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.

deeply about it, casually finding an excuse that could pass in her own heart was enough. Delving deeply into such matters always ended up being

difficult; there

the Su Family, 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 not necessarily have been

self-consolation, although her days did not become any easier, it seemed her heart

nervous, delving into her origins for the first

a trafficking

muttered stunned,

She had always thought...

also didn’t want to

you had been held there for some time according to what you were like when you first came to the orphanage, suffering from post-traumatic

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

voice was a bit hoarse, "Begging groups...

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

Lu 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

words, it probably meant

witnessed this process more

subconscious, and common

it seemed like she couldn’t

was calm, as if... some

sharp, edgy, and piercing

enlightened; she had thought this protective mechanism was awakened only after being

what Dean Li said, this self-protection might have existed a long time

was trafficked, then... hasn’t anyone come looking for me?" Su

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