Alien Hotel

The night is dark.

The light from the street lights outside the hospital shines through the windows on the side wall and into the corridor of the orphanage. The dim corridor is very quiet. The noise during the day seems to have never happened. There is a reassuring feeling in the night tonight. of stability.

Little Red Riding Hood slowly walked through the corridor and passed each door. She stopped briefly in front of each door and took a look at the situation in the room through the observation window on the door. Only after confirming that there was nothing unusual in the room could she feel relieved. Keep walking forward.

The "parents" on duty in the first half of the night will patrol like this twice, and the "parents" on duty in the second half of the night will patrol three times until the sun rises and the night fades.

The sound of footsteps came from the opposite side. Little Red Riding Hood raised her head and saw a petite figure slowly approaching in the night. The figure was short in stature and had short ear-length hair. He looked to be two years younger than her - he was following her at dinner. The girl she talked to.

"Snow White?" Little Red Riding Hood was a little surprised, "It's not your duty today - why don't you sleep?"

"I can't sleep, so I got up and took a walk," the thin short-haired girl said casually, "Then I remembered that you should be patrolling the east building, so I stopped by to take a look."

"Yes." Little Red Riding Hood nodded and said nothing more. She just continued to walk forward silently with Snow White.

According to the rules of the organization, after ten o'clock in the evening, it is the time to go back to the room to sleep. However, this restriction only applies to children before the age of fourteen or who have not yet "awakened", and Snow White is already considered a member of the "fairy tale" organization "Parent", she knows what she should do, and Little Red Riding Hood won't talk too much.

"You rarely sleep now, right?" Snow White suddenly broke the silence.

Little Red Riding Hood just hummed slightly.

"As adulthood approaches, sleep will decrease significantly. Sometimes you only need two to three hours of rest a day, but correspondingly, those two to three hours of sleep will become particularly dangerous - stable dreams are almost The probability of disappearing and entering a "fairy tale" after falling asleep is almost 100% - every night is a challenge," Snow White said softly, "I heard from the 'King' that you were a fairy last month. If there is no such situation, it will only start from this month——"

Little Red Riding Hood said in a calm tone: "My birthday is next month. This is normal."

Snow White pursed her lips, and after a while she whispered, "Are you afraid?"

"A bit, but okay, my wolf is with me," Little Red Riding Hood said, looking into the eyes of the girl next to her in the night, "But you, why are you suddenly telling me this? Don't you usually pay little attention to this? ”

The corridor became quiet, and after a few seconds, Snow White slowly spoke: "Did you notice the new child here today?"

"I noticed that she doesn't talk to people very much and looks very nervous," Little Red Riding Hood nodded. "The handover staff said that she originally lived in a public orphanage in Beicheng District because she had continuous nightmares and caused some 'abnormalities'. This phenomenon attracted the attention of the Secret Service, and she was sent here. Is there anything wrong with her? "

"Match" was responsible for accompanying the new child today. She said that although the child could not accurately recall what she saw in her dream, when she read the storybook, she obviously resisted everything related to the 'Wolf'. 'Relevant pictures and text. "

Little Red Riding Hood suddenly stopped, but after only a second or two, she continued to move forward as usual. Snow White walked with her. After both of them were silent for a long time, she spoke again: "——That kid could be the new 'Little Red Riding Hood'." "

"Then you should take good care of her in the future, just like I took care of you." Little Red Riding Hood looked serious.

Snow White immediately frowned and looked unconvinced: "You are only two and a half years older than me!"

"Then I will be your 'parent' for two and a half years," Little Red Riding Hood glanced at the thin girl next to her.

"You should just eat more usually. You are still as thin as last year. If you continue like this, no child will listen to you."

"I ate it, but I can't gain weight. What can I do?"

They were chatting like they usually did, but suddenly they fell silent.

In the end, it was Snow White who broke the silence first: ".-There are more than one adult records in the organization. Don't be afraid. Just like the "King", he is already over 40 years old in human terms, and the last one Cinderella, it is said, even celebrated her twenty-sixth birthday - I don't think it's unusual for two Little Red Riding Hoods to exist at the same time - "

Little Red Riding Hood listened quietly. In fact, she often thought about these things these days. What Snow White said to her, Dr. Lin also said to her, and she even said it to herself, but—— What else could it be?

