Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 76: Home of Hope

"Dingling bell~"

The wind chimes at the door rang, and not long after Jie Jing and the other man left, Huang Shifu came skipping in.

But when she saw the empty shelves in the store, her face froze and she wondered for a few seconds whether she had come to the wrong place. Finally, she noticed Lin Beixuan sitting behind the counter in deep thought and then she reacted.

"Boss, don't you plan to run this store anymore?" Huang Shifu hurriedly typed on his mobile phone and pushed the screen in front of Lin Beixuan.

"Something happened in the store and everything was stolen." Lin Beixuan raised his head and explained.

"..."

Huang Shifu’s eyes widened immediately and he picked up his phone to call the police, but when he remembered that he couldn’t speak, he put it down in disappointment.

Although she has only worked in this store for a few days, she has already developed a sense of belonging here.

The boss does not look at her strangely because of her physical disability, and she is relatively free in the store. When there is no business, she can do what she likes and is not so constrained.

It was a pretty perfect job for her character.

But who could have imagined that in just a few days, the store was robbed and all the items were taken away.

"Don't worry, the police have been here just now, and it shouldn't take long to get your things back." Seeing Huang Shifu looking a little depressed, Lin Beixuan laughed and comforted him.

Huang Shifu nodded and stood there at a loss.

She came to work today, but now the store is empty and she obviously can't go.

"You don't have to come to work for the next two days. I'll contact you when I find the things."

After seeing Huang Shifu off, Lin Beixuan walked out of the store, locked the door, and hung a sign saying "Closed" on the handle.

The store is out of stock, this is all we can do for now!
Lin Beixuan let out a long breath, and followed the breath of the Five Rats with his eyes looking into the distance. He spotted a shared bicycle on the street next to him, and pedaled away following the guidance of the breath.

Luocheng is only considered a third-tier city in Xuan Country. It is not as crowded as first-tier cities such as Linhai and Shangjing. Even during rush hour, there are cars coming and going on the road, but there is no congestion at all. People pass through the intersections in an orderly manner according to traffic rules.

Lin Beixuan rode his bike to the intersection and found that the energy of the Five Rats split into three streams and continued to float in different directions.

“Is this a separation?”

The Five Rats split into three groups and went to different places, probably looking for the next place to steal.

But it's better to separate, so that his safety can be improved a little.

It is always better for the five mice to separate than to stay together.

After thinking this through, Lin Beixuan picked up a thin wisp of air and followed it.

Riding all the way to the old town, the scent of Lin Beixuan following him became more and more obvious. He went through several alleys and finally stopped at the door of an old orphanage.

"House of Hope!" Lin Beixuan silently recited the name on the gate.

This orphanage looks quite old. It is located in the old city and blends in with the surrounding old buildings. The walls are dilapidated, and the earth-red bricks have fallen off, revealing the uneven stones inside.

A few clusters of yellow ivy climbed up the wall, with their roots taken root in the stones. When the breeze blew, they swayed together with a low old tree beside the yard, making a rustling sound.

After confirming that this was the right place, Lin Beixuan parked the shared bicycle on the side of the road, stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked inside for a while.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

At this moment, a short old man in his seventies wearing a security uniform trotted over. He looked Lin Beixuan up and down, and said with a little vigilance: "Who are you? What do you want here?"

Lin Beixuan thought for a moment and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'll just come over to see if the stuff has been delivered."

As soon as he said this, the security guard's eyes widened, and he exclaimed with his big mouth with two missing front teeth: "So it was you who asked people to put all the things here!"

"Ahem, that's right." Lin Beixuan coughed twice and continued what the other party said.

"Come on, please come in."

The security guard immediately invited Lin Beixuan to walk into the orphanage, patted Lin Beixuan's arm kindly, and said with a smile: "If you don't come again, the director and I will call and send your things to the police station."

"Next time you want to donate something, you can tell the director first, and don't pile it up in front of the orphanage. If you hadn't come here today, we wouldn't even know that these things were donated to us."

The old security guard seemed very talkative. After leading Lin Beixuan inside, he immediately shouted loudly into the building: "Dean, the owner of those things is here. They really were donated to our hospital."

The old security guard's voice was loud and full of joy, as if something that had been put aside for a long time had finally come to fruition.

After a while, more than twenty children of different ages came out of the building. The oldest was about eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest looked less than three years old. They were led by an old woman with a hunched back.

The old woman was stunned for a moment when she saw Lin Beixuan, then she walked forward with a smile.

"Hello." Lin Beixuan greeted the old woman.

The two were close to each other, and it was then that Lin Beixuan discovered that although the old woman had a hunched figure and her face bore many marks of time, she remained calm and composed from beginning to end, and her deep eyes revealed a unique scholarly temperament.

"Hello, I'm the director of Hope House." The old woman stretched out her hand and shook hands with Lin Beixuan. "Excuse me, were you the one who delivered the things that were placed at the gate of our house two days ago?"

When the thing was mentioned, the old woman's slightly cloudy eyes seemed to brighten a little.

Lin Beixuan looked at the clean little faces gathered around the old man. Although their clothes had become a little white due to washing and the cuffs were frayed, he saw the burning light of hope in these children's eyes.

Life in the orphanage did not make them feel inferior and withdrawn. On the contrary, under the guidance of the old director, they became sunny and cheerful, and even healthier than many children from happy families.

There is no doubt that this is a poor orphanage. It is not difficult to tell from the clothes the children wear and some of the simple recreational facilities in the orphanage that they must be facing considerable financial pressure.

Lin Beixuan did not respond to the old dean's question for the time being, but asked the other party to take him to see those things first.

"All the things are here. We don't know who left them at the door, and we're worried that someone passing by might take them away, so we put them in this classroom and wait for someone to claim them."

The old dean pushed open the locked door and showed Lin Beixuan the inside.

Sure enough, they were almost all snacks and drinks, and even quite a few toys and stuffed dolls.

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows calmly. His breath was cut off here, but he did not see any trace of the Five Rats of Kongyun.

"Could you please show me around?"

The old director smiled and did not refuse. He walked beside Lin Beixuan and told him about the history and current situation of the orphanage.

Lin Beixuan listened carefully while exploring the faint scent in the air.

Suddenly, he stopped at the door of a room with cute graffiti on it.

[You have captured the remaining aura of the Blessing Rat of the Five Rats of Kongyun. The Spiritual Encyclopedia has been opened, and some information about the Blessing Rat has been successfully unlocked.]

(End of this chapter)