December 1932, 12, Tom's sixth birthday.

On this day, Tom received the first magical gift in his life-a glowing egg (from his little friend Wendy).Having been with Anna for nearly a year, his energy-raising skills are getting better and better. The future Dark Lord, staring at the colorful luminous head painted on the egg, his expression on his face is distorted.

A silly girl next to me added fuel to the fire: "It took me a lot of work to draw it. I've never painted on eggs, but it looks like Tom, right? O(∩_∩)O ~~"

Tom rubbed his forehead, speechless.He always thought that Wendy was a perfect little partner, who could keep up with "The Great Tom" in terms of magic and IQ.But now it seems that in some ways, she seems to be weak.

"Ah, eat it quickly. Although it's winter, it will spoil if left too long."

When Tom saw Wendy smash the "Tom's Head" on the egg shell decisively, revealing the egg white with a strange pink glow inside, every muscle on his face twitched like crying and laughing.

This is the last thing that makes people feel happy this new year.

There was a lot of bad news in 1933.The first one came very fast.

"Hello, everyone. From today onwards, I will be the director of this orphanage. You can call me Mr. Bateman."

This is a tall man with a careless voice.Although he looked nearly forty years old, he could still see the remnants of a handsome and romantic look on his face.He was clearly well-educated, and he had the air of a soldier, a bureaucrat, a playboy, and a low-level gangster mixed with him.

"This is a person with a lot of experience, but he is down to the point of being the director of an orphanage..." Wendy's heart sank suddenly.If she's right, it's pretty much the worst-case scenario.

The atmosphere in the orphanage has become very eerie.

Everyone was ready to accept Susan as the new supervisor, but they were caught off guard by such a sudden change.

Mr. Bateman entered the room left by Mrs. Smith with dignity.The bed and furniture used by the wife were thrown out one by one, and replaced by a car of fashionable and luxurious new household items.

Susan finished the delivery with Mr. Bateman with a livid face. Seeing the man casually throwing the documents aside, she bit her lip and said nothing.On the contrary, it was Mr. Bateman who deliberately teased Susan: "You look like a coffin all day long, no wonder no man wants you." The voice was so high that even the children in the corridor could hear it.Then Susan ran out angrily, stepping on extraordinarily vigorous steps.

All Wendy knew was that Susan rushed into Anna's room agitatedly, and the two talked inside for less than a minute.Then, the management mechanism of the orphanage began to operate with unprecedented efficiency.

First of all, the chapel was closed, and the most valuable things left by the nuns were sorted out and registered, and locked in the basement of Anna's room.

The kitchen, where the ingredients were always messed up, became clean overnight, and the things were hidden where they didn't know.It's just that every time it's meal time, just enough food will be magically conjured up.

Immediately afterwards, class teaching and free activities were cancelled.All the children were gathered together, and the caretaker - Boss Anna.Anna, contrary to her usual style of herding sheep, has become unprecedentedly high-pressured. Even a 4-year-old child is forced to study quietly.

Wendy is in a room of more than 30 people, working on her linguistics assignment.Anna sat at the door in an oppressive posture, easily calming down the audience.There was no sound in the room, and even the sound of brush nibs sliding and pages turning was particularly abrupt.The sudden increase in classwork and the pressure cooker-like learning atmosphere gave Wendy the illusion of going back to her senior year in high school in her previous life.

After more than ten days of surprise training, all children over the age of 10 have filled out the boarding school registration application form.Obviously, the spring school season has passed, and the fall semester is still far away, but the older children are still being sent away one after another.Several people who have not yet reached the age of 16 have also been arranged for adulthood in advance, and their whereabouts are unknown.

There are 17 radish heads under the age of ten, 6 babies who don't understand anything, 2 disabled teenagers and 1 mentally handicapped girl.

Wendy and Tom's magic experiment had to be suspended in this abnormal situation.Like other children, they were confined in the largest room on the second floor. Food was brought in directly, and they were accompanied by a special person when they went to the toilet.

Tom was visibly distraught by the oppressive atmosphere.

"Tell me, what kind of tricks are they playing? Why lock us up as if they were prisoners?"

"You didn't see it?"

"Well, it's that Bateman! But why lock us up?"

"I suppose it's to keep us from meeting Mr. Bateman."

"Tch, what's the big deal. I want to go out!"

……

Wendy's guess is actually close to ten.However, there are times when there are collisions.

This day, the beautiful girl Anita accompanied Wendy to the bathroom on the first floor.They were stopped by Mr. Bateman in the corridor.The man's tie was loosely tied, his hands were in his pockets, and he had a frivolous smile on his face. Coupled with his good looks, he could almost be a guest star in the president's novel.

"Hey, isn't this Anita sweetheart? Have you been avoiding me lately? I'm very sad. How about having a cup of coffee together sometime?"

"Mr. Beckman, I...but..."

"Hey, this little beauty is called Wendy. I'm very impressed with your charming blonde hair."

"Good day, Mr. Bateman."

"Well, polite girl. Mr. Bateman has sweets here. Would you like one?"

"Thank you, sir."

Wendy politely took candy from Bateman's hand, but unexpectedly, the man grabbed her wrist.

The man stroked the back of Wendy's snow-white and delicate hand, with an intoxicated smile on his face.

Wendy's pupils shrank slightly, her muscles tensed, and goosebumps crawled up her back.It's...disgusting.She kept thinking about the way to get out in her mind, but she maintained a naive and dazed look on her face.

Anita's city is obviously not enough.She became anxious all of a sudden, and rushed forward to grab the man's arm: "Sir! Sir! Please...she's still a child!"

The man raised the corners of his mouth and stared at Anita with a half-smile.The girl's face was pale when he saw it, and tears came out.

"What are you doing?!" The man was taken aback by a loud shout, and Wendy took the opportunity to free her hand, and ran upstairs with Anita.Passing by the two of them was Susan who rushed to the rescue angrily.

Mr. Bateman straightened up and curled his lips in disgust at Susan: "Ugly, it will spoil my good deeds."

Wendy didn't dare to tell Tom about this.

We won't be so lucky forever.

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