Chapter 770 The Orphan

The two older children fled in fright when they saw Natalie coming out to stop them.

Natalie squatted beside the little mute girl instead of going after the two children. “Are you all right, child?”

The little girl slowly lowered her hands as her eyes were focused warily on Natalie.

Though her face looked a little gray from being covered in grime, her jet-black eyes were as startlingly clear as obsidian. Natalie could not help but notice that her cheekbones were unusually prominent for her age.

She’s going to be a beauty when she grows up. Look at me being jealous of a five-year-old little girl! She must have been picked on because of her inability to speak, and because she’s so pretty.

Natalie wanted to check if the little girl was hard of hearing. “Can you hear me?”

After a few seconds, the little girl nodded.

Natalie felt sorry that the little girl had to put on such stubborn defiance in fending for herself. Her mother would feel awful if she knew that her daughter was being bullied by the older children here.

Unable to simply abandon the child, she held out her hand. “Your face is a little dusty. Can I take you to the washroom?”

The little girl hesitated for a second before taking Natalie’s offered hand.

hand inside her own, Natalie gave it a reassuring little squeeze

her hands with soap while she dabbed her face with a moistened piece of tissue

was carried out with great

and allowed Natalie to wipe her face, but the piercing pair of

girl’s start of surprise as she wiped her

“All done!”

the little

Natalie’s eyes widened in shock. “Why

want to talk to them,” the girl said softly. “They would pick on me even if

painfully at her

stubborn nature makes

you tried fighting back?” Natalie

only protect myself is to

petite cheeks and smiled.

turned into a star in the sky, you know. She visits me sometimes when it’s a clear night.

Natalie understood at once.

girl! She’s not abandoned, after all. Her mother has passed

and went back into the theater

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