Before long, Xia Zuo arrived outside a courtyard in the suburbs.
After the incident with Hydra several years ago, Nick Fury had specifically set aside a plot of land for the Orphanage, giving it a new home. Xia Zuo had not appeared in New York in those years, which had also afforded the Orphanage some rare peace and quiet. Now, Xia Zuo had finally returned.
"After years away, I'm finally back," Xia Zuo murmured, knocking on the Orphanage's gate.
"Who is it?" A soft, sweet voice rang out, and a little girl slowly approached the gate, looking curiously at Xia Zuo outside.
"Who are you looking for... Big Brother Xia Zuo? Are you Big Brother Xia Zuo?"
The little girl had originally wanted to see who had come, but when she saw those familiar Purple-Gold Heterochromatic Eyes beneath his hair, her eyes immediately lit up. She cried out in delight, her face filled with excitement, and pulled open the gate without hesitation before throwing herself into Xia Zuo's arms. A faint, sweet fragrance wafted into his nose.
"Big Brother Xia Zuo, I missed you so much," the little girl murmured in Xia Zuo's arms.
"Skye? Are you Skye?"
Xia Zuo looked curiously at the little girl before him as he spoke. There was only one person in the entire Orphanage who would be this affectionate with him, and that was Skye. But the graceful young girl before him was somewhat different from the soft little girl he remembered.
"Yes, yes, Big Brother Xia Zuo, I'm Skye."
Skye smiled delightedly, her eyes narrowing into crescents. She had finally seen Big Brother Xia Zuo again. It was the luckiest thing that had happened to her in quite some time, and she was extremely happy.
"Skye, you've grown up. Your big brother almost