Uncle Huang is still waiting for us in the shop.

Dongju said it would only take her half an hour to walk home. I thought it was so late, so Uncle Huang and I took her home first and then took me back to school.

At first Dongju didn't want to trouble us. She was a very sensible child. Only after my insistence did she agree to let us take her home.

I was afraid that she would be scolded by her grandmother, so I sent her to the door of her house.

Her home is on the second floor of a building on the roadside. I knocked on the door and a middle-aged woman in her fifties opened it.

"You stupid girl, why did you come back just now?"

The middle-aged woman started to curse when she saw Dongmei. Then she looked up and saw me behind Dongmei, and her voice stopped abruptly.

"Hello! Auntie, I'm from the shop opposite the hospital. I let Dongmei play with me for a while, and now I'm sending her back."

I quickly explained to prevent Dongju from suffering more scolding.

I took a look into the house and saw a little boy about two years old standing on the sofa. The house was quite large and well decorated. It seemed that Dongju's family was living a good life before her father's accident.

After hearing what I said, the middle-aged woman's expression immediately changed. She said thank you to me, then took Dongju into the house. She also politely asked me to come in and sit down, but I refused.

When I went downstairs, the door slammed shut, and immediately I heard the middle-aged woman scolding Dongmei.

I could only shake my head and walk away.

After returning to school, I lay in bed and couldn't sleep, thinking about Dongju.

This child has a miserable fate. She may not even know that her biological mother has passed away. She is still taking care of her stepmother and younger brother without complaint, and has to endure the contempt of her so-called grandmother.

I secretly decided that I must make life better for this poor girl, at least to ensure she would not lose the opportunity to go to school.

My own ability is limited, but now I have Long Mo and Uncle Huang. I believe that Long Mo will support me if he knows that I want to help this child.

As I was thinking, I started to feel sleepy. The next morning, Gu Weiying woke me and Hu Jing up as usual.

Gao Jie usually doesn't go back to the dormitory to sleep on Sunday nights, and she rarely comes home from Monday to Friday. I heard that she and her boyfriend are childhood sweethearts, and their parents are very good friends.

The two have been classmates since junior high school and their relationship has always been quite stable. We all envy them very much.

Because of Dongju’s matter, Uncle Huang and I agreed that he would pick me up after the daytime classes.

Only by interacting more with Dongju can I make her trust me completely, and then I can gain Jiang Shuang's trust and learn more about her family situation.

After school, I rushed straight to the school gate. Uncle Huang had indeed arrived. As usual, he parked his car in a rather remote place.

As soon as I got in the car, I asked.

"Uncle Huang, did Dongju go to the shop today?"

"I went there late this morning and haven't seen her yet." Uncle Huang replied.

Maybe I was too anxious. The little girl shouldn't have finished school at this time. Normally, elementary school students should finish school at 5pm, but my class ended at 4:30pm today.

After sorting out my thoughts, I asked again, "Uncle Huang, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"Whatever you want, eat whatever you want. I eat out all day and I'm tired of the restaurants around here." Uncle Huang answered casually.

"How about this, let's buy a bowl of hot and sour noodles and eat it in the store."

I didn't want to miss Dongju, and was afraid that we would go out to eat, and she would leave if she didn't see us. I was very eager to deal with her affairs as soon as possible.

I got off the bus and bought three bowls of hot and sour noodles, and also bought a few scallion pancakes.

When Uncle Huang saw me holding so much food, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He understood why I bought so much.

When we got to the shop and saw that it was not yet 6 o'clock, we ate while patiently waiting for Dongju.

Sure enough, just after we finished eating, a small figure appeared at the hospital door. She changed her clothes today and didn't look as cold as yesterday.

Holding the lunch box in his hand, he glanced at us and rushed to the hospital.

"Dongju, wait a moment." I shouted across the street.

When she heard my voice, she immediately stopped where she was and looked back. I stood up and walked towards her.

"Sister, you called me?" Dongju asked.

"Dongju, I bought you some food. Come with me to the store to eat and then go in to deliver the meal."

I took her and walked into the shop.

Unexpectedly, Dongju broke free from me and said, "Sister, thank you. I have to give the meal to mother first. No one brought her food at noon, and she must be very hungry."

"Oh, how about this, I'll go in with you."

This child is so sensible and kind, I am deeply moved.

The grandmother didn't even bring lunch to her daughter at noon. She just brought a 2-year-old child. Shouldn't she have brought the child to the hospital with her? I was speechless.

Hearing what I said, Dongju was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and nodded.

When I arrived at Jiang Shuang's bedside, she looked the same as yesterday, with a haggard face.

She wasn't surprised to see me. I just said that my uncle was guarding the shop anyway, so Dongju and I came in to see her.

I opened my third eye and looked around her again. The negative energy surrounding her was stronger than yesterday, but I still didn't see any ghosts.

I was very puzzled. Wouldn't the ghost that was haunting her appear at this point?

However, everything has cause and effect. There is no love or hate without reason in this world.

The reason why that ghost haunts Jiang Shuang must be that there is a certain causal relationship between them.

After Jiang Shuang finished her meal, I took Dong Ju away. During the time, I tried to get her to tell me about her family, but she kept silent and deliberately changed the subject.

Thinking that she didn't want to talk about it, I had no choice but to give up. I couldn't force her to say it, and she didn't ask me to help solve the problem.

Moreover, she had no idea that her illness was caused by the haunting of ghosts, she just thought she was sick.

Her symptoms included alternating hot and cold, occasionally accompanied by a high fever and cough, which was very similar to a cold, and the doctor treated her accordingly.

But she was also very distressed. She had been in the hospital for almost 10 days, and there was no improvement at all.

I really wanted to ask her to find some evidence, but I swallowed the words back.

After leaving the hospital, a smile broke out on Dongju's face. She said that when she left, she told her grandmother that she would come to play with me and would be back later so that she would not be scolded by her grandmother.

This is how children are happy. Maybe because she is with me, she feels unprecedented warmth.

When we got to the shop, the hot and sour noodles and scallion pancakes were already cold, so Uncle Huang asked me to take them to the kitchen in the small yard at the back to heat them up.

Uncle Huang and I don’t like eating out anymore, so we cook our own food whenever we have time.

The small courtyard at the back was bought by Long Mo, and I have been there many times.

Finally, I remembered that apart from the modern decoration inside, the external structure of this small courtyard was very similar to the side courtyard where Liu Feng lived in my dream. It had two bedrooms, a small living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

I took Dongju into the yard, heated up the food, and Dongju ate it happily.

Seeing her happy face, I feel relieved, but it can't always be like this. If I want to solve her problem fundamentally, I still have to work harder.

After dinner, I took her home as usual. She still had homework to do and couldn't stay here for too long.

This went on for several days and there was no progress.

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