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Chapter 10 – Memories of the Past

“it’s a girl…?” A deep pleasant voice said coldly. If one didn’t know him well enough, you wouldn’t be able to trace the warmth on his tone.

“Yes,” another voice spoke respectfully.

“I see”

A man hovered over the crib, using his hand to support his chin. He smiled, and unlike his usual sly smile, this smile was full of warmth. Unfortunately, the man behind him was unable to see such a beautiful moment.

The man was a bit surprised when the baby stared back at him groggily, she had just woken up but didn’t cry.

The little girl only stared at him fascinated for a few moments before giving him a toothless smile…

The man smiled back lovingly, but after a moment his smile faded and his face became frost-bitingly cold. He took back the hand that was about to reach out to the baby and left decisively, leaving a few words.

“From now on, her name will be Daiyu”

“-yu…”

“Daiyu…”

Xiao Daiyu opened her eyes slowly, the peach colored ceiling reminded her that she was no longer in her previous life.

“Xiao Daiyu, it’s time for breakfast”

The sweet little girl who had been trying to wake her up said. Xiao Daiyu nodded and rubbed her eyes.

It had been a month since she had transmigrated into this world, it had also been a month since she met the man who she embarrassingly cried on.

She probably wouldn’t have the chance to meet him again in the near future, after all, he has his own life. Considering how respectfully he was treated in the police station, he was probably a well known figure.

Strangely enough, the first few weeks he kept contact with the orphanage. The first week, he donated newly bought toys. The second week, he donated a stack of study materials for the children. The third week, he donated a bunch of sweets for the orphanage, which made all the children extremely happy.

Although he donated a lot, he didn’t show up at all. Only a guy named Lu Ji came with the donations under the man’s name and would play with the children all day long.

This week though, his donations stopped coming. Lu Ji didn’t come as well.

Feeling abandoned, Xiao Daiyu was low-key worried that he had been annoyed by all her crying at that restaurant and decided not to bother with her anymore.

She put all those thoughts aside. After washing her face and brushing her teeth, she followed the cute little girl called Xiao Yu’er.

The orphanage was full of children. When they arrived at the dining hall, they were welcomed by a lively atmosphere of the children happily chatting and eating. Everyone was quite content with the new eating regime.

The tables and chairs were also small for convenience, the cleaning was left to the caretakers and slightly older children.

Xiao Daiyu and Xiao Yu’er took their meals and sat along with the other children. They were mostly chatty while Xiao Daiyu was always quiet.

But that didn’t make her a loner, since she was one of the cutest among them, the other children can’t bear to leave her alone despite her cold attitude.

After everyone was done with their breakfast, the caretakers came in and announced that they were having visitors at noon so their afternoon classes would be cancelled. They reminded the children to be on their best behavior so that the visitors like them and maybe get adopted.

Most children in their orphanage were quite competitive when it came to getting adopted, their considerations for the other children who stayed with them would be thrown out the window and it was an everyman for themselves.

What they wanted most was family. Most were abandoned and dreamed of being surrounded by the warmth of parental love.

Xiao Daiyu was no exception… but those she had decided to kill those feelings after going through hellish training.

After transmigrating, she decided she was given a chance to have a normal life. Even if she didn’t get a family, all she truly needed was a job and money.

Aside from that, if she didn’t cross with characters from the novel, she would be fine. After all, she didn’t want ro get involved with the plot of the novel.

Once she made up her mind on what her future would look like, she unconsciously nodded.

“Xiao Daiyu, what are you nodding at yourself at?” Xiao Yu’er tilted her head watching her, “Ah, do you also want to be adopted? I wonder if they can accept us both…”

“It’s nothing, I thought of something just now,” she shook her head and kept walking with Xiao Yu’er.

“Xiao Daiyu, sometimes you speak like an adult.”

“Do you even know how adults speak?” They don’t say things they mean, they said left while the meaning is right…

” Ah… I really don’t…” The children mostly only played among themselves, the caretakers always spoke childishly around them…

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