Su Ran looked at the little girl in front of her with surprise, then looked at Fang Zhi with questioning eyes.
Fang Zhi sighed and said softly: "Yanyan, take off your clothes and show the things on your back to Sister Ranran."
Xu Yan nodded obediently and stood up. Just as she was about to take off her shirt, Su Ran quickly pulled her back. Xu Yan looked at Su Ran with some confusion.
"You have to go to the room." Su Ran pointed outside, and then Xu Yan and Fang Zhi realized that they were still on the balcony.
After Su Ran pulled Xu Yan and Fang Zhi into the house, Xu Yan took off her shirt again, turned around and exposed her back to Su Ran.
Looking at Xu Yan's thin back, Su Ran took a breath.
It's not because the little girl's body is too thin, but in the middle of her back, from her neck to her waist, there is a long vertical row of characters.
Su Ran took a closer look and couldn't identify what characters were written in this line of characters. It seemed to be some kind of religious ceremony symbol.
Su Ran touched it lightly with her fingers and quickly took her hand back.
There was actually a burning sensation on this string of characters.
"Is it hot Yanyan?" Su Ran asked softly.
Xu Yan shook her head.
"This kind of hot feeling can only be felt when other people touch it, but she doesn't feel it on herself." Fang Zhi explained.
Su Ran nodded, got closer, and said with some confusion: "I can't even tell what kind of pen this character is written with... No, this is not written with a pen."
"It appeared from her body, as if it grew on her body." Fang Zhi said softly.
"Didn't you send him to the hospital for a checkup?" Su Ran frowned and said, "I shouldn't be able to get over this situation on my own."
Fang Zhi nodded and looked at Su Ran, "But this isn't something the hospital can expect, is it?"
Su Ran was silent for a while and asked curiously: "Why did you come to me? Logically speaking, shouldn't you go to Taoism or Buddhism to find some highly respected heavenly masters to help take a look at this kind of thing?"
Fang Zhi said seriously: "Of course, we have almost grown up together, and during those years in the hospital, we have always been each other's only friends.
When we were young, there were no secrets, so in my mind, you are much more reliable than those sanctimonious charlatans. After all, they only know how to deceive you, but I have seen your specialness with my own eyes. "
Su Ran didn't speak. Fang Zhi's words instantly brought back some memories in her.
After his parents passed away, when he first entered the orphanage, he was isolated from all the children for some reasons. It was the girl in front of him who was four years older than him who held his hand when he was desperate.
Before meeting Zhang Ziqing, this was one of the few colorful pictures in my memory.
So back then, I told this girl all my secrets from the bottom of my heart. Not only did Fang Zhi not think that he was a freak when he was a child, but he also promised to keep his secrets forever.
In the end, the separation of the two did not look like the bloody plot in various novels. It was because the various interest relationships fell apart after they grew up.
But because Zhang Ziqing appeared and adopted him, he left the orphanage.
In that era before mobile phones became popular, the two children had no contact with each other after they separated.
Although when I grew up, I sometimes thought about wanting to meet Fang Zhi. However, I walked to the street where the orphanage was located several times. The closer I got to the orphanage, the bad memories in my heart disappeared. More and more, they keep circling in my mind.
The intense discomfort made Su Ran find that she was still so resistant to the place where she had lived for three or four years, so after much hesitation, she gave up the idea of going back to see it.
Even though he has lived a perfect life now, with endless money to spend and the confidence to get into trouble without having to pay the price, Zhang Ziqing's care in words but in actions has made up for his previous six years. All the insecurities and pain experienced during the missing year.
But in my own memory, that place full of gray buildings has always been a lingering shadow in my memory. Only by staying away from that place can I not feel so uneasy.
I just don't know how Fang Zhi has lived in the years since she left. Although she said it very easily and went back to school to become a teacher after taking the adult college entrance examination, Su Ran can always see a trace of melancholy in her eyes. , it seems that there is something hiding deep in her heart that is bothering her.
Fang Zhi rubbed Xu Yan's head, lowered his eyes and said, "Yan Yan, a child, has experienced similar experiences to me since she was a child. She is like a second me, so I want to help her."
After finishing speaking, Fang Fangzhi paused for a moment, raised his head and looked at Su Ran and continued: "It's not just her, most of the children in the courtyard now have this kind of character on them."
