Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 365 Extra Chapter – Little Rose (Part 2)

There are many children in the orphanage. They may have been abandoned by their parents because of physical disabilities, or they may have been secretly dumped at the orphanage gate in the middle of the night because their parents couldn't afford to raise them...

very many.

There were many, many children, about the same age as Niao Niao, but smaller than her.

Her brother once said that if it weren't for their father's wealth, she would have been thrown into such a place to live a life of poverty and inferiority.

Niao Niao didn't quite understand what he meant.

In her opinion, life in the orphanage wasn't so bad. Apart from being a little hungry and dirty, at least they could go to school.

But she can't.

During the interview, which was familiar to the reporter, Niao Niao's gaze involuntarily fell on a corner of the crowd in the orphanage.

She was a girl who looked a few years older than her, with delicate and pretty features.

The girl noticed her gaze, looked up, and smiled at her.

Niao Niao's heart skipped a beat. After quickly finishing her conversation with the reporter, she received her father's permission to enter the orphanage.

She heard the orphanage director and the children talking.

"This is the daughter of that kind-hearted big boss," the dean said in a low voice.

"You all need to speak to her politely, don't anger her, and treat her the same as before, understand?"

All the children nodded nervously.

The dean's gaze quickly fell on the older-looking girl in the crowd.

"Xiao Mei".

The dean said, "Just like before, you take Miss Xiao around, and remember not to let her get hurt."

"Okay Dean."

Xiao Mei nodded gently, stepped forward, took Niao Niao's hand, and led her around.

Xiao Mei stopped walking only when she reached the quiet backyard of the orphanage.

"Are we going to learn to read today too?"

Xiao Mei asked.

Niao Niao nodded somewhat shyly and handed the warm rose she was holding to Xiao Mei.

"Sister, this is for you."

Xiao Mei smiled as she accepted the roses, then gently smelled them before touching her delicate hair.

"You grew them yourself again?"

“Yes,” Niao Niao nodded, “I water it and loosen the soil every day, and also, I sprinkle some mild fertilizer…”

It must be fertilizer... Niao Niao was a little timid.

She was afraid she had remembered it wrong.

"awesome."

Xiao Mei praised her, tucked the rose into her breast pocket, and led Niao Niao towards her room in the orphanage.

A cramped, dark little house filled with nearly twenty people.

“…Sister,” Niao Niao heard her own voice echoing in the room.

Did your mother also die from severe bleeding?

Xiao Mei paused for a second, then said, "No."

Niao Niao heard Xiao Mei say, "She just can't afford to support me anymore, so she's leaving me here temporarily."

"……very nice."

Niao Niao said, "My mother can't leave me here temporarily."

Xiao Mei seemed to chuckle, her warm but rough hand resting on Niao Niao's face, gently touching it.

"But Niao Niao's mother must love Niao Niao very much."

"...I don't think so."

Niao Niao shook her head, "But she must love her brother very much."

"why?"

"Because Dad loves my brother too, Dad only lets my brother study and read books. Mingming, Mingming, my brother is not as smart as Niao Niao."

Xiao Mei didn't say anything.

After a long pause, Xiao Mei said softly, "No, my sister really likes Niao Niao."

As she spoke, she smiled and lowered her head, placing the scissors she had just taken out from under her pillow into Niao Niao's palm.

"Niao Niao likes to grow flowers."

Xiao Mei smiled and said, "Then I'll give you these scissors to use for cutting roses."

This is the first time Niao Niao has received a gift.

She gripped the perfectly ordinary pair of scissors tightly with delight, her eyes crinkling into a smile.

"Thank you sister."

But after only a few seconds, Niao Niao hesitated, pursed her lips, and whispered:

"But sister, why are there scissors under your pillow?"

In the dim light, Niao Niao saw a fleeting expression of hatred and pain on Xiao Mei's face.

Niao Niao's heart skipped a beat; for some reason, she suddenly felt a little scared.

"Sister Xiaomei?"

"Sister Xiaomei?"

Fear overwhelmed her, and Niao Niao instinctively grabbed Xiao Mei's arm, repeatedly calling out to her—

Just then, tears of blood welled up in Xiao Mei's eyes.

She stared at Niao Niao, opened her mouth, and made a strange gurgling sound in her throat. The next second, countless drops of rotten rose juice flowed out along with blood.

It splashed all over Niao Niao's face.

"Why……"

Xiao Mei's strange swallowing sounds were tinged with a hint of questioning.

"Why...why didn't you save me..."

"Sister Xiaomei!"

Whirring whirring--

The young lady woke up from a nightmare, panting as she turned her head to look at the window with the curtains drawn tightly shut. Her heart was pounding so hard it gave her a headache.

"..."

"Sister Xiaomei..." the young lady murmured softly, then got out of bed, walked barefoot to the window and stood there for a long, long time before reaching out to pull back the curtains.

What comes into view is a rose garden that is lush, fragrant, and has an unknown scent.

Among the flowerbeds, the hunched-over housekeeper, head bowed, seemed to be digging something.

The young lady watched her retreating figure, a slow smile playing on her lips before finally closing them again.

"..." A moment later, the young woman opened her phone and dialed a number.

After a series of busy beeping sounds, the other end answered.

"Hey?"

It was the voice of a stranger who hadn't woken up yet.

"I have some information about your employer's daughter."

"That's what the young lady said."

The person opposite him caught their breath, then asked warily, "Who are you? How do you have—"

"Shhh."

The young lady looked up at the pale crescent moon hanging in the night sky, her lips curving upwards while her eyes became slightly moist.

"Just know that I have evidence, and you can complete the task and get the money. That's all. Don't say anything else, understand?"

It was quiet on the other end of the phone.

The young lady waited patiently.

Her eyes were getting increasingly wet.

Tick ​​tock, tick tock, tick tock——

The sound of the clock was so clear in the quiet room that it was almost unsettling.

A few minutes later, the person on the other end agreed.

The young lady slowly hung up the phone.

She turned her head to look at the wall clock in the room, and the dark and cramped room from her memory reappeared before her eyes.

Xiao Mei—who later became her stepmother, "Madam"—sat on her bed, her delicate and pretty face filled with a familiar smile.

"wave."

Madam/Xiao Mei beckoned to her, "Come here, let me teach you to read."

The young lady stood there for a moment, then slowly walked over.

"elder sister……"

As she spoke softly, the tears that had welled up in her eyes began to burn again.

"……sorry……"

I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry... I just... I was scared, I was just scared...

If, if I could do it all over again, I would definitely, definitely, absolutely choose to leave this villa with you.

for sure.

Most definitely.