My years as a menswear boss

Jiqiu was sitting in the carriage, passing by a small alley, and saw a thin figure, she knocked on the carriage, "Barton."

Button immediately reined in the horse, "What's the matter, sir?"

Jiqiu jumped out of the carriage, she walked into the alley, looked down at the little girl who was digging through the trash, "Gwendelyn, why are you here?"

Gwendolyn was completely different from the situation in the orphanage a few days ago, when she was a little malnourished.

But fortunately, it is clean, not covered in dirt like it is now, and there are scars everywhere on the thin arms.

If it weren't for Jiqiu's careful observation, no one would have recognized that this little mouse-like girl was Gwendolyn.

Gwendelyn looked up and saw the person coming, and rushed out quickly, but was quickly caught by Barton holding the collar. She struggled hard, trying to bite the big hand that grabbed the back of her neck with her teeth.

"This really... scared me." Jiqiu bent down slightly, and looked at Gwendelyn. "I'm curious, from the moment you escaped to when you were caught, you didn't yell loudly. Why is that?"

Of course, it was impossible for Gwendelyn to answer her, she would only struggle harder.

Jiqiu felt that what he was facing now was not a little human girl, but more like facing a wild cat. There was no response at all, only a hoarse roar.

"Knock her out, and then go to the asylum." Jiqiu looked at Gwendelyn who was struggling with her life, and she said softly, letting Gwendelyn's actions would only result in a loss for both sides.

Barton is already very skilled in doing this kind of thing. He knocked the little girl out with appropriate force, and then put her on the carriage.

Jiqiu recalled what Mrs. Sharp said in the car, and Gwendelyn was not dumb.

Although I used to act like a little hedgehog, I still express my emotions by yelling.

In other words, the loss of voice happened in the adopter's family. During this period, what happened?

Gwendolyn should be staying in the poorhouse, but why is he wandering on the street?

Jiqiu came to the Bird of Paradise Rescue Home with Gwendolin in her arms, and Lan Ruisha was shocked when she opened the door, "This is Gwendolin?!"

"Well, I saw her in a small alley in the city. At that time, Gwendelyn was digging through garbage to eat." Jiqiu handed the little girl to Lan Ruisa, and she went to Mrs. Sharp.

She had no intention of embarrassing an old man who had been doing relief for many years, and asked Mrs. Sharp gently what had happened.

When Mrs. Sharp heard that Gwendelyn had been found, she burst into tears and drew a cross on her chest, "Thank God, otherwise I would not be able to forgive myself for what I did." She calmed down and said slowly What happened after De Jiqiu left.

Gwendolin’s words and deeds were too bad, and Mrs. Sharp could only choose to use some force. She asked the volunteer Maggie to find her a wooden board, asked others to hold down Gwendolin, and beat her palms hard to make Gwendolin admit her mistakes, but still No response was received.

In the end she had to keep Gwendolin in the brig.What Mrs. Sharp didn't expect was that the volunteer who delivered the water told her that Gwendelyn was missing.

After that, she took everyone to look for Gwendelyn in the poorhouse, but found nothing all night.

Mrs. Sharp had to accept the fact that Gwendelyn had escaped, and she immediately regretted it. The environment outside was so harsh, and Gwendelyn was a girl. She couldn't imagine what would happen to the child.

Even though Gwendolin is her least favorite child, she has cared for Gwendolin for several months, brought her from the orphanage that was going out of business to London, and has already cultivated affection.

After hearing this, Jiqiu couldn't help rubbing the center of her brows. In fact, she thought that Gwendelyn had suffered psychological trauma and was in a state of stress. The appropriate way was to find a psychiatrist to counsel her.

But in England in this era, medicine is a small amount of blood drawn for minor illnesses, and a large amount of blood drawn for serious illnesses. There is no rule at all, let alone a psychiatrist.The first psychiatrist in history appeared in the middle of the nineteenth century.

"Did Gwendolyn have any friends before?" Jiqiu asked.

"She has no friends and treats everyone with contempt. The only one who can talk to her is Mary."

Mrs. Sharp looked sad. She was worried about the baby.Once she tried to influence Gwendolyn with love, but it didn't work.

"Can I talk to Mary?" Jiqiu thought of the little girl who asked her for candy. She was a very coquettish child and was very friendly to everyone.

"Of course, I'll let Maggie bring her here."

Jiqiu touched her pocket, and it was empty. She turned her head to look at Barton, and showed her palms that were cleaner than her face.

Barton received her gaze, and skillfully took out a large handful of hard fruit candies from his bulging trouser pocket.

He doesn't like to eat this kind of sweet and greasy food, but he can't help his boss likes it, even the boss's love horse Daniel likes it, and sometimes he teases the children with candy from time to time.

