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The situation was not good. Even though he had never lived in an orphanage, he could imagine that life in an orphanage would not be very good.

But Zhou Chen was not too sad. Although he was an orphan, at least he had a place to stay in the welfare home.

This welfare home is quite large. Zhou Chen walked around and found that the buildings here are very retro. The walls are all painted white, and many places have even peeled off. There are also big words written on the walls.

There are three rows of houses in the welfare home. The first row is a two-story building, and the ones behind are bungalows. They are very old. He was in front of the yard and had not seen the back yet.

There are also some toys in the yard, such as swings, see-saws, slides, etc., but you can tell at a glance that these things have been used for a long time and are very old.

From the buildings to the toys, and from the clothing of both adults and children, the conditions in this welfare home are not good.

Just thinking about this, Zhou Chen suddenly wanted to slap himself. It’s already a children’s welfare home, what other good conditions can he expect?

For the children here, the happiest thing is to be able to survive, have enough food and clothing.

Because he didn't know his current identity and situation, Zhou Chen didn't interact with other people. Even if a few children bumped into him, he didn't care.

But after walking around, he still found some problems.

He found that although there were many children here, none of them seemed to have the intention of coming to play with him. Even the adults who were watching the children ignored him when he walked past them.

Based on his own experience, he immediately concluded that his original self must have been a loner, otherwise both children and adults would not have ignored him and allowed him to wander around.

However, this situation made Zhou Chen very satisfied. If his original body was a loner, he wouldn't have to worry about exposing anything after traveling through time. He just had to continue to be a loner.

It was afternoon, and after a while, the adults began to bring the children back to the classroom, and the children followed the teacher away one by one.

Zhou Chen, who had no memory, had no idea who to follow or which classroom to go to, so he just stood there stupidly and did nothing.

He knew that as long as he didn't move, someone would come to take him away soon.

"Xiao Ming, why don't you go back with everyone?"

While Zhou Chen was waiting patiently, a woman in her thirties suddenly came over, patted his head gently, and asked softly.

Zhou Chen looked up and saw a woman with a kind and gentle face. He had seen countless people and could clearly feel that the woman in front of him had eyes full of pity.

But this name, Xiao Ming? Has he become the Xiao Ming in the textbook?

Although he was surprised by his name, he still didn't say anything. Because he didn't know what his original self was like, he could only say nothing and try to reveal as few flaws as possible.

Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't say anything, the woman didn't find it strange, but just touched Zhou Chen's head with even more pity.

"Poor child, come on, auntie will take you back to the classroom."

Although it is an orphanage, there are teachers who teach the children knowledge, but it is not as professional as a school.

Zhou Chen didn't care about the pity in the 'aunt's' tone. Isn't the child in the welfare home pitiful? They are all pitiful people.

Zhou Chen did not resist being held by the 'aunt's' hand and let her lead him to a classroom.

There were seven or eight children about Zhou Chen's age in the classroom. Zhou Chen took a look and saw that among these children, there were two disabled people, one without an arm and the other missing a leg.

In addition to a few children, there was also an adult in the classroom who was writing something on a small blackboard. When he saw the woman and Zhou Chen come in, he immediately stood up.

"Dean."

Upon hearing this title, Zhou Chen was immediately surprised. This young and kind auntie was actually the director of the welfare home?

"I brought Xiao Ming here."

The female teacher did not show any strange expression. Instead, she said to Zhou Chen in a gentle voice: "Xiao Ming, did you forget to come back for class again? Remember it next time."

Zhou Chen didn't say anything, just looked at her calmly. His reaction didn't seem strange to the female teacher.

"Sorry to bother you, Dean. Let me take care of Xiao Ming."

The female dean nodded and said, "Well, Xiao Ming is a little special. You should pay more attention to him."

"I know, Dean, don't worry."

It’s hard to say that there are absolutely all those who can work as caregivers and teachers in welfare homes, but most of them are kind, gentle and patient.

The dean patted Zhou Chen on the back of his head again and said softly, "Go, Xiao Ming, go to class with everyone."

