After her husband agreed, Celine quickly put a coat on her grandson and immediately took the child downstairs.

When they arrived, they were followed by a group of people.

He Ningchuan spotted it from afar.

Once they confirmed that the group was also heading this way, He Ningchuan quickly reminded his sister, "Let's go, there are a lot of people coming. We're just kids, it'll be dangerous if we run into bad guys."

"Yes, brother, hurry up, I miss Mom so much."

Before the two had gone far, Celine noticed they were about to leave and quickly tried to stop them.

But in return, they were met with the sight of the two running even faster.

Little Leon angrily broke free from his grandmother's embrace, but didn't know how to vent his anger. He just felt that his grandmother had brought so many people and scared the children away.

He immediately burst into tears, his heartbroken sobs echoing across the empty meadow.

"Little Leon, don't be sad. Grandma Mary will take you to play with your friends, okay?"

She squatted down and looked at the heartbroken child in front of her.

Little Leon stood up, waved his hand as if he had a strong idea, then ignored everyone and walked alone in the direction where the two siblings had disappeared, looking back every few steps as if afraid someone was following him.

At first Celine was worried, but after Mary's persuasion, she tried to relax.

"Don't worry, Madam, someone will be watching Leon from a distance."

"Okay, I'll go upstairs and tell the gentleman to keep a close eye on him."

Yesterday's events have made Celine distrust the people she hired at high prices, and she is considering whether to replace them with a new group and raise her standards.

Meanwhile, Leon has successfully located He Ningchuan and his sister.

Unlike yesterday, he was bolder this time.

Little Leon appeared before the two of them alone, and the siblings lowered their guard a little.

"Hey, whose young master are you? Why are you out with so many people?" He Ningxi asked bluntly, without any hesitation.

He Ningchuan lowered his voice: "Are you stupid? Foreigners can't understand us. Let's hurry up and leave. What if those people come again? I'm so scared."

Little Leon felt rejected and lowered his head dejectedly, putting his weight on his right foot while his left foot wobbled and kicked at the grass. He would occasionally glance up and steal a look at the brother and sister.

As soon as the two left, he silently followed them all the way to the door of the room.

"Big brother, may this little foreigner come in?"

He Ning'an appeared and immediately recognized the child as the one he had saved the day before.

"No, how can you just bring someone else's child back like that? Do his parents know?"

"I don't know. We didn't want him to come, but he insisted on coming along. He didn't say a word, like he was mute, and he couldn't understand what we were saying."

He Ning'an had an apple stuffed into his mouth. "Shut up."

Then they heard the older brother speak in a foreign language they couldn't understand, not English, but more like the language spoken by the locals.

Even He Ningze, who was watching TV, was drawn to the attention.

"Big brother! What's wrong with you...?"

"Shut up, I'm talking, don't mess around."

He Ningxi looked aggrieved and whispered between her second brother and older brother, "Who do you think the older brother looks like?"

The three exchanged glances and nodded slowly, everything understood without a word.

He Ning'an initially thought it was just a language barrier, but when he switched to the local language, he keenly realized that the child seemed to be unable to speak.

"Forget it, send it back. Return it to where you brought it from."

He Ningchuan was about to take his hand and leave, but after taking only two steps, the child behind him stopped and refused to go any further.

Following his gaze, He Ningxi was watching cartoons with her second brother.

"Oh, I see, this child wants to play with his sister."

He Ningxi leaned back on the sofa and waved her hand: "No, I want to watch TV."

He Ning'an conveyed his sister's message, but he still didn't move.

"Alright, you take him to watch TV, I'll go to the front desk and let them know."

"Okay, brother, hurry up and go."

He Ning'an told Grandma Tido, who was on duty, about the foreign child who had come to the room.

Tido smiled and explained to He Ning'an, "Don't worry, this child isn't a bad person, and he's not mute. He can talk, he just doesn't like to. I'll call him now. His grandmother lives here too, she should be here soon."

He Ning'an thanked him and turned to walk back.

When he returned to the room, the children were already engrossed in the cartoon, quietly laughing along with the characters on TV making funny movements.

As soon as He Ningxi saw her brother return, she immediately went to him, calling out, "Brother, brother..."

"stop."

"Big brother, how could you say that? That's amazing."

The children were completely unaware that their older brother could speak the local foreign language.

"Because... I learned it from my mom. You guys were all playing, so of course you couldn't learn it."

He Ningze didn't move, but just shook his head: "But brother, Mom clearly hasn't mastered it yet, you're really amazing."

"Yeah, yeah! Big brother is the best!"

His younger siblings all gave him a thumbs up, showering him with praise.

Upon closer inspection, a fluffy little head was also found inside, mimicking the behavior.

He Ning'an told little Leon that his grandmother would be coming to pick him up soon.

The little guy was clearly unhappy.

He Ning'an added, "If your grandmother agrees, you can stay here and watch TV with them."

Hearing this, little Leon's expression improved slightly.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. As soon as the door opened, little Leon was so frightened that he immediately hid behind He Ning'an.

Celine had specifically hired a translator before she arrived; she would say a sentence, and the translator would relay it.

He Ning'an sensed the other party's sincere gratitude and responded humbly with a few words.

"Mrs. Celine said she can grant you any request, as long as she can do it, just ask."

He Ning'an waved his hand and said, "I lack nothing, you don't need to worry about this."

He was polite and humble, exuding a calm and composed demeanor.

This was Celine's first impression of He Ning'an.

But his answer plunged Celine's spirits into despair.

She realized that little Leon didn't like playing with children his own age, but rather preferred to be with the brother and sister in front of him.

Celine asked if little Leon could stay with them for an hour, citing that she had something to do temporarily.

He Ning'an did not agree immediately, but first asked his younger siblings for their opinions.

"Sure, sure, I bet he'll have no one to play with when he gets back. That's so pitiful."

And so, little Leon stayed.

The He siblings always included him in everything they did—snacks, fruit, cartoons—and they even had lunch together in the end.

Until the parents from across the street appeared together.

"Mother!"

Having not seen their mother all night, the children immediately rushed to her.

He Lin immediately spotted the little boy following behind, then gently pulled the children apart and said in a deep voice:

"Where did you bring this from? Take it back immediately."

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