Shattered by Fate, Restored by Truth-Chapter 839: Orphanage Memories

Su Wanxin heard this and gave a bitter smile.

If they had been in a different orphanage back then, perhaps none of this would have happened.

Su Wanxin thought of some things, her eyes turning red at the corners.

Fu Shihan frowned, waiting for her to continue talking, but she fell silent and just snuggled into his embrace.

"Didn’t we agree that you’d tell me everything?" He patted her head and coaxed softly.

Su Wanxin hesitated, biting her teeth, and finally spoke slowly.

"That girl named Cheng Ran back then, she wasn’t originally from our orphanage.

But to make it convenient to meet with you, she was specially brought from another city to our orphanage.

She stayed with us for about a month, I can’t quite remember, and then you came."

Su Wanxin could still clearly remember the scene of that day to this day.

She had never seen such a good-looking boy, nor had she seen such a grand car.

Li Mo wore a dark blue dress that day, paired with high heels, looking incredibly beautiful.

Grandma’s smile was kind, she kept smiling at the children at the orphanage, and even brought lots of delicious food and toys.

No matter how many years pass, even when she’s old and gray, she would never forget these things.

"You chose me. You took me away, and Cheng Ran was left behind. That day was my seventh birthday, and I was especially happy."

"Happy because you saw your future husband?" Fu Shihan teased.

Su Wanxin’s lips slightly curled up, but tears fell from her eyes. "Because I finally escaped from there."

Fu Shihan’s body stiffened.

"If you hadn’t taken me away that day, I would have been with the headmaster."

Su Wanxin looked up at him and said word for word.

"The girls at our orphanage, once they turned seven, were arranged to ’enjoy’ the so-called charity benefits, a fatherly warmth with the headmaster.

Everyone had their fixed date, mine was the 21st of every month.

Before we turned seven, we were instilled with related thoughts.

If we made mistakes, we’d be locked in a dark room, where horror movies from around the world played in turns. When we got scared, a teacher would hug us."

Ghosts, unseen and untouchable things, how terrifying.

But later, she realized things that could be seen and touched were even more terrifying.

The three years after the car accident were memories she didn’t want to revisit for the rest of her life.

At that time, she really wished she had been hit by the car and died, ending it all... 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

But now everything has gotten better, and she feels there is some truth to the saying that what is scarier than ghosts and spirits is the human heart.

"What was the name of that orphanage?" Fu Shihan asked in a hoarse voice.

"It’s gone, it was investigated and shut down many years ago. The headmaster was sentenced to death and died thoroughly."

But sometimes, she couldn’t help thinking that letting him die so quickly was too easy on him.

Fu Shihan said nothing more, just held her tightly, unwilling to let go.

Su Wanxin lowered her eyes, thinking about Cheng Ran.

Back then, such a rare chance to leave must have been something she really wanted too.

She left, the 21st became available.

So on that day every month, the one who should accompany the headmaster...who else could it be?

The answer was too obvious. Cheng Ran shared the same birthday, May 21.

If Cheng Yao was Cheng Ran, then the words she said that night, Su Wanxin could completely understand.

"I should have come to get you a few years earlier." Fu Shihan said after a long silence, "I’m sorry, baby."