The lush shadows of the trees are reflected in the lake, and the ginkgo leaves are gently swaying in the cool autumn breeze of November.

An aunt with a kind face and half-white hair wearing a sweater jacket was walking in front, followed by a group of young people with fresh faces.

There are volunteer activities at Minyou Welfare Home every month, and you can get 4 extra credits if you go six times a year.

The welfare home has four branches: east, south, west and north. Today they came to the west branch where there are more children.

The auntie led everyone to the courtyard with ease. A few children were drawing on the ground in the corner, while most of them were gathered on the large lawn at the back playing games.

"It's not long since we finished breakfast, and the children are all very energetic. They really enjoy playing with children your age. Lunch starts at 11:15, and the lunch break ends at 1:30 pm. During this time, the children will be sleeping in their rooms, so you can walk around as much as you want, but be quiet."

After briefly introducing the process, the aunt allowed the college students to move freely and play with the children.

Mingling with people in the middle of summer, today I wore a loose brown round-neck sweatshirt, wide-leg plaid pants of the same color, two low buns, and a small backpack hanging behind me, swaying as I walked.

I just asked my monitor a few days ago and came here today to earn some credits. It's my first time here, so I feel a bit of novelty and it's a nice change of pace to be in an unfamiliar environment.

The air is so good!

Listening to the children playing not far away, looking up at the sky in the midsummer, my soul is gradually being purified...

Suddenly, she felt an unpleasant gaze falling on her.

Looking around, I didn't see any suspicious signs.

"Hi."

A cheerful male voice sounded beside me. I turned around and saw a handsome boy. He was also a volunteer today.

"Hello, my name is Qiu Ming. Are you Sheng Xia Li?"

She nodded and greeted him.

"This is probably your first time here. I haven't seen you before." Qiu Ming hugged the book in front of his chest and said gently, "Shall I take you with me?"

She has not had much contact with children, so when she sees any cute baby videos, she just scrolls past them with an indifferent look on her face.

Of course it would be nice to have someone to lead the way, Sheng Xia Li smiled and responded: "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I think your name—" He pushed his glasses up and paused for a few seconds for some reason: "Very interesting."

"New real estate developments in my hometown are named like Swan Island and Spring Breeze. They have similar meanings to your name."

The smile on Sheng Xia Li's lips froze: "..."

Can you chat?

Qiu Ming took her to greet the other children, "Huahua, come and see the beautiful big sister."

The little girl named Huahua was wearing a small wreath on her head. She was skipping rope with others. When she saw someone familiar, she came over and said, "Brother Xiaoming~"

Qiu Ming touched her head. The little girl looked at Shengxia Li, raised her head, her pupils dilated, her mouth formed a circle, and she said "Wow", just staring at her blankly.

Sheng Xia Li scratched his chin, his hair dancing on his cheeks in the breeze. His face was fair with a little baby fat. His big eyes, like a pool of clear spring water, blinked twice at Hua Hua, then squatted down, eye to eye, and held her fingers: "Hello?"

The little girl remained silent, her face visibly red. She uttered an awkward "hmm" and drew circles on the grass. "My name is Huahua. I'm six years old. I love tulips the most. I can eat two bowls of them with soy sauce. My best friend is Lele. We often skip rope together..."

Qiu Ming: “…”

He couldn't help but say, "Looks like I don't need to take her with me. Huahua is the most popular person in the garden. If you play with her, everyone will come close to you."

Sheng Xia Li looked up at him and said in a panic, "No, no, no, I still need you. Brother Xiao Ming!"

"Don't worry." Qiu Ming said, "Huahua has already fallen in love with you."

In the middle of summer: "..."

This time it was Huahua who held her hand. "Come on, big sister. I'll take care of this place, no one will bully you. But there's one thing: you have to play with me alone today! Brother Xiaoming, goodbye!"

Sheng Xia Li was pulled by her and ran forward with her body lowered. Looking back, Qiu Ming waved at them and said, "Have fun."

They ran straight to a large flowerbed in the middle and stopped. Huahua coughed twice and shouted to the sky, "Everyone, come here quickly! Gather together!!"

It’s no exaggeration to say that she is a popular person. In a short while, there were 7 or 8 children around her.

"Lele."

She grabbed one of the thin-faced girls and said, "This sister belongs to both of us today. She agreed."

Lele: “Wow!”

Other kids: "Ah... can't we play together?"

Huahua put her hands on her hips and said, "No, this is the woman I like."

“…” Shengxia Li’s heart twitched, and she nodded with a very friendly smile on her face.

Being pretty is an advantage and is also popular among children.

"Sister, what's your name?" Lele squeezed her fingers and shook them twice. "My name is Lele."

"Huahua, Lele." Shengxia Li touched her head and told her her name: "Just call me Sister Xia Xia."

"Oh! It sounds a lot like ours, Sister Xia Xia~"

"Let Sister Xia Xia play hopscotch with us!"

One in each hand, they were taken out for a jog in the middle of summer, and square grids were drawn on the cement floor.

She had never played it as a child, but after listening to the simple rules, she nodded.

"The loser gets to buy candy." Huahua couldn't hide her thoughts, "Then let the newcomer, Sister Xia Xia, dance first."

Sheng Xia Li couldn't help laughing, and stood in front of the grid, "Okay, correct me if I'm wrong."

At this moment, she felt that someone was looking at her again. She turned around and saw a silver-white building behind her, empty.

strangeness.

In the middle of summer, I frowned and then relaxed my brows, and became focused, jumping around in the grid, not thinking about other things, and no annoying people would jump out of my mind. Simply playing with the children really helped to relax my mood.

Childhood is great, with a happy atmosphere all around.

After a few rounds, Shengxiali found that he was not as strong as the child, and he also lost two lollipops and three packs of cola-flavored soda candies.

She collapsed on the bench to rest, but Huahua Lele didn't give her time to rest and kept pestering her, "I want candy, I want candy!"

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you." Sheng Xia Li had no choice but to stand up and pointed domineeringly, "Wait!"

"Yeah! Hehe."

There is a small convenience store in the welfare home. In the middle of summer, when I was picking candies, I reinforced my bun.

Before coming here, she had never thought there would be such intense exercise. She thought it would just be chatting and drawing. It seems that children's activities are richer than she imagined.

She bent down to look for soda candy when someone passed by from behind and bumped into her.

She subconsciously looked at the other person. The uniformed security guard waved his hand to her and said sorry, then walked to the freezer to buy some water.

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