“You fold the Thousand Paper Crane for Mother Li for a week, and then you fold it for Zhao Father when he comes tomorrow. In this way, you might have two people willing to take you out. If you bump into one, you’ll be able to spend the weekend.” The little girl was evidently proficient in the art and patiently taught Jane Xiaodan.

“Yes.” Jian Xiaodan said softly, “It’s my birthday next week. I want a lollipop.”

“Right, if Mother Li takes you out to buy you a lollipop, you must remember not to ask for more, just one.” The little girl suddenly remembered something and her expression became serious.

“Why?” Jian Xiaodan poked her head out of the quilt.

“If you want one, Mother Li will feel that you are very sensible and heartache. Next time, he will take you out! If you want one more, they will think that you are insatiable.” The little girl whispered in Jane Xiaodan’s ear, “The last time Mother Li took me out for two weeks, it was because I only wanted a lollipop. She said that she could get as many as she wanted to bring the others out, understand?”

Perhaps Welfare Institute is more humane and experienced now than it was a decade ago, and most Welfare Institute would decline most love visits, avoiding children being as “sensible”, “cute”, and compassionate as possible for the sake of those who love them; Experience the warmth of the family conditions are getting higher and higher, the audit of volunteer families is very strict.

However, whether it was the Welfare Institute more than ten years ago or the Welfare Institute now, even if they ate well and lived well, it was still a small hell on earth.

Purgatory wasn’t exactly hell.

The children here did not have any dignity or sense of security. Every staff member was called their parents, but none of them were their parents. No matter how loving Director Welfare Institute was, he could not stop the children from trying to compete for favor, especially in order to be adopted.

You can only have a lollipop, or you’ll be seen as ignorant.

How many times did this experience come to light after running into a wall?

However, being able to go out for the weekend was too exciting. They were not like other children who could go to the park to play after kindergarten, or even play in the shops. So many children were taken back to the orphanage after kindergarten and locked up in such a small courtyard.

“Thank you.” Jian Xiaodan looked at her good friend gratefully. She had already forgotten the girl’s name. She only remembered that one of her legs was broken, so she understood that she could not be adopted.

How desperate it was. She knew that she would spend her days here in the future, not even years ago. Every weekend was precious to her. She looked forward to the day when she might be taken out to see the outside world.

‘”Since you have come here, you have to adapt. You have a future ahead of me. After you are adopted, you have to remember to go to a new family. As long as you have a lollipop and work hard, you will not be abandoned as a useful person.” The little girl’s words lingered in Jian Xiaodan’s ears.

Being a useful person, a person who only needs a lollipop, will not be abandoned. This sentence has even become Jane Xiaodan’s motto.

A child who is abandoned at the age of five will have a serious mental illness in his heart.

After thinking it through, Jian Xiaodan quickly took action. When the young man arrived at the Welfare Institute again, she rushed up immediately and took out a small stone from her pocket. “Father Zhao, I picked up a beautiful stone and gave it to you…”

With a sweet smile and warm words, the desire to go out for the weekend struck the man in the heart. He squatted down and touched Jane Xiaodan’s head to take the stone. “Xiaodan, I liked you at first sight when I came to Welfare Institute.”

You like me at first glance?

Jian Xiaodan smiled.

“Last weekend, I had something to do with my family. There were too many people. I think you don’t like having too many people in your family, so I didn’t bring Xiao Wang with you. I’ll take you to play this weekend. Do you want to go to Father Zhao’s house?” The young man asked.

“Yes.” Jian Xiaodan nodded.

“Do you want a lollipop?” The young man asked.

“Yes.” Jian Xiaodan nodded her head again. She did not say anything more. She only looked at her good friend. The good friend opened his mouth and did not make a sound. However, he reminded Jian Xiaodan with his mouth shape, “Eat only one lollipop.”

“So good.” The young man stretched out his hand and touched Jian Xiaodan’s head again. He pinched her face and said, “Such a beautiful girl.”

Jian Xiaodan immediately smiled sweetly.

“So beautiful” The young man seemed to suppress some of his emotions. He reached out and picked up Jian Xiaodan. “I remember you were five years old.”

“Yes, five years old.” Jian Xiaodan seemed to resist in the arms of the young man, but she still revealed a cute smile. She knew that her good friend was right. Since she had come here, she had to adapt to this place.

—–

“President Jian, what’s wrong with you?” An accompanying French executive saw that Jian Xiaodan seemed to be a little stunned and walked over to raise his glass.

Jian Xiaodan immediately regained her senses. She smiled appropriately and raised her glass, “Nothing much. I’m a little dizzy.”

“The smell in the fermentation area is a little strong. Be careful.” The Frenchman casually stretched out his hand to support Jian Xiaodan’s back.

“Huh?” Jian Xiaodan immediately took two quick steps, her hands surrounding her chest and face becoming very vigilant. This was just an ordinary gesture, but Jian Xiaodan’s reaction was unusual.

“Uh.” The Frenchman was obviously surprised. He hurriedly spread out his hand and said, “There’s a stick in front of me. I’m afraid that you might fall, so…”

“Oh.” Jane Xiaodan looked at the stick on the ground. As Butler had said, the area was still neat and messy. Xiaodan immediately returned to normal and smiled, “I… I just don’t like strangers touching me. It’s my problem. I’m too sensitive. You don’t need to care.”

Jian Xiaodan really rejected the touch of strangers, except for the normal handshake.

Even Fatty Old Diao, who had been with her for so long, could only accept her patting on the shoulder.

“Our Starlight Group also wants to place a batch of orders. Let’s place them together with Huantai’s batch. The price will be cheaper.” Jian Xiaodan quickly went to work. A small batch of wine was just what she needed.

“Alright.” Butler nodded. “How much do you want?”

The two of them began to calculate as they walked.

“Then I’ll come here again tomorrow. Our goods will return home first.” After chatting for a long time, Jian Xiaodan calculated the time. It would take two months for the Huantai Group’s wine to be delivered. Green agriculture, a small batch of wine, was urgently needed. Several summits had already discussed orders. At present, some vegetables had already been planted in that season, and the food industry was operating very quickly.

“Tomorrow is the weekend.” Old Butler shook his head. “The French have weekends, especially the executives. Come on Monday. The executives are doing things faster.”

Weekend?

Jian Xiaodan’s expression changed slightly, but in an instant, she returned to normal and smiled, “I forgot it was the weekend.”

Jian Xiaodan had never been a weekend. The more she got to the weekend, the busier she would be. She even had to forget that it was a weekend.