Chapter 385 The Woman by the Window

"Come one by one, there are all, don't grab, don't jump in line."

Near the door of the almshouse another line formed, this one consisting of children in shabby clothes.

Xifa was carrying the cardboard box and stood by as a tool man, watching Mr. Hardy with a smile, taking out pies and sweet iced tea from the cardboard box and distributing them to these poor children.

In a short while, the box of food had been distributed, but it was far from enough, and there were still many children who did not receive food.

So Sifa went to a nearby bakery, bought some bread with his own money, and distributed it to the remaining children.

Then he found that these children did not leave. After they got the food, they either squatted or sat, and finished eating nearby, and then they left one after another.

"That's what I asked for."

Hadi raised his collar, and the temperature on the street dropped sharply as soon as the sun set. The old man breathed on his palm and said, "There are policemen here. Although they don't pay much attention to them, at least it can be guaranteed that those children's Food will not be taken away by grown-ups."

"My ability is limited, and I can only help some of the children. Although this is unfair, children represent the future, don't they?"

Xifa didn't deny it, nor nodded, because he was not qualified to comment on what an old man did.

However, Xifa also heard something from the old man's words.

snatch.

It seems that when the old man did not ask for this before, the food distributed to the children was snatched away by stronger and more dominant adults.

This is indeed a sad thing.

Apart from some bad-natured guys, Sifa believes that if it is not desperate, an adult will not snatch the food from the hands of a child.

"Okay, let's go home."

Hardy clapped his hands and said, "Do what needs to be done, work hard what needs to be done, and for the rest, we can only wait for the arrangement of fate."

"And fate, you and I are powerless, let's go sir."

The old man patted Xifa's arm, and then said: "By the way, I still don't know your name?"

Xifa thought for a while and announced a name: "Rayleigh, you can call me Rayleigh."

"Okay, Mr. Raleigh. You said you came from Backlund, from that land of hope. It shouldn't be as bad as Tingen, right?"

no sir. It's just as bad there, and even worse than here.

In the end, Xifa still didn't say anything. It was already dark and cold, and Sifa didn't want to make the old man's heart feel heavier.

When he came to the exit of Tieshi Street, the old man stopped suddenly and said with a smile: "Rovelli is here. Oh, that's my son."

Having said that, the old man waved his arms across the street.

So Xifa saw a man in formal attire and half-top hat, who was nearly forty years old, walking quickly. On his face, he could vaguely see the old man Hardy's appearance when he was young.

Rovelly Brooke, Hardy's son, seemed a serious man. His lips were tightly pursed, and there were a few shallow lines on his forehead. When he came to the old man, he took a look at Xifa and said to his father.

"You come here again. How many times have I told you that the law and order here is not good. You should know that I will be worried if you come here often. "

He doesn't seem like a very easy-going person, but he cares about his father from the bottom of his heart, even an outsider, Xifa, can feel it.

Not to mention Hardy, he laughed and patted the back of his son's hand: "It's okay, I have Mr. Raleigh by my side."

"Who is this gentleman?" Rovelli looked at Xifa.

"A reporter, a reporter from Backlund. Don't you really want to move to Backlund, then you should have a good talk with Mr. Raleigh." Hardy suddenly thought of something, said oh, and said a little annoyed, "Damn, how did I forget."

"Today is Josh's birthday, and I forgot to prepare a present."

The old man happily said to Xifa: "Josh is my grandson, a smart boy, and he also wants to be a reporter."

"By the way, Rovelli, may I invite this gentleman to come with me?"

Xifa quickly said: "Thank you for your invitation, Mr. Hardy. But, is this inconvenient?"

Rovelli said solemnly and somewhat coldly: "It doesn't matter, the more people there are, the more lively it is. Besides, this is the first time I've heard him invite others in so many years. It seems that he likes you very much, Mr. Raleigh."

Hardy laughed: "Because Mr. Reilly is also a sympathetic gentleman, but most importantly, he knows how to appreciate the pies I make!"

A smile appeared on Rovelli's serious face, but it disappeared quickly: "Then let's hurry up, the banquet is about to begin."

They took a public carriage to Fania Street. It turned out that Hadi's son also lived in this block, but he was not next to his father. Their family lived near the intersection.

When he came to Rovelli's house, Xifa's inspiration was suddenly touched. He instinctively raised his head and looked at the second floor of the townhouse in front of him.

Just at a window on the second floor, a figure was reflected. It appeared to be a woman in court attire, but since there were no lights in the windows, Sifa could not see her face clearly.

The figure quickly backed away and disappeared into the darkness of the room.

Rovelli walked up the porch and was about to ring the doorbell when suddenly the door opened and a lady of twenty or seventy-eight rushed out. Her eyebrows are somewhat similar to those of Rovelli, she is slightly shorter, wearing a black dress and a gauze hat of the same color.

Xifa guessed that this should be Hardy's daughter, Rovelli's younger sister, Meili who was a nurse in the hospital.

Sure enough, Rovelly held down the lady who almost hit him, frowned and said, "Meili, where are you going?"

The lady raised her head and grabbed her brother's sleeve nervously: "I was just trying to find you, Rovelli. Why did you come back now, something happened, Josh him."

"What's wrong with Josh!" Hardy rushed forward, pushed his son away, and held his daughter's hand nervously.

"Dad, Josh is asleep, but we can't wake him up no matter what," the lady in black gestured nervously.

At this time, another woman rushed out of the room. She had long brown hair and green eyes. At this moment, tears were hanging from the corners of her eyes, and she burst into tears when she saw Rovelli.

"Don't cry, Maggie. Tell me, what happened?"

"Josh, Josh said in the evening that he was tired, so I asked him to take a nap. But I went to call him just now, but I couldn't wake him up no matter what."

"Merry went to see him. She tried many methods, but none of them worked."

Hardy shouted: “Then what are we waiting for, the hospital, we have to send Josh to the hospital.”

"I'll call a taxi." Xifa immediately went to the intersection, and stopped a taxi after a while.

When Rovelli went to pick up his son, Xifa glanced into the room, then looked at Meili and said, "Ms. Meili, how many guests did you have for dinner tonight?"

Mei Li gave him a suspicious look, then shook her head and said, "Tonight is just an ordinary family dinner, and we don't invite guests. Of course, except you."

Xifa glanced at the worried Hardy, and asked again: "Among your family members, are there any female members who are about forty years old and wear court attire?"

Mei Li was startled, then shook her head and said, "No, we don't have such members."

"Actually, we are in Tingen, and we have no other relatives. My father and I, plus the Rovelli family, are all here."

All members here?

Then who is the woman I saw just now?

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