Chapter 101: Love Welfare Institute (1/2)
”I’m very curious about what life has done to you to turn you this way—” Little Bai Liu (6)’s voice was cold. “It makes me a bit disgusted.”
“You’ve been lying to me from the start. You know that I like money, what I will be curious about and you know my motivations and psychological constructions. You used this to constantly induce me to do things for you. I am your secondary line. You also deliberately let me know this, right? It is in order to ensure I keep in touch with you after I successfully escape from the welfare home.”
“You need to make sure I won’t betray you and make sure I continue to pay for you more than the amount of money you gave me. You know that money can’t sustain a connection with me for that long.”
Little Bai Liu (6)’s breathing sound came through the phone that didn’t have a good signal. It was like suddenly flowing water, heavy and urgent. “You aren’t talking now because you’re waiting for me to calm down, right?”
Bai Liu didn’t speak. He held the phone with one hand while supporting his elbow with the other. His expression was casual as he leaned against the wall. He was indeed waiting for little Bai Liu (6) to calm down.
Little Bai Liu (6) was a very rational child. The breathing on the other end of the phone fluctuated quickly and twice, as if he was breathing deeply to calm his emotions. Then it returned to its normal frequency and his tone calmed down. “I have to say, you know yourself really well. I will never betray myself.”
He was half the soul of a strange investor who wanted to draw his blood. It took 14 year old Bai Liu (6) around a dozen seconds to come to terms with it. Then he quickly and soberly cut to the chase.
“The two problems when fleeing tonight are the deformed children and the teachers. The teachers will come to inspect the bedrooms of all the children who have been baptized. We aren’t allowed to stay out late. I don’t know why but Liu Jiayi is very familiar with the welfare home, as if she has lived here before.”
Bai Liu (6) spoke in a subtle tone. “She figured out the rules of the teachers’ inspection and told me that the teacher will finish our bedroom inspection at 9:15 and her bedroom at 9:30. After 9:30, the five of us can leave the bedroom and run away. Based on her familiarity with the welfare home, Liu Jiayi has planned an escape route for us.”
Little Bai Liu (6) evaluated, “She is very active in making plans. She might’ve been a bit flustered at first when I negotiated with her to escape. Then once she confirmed that I was sent by her brother, she started giving me effective information. It is unlike the level of planning for a blind, eight year old girl. She is more useful than Miao Feichi and Miao Gaojiang combined.”
“If she wasn’t blind and there weren’t deformed children wandering around, I think she would be able to get out of the welfare home on her own tonight.” Little Bai Liu (6) finally summed it up.
Bai Liu didn’t speak. He was silent as he let little Bai Liu (6) continue. It was normal for Liu Jiayi to be familiar with this welfare home. She had stayed here before. In addition, based on the poisonous mushroom incident in reality, Liu Jiayi’s mentality and intelligence were very good. Bai Liu wasn’t worried about Liu Jiayi dragging them back in the process of fleeing.
Little Bai Liu (6) continued, “The wandering deformed children are indeed a problem. Then after checking the items in the coin you gave me, I found one that will work here.”
Bai Liu and little Bai Liu (6) spoke in unison. “Passengers’ Blessing.”
This buff type item was the main reason why Bai Liu gave the coin to little Bai Liu (6).
[Total reward for collecting the Exploding Last Train Monster Book: Passengers’ Blessing (excellent quality). The passengers are grateful to you for saving them from their painful destiny so they have bestowed a blessing on you. As long as you sit in the seat of a vehicle, their souls will guard you and won’t let any monster hurt you.]
[Note: the vehicle can’t be forcibly brought in by the player. It must belong to the original scene.]
“We have a toy car in our children’s playground. I think it is also a means of transportation in the welfare home. However, the toy car will be locked up at 6 p.m. by the teacher.” Little Bai Liu (6)’s voice was very calm, as if he wasn’t committing a crime but playing with toys. “Liu Jiayi said she could lie and get the teacher with the key alone. Then we can knock out the teacher, steal the key and drive away in this toy car.”
“I remember this toy car can only seat four people in it?” Bai Liu touched his chin. “Where will you have the remaining person sitting?”
Little Bai Liu (6) was strangely silent for two seconds. “We are also preparing to steal a baby walker. There is a baby walker in the welfare home for disabled children. It can be attached to the toy car to run together.”
Bai Liu was subtly silent for a moment.
This walker was a small toy that looked like open crotch pants on four wheels. Its speed depended on the two feet moving it and they had to sit in the car with their legs apart. Little Bai Liu (6) and the others were seven or eight years old. It seemed really shameful to ride in this type of car. It was like running wildly in flowery cotton pants.
“Who are you going to have stay in this walker?” Bai Liu asked.
“Liu Jiayi can’t see and sitting behind us is too dangerous. So—” Bai Liu (6) paused, his tone filled with a bit of an evil taste that couldn’t be hidden. “Only the shortest among us is more appropriate. I’m not the shortest.”
“Mu Ke is.”
During the conversation between Bai Liu and little Bai Liu (6), Bai Liu heard the sound of the nurse’s high heels going away. Shortly after the nurse left, new footsteps came toward the door. Listening to the sound, it was more than one person. Bai Liu’s eyes sank lightly. Such steady and fast moving footsteps should be Miao Feichi and the others.
Miao Feichi obviously went to the door during the time when the nurse finished patrolling and left. This was the advantage of a player moving faster than the NPC. He could seize the gap in the NPC’s movement speed, unlike Bai Liu who was almost chased to death last night.