Chapter 655: A Small Animal That Was Abandoned
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Ling had a headache.
Who was so irresponsible?
“Do you know what’s your uncle’s name? Do you know how he looks like?” She asked gently.
The small boy nodded, then shook his head. “My uncle won’t let me tell others.”
“If you don’t tell me, how will auntie help you look for him?” Xia Ling appealed to him kindly.
The small boy still shook his head. There was a slight glow in his watery eyes.
Xia Ling looked at the dirty child in front of her. He was soft and cute like a small animal, and she could not bear to leave him here alone. However, he was unwilling to say anything. How could she help him find his family? She looked at her surroundings. The small garden was quiet. However, outsiders were not allowed to enter this restricted part of the garden. This small boy and his uncle must live in one of the villas here.
She decided to take him to the security officer to ask for help.
After making up her mind, Xia Ling said to the child, “Come, follow auntie. I will take you to look for your uncle.”
That little boy was very trusting and really extended his chubby hand for her to hold.
This child was really…
Xia Ling did not know whether to laugh or cry. Why was this child not afraid of strangers at all? He trusted others so easily. What would happen if he were scammed by evil people in the future? She could not help but lecture him. “In the future, you can’t leave so easily with strangers. What happens if you meet a bad person and are kidnapped?”
The child looked up with his watery eyes. “What is a bad person?”
Xia Ling was speechless. How did the child’s family raise him? He was about four but did not even know what a bad person was. How old was he exactly…
“A bad person is…” After thinking for a long time, Xia Ling gave up. “Forget it, I can’t explain it clearly. Anyway, after you find your family, you have to be good and not lose them again, ok?”
The child obediently nodded.
Xia Ling held his hand and walked out of the garden slowly. The breeze created ripples on the water, and the garden was filled with lush greenery. Her palm was warm due to the child’s small and chubby hand. It was very comfortable to hold.
Unknowingly, she calmed down.
If her Shaohui were still alive, would he be about this big? No… Shaohui would have been four years and three months old. He should be a little taller and smarter, not like the plump boy beside her. He even stumbled when he walked and had an ignorant look on his face.
However, this child… was really cute.
Accommodating his footsteps, Xia Ling walked very slowly and lowered her head to look at him.
The little boy’s eyes widened as he looked around. His eyes were filled with curiosity and joy. Along the way, he also greeted the squirrels and sparrows. Incoherently, he said, “Nice… nice to meet you.”
He looked very happy.
The animals also really liked him. A few squirrels hopped behind him. Even Xia Ling suspected that if she were not beside him, they would probably run towards the child and play with him.
The small boy paused frequently to look at the squirrels, goldfish, and greenery around him.
Xia Ling was dumbfounded. Was this child really lost? She had never seen a lost child so carefree. He was completely different from the child who cried so bitterly below the old tree just now. Xia Ling felt that she was going crazy.
“Sister, this flower is for you.” Suddenly, the little boy spoke to her.
She took the flower from him. One look and she was shocked. This wasn’t a flower. It was clearly gra.s.s. It was green and had four leaves…
Wait…
Four…
Four-leaf clover!
Xia Ling looked at the plant in her hand in surprise and then again at the little boy. “How did you find this?” She lived here for four years. Every year during the lush period, many people who lived in the villas would come here to look for four-leaf clovers and try their luck. However, very few could find one.
What about this child? He found one by randomly looking around!
The small boy blinked and seemed to not understand her surprise. He pointed his dirty and short finger at the ground beside his feet. “I found it once I looked over here.”
Xia Ling was speechless.
Alright, this child was probably lucky. That was why he was able to survive until now without knowing what a bad person was. “Thank you, little boy.” Xia Ling said, “Auntie really likes it.”
“Sister.” The boy said softly.
“What?”
He pulled her hand with force. “Pretty sister.”
“You…” Xia Ling smiled. She started to think that this child was not stupid at all. He knew how to flatter people at such a young age. When he grew up, he definitely would not be disadvantaged. She patted his head in a good mood.
Both of them strolled out of the garden. It was initially a 20-minute walk, but they spent two hours to complete it.
Xia Ling took the boy to the security officer and said to him, “I found this child when I was in the small garden. He is lost and I don’t know where he lives. Can I trouble you to do a check?”
The security officers knew of the severity of the situation and immediately went to do a check. However, they couldn’t find anything.
“Miss Ye, I won’t hide this from you. We’ve never seen this child in the community before. Recently, no tenants have moved in as well. The family of this child is probably not part of our community.” The security officer said. “However, it’s possible that he came here as a guest of one of the tenants living in the area. How about you leave the child with the security officers? I will send someone to go door to door to see if anyone has any children missing.”
Xia Ling thought about it and agreed.
She accompanied the child for a long time. When the security officers returned, they shook their heads. “We asked everyone who is home right now. No one has lost any child. There are also some people who aren’t at home and we can only ask them once they return.” The security officer said to Xia Ling, “Miss Ye, you’ve waited for a very long time today. How about you go home to take a break? Once there’s news regarding this child, we will contact you.”
“What about this child…”
“We will take care of him.” The security officer supervisor said.
This was a high-end villa community. Xia Ling lived here for four years and had always trusted the security. Seeing that the sky was turning dark, she had no choice but to kneel down and speak to the child. “You have to wait obediently here, ok? I will be going home first.”
The boy was somewhat reluctant to see her leave. He lightly tugged on her clothes with his dirty hands.
She said, “When you’ve found your uncle, these security officers will tell me and I will send you home, ok?”
The small boy felt a little wronged but still nodded.
Xia Ling was unafraid of the dirt and patted his head one last time before she left.
When she walked out of the security officers’ office, she turned around for a moment and saw that the boy was leaning on the window as he reluctantly looked at her. His small face was still very dirty and his eyes watery. He looked like a small animal that was abandoned.