Chapter 50

The three of them chatted as they drove. At an intersection, the light turned red and Zhao Yuan stopped the car. At the same time, a bus full of students pulled up two lanes over.

Zhao Yuan pointed at the bus, her eyes lighting up. "I didn't expect to run into them here. Look." She called Shen Luoluo and Shen Jiayan's attention to it. "This is the story I'll be covering for the next couple of days. Those children are all from a remote mountain area. They're here for a charity event organized by the city."

"They'll perform songs and dances so people can get to know them and learn about their school in the mountains, then raise donations for it. The event's been running for two or three years. I'd only heard about it before, but this year I get to cover it."

Zhao Yuan spoke excitedly, not noticing Shen Luoluo's expression growing darker in the back seat.

Shen Luoluo looked at the Intelligence System. Doesn't Auntie think there's something wrong with the students on that bus?

Zhao Yuan froze when Shen Luoluo's voice suddenly sounded in her head. What was wrong? Had something happened again? She took a closer look at the students on the bus and realized something really was off.

The children should have been happy and excited to visit a big city, curious about a world they had hardly seen. Instead, they sat rigidly upright, as though something weighed on them. Not one looked happy. Most were frowning, fear plain on their faces.

Zhao Yuan ventured, "What's going on with those children, though? You'd think they'd be happy to see a big city after coming down from the mountains. Why do they look so gloomy?"

Shen Luoluo nodded furiously. *Auntie, you finally noticed! Something's really