This actor is full of tricks.

The first thing Lin Jue did after getting up the next morning was to call Ya Ya to ask about her situation over the past few days.

According to Ya Ya, the admissions officer had already taken care of all her enrollment matters. Yesterday was her first day of school, and everything was both unfamiliar and new.

"Uncle, when will you come to Quming again? I miss you." Ya Ya's crisp voice came from the other end of the phone.

Lin Jue said gently, "Uncle still has some things to finish here. I'll come to see you and your dad in a while. Study hard, and when you have your winter vacation, Uncle will pick you up to come to Sanjiang for a visit."

After hanging up, Lin Jue called He Ping again, but he still couldn't get through. He could only send He Ping a text message telling him to come back to Sanjiang as soon as possible to meet him.

After finishing everything, Lin Jue began to wash up, quickly ate a couple of bites of breakfast, and left without taking anything with him.

He was going to Little Red Flower Welfare Home; he hadn't seen Liao Fan, that little guy, for a long time.

"Kid, where are you going again?" The old man got up very early and was strolling down the street with his Blood Shadow spell coiled in his hand.

"I'm going out to take care of some business." Lin Jue looked at the dizzy Blood Shadow in the other person's hand. This guy seemed to have regained some strength overnight, and his size had increased, about the size of a walnut. The old man just happened to be using it as a collectible.

"When you come back, check where the vegetables are cheaper, and I'll stock up on some to expand the supermarket." Even after becoming a C-level anomaly that everyone fears, the shopkeeper still has his business empire on his mind.

Lin Jue said helplessly, "Grandpa, do you really want those monsters to eat food meant for the living?"

"Why not? Don't you have that chef, Wei? I drool just smelling his food in my bag. I can borrow him sometime, and I might as well open a Wei restaurant..."

When talking about his future business plans, the old man's eyes lit up, and he talked on and on.

Lin Jue interrupted him directly: "How do you plan to collect their money? Those bastards can't come up with a single cent."

"I've already thought it through; this supermarket supports loan services..."

"It's a waste of your time to be a ghost; being a dog is just right." Lin Jue was too lazy to talk to the other person anymore, so he barged into the supermarket, grabbed two large bags of snacks, and ran away.

"Damn it! I have hundreds of thousands in savings, and they're still doing free shopping!" The old man was furious and impotent, squeezing the Blood Shadow in his hand until it was deformed.

Several tens of minutes later, Lin Jue arrived at the orphanage. The orphanage was still noisy and filled with the laughter of children. He greeted Liao Fan, who was playing "Eagle Catches Chicks," and handed the snacks to a teacher with practiced ease.

"Where is Teacher Zhang?" He looked left and right, but he didn't see Teacher Zhang today. In the past, Teacher Zhang would always come to greet him when he came to the welfare home.

"She went to Bi Zheng's school this morning and hasn't come back yet."

Upon hearing the teacher's answer, Lin Jue's smile froze. He had been hiding the truth about Bi Zheng's death from Teacher Zhang for some time, but now that Teacher Zhang had gone to Bi Zheng's school, the truth could no longer be hidden.

He sighed. It was bound to happen sooner or later. He could keep it a secret for a while, but not forever. Perhaps letting Teacher Zhang know the truth would help her recover from her grief sooner.

Lin Jue quietly moved a chair over and sat outside waiting for Liao Fan to finish the game.

The little boy, drenched in sweat from playing, ran over and stopped a meter away from Lin Jue, sniffing the air. "The familiar smell is getting stronger. Did you see that uncle?" "Maybe." Lin Jue stood up, took out a tissue to wipe the sweat from the boy's face. "I've been to many places lately, and I might have met that uncle you mentioned once, but I don't know him, and he doesn't know me."

Yan Hui spent his last month in the Eternal Night Tower. Seeing Liao Fan being abused by his father, he felt even more sorry for the child. It was just a pity that no matter what he did, he could not change Liao Fan's past experiences. He could only try to find a way to remove the scars on Liao Fan's face, otherwise these scars would accompany the child for the rest of his life.

With these scars, this child will inevitably face discrimination and unequal treatment in the future, just like Bi Zheng did.

"Where do you want to go today?" Lin Jue moved a small chair over so Liao Fan could rest for a while.

"I don't want to go anywhere." Liao Fan shook his head, his eyes lowered, his face somber. "My mother's death anniversary is in two days. Uncle, could you come with me?"

“My dad has never taken me there before, and I haven’t seen my mom in a long time.”

Lin Jue stopped wiping his sweat, crumpled the paper into a ball, and pinched Liao Fan's little face: "Okay, Uncle will come pick you up then."

Liao Fan's father is truly unworthy of being called a human being, not only because outsiders abused his own son, but also because he severed his son's connection with his mother.

Liao Fan's experience is actually similar to that of his predecessor, but the predecessor was even more tragic. His mother was killed by his father and was also taken to a mental hospital where she suffered inhuman torture. No one offered him any warmth when he was in his most desperate moment.

"Doctor Zhou."

While Lin Jue was still talking to Liao Fan, Teacher Zhang's voice rang out from the other side of the gate. Lin Jue turned his head and saw that Teacher Zhang was carrying large and small bags of groceries back.

The other person's expression was normal, and they seemed unaware that Bi Zheng was dead.

What happened? Did Teacher Zhang not go to Bi Zheng's school?
Lin Jue hurried over, helped the other person carry the two bags of groceries, and tentatively asked, "Teacher Zhang, didn't you go to Bi Zheng's school? Did you see him?"

"I hadn't even arrived at his school when he called me," Teacher Zhang replied helplessly. "That kid is really a handful; he actually dropped out of school to go on a trip."

Did Bi Zheng also call Teacher Zhang?

Lin Jue was taken aback. He remembered that when they were at the Happy Paradise amusement park, someone had said that they heard the sound of chains in the bathroom. Now that Bi Zheng had spoken to Teacher Zhang, did this mean that the other party was still in the real world and might even be wandering around the orphanage?
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Bi Zheng called just as Teacher Zhang was about to go to school?

Lin Jue's gaze swept around. The trees outside the orphanage were heavily shadowed, making it difficult to spot if one or two monsters were hiding inside.

He continued, following up on what Teacher Zhang had said: "He had told me before that he was going on a trip. Actually, whatever it is, as long as he is happy, that's all that matters."

"That's true." Teacher Zhang nodded. She actually thought so too, but felt it was a pity that the other person had given up their studies.

While Teacher Zhang was not resting, Lin Jue took out his phone and called Bi Zheng, but the other party's phone was already switched off.

(End of this chapter)