Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant! by White Moon Lake

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Encounter

After hearing Dean Li’s words, Su Lu was silent for a long time.

So long that Dean Li couldn’t help but ask, "Su Lu, are you okay?"

Su Lu took a deep breath and let it out slowly, "I’ve never asked because... I can’t remember. I can’t remember what happened before I came to the orphanage, and I don’t remember why I can’t remember."

It was a bit of a mouthful to say, but that was indeed the case.

Su Lu couldn’t remember why she couldn’t remember, but her memory before arriving at Sunshine Orphanage was a blank slate.

The only memory she had was that Xiao Yi was her younger brother. Moreover, perhaps even this memory was only retained thanks to the occasional reminders from the deans and nursery staff at the orphanage.

"But, there should be records for admission, right?" Su Lu asked. "Dean, you should know how I ended up here."

"Ah," Dean Li sighed softly, "Yes, I know. However, I’ve always felt that it might be better not to know, and this was also the advice given by the psychologist at the time. So, if you hadn’t asked, I indeed had no plans to bring it up voluntarily."

"Now... can you tell me?" Su Lu asked.

Dean Li was silent for a few seconds before finally speaking softly and smoothly, "After the police rescued you, they brought you to our orphanage."

"Rescued? From... where?" Su Lu, for so many years, was finally trying to touch the truth of her origins.

Before this, she had wondered why she ended up in the orphanage; she always thought that she and Xiao Yi were simply abandoned.

Although it didn’t make sense however she thought about it—both she and Xiao Yi were healthy, with keen ears and sharp eyes.

Moreover, it could be understood if she, being a girl, was abandoned, but Xiao Yi was a boy. Even with a preference for boys over girls, it shouldn’t extend to abandoning a boy too.

never thought deeply about it, casually finding an excuse that could pass in

Family was already difficult;

she would comfort herself that if she were still with her birth family, her life might be even more difficult, considering her biological parents had even abandoned her. Her life might

become any easier, it seemed her heart did not feel so tormented

somewhat nervous, delving

were rescued by the police from a trafficking ring of an extremely vile nature, with extensive

muttered stunned, "A...

She had always thought...

was abandoned, so although I don’t remember, I also didn’t want to revisit the

"When you were rescued by the police, they said you had been held there for some time according to what you were

concluded that you must have been there for a while, and you likely experienced or witnessed significant abuse..." Dean Li paused for a moment before continuing, "The police said that at the location where you were held, the children there were all meant to be sent off to beg. If

voice was a bit hoarse,

might have heard, although it’s not so common now, but in earlier years,

shivered, "Then...

Li’s voice always carried a hint of a sigh, "Looking at the state you were in at the time, we speculate... you might have witnessed more than once them processing other children, which is

Dean Li’s words, it probably meant how

have witnessed this process more than

couldn’t remember anything, although hearing Dean Li’s words, her mind, subconscious, and common sense, were all telling her that those must have been horrifying images, a

seemed like she couldn’t

was calm, as if... some kind of protective

sharp, edgy, and piercing

awakened only after being hurt by Bo Jingshen, a

Li said, this self-protection might have

Li, since I was trafficked, then... hasn’t anyone come looking for me?"