If this sweet shell is destined to be peeled off by you

Not daring to ask himself any more, the emotion of evasion paralyzed his brain like eager to hide his shame for a moment.There are still important things to do right now, so don't be in a daze anymore.

Although the pace is a bit unsteady, it only needs to walk a few tens of meters, and the familiar door is reflected in front of his eyes again.In the huge courtyard, there are only a few small children running and chasing in the cold wind, their immature laughter makes Xueyue a little dazed.

"I'm so envious..."

Smiling secretly, he reached out and rang the doorbell at the gate.

The front door was equipped with monitoring, and no one asked Xueyue's identity, so it opened slowly.It attracted the children to stop and looked at the young big brother curiously.

Even with her eyes closed, Xueyue is confident that she can go to any place she wants to go in the courtyard, he is too familiar with this place.Bypassing a building, Xue Yue arrived at the dean's office.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Xueyue!"

Looking at her uncle who seemed to be the same as ten years ago, Xue Yue suddenly felt nostalgic, and smiled involuntarily.

"Uncle, long time no see, still so young."

After handing over the gift, Xue Yue looked at the other party seriously.

"Hey! Don't make fun of me. You are not far from the old man. You, on the other hand, are more mature than when you were studying. Are you doing well recently?"

"Uh...it's going well, and the job is very stable."

Questions that are not easy to answer should be vague, Xue Yue agreed with some embarrassment.

There were footsteps outside the door getting closer.Turning to enter the door was a man who looked about his age.

"Hey?"

Without saying anything, a kind smile appeared on the other party's face.

"Mr. Inoue?"

Someone she didn't know suddenly appeared, but she knew who she was, Xue Yue looked at her uncle in astonishment, and then at the young man who entered the door.

"It's our first meeting, I'm Xiaolin."

Introducing herself generously, Xue Yue stood up and returned the gift.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Inoue."

The dean sitting opposite was a little calm, but the expression on his face was still smiling, and he glanced at Xiao Lin.

"This is Xueyue, the child I mentioned to you."

He turned his head to look at Xueyue.

"Xiao Lin is a preschool teacher. He teaches all the preschool children in our yard. Isn't he very good? Haha!"

Xiaolin couldn't help being a little embarrassed by the subtle introduction, so he rubbed his nose and looked aside.

"...Uh, what's so great about this."

Xueyue looked at this Mr. Kindergarten teacher whom she met for the first time, she was a little confused, but she smiled politely and expressed her admiration.

"Right? If Kobayashi was a girl, she would be perfect! She loves children, is patient, and speaks softly. She is simply an ideal wife hahaha!"

Unscrupulously joking, Xiao Lin only wanted to beat up the talkative dean.

"Hey, but then again, isn't Uncle planning to get married yet?"

Changing the subject, Xue Yue asked the uncle in front of her face.

"Eh? I guess that kind of thing is impossible. Your uncle and I have decided not to get married in this life. I still have such a large group of children to take care of, and getting married may be difficult for both parties... You still ask me , What about you? Have a girlfriend? Have you... um? Ended your virginity?"

Xueyue, who never thought that the question would be thrown back, experienced being kissed by Maeda, her face turned red all of a sudden, and she hesitated and said no.

Xiao Lin, who was sitting on the side, wanted to smooth things over, because he knew that the dean always liked to take advantage of others and bully others.

"Ask such a private question, you seem like a weird old man..."

He wanted to make fun of the flushed Xue Yue, but he didn't want to be taught by Xiao Lin that he blamed the old man, so he turned around and started attacking Xiao Lin again.

"You bastard! You always say that I have a poisonous mouth, but now you have the upper hand! You have learned it in less than a year, you!"

"What's the matter? Eh? Did I gain the upper hand? Am I bullying the dean? It's so rare... It's obvious that on weekdays——"

Before he could finish speaking, the dean, whose eyes suddenly widened, quickly reached out and pulled Xiao Lin's arm that was originally on his chest. He wanted to say something, but he only gave him an excited look.

Xueyue was overwhelmed by this scene, like an outsider spectator, she couldn't persuade and pretend she didn't hear her confused bickering, so she could only continue to sit stiffly, watching the two staring at each other and gnashing their teeth.

However, Xue Yue felt relieved in her heart.It should be a good thing that someone is arguing and bickering with him as his uncle who has always been alone.

"Jingle Bell……"

The loud cell phone rang.

"Excuse me to answer the phone."

The dean who got up and went out was talking intermittently, leaving only the bored two sitting in the room, not knowing what to do.Some introverted Xueyue had no topic to talk about, just stared blankly in embarrassment.

Xiaolin really couldn't bear this atmosphere, got up to help Xueyue refill a cup of tea, and then chose to initiate a conversation.

"Mr. Xueyue? Can I call you that?"

Asking Xueyue who looked a bit shy.

"Eh? Yes, it's fine."

"When the dean mentioned you, he always called you Xueyue. So I am quite familiar with this name."

It is easy for two people who are about the same age to chat together. Although Xueyue is a somewhat dull person, it is still possible to chat passively.

"Hey?! Xiao Lin! I'm going out for a while, and I'll be back within two hours! Help me entertain Xueyue!"

He hurriedly put on his coat, took the car keys and ran out.Once again the two men were left sitting face to face and chatting.

After taking a sip of tea, Xue Yue smiled.

"I've never seen my uncle run so fast..."

Hearing this, Kobayashi replied.

