The other end told Chu Lui all about Xia Ruoxin coming over earlier today.

“Oh, she wants to adopt those two kids?”

Chu Lui put down the documents in his hand but did not hang up.

“Yes, Mr. Chu,” the director continued. “One of them is Lin Qing, and the other is Guo’er. Mrs. Chu wanted to adopt them in the past, but she took Chu Xiang instead.”

“Oh, okay.” Chu Lui did not have much of a reaction. “If she agrees, you can just proceed on with the normal procedures. As for the two children’s living expenses, the Chu Enterprise would be responsible for it.”

After hearing Chu Lui’s words, the director was appeased.

As long as Chu Lui was around, the two children would not suffer much. Perhaps this was fate; Lin Qing had a lot of fate with the Chu family.

After comforting his sister, Lin Qing went to the director after Guo’er had fallen asleep.

“Xiao Qing, come over.” The director waved towards Lin Qing.

Lin Qing walked over. Actually, this was already the umpteenth time. He looked up and had a face that was more mature than his age. “Director Granny, does someone want to adopt me?”

“You guessed it.” The director smiled. “Yes, someone wants to adopt you.”

Lin Qing did not feel too happy but a bit upset instead. Many people wanted to come and adopt him, but none of them wanted to adopt his sister. He promised his mother he would take good care of his sister and fix her leg. If he was not around, Guo’er would not grow up happily here. He also knew that there was no healthy family that would adopt Guo’er.

Guo’er destined to be with the welfare home.

“Why, do you not want it?”

The director walked over and squatted in front of Lin Qing. “Xiao Qing, you’re going to be ten soon. You should know that the older you get, the number of people who want to adopt you would decrease.”

Yes, Lin Qing knew that. When he first came, there was a lot of people who liked him. The director would bring him to see many people almost every day, and they wanted to adopt him to give him a better life. However, they did not want Guo’er because she only had one leg.

He looked down and stared at his feet.

“Director Granny, can Guo’er go?”

Actually, he had not much expectation. Every single time he asked that, the director would apologize to him.

Sorry, but no.

Sorry, it was not possible.

They did not want Guo’er so they could not have him, too.

However, this time, the director smiled. She extended her hand to ruffle Lin Qing’s hair. “You’re lucky this time. Someone wants to adopt you and Guo’er, too.

“She’s a very nice person who has a decent job. There’s a little sister at the auntie’s house; and like you, the auntie likes drawing, too.”

Lin Qing raised his head but was not very excited. To them, exiting from here would perhaps mean entering another foreign welfare home. No one knew if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

“Why? Are you not happy?” Once the director saw Lin Qing’s face without a smile, she knew that he was worried about his unknown fate just like every other child here. When they first came, they were anxious and unsure; afterward, they got used to it. When they went to the new house, they would not know if it was good or bad; but the welfare home would definitely investigate properly first and understand the family circumstances first. They would try not to let these children come into more harm.

Lin Qing shook his head and forced a smile at the director. “No, Directory Granny, Xiao Qing is very happy that he can go to a new home.”

“Yes, you can go really soon.” The director stood up and felt a load off her back. If Lin Qing continued aging—once he reached eleven-years-old, no one would bring him away. His academics and his future would probably be ruined here especially since he still had a disabled sister to look after.

“Oh, yes,” the director remembered something. “I almost forgot. You know the person who wants to adopt you too. It’s Teacher Xia who teaches you drawing. Teacher Xia’s daughter also plays with you guys quite often.”

“Teacher Xia?”

Lin Qing gasped. He thought of everyone but Xia Ruoxin. If it were Xia Ruoxin, he would definitely be willing. Auntie Xia was really nice, and she was the nicest person he had met all these years.

“Yes, it’s her.”

Finally, the director could ease up. It was rare to see Lin Qing having a child-like face. However mature and understanding of the world he was, he needed time to train up; but this child was lacking time the most.

However, he could feel that Lin Qing would definitely not be normal in the future. Perhaps he would be a star in some other field.

That day, Lin Qing finally found a chance to ask Xia Ruoxin. He did not know how to ask, and he only told his sister that someone wanted to adopt them. Guo’er was very happy because she was about to have a new father and mother.

However, Lin Qing was not as happy as she was. He had a lot of things to ask and say and more things he could not figure out.

“Auntie Xia, can I speak with you for a while?”

Lin Qing walked to Xia Ruoxin and raised his head to talk to her seriously.

“Okay.” Xia Ruoxin put her pencil down and looked behind to see Rainy and Guo’er drawing together. Both of them looked serious, and there were other teachers around so she could stand up in peace and brought Lin Qing to her office.

“You can speak now. What’s the matter?” Xia Ruoxin smiled as she asked him; actually, she kind of knew what was going on.

After much hesitation, he bit his lip and almost hurt himself. The pain allowed him to think more clearly about the major changes. He was no longer the child under his parent’s care. He was a brother that needed to take care of and protect his sister.

“Auntie Xia, do you really want to adopt me and Guo’er?” he asked with uncertainty. Even though that was what the director said, he did not quite believe it.

“Yes.” Xia Ruoxin walked over and arranged Lin Qing’s collar. “You also know that Auntie only has Rainy as my daughter. Also, my work is pretty decent; and I have some savings so it would not be a problem to adopt you and your sister. Also, Auntie really likes both of you. Is this not good?”