Jiangning City Zhien Orphanage.
This is an orphanage that has been open in Jiangning City for more than 20 years. It is also one of the few orphanages jointly established by the Jiangning Municipal Government and individuals.
When Zhien Orphanage was founded, a large number of orphans received by the police were sent here because it was designated by the city government.
But also because of this, there were more and more children in the orphanage, and the city's finances gradually could not keep up. In addition, some newly established orphanages with private investment had better environmental conditions and other infrastructure. Zhien The orphanage was unwilling to accept outside investment, so it was gradually eliminated by the times.
The government's funding is getting less and less, and the Zhien Orphanage's annual funding is getting less and less. The salaries of the principal and teachers have been reduced several times, and later the children's living expenses have also been reduced by several standards.
Around 10 years ago, with the popularization of nine-year compulsory education, the government did not have the funds to establish a school for the orphanage. In the end, the orphanage had no choice but to seek investment from the outside world and accepted investment from the Laolang Group.
However, a few years after accepting the investment, another scandal broke out about the sexual abuse of underage girls in the orphanage. This incident caused the reputation of Zhien Orphanage to plummet again, and the city government completely abandoned the orphanage. It is planned to disband the orphanage and send the children in the orphanage to other private orphanages.
But on the eve of its dissolution, a new religion called Tianyu Sect suddenly appeared and announced that it would fund the Zhien Orphanage and was willing to build a new school in the orphanage so that the orphanage could continue to operate.
Since someone is willing to give money, the government will simply ignore it. Whoever wants to take over this mess will take over it. So the government found the person in charge of Tianyu Sect and signed a transfer contract with him to completely transfer the Zhien Orphanage. Transferred to Tianyu Sect.
Since then, the image of Zhien Orphanage in the city has become synonymous with religion, and no one will send orphans here anymore.
Anyway, without fresh blood, when this group of children grow up and leave the orphanage, the orphanage will naturally cease to exist.
But no one would think that this so-called religion is actually a hell on earth that absorbs the flesh, blood and essence of children.
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Su Ran raised her head and looked at the tattered signboard above. On the signboard were the words Jiangning Zhien Orphanage.
The material of the signboard is still the stainless steel material that was popular in the last century. However, after so long, most of it is now rusty. However, because of the financial constraints of the hospital, it has not been replaced.
It's now around eight o'clock in the evening, and it's already getting a little dark.
Su Ran called Fang Zhi yesterday afternoon and said that she wanted to come to the hospital to take a look today. Fang Zhi arranged his own classes and made an appointment with Su Ran at 8:30 tonight.
Before going out, Su Ran specifically asked Zhang Ziqing if he was coming. Zhang Ziqing didn't reply and went back to sleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
Su Ran didn't care. The worst he could do was explore on his own to see what the God of Divination was. Anyway, if there was any conflict or danger, he could just spread his hands and give up resistance. Some people would still have to Come to the rescue immediately.
Returning to this place again, Su Ran gave herself more than a day of mental construction, and forced herself to recall the nightmarish memories in the orphanage over and over again.
It is said that if you constantly stimulate your pain points in this way, they will become numb if stimulated too much.
So now Su Ran is standing in front of the big dark iron gate of the orphanage, her mind has calmed down a lot.
Looking over the high walls and looking inside, the familiar buildings of the orphanage came into view.
Twelve years later, Su Ran returned to this place again and saw the dormitory building where she had lived, the restaurant and teaching building where she had been bullied and excluded by the children in the courtyard.
Although Fang Zhi was by his side at that time, every night when he slept alone, Su Ran would feel that this was the only way he could go in the future. He would be despised and bullied for the rest of his life in this orphanage, even if he grew up. There won't be much change, and we will still live the same life.
When I was hiding in bed alone and crying secretly, how could I have imagined that one day, I would be the best among the children in the courtyard.
So actually now, standing at the door of the orphanage, Su Ran found that she didn't seem to be that resistant.
It turned out that I had already quietly let go in my heart, but I just realized it.
After waiting at the door for a while, Su Ran glanced at the time on her phone. It was already nine o'clock in the evening.
Fang Zhi must have been delayed by something. Anyway, the weather today is not bad, and the wind at night is a bit cool. Coming to this place again makes Su Ran feel that things are different, but overall she is in a good mood. , Su Ran doesn't mind waiting a little longer.
But just after reading the time, the thick iron door of the orphanage opened a crack with a creaking sound, and a slender figure emerged from the crack.
Zhien's location was not in the urban area, and this area was about to be abandoned by the government, so there were no street lights in the surrounding area, and it was pitch black and nothing could be seen, so Su Ran couldn't see clearly. Who is the person.
However, it seemed that the person couldn't see her clearly. He tentatively called Su Ran's name from a distance, and Su Ran was sure that the person was Fang Zhi.
"I'm sorry, Ranran, for keeping you waiting for so long. Something happened in the courtyard when get out of class was over in the evening." Fang Zhi apologized.
Su Ran waved her hand to indicate that it was okay, "Did something happen to another child?"
