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"Oh?"
With blinking eyes, Duoduo looked at her and asked, "Does the welfare home have a place to live and food to eat?"
"Yes."
"Will they accept me?"
"Sister will take you there!"
Mai Xiaomai reached out and embraced her.
Caught off guard by such an abrupt hug, Duoduo was initially resistant and stiff.
However, it lasted only a moment before she rested in her arms, no longer trying to pull away.
For so many years, she had been wandering alone, enduring disdain, discrimination, and bullying, never receiving a moment's kindness from anyone. Everyone avoided her as if she were a plague.
And now, she was being embraced unrepulsively by a well-dressed woman with a refined demeanor.
The tears she had held back for many years began to flow uncontrollably, soaking Mai Xiaomai's clothes.
Mai Xiaomai held her, feeling a wetness in her own heart.
Weeping, Duoduo eventually fell asleep in Mai Xiaomai's arms.
