Chapter 463 Graceful visit
" Pretty~ Here" a little girl came forward with a flower in her hand and gave it to her. She was surprised but bent down to accept it.
" Is this for me?" Yoona asked and looked at the person guiding them who nodded to her.
" Ehehehe.."
" Thanks!" Yoona said with a warm smile.
" You are strangely popular, why are these kids not coming up to me?" Mi Sun who was the tallest of the group looked around with a frown. It was true that she had never been popular with the kids but she couldn't seem to grasp the reason for it.
" Maybe because you have a scary face in public, can't you be a little more friendly?" Soo-jin laughed while carrying a little boy who was sucking his thumb.
" What's wrong with my face? Don't you know I have been the nation's first crush since I debuted?" Mi Sun humphed and looked at the kids keeping distance away from her.
" Hehe, first..it should be around tenth-" Ningning said smugly covering her mouth not to laugh at her pretensions.
" Brat! How dare you be rude to your senior!?"
" Yoona~ Help me, it's the Red demoness!" Ningning pretended to run around shouting about Mi Sun's dark history. Everyone knew about Red's temper in Korean entertainment industry, although she had exceptional looks she was deemed to turn into a demon if something offended her.
" Moo, don't run around you will hurt the kids." Soo-jin asked but Ningning was too into character to notice. It was fortunate that no one was hurt but they became the kid's center of attention due to their funny and cute expressions. After all, everyone was a beauty and coupled with their foreign look of pale and elegant they became a rare sight.
" I don't know what they are saying but it looks like children are enjoying it. Which makes me happy," The guide said with a warm smile.
Her face was already wrinkled due to age but she had a strange charm about her with how she talked and interacted. It might be because she had been taking care of the orphanage for decades but she didn't accepted their visit easily.
Head Nun Michella was the person touring them around the small orphanage, she had been with the church since she was a child and because of her extreme fondness of children she fought tooth and nail for the position of caretaker of this place when her previous organization decided to abandon them.
She wouldn't have allowed them inside if not for Mayra who had helped her these past few years. She was the one that got her into contact with a different organization, it was fairly well respected non-profit which first emerged a decade ago.
Mayra would have helped them herself but her company was unable to take the full responsibility due to different things on their plate. It was partially because they couldn't gain much publicity with hosting a orphanage that was barely taking care of thirty childrens.
" Yeah, they are my precious team members." Yoona said with a reminiscing tone. Showbiz wasn't as exactly as she envisioned when she entered the industry as the youngest member of the group. There were many challenges but everyone struck together through those thick and thin.
" Don't pull yourself down, you seem to be the most impressive one among them. Ho ho" Old lady was all praises when it came to Yoona. Other childrens fawned over her because of her warm attitude which she only exuviated when she was with them, all the other time she was like a ice statue that didn't talk much and kept to herself.
The courtyard was lively with children's laughter and giggles as they interacted with idols. Despite their initial hesitation, they were all over the girls especially little girls that were looking at them with admiration.
It was hard to know if they even understood what idols were or what they were talking about in Korean but it was fun for them to pull their clothes and hair. The average age of children were only five so they were very young to understand about etiquettes and mannerisms.
" Owch, you- I told you to stop messing with my hair!" Mi Sun who finally got a chance to sit down was harassed by couple of little boys.
" Eheheh~ Auntie is funny!" One of them commented looking at her scary expression. They figured out that she was only talk and no play which boosted their morale to play around with her.
" Who's your aunt!? Call me big sister or Noona!? Understand?" She said angrily.
" Even though you are so old?" Another one asked innocently. He seemed to be a little dumber than others and just spoke his mind but Mi Sun began raging inside. It was fortunate that these were kids or else she would really beat them up!
" You guys! Stop bullying pretty unnie!" Suddenly someone came to her defense. It was Elise who just arrived along with Mayra. Elise had both her hands on her hips tying to make herself look menacing but it only made her look cute!
" Oh my! My little princess is here!" Mi Sun was especially delighted seeing her. No one knew how it happened but these two somehow became more closer overnight. Mi Sun was also calling her cute names which was completely out of character for her.
" Hey, she said something."
" Did you know about this?"
" We always thought she was a mute, what happened these past few days?"
" I don't know this is first time I saw her since she left. I know that she was difficult even refused to let us clean her but now look how pretty she look in that pink dress."
The staff and volunteers that looked after the children were shocked to see her progress. Elise was deemed as the most serious child since she first came to their orphanage few months ago. It was not because she was problematic but because she was too obedient and followed their every command like a machine.
It was so bad that she even refused to let anyone touch her. She was already a mess being sent here under unknown circumstances what's more her health was too poor to let her be. It was not until Michella took charge for her personally that she began to resemble 'human' again.
Other's didn't know but Michella cried a lot when she first saw Elise's naked body, it was littered with scars and wounds. Even though she was hurting she refused to utter even one moan when she was being treated.
Michella was very hesitant when Mayra first put forward the idea of taking Elise home with her. She knew about Mayra's living situation which was ample but without someone caring for Elise twenty four seven she felt Elise's condition would worsen but now that she was seeing Elise for the first time since she left, it made her happy that she was doing much better than when she was at the orphanage.
" I don't know what changed but seeing that girl smile and talk is the happiest moment of my life." Michella said it in french so Yoona didn't understand it but people standing beside them nodded in agreement.
They didn't even notice that Michella was already crying but everyone knew it was happy tears. The little girl who felt like she would wither away any day was happily defending someone and laughing together with them. It was definitely a joyous occasion.
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Meanwhile outside the orphanage a large was parked since few days ago. Few people would step out every now and then but they only used the back door without changing their spot.
" This is already fifth time we had gotten a ticket! If we wait any longer we will be raising more suspicion toward us." One of the two people inside voiced his displeasure.
" What do you want me to do? We can't abandon the mission. Don't you know who employed us?" the other person sighed when he thought about the job.
It was true that they were not from the main force but utilizing them for this type of legwork was definitely beneath their talent. Even low level employee of the organization were highly trained individual which was why the competition was a lot fiercer.
If they kept being used for such underrated job, it would be hard to get recognized by their superiors. It was one of the reason the other person was making a fuss.
" The pay is good so that's not a problem but this damn van is too small for us, we are living like bums!"
" Shut up! The order is specific to always be on the watch for our target. Think it like this, even though other team is running around the city we are the one sitting on their last lead!"
" But I heard they already identified the people in that photo. It would not be long since they locate them. Our lead had already gotten stale."
His complaint made sense, it was true that other team was a notch above them and with fresh information it wouldn't be long since they found the target. It would take a stroke of luck for them to stumble upon the target staying here. Just when they were about to lose all hope, they caught someone entering through the orphanage door.
" I-isn't that little girl that we have been looking for!?"
" You are right." They looked at Mayra and Elise exiting the car and felt that their worries wash away in an instant!
" No wonder the place looked lively!"
" hahahah, brother! Let's contact 'them' immediately! We will be rich!" They exclaimed loudly and immediately started taking photos for proof.
Elise might not had been discovered if Mayra didn't send the car away at the entrance. Unlike Grace Generation who valued privacy and parked their vehicle inside, Mayra didn't have any reason to hide. She made a involuntarily mistake that could cost them greatly in the future!
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