"He should have gone to pick up the cake. The shop that ordered the cake had a broken car and couldn't deliver it. He said that he would contact us to pick it up."

"oh, I see……"

The atmosphere in the room was quiet and somewhat boring, and Xiao Lin tried his best to find a topic for chatting.

"Xue Yue, how long has it been since you moved out? It feels like you should have entered the society for a while."

"It's been almost four years since I moved out."

"Eh? Are you, 22 years old? But you don't look like that at all!"

Facing Xiao Lin's surprised gaze behind the glasses, Xue Yue just lowered her head in embarrassment to respond.

"I am indeed 22 years old, but it seems that I mature later than others..."

When it comes to her appearance, Xueyue is inevitably a little embarrassed.Although she looks pretty and has a clean face, she looks a bit like a girl, but she is not allowed to grow a beard because of work, so she is always misunderstood as a high school student, which often brings troubles to herself.

"Oh... I heard from the dean that you seldom come back and live alone all the time, will it be very hard?"

"No. Because I can support myself, I don't feel too hard. After all, I have no relatives, and I will always have to live on my own in the future."

Looking at Xueyue's bright eyes, Xiao Lin felt admiration in his heart.It is very rare for young people to be able to restrain loneliness and face the storms of life alone. Although he is not too old, but at Xueyue's age, he is not as tenacious as him.

"By the way, uncle, is he still alone now? When I was still here, I didn't see him dating a girlfriend before, and he didn't even have any relatives around him. Is it still like this now?"

"Yeah, he's still single. Even you have moved out, so what relatives does he have?"

"Eh? I just call him uncle. My mother died after giving birth to me, and I don't have a father, so I have no relatives..."

"Huh? Shouldn't you be the dean's nephew? Why do you say you have no relatives..."

The inexplicable sentence made Xueyue's eyes widen in shock, Xiao Lin didn't look like he was joking, but why did he say that?

"When my mother gave birth to me, she had a dystocia and left. I lived in the orphanage by myself for 12 years before my uncle came to take over the orphanage. How could it be a relative? And I follow my mother's surname, but my uncle's surname is Zhongshan. "

Faced with Xueyue's doubts, Xiao Lin also couldn't understand.

"But the dean always mentions you to me, and he calls you a nephew...Aren't you really the dean's nephew?"

My heart was in a mess, and I grabbed the corner of the sofa unconsciously, trying hard to recall my childhood past.

"I just remember that after my uncle came, he really took good care of me. I don't like to talk, and sometimes I get bullied. Maybe because of this, he often took me to go fishing, and sometimes he took me when he went out. Could it be that Because of……"

The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, Xueyue's somewhat confused appearance made Xiaolin worry.I mentioned it unintentionally, but who knows that the dean only kept this matter from him, and never mentioned his relationship with himself in front of Xueyue.

"Ah, that, I...sorry, I just heard about it, I don't know the specifics at all. I'm really sorry, Xue Yue, to trouble you so much."

However at this time Xueyue still had a dazed expression, which disturbed the words in her calm heart, making it difficult for people to digest, so she could only try her best not to think too much.It was difficult to control my heart, which was already under high pressure.

"Oh, maybe I got it wrong, don't worry about it."

With embarrassment on his face, Xiao Lin realized that he had done something that he regretted. Maybe the dean deliberately hid this matter. He just got close to the dean, but now he spread gossip. , or the secret that the dean didn't want Xueyue to know.Xiao Lin began to worry about how the dean would get angry with him after he knew about this.

"...Hmm. I'll pretend I don't know. Thank you, Mr. Kobayashi."

After regaining her senses, Xue Yue decided to temporarily forget about it.This time I came back to celebrate the dean's birthday, not only myself and Xiao Lin, but also the children in the orphanage, so I can't let this matter affect my mood.

Trying to sort out her emotions, Xueyue regained her original smile. Although it was abrupt, it finally let Xiaolin let go of the stone hanging in her heart.

"Really! Thank you!"

With sympathy and understanding, Kobayashi is like an amnesty.He didn't have to worry about being scolded by the dean.

"I'm the one to thank you for telling me. I'll figure it out myself later on."

Xiao Lin, who was in a relaxed mood, listened to Xue Yue's words and slowed down his nerves, leaned on the sofa and pinched his forehead.

Looking at Xiao Lin, Xue Yue also felt that she did not make a wrong choice.

"By the way, do you want to go for a walk?"

The atmosphere in the house became dull, Xiao Lin proposed to go out for a walk with Xue Yue.

"Okay. Let's go take a look at the pond. I was always taken fishing before, so I haven't seen it for a long time."

Putting the bag indoors, Xueyue put her hands in her pockets and followed Xiao Lin towards the northwest corner of the yard.

When the dean was not changing, there was water all year round in a puddle of just over 100 square meters against the courtyard wall, because there was a river outside the wall.The orphanage, which was in chaos at the beginning, did not have the manpower and financial resources to rectify the pond. It only waited for the arrival of the new director, worrying that it would be dangerous for the children to run to the water's edge, so they used barbed wire fences to enclose all other directions that could be approached.

The air was slightly cool, and the morning sun did not bring much warmth.

"By the way, does uncle still come to fish now?"

The author has something to say:

Who does Kobayashi remind people of?Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid?Kobayashi Weiyu?Kobayashi Yusuke?Yu Kobayashi?Sachiko Kobayashi?Anyway, the surname kobayashi sounds cute, I think.

These two chapters are all about the orphanage, and the 3 chapters will be updated together.