Zhou Chen felt helpless. He had been patted on the head several times in the past few minutes. It turned out that adults really like to touch children's heads.

Zhou Chen took a step forward and walked into the classroom. All the children in the classroom looked at him, and one fat little boy even raised his fist at him.

Zhou Chen glared at the little fat boy. He could still grow so fat in the orphanage. His obesity gene was really good.

Ignoring the others, he found a place to sit down.

The table and stools were both made of wood, reminding him of the tables and chairs he had when he was in elementary school, but they were even more shabby than when he was there.

After sitting down, he watched the female teacher writing and drawing on the small blackboard, but he was not interested. Instead, he began to think about the conversation between the dean and the female teacher.

Firstly, his name was Xiao Ming, a household name all over the country; secondly, the original body seemed a little special, because he never spoke, but the dean and the female teacher didn't think there was anything wrong.

This means that the original person either cannot speak or is too withdrawn and unwilling to speak.

But no matter which one it is, it is obviously not a normal phenomenon, which means that the original body has certain problems, or defects.

The female teacher was writing addition on the blackboard, simple addition within ten. The other children were just following the teacher's rhythm.

In less than half an hour, the female teacher stopped teaching, allowed everyone to study freely in the classroom, and then left.

As soon as the female teacher left, the fat boy who had raised his fist at Zhou Chen came over.

"Hey, little fool, you forgot to come back again today. You are such a little fool."

As he said this, the little fat boy burst into laughter. Although the other children did not laugh along with him, they did not intend to stop the little fat boy either.

Zhou Chen is an adult now, so he naturally wouldn't bother with this little fat boy. He just pretended not to hear and continued thinking.

But when the fat boy saw that Zhou Chen ignored him, he became even more proud.

"You all saw it, right? It's this idiot. He was adopted before, but just because he's an idiot, he was sent back. Hahahaha..."

When talking about Zhou Chen being adopted, the fat boy showed a look of jealousy on his face.

All the children in the welfare home understand that they can only live a good life if they are adopted, so whenever someone wants to adopt them, everyone will be very active, hoping that the adopters will like them.

The little fat boy is six years old this year. He has been in an orphanage for three years but has never been adopted.

However, Xiao Ming was adopted by someone before, but after a few months, he was returned.

The fat boy didn’t know the reason, he just heard that Xiao Ming had a problem with his brain and was a fool.

The fat boy was filled with jealousy when he thought that all the fools were adopted but no one adopted him.

Zhou Chen didn't take the fat man's insults and provocations to heart, but got a lot of information from the fat man's words.

The original body was actually adopted, but because he was a fool, the adoptive owner returned him.

This experience is quite tragic.

Zhou Chen was not afraid after possessing a fool. Instead, he was very happy because he didn't have to worry about being exposed.

As for fools and brain problems, what does that matter?

At his current age, if he becomes smarter in the future, no one will doubt him. Some people are dull at first, but become smarter later, which is not strange.

"Very good. Now that I have figured out my situation, I need to figure out the world I live in."

According to the nature of the system, if you want to trigger a task, you need to first figure out which world you are traveling through.

When the fat boy saw that Zhou Chen ignored him, he became even angrier and pushed Zhou Chen angrily.

"Hey, idiot, I'm talking to you, you..."

Just as he was about to curse, he saw Zhou Chen suddenly stand up and stare at him. The look scared him and he sat down on the ground.

After staring at the little fat boy coldly for a while and seeing that he was looking frightened, Zhou Chen ignored him and sat down again.

After all, he is just a child. As long as he shows a little bit of his aura, it will be enough to scare the other party.

But he still underestimated his own eyes. The little fat boy suddenly burst into tears with a "wow". He was really scared by Zhou Chen. The look in Zhou Chen's eyes just now was too fierce, even scarier than a wild dog on the roadside.

As soon as the little fat boy started crying, the classroom became chaotic. Not long after, the female teacher came back running.

Seeing the little fat boy sitting on the ground crying, the female teacher hurried over to inquire about the situation, and the other children immediately told the teacher the whole story.

