Chapter 1311: Qi Family's Little Sister 5

Yun Qitian smiled and pointed outside: "It's almost dawn. Let's take a day off today and go see the little sister during the day."

"I'm not going. Why should I go see her? There isn't a single good person in the Qi Family. I'm not going."

Shi Ran was clearly saying the opposite of what she felt.

Her husband continued: "Go, go see if she's doing well, and it will also save you from letting your imagination run wild and having nightmares."

"Hmm, alright."

Her husband made sense, so she agreed.

Dawn broke.

Yun Qitian heated up two glasses of milk and made two sandwiches. After the couple finished their simple breakfast, they drove off toward the Welfare Institute.

Passing a shopping mall, Yun Qitian parked the car on the side of the road and said to Shi Ran: "Get out of the car."

"What are we doing?"

He said helplessly: "Are we going empty-handed? Let's go into the mall and buy some dolls and things the little sister likes to eat."

"Oh, okay!"

She hadn't thought of it, but her husband had; her husband was still the thoughtful one.

The two walked into the mall, and when they came out not long after, they were fully loaded.

Shi Ran was holding several teddy bears, dolls, and other things that young girls like.

The large bags in Yun Qitian's hands were filled with delicious snacks.

Chocolate, spicy gluten strips, beef jerky, biscuits, shredded squid, nuts, dried fruit... all snacks that were easy to store.

The two had a good plan: with so much, she could keep them and eat them slowly!

However, reality was not quite what they had imagined.

The Welfare Institute.

Yun Qitian and his wife were a bit surprised; wasn't this place a bit too dilapidated?

A red brick wall, a large iron gate, and a two-story red brick building.

The building must be older than their parents' generation; was this the Welfare Institute?

The navigation hadn't led them wrong; it really was.

On the rusted large iron gate, there were three characters that were also rusted—Welfare Institute.

"The little sister lives here?" Shi Ran asked in confusion.

"Yes, let's go in." Yun Qitian pushed open the gate.

The Welfare Institute they had imagined, while not a high-rise building, was not this crude either.

The courtyard wasn't even paved with cement; it was just dirt, uneven and full of pits.

Their arrival was met with a warm reception.

Countless little hands reached out, asking them for gifts.

Only then did the two realize they had been negligent.

These were all bought for Qi Shiwen and there wasn't a share for anyone else. Yun Qitian promised everyone: "I'm sorry, we left in such a rush that we didn't prepare anything for everyone. Next time, I promise I will make it up to you when I come back."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yun, Mrs. Yun. These children are just like this, please don't mind them," the director of the Welfare Institute apologized.

"It's fine. Where does Qi Shiwen live? We are here to see her."

"Oh, you are here to see Qi Shiwen? She has gone to school at this hour."

The couple only then realized that today was Tuesday; of course she would have gone to school.

"Director, please distribute these things to the children. We will go to the school to see her and buy her some more on the way."

"Thank you. Then I will thank Mr. Yun on behalf of the children at the Welfare Institute."

The director saw the couple out the gate and turned back.

The two drove to the little sister's school.

It was too far; the Welfare Institute was too far from the school. It took forty minutes by car; wouldn't it take two hours by bus?

The two drove to the school and explained their purpose to the Security Guard at the entrance.

Soon, Qi Shiwen's homeroom teacher came over. She asked the two in surprise: "You are looking for Qi Shiwen? She has already transferred schools. Didn't you know?"

The two looked at each other; they really didn't know.

"Teacher, where did she transfer to? Do you know?"

The young female teacher thought for a moment and remembered: "Zhangjia Village Primary School."

"Zhangjia... Village Primary School?"

"A primary school in a village?"

The couple was very surprised.

They had only heard of people transferring from small places to big places; it was rare to see someone transfer from a big place to a small place for school.

The teaching staff at a village primary school certainly couldn't be as good as the one here; there was simply no comparison.

The primary school where the little sister had been could be ranked at least second in Jiangzhou. Countless people broke their heads trying to get in, yet she had transferred to a village primary school?

"Thank you, teacher."

"You're welcome."

The two said goodbye to the teacher and returned to the car to reopen the navigation.

"Sorry, the location you are looking for is not in the database."

The couple looked at each other again, not knowing what to say.

What kind of school was this?

It wasn't even in the navigation system.

Fortunately, she knew the general location, and it was not far from the Welfare Institute, so they still had to drive back.

Since they were already out, they didn't want to waste the trip, so the two went to the shopping mall again, this time filling both the trunk and the back seat of the car.

Besides toys, snacks, there were also stationery, fruits, new clothes, and so on; they bought a lot.

Zhangjia Village Primary School.

A wooden plaque hung on a tree; the so-called primary school didn't even have a perimeter wall.

Similar to the Welfare Institute, the school also consisted of red brick buildings, but they were not dilapidated and looked quite new.

The school didn't even have a perimeter wall, and naturally, it lacked the plastic Playground commonly seen at primary schools.

The Playground here was made of dirt, though it was relatively level; the large tree in the middle of the Playground was likely several hundred years old.

The large tree had quite a few functions; a bell hung on the trunk, the very old-fashioned kind that Shi Ran had only ever seen on television, and she hadn't expected to see a real one now.

At this moment, the bell rang, and the children ran out of the classrooms quickly to play on the Playground.

Shi Ran tugged at her husband, and the two hid behind the tree trunk to observe secretly.

The school was not large, with a total of only six classrooms and about a hundred children.

Soon, Qi Shiwen came out of the classroom.

Oh my, it had only been a week, and the little sister had changed completely.

She no longer kept her head lowered; she was laughing and talking with her classmates about something, looking very happy as she skipped out of the classroom.

They were playing shuttlecock.

The little sister wasn't good at kicking the shuttlecock, but no one mocked her; two girls were teaching her earnestly, and she was learning just as earnestly.

"Pretty big brother and big sister, who are you looking for?" A little boy stood before them; the clothes on his body were dirty, but his large eyes were very lively.

"We aren't looking for anyone in particular, little friend, let me ask you something."

Shi Ran took out a handful of imported chocolates and stuffed them into his hands.

"Alright, go ahead and ask."

The little boy was very happy and stuffed them into his pocket generously.

"Is anyone bullying Qi Shiwen at school?"

"No, Qi Shiwen is a new transfer student... Qi Shiwen, someone is looking for you!" The little boy shouted at the top of his lungs, and it was too late for Shi Ran to stop him.

The little sister was already running toward them.

"Sister Shi Ran, Brother Qi Tian, are you here to see me?"

Before the two could answer, the little girl continued on her own: "Thank you for coming such a long way to see me. I am doing very well now; it is very good here. The aunties at the Welfare Institute are like mothers to me and treat me very well, and my classmates are also very good..."

It had only been a few days, but the little girl seemed like a different person, having returned to her former innocent and lively self, and she was talking much more.

She spoke of her classmates, teachers, and the children at the Welfare Institute with eyebrows dancing and eyes beaming, talking on and on.