Su Ran frowned, "How could this happen? What happened in the courtyard?"
"It's a very long thing to talk about." Fang Zhi sighed and recalled softly.
“A few years after you left, the state’s requirement for nine-year compulsory education spread to the courtyard.
The city government has made requirements for the hospital, either to send the children to school and receive education at their own expense.
Either the courtyard can run its own school, and it will be fine once it meets the school-running standards required by the Municipal Education Bureau.
Later, the leaders and teachers of the school held a meeting to discuss it collectively, and finally decided to adopt the second method, and the school ran the school independently. "
"Does the hospital still have money to run a school on its own?" Su Ran was a little surprised: "I remember that at that time, the children were given two sets of clothes to wear in one season throughout the year. Spring and autumn were still considered one season. Running a school was such a big deal. Wouldn’t it mean that the money would drain the school’s financial resources?”
"Of course, the orphanage's independent education will not be funded by the orphanage itself, but will require investment." Fang Zhi explained.
Su Ran was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense. He nodded and motioned for Fang Zhi to continue.
“After finalizing the plan, the hospital quickly posted the news that it would run its own school online.
Rich and powerful companies generally would not refuse this kind of spending money to build reputation for their own companies. At one time, seven or eight companies contacted the dean and expressed their willingness to conduct research on the schools in the courtyard. Investment, and the conditions are more generous than the last.
There are many people willing to invest and the conditions for opening are high, which is naturally a good thing for the hospital.
Later, after discussions between the dean and various teachers, they finally decided on a company with the highest conditions. That company has great influence in Jiangning City. "
"Which company did you choose?"
The conditions were the highest and he had great influence in Jiangning. Su Ran suddenly had a bad feeling.
"It's a company called Laolang Group. It seems to be in the catering industry." Fang Zhi thought for a while and replied.
Su Ran remained silent. It was exactly what he had guessed. It seemed that this school was not just an ordinary school.
"What's wrong, Ranran, are you familiar with this company?" Fang Zhi asked curiously when he saw Su Ran's expression.
Su Ran shook her head: "It's nothing, I just remembered something. You continue."
Fang Zhi nodded: "The school jointly established by Laolang Group and the hospital was established within a month.
Because the Laolang Group bought a private school and merged the private school into the school in the courtyard, so that everyone can get out of the courtyard and have more contact with children from the outside world.
In addition to the school's configuration, including the fact that we care for every child, high scholarships every semester, free high-end restaurants, there are no longer just two clothes in a season, and there are more than a dozen children. The suit can be worn interchangeably.
Even the dean and teachers in the hospital received large bonuses from the Laolang Group and no longer had to rely on meager government subsidies to survive as before.
Everyone originally thought that life in the hospital and the children would get better and better in the future, and they would no longer have to suffer as hard as before.
But no one expected that Laolang Group was willing to fund the establishment of a school in the courtyard, not because of its kindness to create a more positive image for its company, but to satisfy the perverted habits of some senior executives in the group! "
At this point, Fang Zhi's face turned red and his tone was a little excited. Su Ran stood up and poured a glass of water for Fang Zhi, "Don't get excited. Slow down before talking."
Fang Zhi drank some water and took a few deep breaths before calming down a little and continued: "The chairman of Laolang Group is a pervert named Chen Hao.
He would come to the school every half month, saying that he wanted to regularly check how the school's teaching work was doing and whether the company's money was wasted.
After all, he is the big boss of the investor, and we all understand his requirements.
But every time Chen Hao came to the school, the school leaders, that is, the principal of the original private school and others, would contact the dean and ask our school to create a dance troupe composed of about 20 girls aged 12 or 13. Rehearse a dance show and perform it to the big boss Chen Hao.
Although the hospital feels that this request is not very appropriate, after all, this is not a public school, and investors can determine the life or death of a school.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. No one is willing to let the children and teachers return to their original living conditions.
Therefore, the courtyard agreed to the school's request. After all, it was just a dance performance and it was not a big deal.
But who would have thought that this so-called welcome ceremony would be the beginning of this group of children's nightmare.
The previous welcome ceremonies were all normal. We were worried about the performance of the children, so we went along to see them, and for the first time we saw the real face of the big boss in Lushan. "
