After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 951

"Did I say many things wrong?" Pongo couldn’t help but ask as they walked back Home.

Helen smiled and rubbed his head. "The important thing is to learn," she said. "We should just make a delicious dinner for her, no?"

Pongo brightened at this, determined to make up for his mistakes. "Hmn!"

It was just that when they got back to the orphanage, they were surprised to find a woman waiting in the living room.

"Bianca?" Helen uttered, a little surprised she was there at this time.

She looked at the kids, "Go prepare the ingredients and the kitchen," she said, and the kids were very obedient—happily heading to their large shared kitchen to play, er, get to work.

Bianca’s sight couldn’t help but follow the little ones, and her shoulders slumped. Helen saw this and seemed to realize what the other woman could be here for.

The two of them got close during the Tea Club, a social club formed by mature women to talk about life. This was founded by Mathilda and Rosalind, who hoped to create a community for like-minded individuals.

There, Bianca had mentioned many times that she wanted to have children. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible for her at this time. Helen mentioned in jest that she could always adopt, and it seemed like the other woman had begun to truly consider it now.

"Hmn," Bianca admitted. "I do hope to adopt soon—if possible, I’d like to have two."

A while back, there were a pair of friends who got Bianca’s attention.

They worked part-time, helping stores clean up their items and even get customers. They were very diligent and she would see them around most days after school.

One day she asked them and found they were working to get some cotton candy every day.

It was both touching and heartbreaking. She believed that children should be enjoying their childhoods—even if they were being trained to be independent. She wanted to provide that for them.

In fact, Bianca had gotten herself checked in the hospital. She hoped for a miracle that their improved bodies could somehow allow her to have children.

She received news that, for now, she couldn’t, but it wasn’t hopeless. She just had to level up a few more times and get checked again.

But Bianca really wanted kids too much, and she really wanted to help those kids grow up like the other kids with families.

Helen and the other staff members were doing a great job with the orphanage, but there was a limit. There was some type of affection that close-knit families could not provide to these children.

Helen looked at her for a while and nodded. "Come with me," she said and Bianca followed the older woman to the kitchen.

There, she saw a group of kids preparing food—some of them were cleaning vegetables, some were chopping them, and the others were preparing the main work area.

She felt a hand on her shoulder. Bianca turned to see Helen smiling at her. "Join us."

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Dinner was nice. There was a very long table in the orphanage, so all of them could eat at the same time. Bianca was introduced to them as Helen’s friend.

They all welcomed her well, calling her ’auntie bianca’ very cutely.

They all cooked together after all, so it could be said that they had already bonded.

The entire time, Bianca’s heart was warm and she knew for certain that she truly, truly, wanted a child.

When dinner was over, the kids were asked to clean up after themselves, while the two ladies went to the veranda to chat.

"So… what do you think?" Helen asked.

Bianca looked at her with a determined look on her face. "I’m ready."

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