Chapter 19 Heading to Uptown

"you are leaving?"

Early in the morning in Rivet Town, Natasha heard some surprising news.

Although she did not hear the conversation between Yao Luo and the woman last night, she did not expect that Yao Luo would leave so decisively.

"Yes, that's right." Yao Luo was firm in his attitude. Since he had decided to go to the upper area, he would not stay any longer.

"Yes... because of someone last night..." Natasha said hesitantly. Yao Luo once saved her and Peter. Although she has been busy with work recently, she has always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Yao Luo, so she felt relieved to leave Yao Luo in the orphanage.

"The children all like you very much." She looked at the children playing outside the window, and there seemed to be some desire to keep them in her tone.

Yao Luo was silent. During the few days in this small town, he played with the children a lot. Although the children in this place were a little naughty, their hearts were undoubtedly kind.

Natasha taught them how to be a good person, and Yao Luo sometimes told them about things outside this planet. Some of the children in the lower area couldn't believe it, and some of them had sparkles in their eyes.

Not to mention outside this planet, even in this downtown area where the sky and the sun cannot be seen, children have shining dreams.

Some children want to be doctors like Natasha, some want to go to the upper area to be Silver Mane Guards, and there are some simple children who just want to eat well and live well. After all, in this place, survival may also be a problem.

No one knows when the rift will take people's lives. Even in the lower areas, children may not be very clear about it, but there is no adult in the lower areas who is not worried about it.

"Natasha, you know what happened that day..." Natasha looked a little gloomy when she mentioned that day. Yao Luo continued, "The expansion of the Rift will not stop. I believe you have made some plans. The Silver Mane Iron Guards in the lower area cannot take care of everyone. You must be prepared in advance."

Yao Luo patted Natasha on the shoulder and said, "I can save you once, but not everyone will save you every time. In a world like this, sometimes you can't just rely on others to save you. Remember:

"When people in the upper boroughs can't take care of themselves, people in the lower boroughs need to save themselves."

Pushing open the door, Yao Luo walked out.

"Save yourself...save yourself?" Natasha was bathed in the morning sunshine, but her eyes were burning silently...

A hint of flame.

The first thing that came into my ears was the laughter of children.

"Brother Yaoluo, Brother Yaoluo, come and play!"

The innocence and happiness of children always brighten one’s eyes. If it were in the past, Yao Luo would definitely smile and do something meaningful with them, carry the children onto the slide, or play some childish games with them.

But today, Yao Luo couldn't be happy.

Cocolia stood next to the children in the orphanage, and a smile that had not been seen for a long time seemed to appear on her face.

She is a person who likes children, and to her, children are the future of this planet. Moreover, she has always had the intention to come to the lower area for investigation.

"This child..." Cocolia suddenly noticed a little girl with gray hair.

She had a little spiral ponytail on her head and stood alone on the side, not playing with any of the children, neither talking nor fighting.

There was not much expression on the delicate and lovely face, but from the eyes that had a little light in them, Cocolia saw some familiar expressions.

"Look forward to the look of your friend."

There was some loneliness in Cocolia's eyes. This child looked very much like her when she was a child.

Being in a high position, there were not many children of the same age who could communicate with Cocolia on an equal footing. When she was young, she was forced to attend many classes and do many things she didn't want to do, like an adult puppet.

Of course, it’s not that she has no friends, but she has very few friends. The two met by chance because of their interests. In Cocolia’s current life, that period of time is the most relaxing time for her.

But everything changed. Ever since she understood the eternal truth of this planet, the burden on her shoulders became heavy. She said that the responsibility she carried almost made her breathless.

She would always remember the sound of her faith being shattered as her mentor told her the truth that afternoon in that room.

From then on, she became cold and ruthless, she became calculating about everything, and she went further and further down this path until...

There is no one left who shares the same ideals with her...

Her eyes returned to reality. At some point, the child she was looking at came to Cocolia.

