Chapter 41 Volunteer Activities
Hu Tao pretended that nothing happened, washed up and made breakfast, but in fact, she kept thinking about how she got out of bed last night. Did Ling Yeshen have other ideas?
But Ling Yechen was laughing in his heart.
Watching Hu Tao cooking noodles calmly, he also got up to wash up and tidy up the room.
At ten o'clock, the two of them sat at a small table in the rental house and ate noodles cooked by walnuts.
Hutao rubbed his head while eating, looking very uncomfortable.
Ling Yeshen's eyes were filled with worry: "What's wrong? Do you have a headache?"
Hutao nodded and said: "Well, it hurts a little."
Ling Yeshen said: "I just said that most of the wine in KTV is fake. How can you not feel pain after drinking it?"
"Well, do you feel pain too?" Hutao asked.
Ling Yechen said: "I'm okay. I didn't drink much last night. The main reason was that the beer tasted too bad."
Hutao groaned and asked again: "It's already ten o'clock now, your hotel has just opened, you don't have to go to work?"
She was urging him a little, mainly because it always felt weird for the two of them to stay in such a small space.
Ling Yeshen said while eating noodles: "I'm the boss, it's okay to be late."
"Where are you going today? How about you go to the hotel and help me?"
Ling Yechen asked expectantly.
He really wanted her to help him with anything, but he couldn't bear to watch her setting up a stall every night in winter.
Hu Tao shook her head and said: "No, I have something to do in the afternoon. I have to go to the orphanage to volunteer for half a day for an activity held by the class."
Well, Ling Yeshen didn’t force it.
The two of them went out separately after dinner.
Hu Tao's activity is at two o'clock in the afternoon. She can meet at the school gate at one o'clock, but she goes out early to read in the library.
Ling Yechen went to deal with the hotel affairs.
During this period, he really rarely went to school, and he didn't even go to the walnut stall for several days.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Hutao went to the children's welfare home with her classmates at the school gate.
Their task is to help clean the orphanage and help the children with their homework.
The weather today is a bit cold, gloomy, and the wind is biting.
Many students are complaining about the terrible weather.
They even complained about why their counselors asked them to come out to do volunteer work in such weather.
In fact, the school organizes many such volunteer activities.
Nursing homes and orphanages are the first choices.
Hu Tao never communicates with her classmates, and this time is no exception. She has no close friends.
Cleaning and tutoring homework are all done silently by one person.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, light rain began to fall from the sky.
It's very cold when it rains in winter, and it feels like the temperature suddenly dropped below zero.
After cleaning, the staff of the welfare home took them to visit the welfare home.
There are more than 900 orphans in the orphanage, some big and small. The young and unhealthy ones are in the orphanage. Those who can study go to public schools and come back to the orphanage after school every day.
In disguise, this is the home of orphans, but this family is relatively large.
There is also a special hospital in the welfare home, which is full of sick children.
Hu Tao thinks about it, that's right. No parent would be willing to throw away a healthy child.
Only those who are unhealthy, in pain, and need to spend a lot of money for medical treatment are more likely to be abandoned.
No one in this world has it smooth sailing.
Children here are abandoned by their parents, whether they are forced or intentional, and they experience loneliness prematurely.
Hutao thought of Ling Yeshen again. His family conditions were so good. Compared with hers, she felt that he should be the happiest.
But this is not the case. He has a knot in his heart. He will have insomnia at night, and sometimes even have the urge to commit suicide.
Although she didn't quite understand what he was thinking, she was not the happiest after all.
And she is not happy at all. Her family environment is very poor, not only materially, but also spiritually. It is a pain she does not want to mention.
Her relatives never gave her a sense of security, and she had no friends.
She felt uneasy participating in such an event.
She didn't even know where to put her hands when she was standing.
She felt that she was out of tune with everyone around her.
She looked at everything around her silently, falling into her own sadness.
Until the phone rang to wake her up.
When she saw it, she saw that Ling Yechen was calling.
Turn around and walk to the corner and pick up the phone.
"Are you done? I'm at the entrance of the orphanage. Come out and go back together."
Ling Yechen's voice came from the phone.
Hu Tao looked at the time, it was almost five o'clock, and it was almost over here, so she said: "Okay." and hung up the phone.
She hung up the phone and looked at the drizzle outside the window, feeling a warm current rushing out of her heart.
She looked out the window and curled her lips.
She thought it would be okay on a rainy day. She wouldn't have to walk back to the rental house later and her feet wouldn't have to walk on the wet ground.
At half past five, the activity ends and everyone gets on the bus and goes back to school.
After thinking for a long time, she moved to the teacher and told the leading teacher that she would have something to do and leave on her own.
The teacher who led the team was also easy to talk to, and he agreed without even asking for a reason.
In fact, universities are like this, free and open.
The teacher will not stare at you every day.
You are free to do what you like.
Hu Tao did not leave the orphanage with her classmates.
After they left in the car, he slowly came out.
When I went out, I saw Ling Yeshen's car parked on the side of the road.
She walked over slowly, opened the passenger door and got in.
"Why did you come to pick me up?" Hutao asked while fastening his seat belt.
Ling Yechen said: "It's raining. I know you didn't bring an umbrella and you were close to me, so I came over."
As he spoke, he took out a towel and threw it to her and said: "Wipe it quickly, there is some water on your head."
Yes, she was still caught in the rain. Although she thought a little drizzle didn't matter, her hair was still a little wet.
Hutao said: "Thank you."
Then there was silence.
The two of them drove back.
Halfway through, Ling Yechen said: "It's raining today, why don't you go to the hotel to have some food and then go back?"
His hotel is not far from here, it only takes ten minutes to drive there.
There should be a buffet in the hotel at this point. He is the boss, so he can eat whatever he wants.
Hu Tao was not in high spirits after coming out of the orphanage today.
Especially my feet hurt a little, and my whole body felt cold.
So she directly rejected Ling Yeshen: "I don't want to go, let's go back and cook noodles."
Ling Yechen felt that she was a little weird from the moment she got into the car.
After thinking about it, he didn't refute her, but just discussed with her: "Okay, let's go back to eat, but I have something to pick up. Can you wait for me in the car?"
Hutao agreed, and ten minutes later, the two of them walked around to Ling Yechen's Taoloyuan Hotel.
Chapter completed!