Xia Chujian said, "This isn't for you. It's for the two classmates."
"You should keep it. When you have time, please help us burn incense for them and talk to them. We'd be very grateful."
The old woman said, "Amao and Ajie were both children from our Orphanage. Even if you hadn't asked, I would come keep them company often."
Xia Chujian said, "You should still take it. When you have time in the future, you can also visit the children who were sent to other orphanages."
"Buy them little gifts. They'll be happy, and so will you."
Only then did the old woman stop refusing and accept the money.
As they walked toward the Ancient Castle, the old woman said, "Since you're already here, I'll take you to see Amao and Ajie's room."
"They were both abandoned orphans. I picked them up out of trash cans."
"When they were little, they had heart problems. I don't know if that was why their families threw them away."
"But after they grew up, they underwent Gene Evolution, and their heart conditions got better on their own."
"I advised them to look for their biological parents."
"After all, they had already become High-Grade Gene Evolvers. Their biological parents would surely be happy to see them."
"But they said that since their parents had abandoned them back then, it meant they had no fate with them."
"They didn't want to look for their biological parents. They only wanted to live here at the Orphanage with everyone else."
"Because they were Gene Evolvers, they could make money outside even at a young age. Otherwise, our lives would have been even harder."
As she spoke, the old woman opened a door.
The room was extremely old and run-down.
Much of the plaster had peeled off