"Hello, my name is Bronya." With a cute tone, Bronya's little hand gently held Cocolia's fingers.

The child in front of her seemed to see Cocolia's expression. Even though she was silent, she could feel the mood of the adult in front of her, which was a kind of loneliness similar to her own. Cocolia's pupils dilated, and a feeling she had never felt before spread from her fingers to her heart. Looking at the child in front of her, she had never thought that her thoughts would be sensed by this child.

Cocolia squatted down and gently placed her hand on Bronya's little head, stroking it gently and softly.

Bronya did not resist and let Cocolia touch her. She also felt a long-lost, fascinating aura from the woman in front of her.

"Mother's breath."

"Cough cough!"

Although he felt a little reluctant, Yao Luo still interrupted the warm atmosphere in front of him.

"what!"

Cocolia, who had already awakened her maternal instinct at a young age, was suddenly startled and stood up hurriedly, as if she wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, but her hand seemed to still linger on Bronya's little head.

Looking at the warm "mother and daughter" in front of him, Yao Luo suddenly had a sense of déjà vu in his mind.

In fact, it was not until now that Yao Luo could truly be sure that the Cocolia in front of him overlapped with the person in his memory.

There is no so-called two-dimensional filter in reality. On the Starry Sky Train, the Ji Zi that Yao Luo saw was actually only 90% similar to the person in his impression, and the same is true here.

It was not until he saw Bronya and Seele appear together that he was sure of their identities. The Cocolia in front of him was actually different from the one he remembered.

At least in terms of age and development, she is still far behind...

"You're on time, Yao Luo." Having her unknown side seen by Yao Luo, Kokolia could only change the subject quickly. She was almost about to talk to him about her familiar upper-class skills of changing the subject, such as talking about the weather in Beloberg or something like that.

"You too." Yao Luo took over the topic with some amusement. These two people really could meet each other no matter where they were. In Mihoyo's previous work, the relationship between the two was tortuous. Although he didn't know how it would be interpreted here, Yao Luo found it interesting to see "familiar" people doing familiar things in front of him.

"After all, the future is created by humans." Yao Luo looked silently at the "sky" in the lower area.

It was a towering building wrapped in huge gears. Rather than saying it was a towering building, it would be more accurate to say that it was a shell that fell from the sky.

In the lower area where there is no sunlight all day long, this thing in front of people’s eyes is their “sky”.

Seeing where Yao Luo was looking, Cocolia fell silent. She seemed to know what Yao Luo was thinking.

Bronya looked at the two adults who were worried about something. She didn't quite understand. After all, in the world of children, adults were always difficult to understand.

"Let's go." Yao Luo had packed his equipment last night. In this world, there was nothing he needed to bring.

Before leaving, Cocolia took off a hairpin from her head and gently placed it on Bronya's folded little hands.

Looking at the innocent and lovely child in front of her, Cocolia leaned her head gently to her ear:

"I'll come see you again, little Bronya."

After touching the child's face, Cocolia turned and left. There was no need for her to stay in this place any longer. At the moment, she should devote herself to more important careers.

Natasha stood at the door of the orphanage and watched the two people leave. Soon, she would go to her own workplace, where she would continue to rescue the bodies of the people in the lower city area. But for some reason, after hearing Yao Luo's persuasion, she wanted to do one thing:

To save the hearts of the people in the lower classes.

Even this goal is a bit too ambitious and beyond the capabilities of a doctor in a small clinic.

But as Yao Luo said, the future will change. No matter when, she will wait for others to save her. Natasha is willing to do what she wants to do for this era.

"elder brother…"

Natasha clasped her hands together, she sincerely wished for Yao Luo's future and hoped that such a good man would not die in today's world. If he had a chance to return to the lower area, she would complete the favor he had never repaid.

In the orphanage after the two left, little Bronya put Cocolia's hairpin on her head, revealing something that had not appeared here for a long time.

A smile of anticipation for the future.

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