Fang Zhi nodded, "The situation is getting worse and worse. Tonight, a large number of children were found to be infected with this talisman, and the last child in the first batch who was infected also left tonight.
The dean and the head of the Tianyu Sect even said frantically that these children had already followed the god of divination to the divine world in advance, and at the very least they would be immortal gods.
The point is that there are still some children who have been successfully deceived by them. Children originally had no judgment, but now they will be even more fanatical in asking the sect master to convey God's will to them, and take the initiative to get infected with that kind of thing. "
Su Ran sighed, "Theology and religion are often the most deceptive.
By the way, how is Yanyan? "
Mentioning Xu Yan, Fang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, "Yesterday Mr. Zhang was indeed a bit wise. After his intervention, although those characters are still on Yan Yan's body, Yan Yan's spirit has been very good from yesterday to today." Well, I’m back to the state before I got sick, and even my appetite is much better.”
Su Ran nodded, "This is just a way to temporarily suppress the characters for a few days. If you want to truly eradicate this string of characters, you still need to deal with the god of divination. Let's go see those children first."
Fang Zhi nodded and walked to the orphanage with Su Ran.
"In the past ten years or so since you left, the courtyard has not changed much. The previous funding from Chen Hao was all spent on that school, and the courtyard did not lose a penny.
Later, when Tianyu Sect joined and funded it, they only spent some money and thought on the school built with a few buildings at the back. Now as time goes by, Tianyu Sect spends less and less money, and only cares about students and students every day. The teachers' three meals a day are even worse than the previous government subsidies. Everyone is still wearing the clothes the hospital issued when the government subsidized them a few years ago, and the hospital has no money to buy new clothes for everyone.
However, Tianyu Sect, in the name of God, deceived the dean and teachers into thinking that this was reasonable. God did not want his believers to live too extravagantly and forget the hardships of the world. When they have experienced hardships, Finally, after washing away the vulgarities from the body, one can follow the God of Divination to the divine world. "
"This kind of nonsense can also deceive people." Su Ran shook his head, "The dean and the others are really crazy."
Fang Zhi sighed, "People of their time grew up in feudal superstition, believing in gods, ghosts, Bodhisattvas and the like.
In addition, the previous miracle was too real. After all, they had been superstitious for so many years. This was the first time that a god would appear in front of them, which directly subverted these people's worldview.
There used to be a statue of Bodhisattva in the dean's office, but now it has been thrown away and has been replaced by a statue of the god of divination.
The dean spent half her life's savings to buy this statue from the head of the Tianyu Sect. When she returned home, she kept it in her office. She knelt down and worshiped it every morning, noon and night, believing that as long as she was pious enough, she would be able to perform divination. God will one day see her thoughts and take her into the divine realm with her after her death. "
The middle-aged woman with glasses and shoulder-length hair appeared in Su Ran's mind.
She didn't have a deep impression of the dean, after all, she had never had any personal contact with him. However, the dean must have heard that she was a freak and was isolated from other children in the hospital. She did not react in any way. This shows that this dean is not a good person.
Su Ran met the director a few times, but every time he nodded and bowed to some so-called big shots, and used the funds allocated by the government to the orphanage to give gifts to the leaders, hoping that he could live a more comfortable life in the future.
Although this person always likes to take advantage of small things and doesn't pay much attention to the situation of individual children, when it comes to the safety of children, she will still stand up to defend these children.
Although I don't know if it's out of love for the children or fear that I will be responsible if something goes wrong, at least it is much better than those who hide when trouble occurs.
So Su Ran had a mediocre impression of her, but maybe she would have some impression of Su Ran. After all, the female ghost incident made all the teachers in the orphanage think that Su Ran had some brain problems and was crazy.
Some teachers suggested that we should discuss with other orphanages and send Su Ran to other orphanages.
But in the end, the dean didn't agree to the proposal, and just asked the teachers not to talk to Su Ran anymore. Anyway, she couldn't cause any trouble as a little girl.
It's just that the dean didn't expect that a decision she made casually would cause the entire school to ostracize and bully Su Ran. Everyone thought that the dean meant that he didn't want to worry about Su Ran anymore, so the children in the courtyard were so blatant. to exclude and bully Su Ran.
Maybe the dean heard about these things later, but after all, he was just an ordinary child and was inconspicuous to the dean, so he didn't bother to talk to him.
"By the way, does the dean know that I'm here?" Su Ran asked.
"That's not true. I didn't tell anyone about your coming to the courtyard." Fang Zhi shook his head, "Now, from the dean to the teachers, and some students have been confused by the god of divination and the Tianyu Sect. It's just looking for trouble. Let's talk about it if it is really discovered.
But having said that, when you were a child, you were dark, thin, and small, and looked completely inconspicuous. Who would have thought that the little black charcoal back then would become white, thin, and tall after more than ten years? Beautiful girl, even if you stand in front of those former teachers, they won't recognize you as Su Ran. "
Hearing Fang Zhi's words, Su Ran couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
When she was a child, she was indeed the same as Fang Zhi said. She was always the shortest among her peers. Every year, she would envy other children who could grow taller visibly. Only her own height remained the same.