Over time, his pockets were also full of candy, and when the boss ran out of candy, he added it himself.

Volunteer Maggie soon brought little Mary over, and the little girl obediently held Maggie's big hand. Her eyes lit up when she saw the young man in the office.

Then she licked her lips. In her eyes, this was her source of happiness, and she could get many beautifully packaged candies from here.

Even though the dean emphasized the distinguished status of this guest several times, in her limited knowledge, the congressman is no different from the bakery owner across the street, except that one runs an almshouse and the other runs a bakery.

"Little guy, do you remember me?" Jiqiu took out the beautifully packaged candy and shook it in front of her eyes.

Little Mary swallowed, and she nodded her head vigorously, "I remember you, you are Mr. Hyde."

"That's right." Jiqiu put the candy in her hand, and put his hand on the mountain of candy piled up beside him, "I still have a lot of candy here, I want to play a game with you, this game asks you to answer, the rules of the game are If you answer a question honestly, I will reward you with a candy, and if you lie, you must return all the candies to me."

She looked at little Mary's expectant eyes, and smiled slightly, "How about it, do you want to play with me?"

"Yes!" cried little Mary.

Jiqiu cleared his throat, "First question, how old are you now?"

Upon hearing such a simple question, little Mary happily replied, "I am ten years old! To be precise, I will be 11 years old in five months."

Jiqiu gave her a candy, and then continued to ask a few very simple questions, such as what color the floor is, whether it rained yesterday, and then speeded up.

"Do you know Gwendolyn?"

Little Mary quickly replied, "Yes."

"Are you good friends with her?"

"Yes... No, no." Little Mary's eyes flashed a look of helplessness.

Jiqiu held out her hand, "Are you lying?"

But when an orphan grows up, how can a child easily hand over the contents of his pocket? No matter how friendly little Mary is, she still clutches her pocket tightly, trying to explain herself in words, "I'm not lying! Gwendolyn is mine A friend, but she didn't regard me as her friend. So it doesn't count." After she finished speaking, she saw Mr. Hyde retracting his hand, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to make the young man trust her more, little Mary hastily talked a lot, including the first time she met Gwendolyn.

"Mrs. Sharp brought back a new child that day, and the children in the orphanage were in a panic, because the orphanage was about to disappear by then.

The arrival of new people will speed up the disappearance of the orphanage.So everyone's first impression of Gwendelyn was not very good, and they hated her very much.

Some would snatch what little food she had on her plate, while others would pretend to pour water on their beds and tell Ms. Lanressa that Gwendelyn had done it. "

Jiqiu put one hand on the armrest of the sofa, supported his head and listened carefully.

Little Mary paused for a moment and continued, "Gwendelyn didn't respond at first, but they became more aggressive, and then they threw small snakes on Gwendelyn's bed, blocked her in the bathroom and beat her, and made her leave the orphanage by herself.

Then I quietly told Ms. Anne about it.She said that if she saw it, she would stop it.

But the next time someone tried to do something to her, she was overthrown by Gwendelyn on the ground, and she took the dinner plate and beat the person's head hard. Ms. Anne who rushed over was frightened, and quickly separated the two people, and finally dealt with the result It was Gwendolyn who was in the brig, and she was not fed for two days. "

"Why?" Ji Qiu frowned.

"Because at that time Lila formed a small group with a few strong boys and girls, and the others all chose to keep silent in order not to let themselves be beaten.

Ms. Anne didn't believe I said Gwendolin was the one being bullied, because after the confinement ended, Gwendolin took the initiative to find Lila's small group and beat everyone to death. That's when we knew that Gwendolin was fierce. "

After little Mary finished speaking, she quickly added her opinion, "But I think Gwendolyn is a very gentle girl. During her confinement period, I secretly gave her the bread I hid myself several times. Mark beat him up when he took my bear, she was just...too scared."

"Afraid? Do you think so?" Jiqiu took a candy from his hand and ate it, and stuffed a candy for Little Mary by the way.

Although little Mary has no education, her observation ability is not weak, and it is better than some adults.

"She's just using this behavior to hide her fear. Gwendolyn is not a bad kid."

Little Mary whispered that she had heard many people in the poorhouse say that Gwendolin had a bad personality and refused to obey discipline, and she still believed in her own judgment.

"And when was the last time you talked to Gwendolyn?"

"Before she was adopted, I went to congratulate her on finding a new home. At that time, Gwendelyn thanked me for the first time and wished me an early adoption." Little Mary replied.

"That means Gwendelyn doesn't reject families adopting her?" Jiqiu pondered.

"Every one of us hopes to meet kind people to adopt us, and Gwendelyn is no exception. I think she is still looking forward to starting a new life in a new family." Little Mary said.