Chapter 264: The Other Story

"I watched other children leave the orphanage one after another. Some died from illness, others were adopted. I was envious of those being adopted. After all, there should be heaven outside the orphanage, right?

"Sadly, I had a nutrition absorption problem since I was young. I was too small and never grew tall. Plus I wasn't pretty either. Even though I tried to show my best side whenever a prospective adopter came, no one ever chose me. Thankfully, the orphanage director was very nice to me. I thought I would stay at the orphanage forever and it wouldn't be so bad. I could help the director.

"But the first wish I had every morning was to hope for someone to adopt me. Yet, that day didn't come. That year I was 8, I was already old enough to help around the orphanage.