Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Chapter 96 Everyone Has a Name and a Cell Phone

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Cheng Mo took a piece of candy out of his pocket, turned around, knelt down in front of Yueyue, and handed it to her: "Yueyue."

Yueyue took the candy, paused for a moment, pointed to herself, and asked blankly, "Yueyue?"

Cheng Mo nodded vigorously and pointed at her: "Yueyue."

He then pointed to himself and said, "Call me senior brother."

Yueyue blinked, then gave a sweet smile: "Senior brother~~"

Several children nearby overheard their conversation and their expressions turned somewhat strange.

Cheng Mo patted Yueyue's head, stood up, and walked towards Xiaoguang.

Xiao Guang is the thinnest of the four children and eats the slowest.

Cheng Mo waved to Xia He.

Xia He understood and took an apple out of her pocket and tossed it to him.

Cheng Mo took the apple and handed it to Xiao Guang: "Xiao Guang, have an apple~"

Xiao Guang's voice trembled slightly: "Do I have a name now?"

Cheng Mo nodded: "Call me senior brother."

Xiao Guang picked up an apple, took a bite, stuffed his mouth full, and mumbled, "Senior brother~~".

Cheng Mo smiled and rubbed his head, then reached out to Xia He.

Xia He tossed a banana over.

Cheng Mo took the banana and walked over to Guo Guo.

Guoguo was the strongest of all the children, with a round face and chubby arms and legs.

Cheng Mo ruffled his hair: "Guoguo, eat a banana~"

Guoguo happily took the banana, her voice especially loud: "Senior brother~~~"

Finally, Cheng Mo looked at Duo Duo.

She was the shyest of all the children; she would never speak unless someone else did. However, she would respond loudly if someone else spoke to her.

Cheng Mo walked towards Duo Duo, and Xia He called out from behind, "Little Taoist priest, catch!"

Without turning his head, he reached out and caught the pear that was thrown at him.

Duoduo watched Cheng Mo approach, clutching the hem of her clothes tightly with her little hands, and whispered, "Senior brother~"

Cheng Mo smiled, walked up to Duo Duo, squatted down and rubbed her little head, then took her little hand and put the pear in her hand.

"Duoduo is so good~"

Duoduo looked down at the pear in her hand, then looked up at Cheng Mo, and smiled brightly, her eyes curving into two crescent moons.

"Thank you, senior brother~~"

As Xia He watched this scene, for some reason, her eyes welled up with tears.

She turned her head away to stop her tears from falling, only to see Liao Zhong, this grown man, wiping away tears.

Xia He chuckled, "Old Liao, that's a bit embarrassing~"

Liao Zhong's hand froze, and he hurriedly put on his sunglasses, shouting, "I just had surgery, I can't stand the wind!"

Hearing the sound, the children all turned to look at Liao Zhong.

Liao Zhong's face flushed red, and he turned and ran towards the car, saying, "I have something to do, you guys continue chatting!"

"Hahaha~~"

The playground was filled with the joyful laughter of adults and children.

Liao Zhong ran even faster.

……

The atmosphere was just as lively over on the other side of the playground.

Thirty-odd children stood in a circle, each holding a piece of paper with their name written on it.

The children who have been reunited with their parents wrote down the names given to them by their parents.

The children who haven't found their parents yet wrote down the nicknames given to them by employees of NaDuTong.

"My name is Xiaohai!" a little boy shouted to the little girl next to him, holding up a piece of paper.

The little girl looked at the words on her paper and tried her best to read them aloud: "My name is... my name is Little Swallow."

"Little Swallow!" Xiao Hai called out to her.

Little Swallow paused for a moment, then smiled: "Little Hai!"

The two children called each other's names and ran towards the slide, laughing.

Shouts echoed across the playground.

"Xiao Jun!"

"Xiao Mei!"

"Dazhuang!"

"My name is Lele!"

"Lele! Come play on the seesaw!"

"They're here!"

The children called each other's names, played around, and laughed more radiantly than in the previous twenty days combined.

Several employees of NaDuTong stood by, watching this scene with smiles on their faces.

A young female employee quietly took out her camera and took a picture.

A colleague nearby came over to look: "What are you doing?"

The female employee put away her camera: "Just to keep as a souvenir."

My colleague chuckled, "You're reluctant to part with it, aren't you?"

The female employee glared at him: "None of your business."

Liao Zhong had wandered over again at some point and stood by the playground watching this scene.

He waved to the employee next to him.

An employee jogged over: "Boss?"

Liao Zhong took out a stack of photos from his pocket and handed them over: "Show these to the children."

Those are photos of four children in the quarantine area, with their nicknames written on the back: Yueyue, Guoguo, Xiaoguang, and Duoduo.

The staff took the children over and invited them to meet the other children.

The children gathered around, looking at the photos.

"This is Yueyue."

"This is Guoguo."

"Xiao Guang".

"Duoduo".

The staff sent the photos over one by one so that the children could all see them clearly.

Meanwhile, back in the quarantine area, the four children also received photos of their other companions.

Yueyue held the photo, looked at the familiar faces on it, and whispered the names on the back of the photo.

Guoguo looked at the photos over and over again.

Xiao Guang pressed the photo to his chest and smiled with his lips pursed.

Duoduo held the photo and looked at it for a very long time.

……

The children had a great time that day, but they were also very tired.

On the way back to the hospital, they all slumped into their seats and fell asleep as soon as they got on the bus, with smiles still on their faces.

Upon arriving at the hospital, the staff gently carried the children off the bus, into their respective dormitories, put them on beds, and covered them with blankets; soft snores filled the air.

……

Early the next morning.

When Cheng Mo and Xia He finished practicing their skills and went to make breakfast, the employees of Na Du Tong carried several large boxes into the hospital.

The boxes were moved into the children's dormitory, and inside were brand new cell phones, the kind that could only make calls and send text messages, with a clattering keypad and no option to play Snake.

The reason why the children weren't given better cell phones wasn't because Nobody could afford it; it was just that Liao Zhong felt these children would eventually return to normal society and, after a few years of normal life, would inevitably become like ordinary children.

If we give them the best phones now, and they become addicted to mobile games, neglecting their studies and failing to improve, then he will be the culprit. But given the current situation, we can't say that Lao Liao is irresponsible.

The children gathered around curiously, looking at the colorful little boxes.

A young employee picked up a mobile phone, held it up, and cleared his throat: "Come on, kids, let me teach you how to use it."

The children sat in a circle, their eyes fixed on the phone in his hand.

The employee pointed to the screen: "This is the power button. Press it once, yes, press and hold it for a while... See, the screen is lit up now."

The children stared at the screen, their eyes wide open.

He pressed a few more keys, and the screen switched.

"This is for making phone calls." The employee opened the contacts. "See, you can save your friends' numbers by clicking on it."

A little boy raised his hand: "What is a number?"

The employee thought for a moment and put it another way: "It's like each phone has its own unique number, just like a name. You save your friend's number in there, and when you miss them, you just press a button to talk to them."

The little boy nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

The staff continued to teach, and the children learned quickly. Before long, they understood and asked each other for numbers, saving the numbers of their roommates one by one.

The little boy dialed the first number.

"Ring ring ring—"

On the bed next to him, another little boy's phone rang.

He stared at the fluctuating numbers on the screen, bewildered.

An employee nearby reminded him, "Press this green button to answer."

Another little boy pressed the answer button and held the phone to his ear.

"Feed?"

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "Feed?"

Two little boys were talking into a cell phone, two meters apart.

"Did you hear me?"

"I heard you."

"I heard you too."