Chapter 424: The Home I’m Looking For
It had been a long time since she had been to Huo Ningning’s house to see Auntie Wu. Yu Linna had specially bought some fruit to take with her. Ever since she had rejected Huo Ningning, this was the first time she had stepped into her house. After not seeing her for so long, she didn’t know how she was doing.
Auntie Wu had just called and asked if she had time, if she wanted to come to her house for a bit. At that time, Yu Linna had thought that since she had nothing to do, she might as well agree. Coincidentally, she also had something on her mind. She would go to Auntie Wu’s house to change her mood.
As soon as she entered, the long-unseen Wu Siyu was particularly happy, welcomed her in, and also called Huo Ningning down.
“Nana, it’s been so long. How come you even brought something? You’re still a child. You don’t have to bring these things.”
“I’m not the same as before. I can earn my own money now. It’s fine to buy some fruit. Auntie Wu, you were so good to me before. I just want to be filial to you now. It’s just a small token of my appreciation.”
Yu Linna said with a smile, handing the bag to Wu Siyu. Wu Siyu had no reason to refuse and still accepted it, and had her go and sit in the living room while she went to make tea.
When Huo Ningning came down from the second floor, she saw Yu Linna sitting on the sofa and was a little stunned for a moment. Huo Ningning was wearing her loungewear, her bangs on her forehead clipped up, wearing a pair of cute pink glasses, her expression particularly wonderful.
During the time that Wu Siyu had gone to make tea, only Yu Linna and Huo Ningning were in the living room. Huo Ningning sat there, not knowing what to say.
“Ningning, long time no see.”
In the end, it was Yu Linna who spoke first.
“Eh, mmm, long time no see… Little Linna.”
The thought of being rejected by her before made Huo Ningning feel very awkward to see her. Ever since she had been rejected that time, Huo Ningning had rarely looked for her, nor had she harassed her as before.
It really had been a long time since they had seen each other.
“How have you been lately?”
Huo Ningning was fidgety, trying to open the conversation.
“I’m alright. You should have seen my news, right? You can see my news everywhere.”
“Mmm, I’ve seen it. I’ve been seeing you on TV a lot recently. Mom is very happy. She said you’re famous now, and you’re successful.”
“That’s true.”
Yu Linna said with a wry smile.
Huo Ningning still wanted to find some other topics, but she didn’t know what to say. Facing this girl she had once liked, what on earth should she say?
“Little Linna, I heard from Jiangning that you’re dating a girl, right?”
“Yes, her name is Zhiyun.”
“Do you like her a lot?”
“I don’t hate her. I think it’s pretty good.”
“I see…”
Huo Ningning’s mood was really very complicated.
Yu Linna was with someone else, but that person was not her.
She, she had liked her so much.
Really, so unwilling…
“Ningning, you might think I’m a bad person, but I don’t want to deceive your feelings. I’m sorry.”
“Then, your feelings for that person, are they serious?”
“Well, I admit, I do have those kinds of feelings for her. Although she might like me a little more, but I… I also like her. At least, for now.”
Although there were many factors that had brought them together, at that time, Yu Linna had also been on a whim and had taken the initiative to say that she could date her. Afterwards, she had also wondered if she had done the wrong thing, whether she had romantic feelings for Ye Zhiyun. She had also regretted if she had been too rash.
But after this period of dating, she actually felt that it wasn’t bad to be with her. Slowly, she also discovered that she did indeed have romantic feelings for Ye Zhiyun, not the perfunctory feelings she had for Xiao Yanhan and Huo Ningning in the past. This time, she was clear.
Although she had only discovered it after they had started dating, what did it matter? At least they were together.
“Is that so…”
Huo Ningning said with a bitter smile. This time, she had really been utterly defeated. But it was also thanks to this that she could finally make up her mind to give up, to truly withdraw from this competition.
She probably would never be able to win Yu Linna’s heart in her lifetime.
“Here you go, children. The snacks are here. Nana, it’s been so long since we’ve seen each other. You haven’t changed at all. You have to eat more, you know? Look at you, you’re not growing at all.”
Auntie Wu came in with the snacks. She prepared the tea and snacks, and also gave Yu Linna a big donut. It could be said that she was quite fond of her.
Yu Linna took the donut, took a bite. It was sweet, so delicious. Auntie Wu was still the same as when she was a child, always saving all the delicious food for her, not having changed at all.
“Nana, you’re quite famous now. Auntie has seen you on TV several times. You’re really successful now. Auntie is proud of you.”
Wu Siyu patted her head, particularly happy. This child, she had been watching her since she was little. Although she had not been able to raise her, Wu Siyu knew that this child had always been very obedient and well-behaved. It was just that she had always been without a fixed place to live, and had not had a stable life of her own. Now, this child was finally famous, and she no longer had to worry about her livelihood. Wu Siyu was really very happy.
Yu Linna was like her own child. She valued her very much. With the achievements she had today, she was proud of her.
“Yes, Little Linna. Congratulations.”
