthlessly abandoned.

Hearing He He.

This time.

The director did not think for a long time but immediately replied to Ning Chen, "Her? She came just yesterday, but her state seemed a bit off. When I told her Little Jiujiu was taken away by you, she looked very impatient and left."

"Her state was off?" Ning Chen stared closely at the director and asked softly.

The director nodded, pointing at the security room, "I don't know what happened to her. She seemed a bit crazy; she started cursing at me after only two sentences, so I chased her away. If you don't believe me, there is surveillance footage here; you can take a look."

The director's statement.

Made Ning Chen somewhat suspicious.

Crazy?

How could a perfectly normal person be crazy?

Could it be that she went insane after being abandoned by him?

With doubts.

Ning Chen walked into the security room and began investigating the surveillance footage.

The director watched from the side.

Ning Chen did not hesitate; his SSS-level hacker skills came into play.

In less than a minute, he pulled up the surveillance footage from that day.

The video quality was a bit blurry.

Presumably because the installed surveillance cameras were very cheap.

It was basically all pixelated; even the faces were unclear.

Therefore.

Ning Chen had no intention of watching it there.

Instead, he first returned to the car, took out a USB drive, and copied all the surveillance footage from that day.

He said to the director, "Zhang Xiao, also known as Little Jiujiu, will not be coming back."

This sentence.

Was not only said to the director.

It was also said to Ning Chen himself.

The director nodded with a smile and understood his meaning, "I understand. She has a new family now."

Ning Chen looked at the director but said nothing.

Not long after.

Zhang Xiao hadn't arrived yet, but her voice had already come ahead.

"Big brother! Big brother! Look what I found!"

Zhang Xiao grinned like a child, reclaiming the innocence that once belonged to her.

All that could be seen was...

Zhang Xiao ran up to Ning Chen, holding in her palm a small wooden plaque carved with the three characters "Zhang Xiao."

"What is this?" Ning Chen asked.

Zhang Xiao beamed at the wooden plaque, her eyes brimming with joy: "She was also Zhang Xiao, but I buried her in the soil before."

Ning Chen looked at the wooden plaque. "Why did you bury it in the soil?"

Zhang Xiao looked at Ning Chen, her smiling face utterly adorable: "Because the old Zhang Xiao died, and the dead must be buried in the soil. Now the new Zhang Xiao is alive, so naturally she must come out of the soil!"

The headmaster, listening nearby, nearly burst into tears.

Who knew how much suffering this little girl had endured?

Who could know how much pain she had once known?

Ning Chen's gaze gained a touch of warmth. He reached out and stroked Zhang Xiao's small head. "Yes. The new Zhang Xiao is alive—there's no need to bury her in the soil."

"Mm!" Zhang Xiao beamed brightly. "Big brother, let's go!"

"Alright."

Ning Chen took Zhang Xiao away from the orphanage.

From then on.

Here, there was no more connection.

294. (4/5) Those who wanted to find Ning Chen

After Zhang Xiao's repeated pleas,

Ning Chen took her to eat KFC.

She said.

There was a child's paradise—everything tasted good.

When they got there, she ordered a huge pile.

It was delicious,

but it wasted a lot.

Ning Chen only ate a few bites.

The rest went to the Husky.

Zhang Xiao fell asleep in the car.