After understanding the whole story, the female teacher was even more surprised. She looked at Zhou Chen who was lying on the table. She couldn't regard the Xiao Ming in her impression and the Zhou Chen that the child just mentioned as the same person.

Xiao Ming is a relatively famous child in the welfare home because he is the only child who was adopted and then returned. The director was kind-hearted and was afraid that Xiao Ming would suffer in the adoptive family, so he took Xiao Ming back to the welfare home.

Because Xiao Ming's situation was a bit complicated, the female teacher couldn't make a decision, so she said to Zhou Chen: "Xiao Ming, come here, I'll take you to see the dean."

Zhou Chen stood up and followed the female teacher out of the classroom without resisting.

The director's office is on the second floor of the bungalow. As the director of the welfare home, she has an independent office.

Zhou Chen followed the female teacher into the dean's office. He saw that although the office was simple, it was also very clean, which meant that someone cleaned it regularly.

"Teacher Zhao, why did you bring Xiao Ming here?"

The director’s surname is Xie. In fact, she is not the first director of the welfare home, but she took over from her mother.

"Dean, Xiao Ming scared Fatty and made him cry." the female teacher explained.

Dean Xie was immediately surprised: "Xiao Ming scared Fatty to tears?"

It's no wonder that she was surprised, because Pangdun was a notoriously naughty child in the welfare home. He often bullied other children, and the taciturn Xiao Ming was often bullied by him. This was the first time she heard that Xiao Ming could bully Pangdun.

"I see. You go back and look after the child first. I'll come talk to Xiao Ming."

Director Xie has been managing the welfare home with her mother since her husband passed away unexpectedly. Xiao Ming grew up under her care and she has a deep impression of him.

She remembered that Xiao Ming was not like he is now when he was a child. Instead, he was very smart and could memorize numbers and do addition and subtraction at a very young age.

The reason why this happened was after he was sent back by the adoptive family, which is why she agreed to let Xiao Ming come back.

"Xiao Ming, tell me, what happened just now?"

It was just a simple question and she didn't expect Zhou Chen to answer her, but to her surprise, Zhou Chen actually answered her.

"He bullied me first."

Dean Xie was immediately shocked. She hadn't heard Xiao Ming speak normally for a long time, and she didn't react for a moment.

She looked at Zhou Chen carefully and was surprised to find that Zhou Chen's eyes were completely different from before. His eyes used to be dull, but at this moment, they were bright and spiritual.

This made her very curious, so she continued to ask: "How did Fatty bully you? Tell me."

Zhou Chen: "He called me a fool and said that it was because I was a fool that I was rejected."

Dean Xie frowned. She did not doubt what Zhou Chen said, but was very dissatisfied with what Pangdun said.

The children in the orphanage are already very pitiful and should not be hurt again.

But what she cares more about now is Zhou Chen's changes.

"Then Xiao Ming, do you think you are a fool?"

"No."

Knowing that his original body might have intellectual problems, Zhou Chen didn't want to keep pretending to be a fool, so he had to change his image. As for the reason, he had already thought of it on the way here.

"Aunt Dean."

"What's wrong, Xiao Ming?"

"Aunt Dean, I'm really not stupid. They don't want me anymore, so they say this to me."

Dean Xie's face suddenly straightened. She guessed who Zhou Chen was talking about.

"You mean the parents who adopted you?"

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Well, they regretted adopting me. They wanted their own baby, so..."

He didn't say anything else because he knew when to stop.

Although he didn't know the situation of the people who adopted him, the fact that they were able to return him after adopting him, no matter what the reason was, it showed that they were not a good place for him.

After hearing what Zhou Chen said, Dean Xie frowned even deeper, and in an instant she thought of a lot of things.

As the director of an orphanage, she was well aware that most of the adopted children were unlikely to be treated as their own by their adoptive parents, but sometimes, even being an adopted child was better than staying in an orphanage.

So she didn't think Zhou Chen was lying, but felt even more sorry for him.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 397: Days in the Welfare House, the Zhou Family Couple

"Good boy, I'm sorry for you."