In the old classroom, there were about more than ten children of different ages lining up in two rows. All of them were dressed in the same type of white hospital gown. Apart from feeling anxious due to the arrival of the strangers, they looked clean without any visible wounds. Based on my observation, there were no physical signs which implied that they had gone through a traumatic experience.

Heaving a sigh of relief, I was thankful that none of the children was in a pathetic state as imagined by me earlier.

Ashton stepped onto the stage and glanced at them before he asked Joseph, “Have you done a background check for all of them?”

Joseph replied respectfully, “Yes, most of the children’s information is well kept in the orphanage of M Country, except for these children. Basically, there isn’t any record for them. Thus, they are sent here temporarily.”

Ashton did not really react to his words. Squinting his eyes, his mind drifted into contemplation.

On the instant, the whole classroom was in pin-drop silence. At the moment, only the heavy panting of the children due to their anxiety was still audible.

 

Audrey was excited as it was her first time seeing many children at the same time. When Ashton was still deep in his thought, she took the chance to squeeze out from my back and walked toward them.

I instinctively stretched out my hand, yet I was not in time to hold her back.

 

forward instantaneously. Grabbing hold of Audrey’s hand, he accompanied her to inspect all the children one by

looked a bit shy and timid. Audrey just roughly browsed through the first row before she held Gregory’s hand and

boy whose body size appeared to be the smallest. Her big round eyes were glued

while, she took out a lollipop from her pocket and

the boy was indifferent and did not accept

to me. However, when I took a closer look at him, the sense of familiarity was gone. My heart

scale of society, and only the fittest could survive. He must be in the so-called lower level of society and ended up as the victim

relieved that Audrey was soft-hearted and sympathized

not dare to receive the lollipop from Audrey, I

pitiful boy who was treated as a specimen in the laboratory, I expected him to be lack of confidence and nod shyly at me to express his gratitude. Out of my expectation, he only raised his head and gazed at me. I was impressed by the unusual calmness in his pair of eyes. He was apparently more matured than the other boys of the same age. I presumed that he must have gone through a lot all this while and had a complicated

shifted his gaze away. The next moment, he raised his hand abruptly

front of her. He yelled with a stern look,

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