Xu Huo had previously learned that many people in District 011 received support from the Welfare Institute, but few directly adopted children and took them home. Usually, they donated money to support the children's living expenses and education until they grew up.
"Mr. Dong, do you know why it's recently become popular among nobles to adopt orphans?" he asked.
"It was a charity initiative started by a noblewoman," Mr. Dong replied. "Most of the people adopting orphans are Player families. They also own property in District 011's subordinate sub-districts, so they usually take the children with them after adopting them."
"On non-Player trains?"
"Yes," Mr. Dong said. "Game sub-districts can apply for non-Player train tickets in the name of an individual or a group. Players generally can't board these trains. If they have the means, their families usually choose this way to travel."
"There have been reports of large numbers of orphans being adopted before, too. But those children all eventually left District 011 and never came back."
Xu Huo looked at the photos in the news. It was just about believable that one or two nobles might be kindhearted, but it seemed strange for so many of them to suddenly take an interest in charity.
"Are you thinking of adopting a child, sir?" Mr. Dong poured him some more water. "If you're interested, I can contact the orphanage today. You're a baron now, so the paperwork should be simple."
"I have no plans to adopt a child." Xu Huo closed the news and headed to the game base to check in.
Compared to yesterday's busyness, the department was much quieter today. Once the analysis report was ready, all they had to do was hand the samples over to Director Sanyang.
Xu Huo brought up buying an item with Shi