Chapter 398 - The Children of Mt. Celandine

Soon they reached a 3-story house. It is actually what you can consider as the most decent house in the area. It is not gated nor secluded, in fact, anyone in the community can go in and out of the house. To J's surprise, it is not actually an orphanage as they previously thought. It is an organization run by the Como family that provides support to the children of Mt. Celandine.

They teach children that cannot be sent to school by their parent. They also provide them their basic needs like foods, clothes, medicines and sometimes even shelter.

When they enter the house, they saw a couple of children running in and out of the house, playing. They look around and they saw outside the house under a big tree a group of five children being taught how to read by a girl which is about 18 or 19 years old.

The community doesn't have its own school. The nearest school is about 15 km from the community. If you drive from the school to the community, it will take them around 1 hour. But, most of the family in that community doesn't have a car. If they try to go to school on foot, it will take them 3 hours. So, most parents choose not to send their children to school.

The community leader already asked for a school to the government but the funding has not been approved yet.

The first floor of the house looked like a classroom and playroom at the same time. There were three rooms that J couldn't guess its purpose. They were strolling around when one of the rooms opens to reveal a young-looking woman in her mid-20's.

She wears a moss green short-sleeves maxi dress with a white tassel necklace. Her hair is neatly tied up in a bun and she is wearing a black-rimmed glass. She doesn't look strict but her face is void of any emotions.

She pushed up her glasses as she looked at each one of them with curiosity. J looked at Lance. And Lance, as if on cue started to speak.

"Good morning, we are sorry for intruding. This is The Children of Mt. Celandine, right?" Lance speaks with uncertainty thou he was certain after passing there a couple of times that it is The Children of Mt. Celandine.

"Yes. Is there anything I can help you with sir?" The woman looked at Lance then to J and Arthur and Stefan who were standing behind them.

Lance takes another step and reached out his hands. "I am Lance Kho. A lawyer from Lotus City." The woman reached out for his hand with a cocked head. "And these are my friends from Lotus City."

"You are with the production team that is filming a movie around here, right? I have seen you around a couple of times. But this is the first time that I've seen them." The woman looked at Lance then to J.

Lance gave her a smile. "You are right, this is their first time here."

The woman nodded. "By the way, I am Stephanie Como. You can call me Steph. May I know the reason for your visit?" Steph asked. It is very rare for them to have a visitor since that community is quite far from the town she doubts if they intentionally come there to particularly visit them.

Lance and J looked at each other. "We have heard about The Children of Mt. Celandine from GBC Auction Ball."

"Oh.." was the girl's only reply.