novelraw Chapter 122
Chapter 122
122: Zhang Anran Gets the Cold Shoulder
"Hello everyone, I'm Jasmine from the Holy Church. Are you having fun?"
It seemed that everyone else more or less had some social anxiety, and none of them dared to be the first to approach the children. Jasmine then displayed her impressive ability to handle situations on the spot as the Church's Saint. She carried the bag and walked toward the little ones who were curiously looking in their direction. Her speech and behavior were filled with warmth and gentleness, making it easy for people to feel close to her.
"Big sister, are you a nun?"
One of the slightly bolder little girls tilted her head curiously and took the initiative to ask Jasmine. The girl's voice sounded quite young and innocent, and her fidgety appearance looked very shy.
"Yes, I am. Little sister, what's your name?"
"I'm called Luo Xin."
The little girl named Luo Xin answered somewhat shyly. Our Miss Jasmine very naturally crouched down and patted her head. Then she took out one of the boxes of chocolate from the bag, smiled, and took out one piece to hand to her.
"Big sister came in a bit of a rush this time and didn't prepare much. I can only give you this chocolate as a meeting gift. Please don't mind."
Jasmine had just handed the chocolate to Luo Xin when the children gathered around immediately erupted in excitement.
"Wow! It's chocolate!"
"We haven't had this in so long!"
"Golden wrapping paper! It looks so fancy..."
"I know this brand! I heard it's super expensive!"
The little ones gathered at the side discussing among themselves. Their eyes were fixed straight on the piece of chocolate in Luo Xin's hand the entire time. Their innocent little gazes were full of longing and envy.
"Don't worry, big sister has another box here. I promise everyone can have some. But let's agree first, everyone is a good child, so no pushing. Line up one by one and come to big sister to get your share."
"Yay! Long live the nun sister!"
"The nun sister is so nice!"
"Sister, are you an angel?"
Before Jasmine could even finish speaking, the little ones gathered around burst into excited cheers. For these children who were only six or seven years old, winning their support and favor was sometimes this easy. Just one sweet piece of chocolate was enough for them to see you as an angel.
Although this chocolate really wasn't cheap either.
Evelia looked somewhat helplessly at Jasmine, who was now surrounded by children and couldn't escape. She elbowed Amya beside her with a teasing expression and said to her with a giggle, "The little ones are treating Jasmine like an angel right now! As the real deal angel, do you have any thoughts on this?"
"You're calling them little ones? Eve-Eve, aren't you about the same height as them?"
"Ha? You're mocking my height again!? How about we find an empty spot to duel later? I'll let Little Ke bite you to death!"
"Rather than finding an empty spot to duel, I'd prefer we duel in bed after we go back tonight."
"Hmph! Get lost!"
Evelia turned her head away disdainfully and let out a very cool "Hmph!"
"Um, wait, shouldn't kids nowadays really love spicy sticks? How come no one is paying attention to me?"
Meanwhile, Zhang Anran, holding a big bag of spicy sticks, discovered in frustration that most of the children were gathered around Jasmine asking for chocolate. He himself was left all alone on the side. Even when he actively asked a few boys if they wanted to eat spicy sticks, those little ones just looked at him somewhat hesitantly and then quickly went back to gathering around Jasmine.
"Teacher said spicy sticks are junk food. If you eat junk food, you'll get a stomach ache!"
"And there's lots of oil in them. It's easy to get fat if you eat them!"
"The nun sister who came before also said we should eat less snacks like spicy sticks. Better not eat them at all. No nutrition!"
"It also makes you not grow tall!"
The little ones seemed to feel that leaving Zhang Anran alone on the side was a bit unkind. Hearing his complaint, they turned around one by one and spoke up. Zhang Anran really wanted to retort, but looking at the children's innocent and quite serious gazes, he didn't know what to say. In the end, after holding it in for a long time, he only managed to squeeze out one sentence: "This is Weilong, a proper brand. It's really not junk food!"
Just then, another little girl stood up, tilted her head, and asked Zhang Anran.
"Then, is this Weilong a spicy stick?"
"Yeah! Why do you ask?"
"Teacher said spicy sticks are junk food. Since this Weilong is a spicy stick, isn't it junk food?"
"I..."
"Pfft..."
Wow, the universal equation instantly took him out!
Now not only Evelia and Amya, but even Jasmine, the Saint, couldn't help but find it amusing seeing Zhang Anran lose face like this in front of the children.
"By the way, little ones, big sister has two wafer snacks here. Who wants them?"
At the same time, Amya, who was standing on the side, seemed to feel that just standing there wasn't great. She simply took out the wafer snacks she had swiped from outside and waved them in front of the children. In an instant, quite a few little ones' eyes lit up. They ran in front of Amya one by one, calling her "big sister" repeatedly, looking like little gluttons.
"You really took the free wafer snacks from outside to 'trick' the children as 'gifts'?"
"What's wrong with that? As long as the little ones are happy, isn't that enough?"
Wow, she said it so convincingly, but in the end, she was just using the snacks the orphanage itself provided to win favor with the orphanage children?
Evelia couldn't argue verbally, so she silently complained in her heart.
This angel is really too shameless.
"Hmm? That little sister over there, why aren't you coming over with everyone else to eat chocolate? Don't you want some?"
Just then, Jasmine suddenly noticed that there was a little girl with long black hair hiding at the corner of the staircase. Her eyes were fixed straight in their direction, but she showed no sign of coming over. Jasmine thought she wasn't coming because she was shy, so she smiled and actively waved at her, signaling that she could come over confidently and enjoy the chocolate with the other children.
"..."
However, that child remained silent and showed no sign of coming over. Helplessly, Jasmine could only take the chocolate and walk toward her. But strangely, the child seemed somewhat afraid of Jasmine. Every step Jasmine took toward her, she would take a step back.
"Hmm?"
Jasmine found it strange. She had clearly shown herself to be so friendly and kind. Why was that child still acting so guarded?
Something about this child's behavior felt off.