Chapter 13 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

This was convenient for Qin Feng.

It took him some thinking before he found his own bed before unpacking the necessary toiletries in the public bathhouse of the building.

Finally, with the absence of prying eyes, he carefully took Xiaobai out of his pocket and… voila!

The little guy was now worlds away from the frail, stuttering newborn from yesterday night.

In the place of the matted cakes of dirt was a fluffy, newly obtained white coat of fur. The tiny creature opened its dark eyes, and two small ears perked up!

“Wait!” Qin Feng touched his pocket and found that the energy core he had put inside was missing.

He did not sell the energy core to Xue Xingfu because he was keeping for his own use.

After fumbling about in his pockets, his hand touched something wet. Qin Feng looked at Xiaobei.

“Did you swallow the energy core?”

“Chirp! Chirp!” Xiaobai’s guilty dark eyes avoided Qin Feng’s gaze, which was filled with questions.

Qin Feng found himself unable to scold the little creature. Not when those misty eyes were looking back at him so longingly.

“Forget it, as long as you’re not going to be sick, go ahead!”

There was a ma.s.sive amount of energy stored up inside the core. Qin Feng, being its new caretaker was worried that Xiaobei’s tiny body may not be able to take it, thus killing it in the process.

“Stay here for now. I’ll bring you out later!”

Qin Feng placed Xiaobai in a bucket. Walking into the bathhouse, he gave himself a cold shower.

He cleaned his combat outfit for a while, then put on a new set of clean clothes. The clothes were washed so many times they were faded and old. The homely-looking garments somewhat softened the blow of Qin Feng’s fierce looks.

Once he was done, he put Xiaobei into his combat backpack and headed to the old director’s office.

As he stepped up the office, the hearty laughter of people coming from inside could be heard.

“Good, good, good! My only hope is that you have good prospects. There’s no need to return the favor!” boomed a familiar voice. Qin Feng could instantly tell that it was the director.

Lin Derong was already eighty this year and was a well-respected elder. Legends said that this old man had a hand in the construction of the Chengbei colony.

He had been in charge of the orphanage for thirty years – which was of all things, a suitable position. At least not for someone of his talents.

But his magnanimity and kindness brought a new ray of hope into the orphanage.

Even though it was tough being here, Qin Feng had always felt the safety and warmth of a home, something worth remembering for the remainder of his life.

The door into the director’s office was left ajar, and when Qin Feng saw the other person in the office, his smile disappeared.

In a chair sat was Chen Ming!

Qin Feng straightened his face, cleared his throat, then knocked on the door.

Both Lin Derong and Chenming looked towards the sound at the same time and found Qin Feng standing at the door.

“Qin Feng, you’re here too, huh?” Lin Derong said with nonchalance as if he had already expected this. “Are you also here to get the doc.u.ments?”