Every "Fairy Tale" member who is about to reach adulthood has heard similar words.

But for some reason, Little Red Riding Hood, who thought she had made all preparations, suddenly had some other "thoughts" in her heart when she heard Snow White comforting herself.

She suddenly thought of the phone call she had made with Yu Sheng today, and what the other party told her.

"Maybe——" She suddenly broke the silence softly.

Snow White, who was trying to think of some light-hearted topics, almost didn't hear Little Red Riding Hood speak. She said a few more words before she realized belatedly: "Huh? What did you just say?"

Little Red Riding Hood calmed down and looked into Snow White's eyes: "Maybe, the situation won't be so bad. I mean maybe - maybe something good will happen."

Snow White looked a little confused, but she noticed that there seemed to be something different from the brilliance of the past few days in the depths of Little Red Riding Hood's calm eyes. She didn't know why, but she nodded subconsciously: "Well, it's good that you think so."

"A friend is coming tomorrow, I invite him to my home." Little Red Riding Hood said seriously.

"Ah, ah?" Snow White opened her eyes unexpectedly, but soon reacted, "Oh, that's fine, but it's really strange that you actually have friends to your home. I thought only long-haired people would do this - one is a classmate? Are you staying in the East Building?

"It's an adult."

Snow White was stunned.

"He comes at noon," Little Red Riding Hood continued, "avoiding the most unstable time in the morning and evening. He---"-knows something about me, and there is no class tomorrow, so I will probably take him around the orphanage."

".--You should have told everyone at dinner," Snow White was stunned for a long time, and finally digested the news, and said with some complaints, "Now we have to make arrangements tomorrow morning to let some unstable children go to the West Building..."

"No, he is also a ghost detective, and he has worked with me, and he also knows some "fairy tales", "Little Red Riding Hood shook her head, "The one I mentioned to you is the "Yu Sheng"."

""..--The one who eats the entity raw? !"

Little Red Riding Hood nodded: "Yes, the one who eats the entity raw--but most of the time he still cooks it. "

Snow White suddenly stopped talking, as if she was stuck.

Little Red Riding Hood continued to walk forward.

It took Snow White a few seconds to react, and she took two quick steps to catch up with Little Red Riding Hood who had already walked several meters.

Then there was a series of follow-up questions:

"How did he know about the "fairy tale"? Did you tell him? Don't you usually rarely tell outsiders about these things?"

"What is he doing here? Just to visit our orphanage?"

"You don't want to involve him, do you? This won't work, it's very dangerous-"

"Does Dr. Lin know? Do you want to discuss it with Dr. Lin?"

Snow White asked all the way, but Little Red Riding Hood just perfunctorily answered her. Soon Snow White stopped asking. She just looked at Little Red Riding Hood walking beside her. After a long time, she said the last sentence: "Although we don't have any rules, you have to remember that those who wanted to help in the past---all died later.

This time, Little Red Riding Hood finally stopped and responded to her seriously: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. "

Snow White pursed her lips and finally said nothing. Instead, she looked ahead with Little Red Riding Hood.

Unconsciously, they had passed the dormitory area and the cafeteria, and in front of them was a large "classroom".

The lights were on in the classroom.

"The lights in the activity room were forgotten to be turned off again," Snow White frowned, "How much electricity will this cost?"

Little Red Riding Hood pushed open the door of the activity room and looked inside.

This is a place for younger children to play and "take classes". The spacious classroom is divided into several areas. There are some old tables and chairs in the northeast corner, and a small bookshelf full of picture books and some indoor toys in the northwest corner. There is also a small blackboard near the door. The graffiti left by the children on it has not been erased.

There are many small pieces of paper stuck on the edge of the blackboard, and the paper is written by the younger brothers and sisters.

Those are the wish cards that the teacher wrote when he taught the children today. .

There was everything on the card: a piece of cake, a new toy, a new dress, going out to play, and watching cartoons all day.

There were pinyin mixed in the text, and some were simply drawn with simple graphics.

Children's wishes and expressions are really strange.

Little Red Riding Hood couldn't help but smile, but at this moment, she saw a piece of paper being taken down and stuffed in the corner of the teaching box next to her.

She reached out and pulled it out, smoothing it carefully.

"Woiang grow up."

It said so.

"Turn off the lights." Snow White's voice came from the side.

After a snap, the wish on the paper fell into darkness.