Part Three Chapter 126 Starting Over

looking around the house, she found that the sneakers were all too small and not suitable.Shu Tinglan had no choice but to temporarily adjust the steering wheel and go to the shopping mall to buy whit...The child looked to be about three years old, but appeared malnourished. They were likely older than that. 。Chen Ning reached out her hand to take the child's thin hand and walked towards a place with bright lights. 。Though the child was timid, she wasn't very afraid. She followed her out and stood in the light of the hallway. Chen Ling saw the child's face for the first time. She was a girl. Her exposed skin was dirty, but it wasn't black. She didn't look like someone from China, more like a mix of European and Asian, because her features were very three-dimensional, but her hair was black. 。She tried to ask her in the local language, what was her name

The girl's voice was very low, and she seemed a bit nervous, saying something. Chen Ling could not hear it clearly, and could only vaguely guess, "Mia"

The girl nodded 。"Where are your parents" she asked. 。The girl shook her head and said she didn't have parents. 。Is he an orphan Chen Ling's heart tightened. After the civil war, many local residents were displaced, and some even lost their lives in the chaos. 。

Looking at her again, her clothes were ragged and she was thin as a skeleton. She really looked like an abandoned child. 。Chen Ning felt a little sorry for the child, so she took her to her own room, gave her some bread to eat, and then went to boil some hot water to give her a bath. 。Although it was nighttime, the country has a high average temperature year-round so it wasn't cold. 。The child hadn't taken a bath in too long, it took several basins of water to finally wash out the tangled hair and clean the dirt off their face and body. Seeing the child's true appearance, Chen Ning was a little surprised, they were so beautiful. They had black hair and very white skin, like a little princess. It's just that they were too thin, so thin it was heartbreaking. 。Chen Ling decided to take her in for the night and go ask the nearby residents tomorrow morning about the child's true situation. 。This child isn't very shy. She ate her bread, took a bath and put on her shirt, like a dress, standing by her bed as if they were very familiar with each other. 。"Mia, where did you live before" she asked, then remembered the rustling sounds from the storeroom next door last night and suddenly realized, "You've been living next door all this time"

Mia nodded 。

"Come to sleep" 。"Chen Ning patted the bed beside her, beckoning her to come up." 。Mia hesitated for a moment, glanced at her, and then without hesitation climbed onto the bed and lay down beside her, small and soft as a little bunny. 。It was past 12 o'clock at night, and she hurriedly sent a video to Song Jingye. 。Song Jingye still responded instantly, but because the video was late, he had already finished his workout, showered, and gotten dressed, ready to head to base. 。"Still up this late" Song Jingye frowned at her, knowing it was past midnight on her side. 。

"I'm going to sleep soon" 。Chen Ning originally wanted to turn the camera towards Mia next to her, wanting Song Jingye to see this adorable little girl. But she didn't know anything about the little girl, so she held back the idea, lest Song Jingye definitely ask a lot of questions. 。I've been here for two days now. I'm busy during the day, but as soon as night falls, I miss him terribly. Even if we have nothing to say, just watching him on video makes me happy. 。Mia snuggled beside her, and soon fell asleep, a soft breathing sound coming from her. 。Uncle, I'm going to sleep now. I won't talk to you anymore. 。She hurriedly ended the video call. 。

The next morning, Mia had already woken up earlier than her. With tousled hair, she sat beside her. 。Suddenly, she saw a strange child and jumped in fright. Then she remembered what happened last night. 。Mia, good morning 。After she greeted him, she got out of bed, and Mia also got out of bed, silently following behind her. 。She took Mia to wash up, then helped her braid her fluffy black hair into pigtails, revealing her perfect features. Chen Ning sighed again, truly a beautiful child. 。She made a simple breakfast for the two of them to eat. After finishing, she took the national flag out to raise it, and took pictures of the fully repaired Chinese Pavilion and the red flag to show to Teacher Zhang. 。Across time zones, it should be evening in China, but Teacher Zhang should be working overtime. She replied very quickly: “Not bad, keep up the good work.” 。。But today, she has to solve Mia's problem first. 。The little girl looked curiously at the rising national flag. Chen Ning held her hand and introduced her to the meaning of the flag, while teaching her the pronunciation of "China" in Chinese. 。China, China, the little girl stumbled through the pronunciation, making Chen Ning want to laugh. 。Take her out onto the street and find Valera, who helped build the wall yesterday. 。"Vala glanced at the little girl holding her hand, stared for a long moment before confirming: "Is this Mia" "

“Do you know her”

"I do. She's a local orphan, lost her parents during the civil unrest."

"Wala frankly told Mia, probably due to the turmoil, there are so many orphans around here that it's become commonplace." 。Mia flinched at the touch of her hand, then grasped it tightly, afraid she would let go. 。Chen Ling didn't let go. The turmoil within the country has been going on for almost a year now. To think that Mia lost both her parents this past year... I can't even imagine how she, such a young child, managed to survive it. 。At Wala's shop, I bought some clothes for Mia to wear and also some snacks. Then, holding her hand, we went back to the embassy. 。She remembered the storage room, "Have you always lived here"

Mia nodded. The previous fence was dilapidated, allowing her free access. It was the only safe haven she had found. She didn't dare tell anyone and would sneak in every night to sleep. 。Chen Ning pushed open the door to the storage room. The daylight was bright enough to illuminate the entire space. 。Soon, her gaze fell on two of the express boxes. 。If I remember correctly, these two big boxes were the snacks that Song Jingye sent her. At that time, because she had just received them, there was an internal upheaval and she and Teacher Zhang evacuated urgently. She regretted not being able to taste the snacks he sent with love. 。Mia stood beside the empty snack box, her face etched with guilt. For a long time, she had relied on these snacks to survive. Without them, she might have starved to death already. 。But without the owner's permission, she ate all the snacks, so she was very scared. Looking at Chen Ning's eyes was also timid. 。Chen Ling hugged her back with some sympathy and comforted, "It's okay, I'm happy. These snacks can help you." 。The uncle who buys these snacks will definitely be happy too. 。

The little girl then relaxed and smiled. 。Perhaps it was because the little girl had black hair and this snack held a special kind of fate, Chen Ning felt a particular closeness to her. So, she kept her at the embassy, it wasn't a bother, just an extra pair of chopsticks, and besides, she could keep her company. 。

(Because I saw in two Weibo groups that someone mentioned the movie "My Country, My Home", so here's an explanation. I hesitated for a long time before deciding to watch it. One of the reasons was to avoid similar plots because I also referenced real events. Before, when I wrote about evacuation scenes, I had already carefully avoided similar plots. ) 。About this little girl, it was set up a long time ago. The reason for her appearance is that I didn't plan to write about them having children in the novel. I think the relationship between Kyono and Xiaoning is great love, so I don't want to spend too much time on family matters. But at the same time, I had a somewhat childish idea, I didn't want Kyono to really lose out to others in having children late in life. So I set it up early that they adopted a four or five-year-old child, about the same age as Lu Kuo and Dongge's children. With their personalities, they would definitely treat her like their own. 。This little girl and the girl in "A Long Way Home" are completely different in terms of character design and role. The only thing they have in common is that they were adopted, but I don't want to change my original important setting just because the movie has this plot. 。) and hailed a taxi directly to that small village nestled in the mountains. 。After all, this is where I came from. Even though I haven't been back for many years, I'm still familiar with these mountai...