They spend all day in the orphanage. Their only companions are those who depend on each other. They don't have mom and dad. They're so lonely. Seeing Tang Tang and the others leaving, all the kids waved their chubby hands desperately and shouted, "Big brothers and sisters, come back soon next time!"
Huang Xiaoli also nodded desperately, looking back every few steps.
However, the bus driver had been waiting for a while. The departure time was set.
Although they were all reluctant to leave, they had no choice but to get on the bus one by one.
After a busy and tiring afternoon, they were all a bit exhausted. But sitting on the bus, the atmosphere was silent, not because of tiredness.
"Tang Tang, I suddenly realize that the kids in the orphanage are so nice to me," Huang Xiaoli suddenly said while sitting in her seat.
Tang Tang immediately understood what she meant and rolled her eyes inwardly.
Finally, this girl knows how to cherish.
"Anyway, I'm not feeling good today," Huang Xiaoli wriggled in her seat and said uneasily, "Look at those kids. They're so well - behaved and their requests are so easy to meet. Why were they abandoned?"
"You should ask their parents. Not everyone is qualified to be a parent," Tang Tang replied.
"You're right..."
Huang Xiaoli's voice gradually faded.
She was the most exhausted one this afternoon.
Because she was very popular among the kids, she had to play with one after another. So Huang Xiaoli was really worn out.
Tang Tang smiled helplessly.
She had seen more cases like this, but there was nothing she could do. Fortunately, there were kind - hearted people in society and the government stepped in. Otherwise, she really didn't know what would happen to these kids.
The bus gradually started, and the lights inside the bus went out.
The bus fell into silence and darkness. In a daze, someone let out a heavy sigh.
It turned out that everyone was not indifferent.
With this thought flashing through her mind, Tang Tang fell into a deep sleep.
"Tang Tang, Tang Tang!" Someone seemed to be calling her ear.
Tang Tang suddenly opened her eyes.
Suddenly, Huang Xiaoli's magnified face appeared in front of her. Tang Tang was startled.
The culprit didn't feel guilty at all. Instead, she sighed casually, "I see you're really tired. We're at school. Get off the bus quickly."
Oh! Speaking of this, Tang Tang suddenly remembered that Zuo Mu must have thought the school had sent them back directly. They had been so excited this afternoon. Thinking of this, Tang Tang quickly took out her phone and found that there were indeed several missed calls on it.
"No way, Tang Tang, look!" When the bus drove into the campus, Huang Xiaoli pointed out of the window in surprise, looking utterly incredulous.
Tang Tang looked in the direction she was pointing. Not only Huang Xiaoli but even she herself was so shocked that her jaw dropped.
The tall streetlights were emitting a warm, yellowish light. Beside them, Zuo Mu's high - profile BMW car was shining brightly under the streetlights.
Zuo Mu had been waiting for her!
A warm current welled up in her heart. Tang Tang had never been so touched before.
Who would have thought that Huang Xiaoli beside her had already started to sob.
Tang Tang looked at her speechlessly.
Huang Xiaoli was now putting on a show.
She pretended to wipe her tears with one hand and stroked Tang Tang's head with the other, just like stroking her pet dog Wangcai.
"My girl has grown up and is so promising. There's a wild man here to pick her up."
Maybe the commotion was a bit too loud. The girl in the front seat turned around and gave them a strange look.
Tang Tang first apologized and explained, "Don't listen to Huang Xiaoli's nonsense."
Then when the girl turned back again, she gave Huang Xiaoli a glare.
The sensible Huang Xiaoli immediately made a gesture of zipping her mouth.
The school bus slowly stopped in the square in front of the school. The lights inside the bus came on, and the students started to get off one by one.
"What are you two doing?"
Tang Tang and Huang Xiaoli were sitting in the back. They were so focused on looking at Zuo Mu that they didn't even notice it was time to get off. They were reminded by the driver in the front row.
Then the two of them got off the bus furtively one after another.
"Huang Xiaoli, be careful. If Brother Zuo Mu knows you've been talking about him like this behind his back, I won't save you," Tang Tang threatened.
Huang Xiaoli naturally knew that Brother Zuo Mu was not easy to mess with, but she wasn't afraid. She had a shield.
"Hehe," Huang Xiaoli smiled slyly, "I'm not afraid at all. And I'm just telling the truth. Good girl, just wait and see."
"Call me daddy!" Tang Tang, who had inexplicably become one generation younger, of course wasn't going to let it go. She grinned wickedly at Huang Xiaoli.
"Brother Zuo Mu, come and save me!" The sly Huang Xiaoli ran to Zuo Mu in a flash.
As for Zuo Mu, he was still anxiously about to make a call in front of the parking space at the school gate.
He had called Tang Tang several times this afternoon, but Tang Tang hadn't answered any of them.
Rationality told Zuo Mu that there wouldn't be any trouble for Tang Tang to do volunteer work in the orphanage. But a sense of losing control always bothered Zuo Mu. He was always worried. There were so many bad people and so many drivers who didn't follow traffic rules. Would Tang Tang meet some strange people outside? Or would someone be eyeing her?
Thinking about it, he couldn't stay still. So Zuo Mu simply came to Tang Tang's school after work. He waited and waited. Most of the students had already left school, but there was still no sign of Tang Tang and the others.
Just as he took out his phone, he heard a familiar voice behind him.
It was Huang Xiaoli!
If Huang Xiaoli was back, then Tang Tang must be back too!
Realizing this, Zuo Mu turned around in surprise. Sure enough, he saw two little girls bouncing towards him.
The heart that had been on tenterhooks all afternoon finally settled down.
Zuo Mu heaved a long sigh of relief.
"Why couldn't I reach you on the phone?" Zuo Mu pretended to be serious. "Do you know how worried I was when I couldn't get in touch with you?"
This was obviously aimed at Tang Tang.
Tang Tang stuck out her tongue. She felt really guilty, "It's my fault, Brother Zuo Mu. Maybe my phone was pressed by the kids and set to silent."
Looking at Tang Tang's 26 - key phone, Zuo Mu didn't say anything.
"Don't make me worry like this again."
"Okay," Tang Tang felt even more ashamed.
Seeing the two of them, Huang Xiaoli quickly came out to smooth things over, "Brother Zuo Mu, don't blame Tang Tang. You don't know this afternoon. Kids are little angels when they're quiet, but they're little demons when they're noisy. I still feel like there are their noisy voices ringing in my ears. I can't hear anything else."
Zuo Mu also realized that he had been a bit unreasonable. In fact, he was just anxious about losing track of Tang Tang.
He even wanted to put a tracker on Tang Tang.
Realizing what he was thinking, Zuo Mu shook his head, trying to shake this crazy thought out of his mind.
This was too disrespectful to Tang Tang.
"Let's go then," Zuo Mu sighed. "It's good that you're back safely. Look, it's so late."
"Okay," Tang Tang nodded obediently.