"hiss……"
Lily was forced to stop what she was doing, and she stabbed herself again.
There was no way, she was very restless now and couldn't concentrate on doing anything at all.
The sky was starting to get dark, but John's "Screening Patrol" team still failed to return to the largest orphanage located in London, the British Empire. They didn't even send anyone back to inform them in advance that this time it would take a long time.
After looking at the wound on her finger and seeing blood oozing out, Lily suppressed the urgency in her heart and raised her voice and shouted downstairs: "Ender, Ender, are you there? Can you get me a band-aid?"
Lily then heard a child downstairs respond:
"Sister Lily, Ander should be in the common area on the third floor. I'll call him."
Then there was a running sound from the spiral staircase.
Lily immediately reminded: "Will, be safe! Don't run on the stairs."
After a while, Lily heard the sound of running from the spiral staircase again. She saw a boy with short flaxen hair sticking out half of his head from the stairs, then threw a box of band-aids to Lily and ran quickly. Went downstairs.
Lily couldn't help but cover her face, what is this guy doing?
"He must be playing on the computer again! He is really in this mood at this time." Lily silently muttered Ender's words in her mind.
Sighing slightly, she turned her head and looked at the huge circular window beside her.
Lily herself was faintly reflected on the glass of the window. Her long, slightly curly brown hair was tied up casually behind her back. The bridge of her nose was slightly straightened, and her light blue eyes looked so calm in this somewhat dim environment.
Her lips were slightly pursed, and the freckles on her face made Lily look childish, but the close-fitting round-neck women's shirt made Lily a little more mature.
Lily was not in the mood to look at herself, she was just trying to see further out the window.
"Where did Team John go?"
Lily murmured in a low voice, but Lily was destined not to know the answer, because no one in the orphanage had ever imagined such a question, especially after they almost confirmed that no one else existed within the "wall".
Thinking of the "wall", Lily couldn't help but close her eyes, because she really couldn't forget the scene she saw with her own eyes before:
It was like the science fiction movie that the orphanage teacher had watched for the children had come into reality... No, that was reality mixed with science fiction - it was a "wall" made of mist. Therefore, it can be judged that it is fog because the "wall" is surging and flowing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and this "wall" extends all the way to the height of the sky, forming a very small hole, and Lily can see with the naked eye The deepest part of the hole we reached was a chaotic scene of black and purple.
"John shouldn't want to go inside the 'wall' to find out what's going on out of the blue, right? Then other people in his team should stop him..."
The more Lily thought about it, the more headache she got, so she simply dropped the clothes in her hands and looked away from the window. No matter how hard she tried, she could only see the scene within 24 meters.
Lily clapped her hands and patted her cheek lightly. She took a small breath and tried to stand up with her legs closed. Then she tapped her toes to relieve the slight numbness in her legs caused by sitting sideways for a long time. , which made her expression rich, and she grinned a little.
She decided to go find Xiu and Aiden. Waiting like this was not an option. If John's "screening patrol" team still failed to come back when the 6 o'clock bell rang today, she would go out with a team of children to look for John.
As the saying goes, rather than hoping that something will be completed, it is better to take the initiative to complete it yourself.
The orphanage where Lily is located is a 'church-like' building built with a Gothic-style exterior similar to that of the 18th and 19th centuries, but considering practicality, a 'church-like' building with many floors and many rooms was built inside.
So it is said that in the early days of the orphanage, many homeless people would knock on the door of this building to seek help from the church. Unfortunately, the real church was in another city, which made the homeless people face the problem. The orphanage yelled curses, even threw stones and untied their belts to vent their filth.
This forced the first-generation director of the orphanage to build another iron fence around the orphanage, and also hung a large and eye-catching plaque at the entrance of the fence that read "Saint Lance Orphanage".
They even specially arranged for the children and teachers of the orphanage to regularly distribute simple maps at the door to inform visitors how to quickly reach the real church in another city, and the situation improved. Of course, these are all stories about the establishment of orphanages in the last century.
The current orphanage, because it was renovated at the beginning of this century, looks retro yet not lacking in modern urban atmosphere. It also provides quite a lot of contemporary conveniences for the children living in the orphanage, such as direct access to A simple elevator leading to the attic, such as an electric water heater installed in the bathroom, etc.
It has to be said that the British Empire government is very wholehearted in taking care of St. Reims Orphanage, the largest and oldest established orphanage in London.
Lily didn't choose to take the simple elevator because it could only go from the first floor to the top, or vice versa.
Lily planned to go to the public living area on the third floor. Someone from Xiu or Aiden would always be there. The orphanage was only on the fifth floor, so there was no need for Lily to take the elevator.
While walking slowly down the stairs, Lily saw several children whispering to each other at the railing on the fourth floor. The children also saw Lily and waved to say hello to Lily.
Lily forced a smile and nodded in response. The children in the orphanage didn't know yet that John's team had left much longer than expected. They didn't feel nervous yet. Originally, every time John went out to do "screening patrols", the time would be different. fixed.
The public living area on the third floor is large and can accommodate nearly 70 people at the same time. The living area also has many facilities, whether it is simple fitness equipment, a sponge building park for children to play, or something similar to the Internet. Rows of computers.
As Lily expected, she saw Ender in the computer area, who was playing games with a look of concentration on his face, and Aiden, who was standing next to Ender and watching him play games.
Ender was wearing headphones and failed to notice Lily's approach, but Aiden quickly noticed Lily's arrival, and saw Lily giving him a silencing gesture.
Then, Lily, who was close to Ender's computer, quickly and skillfully pressed the power button placed at the bottom right side of the computer screen, and pulled Aiden there while Ender screamed, "I haven't had time to save it yet!" A seating area in the common area.
"Aiden, I'm here to tell you about my decision. If John and his team fail to come back before the 6 o'clock bell today, I will form a second team to find him."
"Okay, I'll... go too." Aiden responded concisely but not directly. He only said two words at a time, and would pause when he had to say more than three.
Lily was a little at a loss for a moment, because she imagined a lot of how Aiden would refute her and stop her, but she didn't expect that Aiden would accept Lily's proposal so easily and even ask to follow her.
"John, good man, I want to...save him." After Aiden said this, he raised his hand and put some of his light yellow hair back behind his ears, pointed downwards, and then made a backpack gesture.
Lily's eyes immediately turned red. She wiped her eyes and nodded, motioning for Aiden to go. Aiden's action meant that he was going to prepare supplies for this operation.
It seemed Xiu had no choice but to kill first and play later... Lily didn't hesitate much and went to each floor to find suitable candidates for the second team that she had already thought about.
But Lily knew that she could not force any of the children to go out on adventures with her, so she also had to inform these children of the dangers of this operation. Based on this principle, Lily decided to gather these children together first, which would be better than her Explain them one by one to save time.