At that time, in addition to calling her a freak, the most common comment was that Su Ran was ugly. Su Ran would also envy those good-looking girls. When she was young, no one wore makeup. There were many naturally beautiful children in the hospital. , she has been the center of attention among the crowd since she was a child. She is like a princess and is pampered by her teachers.
Although Su Ran didn't care on the surface at that time, who among children doesn't like beautiful things, and she would also want to play with good-looking girls.
Although Fang Zhi held her hand later, Fang Zhi was also a rare beauty in the courtyard. This satisfied Su Ran's wish to have a beautiful friend, but at the same time, it also made Su Ran want to become more beautiful. As beautiful as Fang Zhi, at least he would be taller and whiter, and no longer so dark.
He began to change, that is, after he left the orphanage with Zhang Ziqing.
I remember that when he first went back, Qin Shoumo teased Zhang Ziqing about how he brought back a little black charcoal. He would grow up to be miserable and so on. At that time, he was so angry that he cried. As a result, the sadder he cried, the harder that bastard Qin Shoumo laughed. happy.
Later, Zhang Ziqing sent himself to a normal elementary school to start school, because the elementary school was full of local children in Jiangning City. Any one of them was much more refined than the most beautiful girl in the orphanage, and his temperament was also gentle and elegant, and his every move was elegant. Being able to see the upbringing in my family made me feel even more inferior.
But it is precisely because children from normal families in big cities are well-educated that no one looks down on me or excludes me. After I enter school, everyone will kindly pull me to eat, go to class, and play games together.
Even the teachers in the school would give her extra classes alone because of her poor foundation, helping her to make up for the lessons she had missed in the orphanage.
Fortunately, Su Ran's mind was smart enough. It only took him half a year to learn the previous content, and he won the first place in the class in several exams, which made both teachers and classmates feel that Su Ran was smart. Su Ran is a rare genius, so everyone pays more attention to Su Ran. The teachers all care about the children who study well, and the classmates also want to be friends with Su Ran.
Su Ran felt the warmth of the teachers and classmates around her. She used to think that she had no advantages, but for the first time she discovered that her IQ was her advantage. With this discovery, Su Ran gradually accepted that her appearance was a flaw. It’s a fact.
But it was at this time that Su Ran's appearance began to change.
With her advantage in IQ, Su Ran was quickly admitted to Jiangning No. 1 Middle School, the best in the province. From the first grade of junior high school, Su Ran found that her height began to grow visibly to the naked eye, and her skin began to become fairer.
By the time she was in the second grade of junior high school, Su Ran was already the tallest girl in the class, even taller than some boys.
When she entered high school, Su Ran's facial features began to grow, and everyone realized that this unattractive top student had unknowingly become so good-looking. The original little black tan was now white. It's like a ceramic doll.
Even so, Su Ran's changes have not stopped. Her facial features have begun to become more and more refined. Her face has been a standard oval face since she was a child. Now with the exquisite facial features, this face is simply a perfect one. paintings.
Then, now, she was admitted to Jiangning University. In this place where elite students from all over the country gather, Su Ran was voted as the freshman beauty by the school's Weibo during military training.
With a height of 1.73 meters and a Japanese girl-like appearance, all the boys from the freshman to the senior years in the school were eager to make a move. During the military training period, they used various methods to pursue Su Ran fiercely.
This turbulent pursuit continued until one day Zhang Ziqing drove to school to see Su off and then it ended.
When Zhang Ziqing got out of the driver's seat, all the boys in the school fell in love that day. It is said that the owner of the barbecue stall outside the school was numb because of the barbecue all night.
It's sad to be sad, and there is nothing we can do about it. She is indeed a talented man and a beautiful woman.
The boys in the school looked at each one one by one, including a few elected school lords, and they all asked themselves and gave up immediately when they saw Zhang Ziqing.
This guy doesn't look like a real person, and even the animated model of his face may not be able to produce it. Coupled with his aloof temperament that doesn't allow strangers to approach him, he looks like the male protagonist in a novel.
Oh, by the way, there’s also the two- to three-million-dollar Audi he drove to school.
Later, Su Ran also "tortured" Zhang Ziqing several times and asked him if he had done anything to change him so much.
However, Zhang Ziqing denied it, saying that Su Ran had a good foundation and was a late bloomer. She was ordinary when she was young, but she will be amazing when she grows up.
Su Ran didn't really believe it at first, but after thinking about it, Zhang Ziqing didn't need to lie to himself about this kind of thing, so he stopped worrying about it.
Thinking of this, Su Ran couldn't help but sigh.
Looking around at this place where I had lived for three years, I thought I was the worst offender here. Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, the situation changed and I became the best offender.
As for the group of people who had bullied her, Su Ran later inquired with a grudge, and found out that their adoptive parents were more or less not very good, and Su Ran felt even better.
"Of course, we have arrived at the building where you once lived."