Huo Ningning put away her low mood, put on a smile, and sincerely congratulated her. Not only for her career, but also to congratulate her on her relationship, and at the same time to tell her that Huo Ningning would slowly accept this reality.
“You guys are overpraising me. I haven’t done much. I’m just doing my own job, nothing to talk about.”
“You’re too modest, Nana. Everything you have is what you have fought for yourself. I’m sure your parents, seeing… ahem, I’m proud of you.”
Yu Linna’s hand obviously trembled for a moment, but she quickly returned to calm. She was no longer that naive and ignorant child. She naturally knew what Auntie Wu was concerned about, and also knew what she meant.
But she really still wanted to know a lot of things.
“Auntie Wu, I really wasn’t abandoned by my biological parents, was I?”
“What’s wrong with you? Why are you talking about this?”
The atmosphere in the living room became heavy, and it was no longer as relaxed as before. Wu Siyu could clearly feel the heaviness emanating from Yu Linna.
“Auntie Wu, how old am I this year? Do you know?”
“This… you, aren’t you the same age as Ningning?”
“Not really. Or rather, I don’t even know how old I am myself. Auntie, do you know?”
“…”
Wu Siyu could not give her an answer.
These things, she also did not know.
“I used to think that if I became famous, when my name was known by everyone, would someone take the initiative to come and find me, saying that I was actually their relative? Even if it was a lie, I would have thought it was a good thing. But I found that there was none.”
Yu Linna said with a bitter smile.
Wu Siyu’s palm was clenched. For a moment, she did not know how to answer her.
“Nana, I’s sorry. I don’t know much about your matter. I only know that you were handed over to our orphanage by the police one day. The police also couldn’t find out where you were abducted from, or who your parents were. I’s sorry.”
Speaking of this heavy topic, the three of them in the living room fell into a strange atmosphere, especially Huo Ningning, who did not say a word, and did not dare to speak rashly.
Yu Linna finished her tea, lowered her head, a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
“I think they’re probably no longer here, or they didn’t plan to find me back. Besides that, I can’t think of a better reason.”
“Nana, don’t be so pessimistic. We can just go to the police station and check, right? I’ll go with you later.”
“No need.”
Yu Linna shook her head and put down her teacup.
“I’ve already been to the police station a while ago, by myself. The police helped me check the information from when I was abducted more than ten years ago. No matter how they checked, they couldn’t find out where I was abducted from. The only thing I know is that when I was very young, I entered a human trafficker’s den. Later, I was almost beaten and disabled by the human traffickers. I had an injury on my head, and there’s a scar on the back of my head. Also, I haven’t found any cases that match mine in any missing persons case in the country. In other words, no one is looking for me at all.”
Wu Siyu was suddenly at a loss for words. She had no idea that Yu Linna had gone to the police station by herself when she didn’t know!
Perhaps Yu Linna still held a sliver of hope for herself, so she had gone to the police station to request an investigation into her case. But just as she had said, how she had been abducted by human traffickers, where her parents were, where she was born, they simply couldn’t find out. The time was too long ago, and at that time, various conditions were not developed, and communication was not convenient. Plus, she had been resold too many times, so the police could no longer find out who the original seller who had abducted her was.
Furthermore, among the missing persons cases reported to the police, there were no similar examples to hers. There were thousands of abducted children in China. To find any one of them was like looking for a needle in a haystack. For the police to want to find out Yu Linna’s place of birth, how could it be so easy?
“Nana, I know you still want to find your family, but it’s been so many years. If it were that easy to find, we would have found them when you were little, and wouldn’t have had to wait until now.”
“That’s right. You’re right. I’m just being too conflicted.”
Yu Linna smiled wryly.
She still longed for a family. Even if the other party didn’t want to acknowledge her, she just wanted to see her family in this life. As long as it was a relative who shared the same bloodline with her, no matter who it was, she would be happy. But she found that this seemed to be impossible.
In the end, if Nangong Ying hadn’t said those words back then, she might not have been so concerned. She really was too conflicted.
Parents, family, perhaps they were no longer in this world. Otherwise, why hadn’t they come to find her?
Yu Linna no longer dwelled on these things. Let the past be the past.
That’s what she had originally thought.
Just as Yu Linna was chatting with Wu Siyu about some trivial matters to ease the atmosphere, a phone call came in. It was an unfamiliar phone number. Yu Linna answered it and found that it was a very familiar voice.
“Yu girl, you’re successful now. It wasn’t easy for me to raise you. You can’t forget your roots. You’ve grown up so much. Even if I don’t have any credit, I have a lot of hard work, right? I’m in a tight spot with money recently. Yu girl, you won’t just stand by and watch me die, will you? Legally speaking, I’m your guardian. Although you’re an adult, I did raise you, right?”
Yu Linna put down the phone, her face cold and indifferent. She didn’t know how to face such a shameless person. Wu Siyu was wondering who she was calling. Yu Linna sighed and said:
“It was Auntie Tong who called me. She was my legal guardian before. She said she’s looking for me for money.”
