HE RETURNED AS A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL (PART ll)

Chapter 285 - How They Met (2)

Kang Ra-Eun and her family got back in the car after putting everything they had bought in the trunk. Although she had never been to the orphanage they were going to right now, she had often visited orphanages in her past life.

However, it had not been for volunteering purposes, but for reporters to film Kim Han-Gyo taking care of children at orphanages during general elections. Ra-Eun recalled Han-Gyo affectionately hugging the children while smiling.

‘I think I’m gonna hurl.’

Ra-Eun had known that such actions had been nothing but a show for Han-Gyo to look good as a politician, but now that she knew that he had her killed, her disgust amplified exponentially.

However, Ra-Eun’s father was completely different from Han-Gyo; he had come here purely for volunteering purposes.

“What sort of relationship do you have with that orphanage, Dad?” Ra-Eun asked.

She was curious about why he volunteered only at that one orphanage and nowhere else. It didn’t seem like it was purely out of his overflowing desire to volunteer, but some other hidden reason. Their father, who was sitting in the back seat, softly chuckled.

“Come to think of it, I’ve never told you two about it. Well, I guess I never had the chance to.”

As the father was about to continue, Kang Ra-Hyuk, who had been focused on driving, asked while pointing forward.

“Is it that building with the blue roof?”

“Yeah, that’s it. You can park next to that wall there.”

“Yes, sir!” Ra-Hyuk answered energetically and turned the steering wheel. He masterfully parked the car next to the wall. Having heard the sound of the car, children rushed out of the front door of the orphanage despite them not having called the orphanage that they had arrived.

“Misterrrrr!”

The children surrounded the Kang siblings’ father with innocent smiles. Ra-Eun was slightly surprised by the number of children that had far surpassed her expectations. There were over twenty of them, and that wasn’t the end of them.

‘I heard there were also middle schoolers and high schoolers.’

Including those children, there would be over thirty of them. Despite the numbers worthy of surprise, their father calmly patted the heads of every single child as if he was used to it.

“I came with tons of snacks for you all. It’s cold outside, so let’s hurry on inside and have them together.”

“Okay!”

Ra-Hyuk shrugged as he watched how well the children listened to their father.

“I had no idea Dad had that kind of side to him.”

“I knew, though?” Ra-Eun said.

Ra-Eun had known for a long time that their father was extremely kind and gentle to children, and especially to herself. However, Ra-Hyuk didn’t. He sighed softly.

“You treat your son and daughter too differently, Dad.”

***

Ra-Eun and Ra-Hyuk followed their father into the orphanage with the snacks that they had bought at the supermarket. The building felt far larger than what they had seen from the outside.

‘This many children live here, so I guess there’s no wonder it’s this big.’

However, the number of caretakers seemed to be considerably lacking compared to the number of kids. The living conditions did not seem to be all that good either, possibly because they were lacking financial support. Meanwhile, the warm-looking director of the orphanage greeted the three of them, especially Ra-Eun.