Chapter 560: Yu Linna’s New Life
To be rescued from the hands of human traffickers was an extremely good thing for all the children. But there were also many children who could not find their homes because they had been abducted and sold for too long. These were all cases that the police had to deal with. Among the many little children, Yu Linna was the only one with the most special appearance, because she was blonde and blue-eyed. Although you could tell she was a mixed-race, the European blood in her body occupied the majority.
And because her head had been severely injured, she had lost a lot of memories. Although she remembered that she had been abducted and sold, and also remembered the memories of living in the human traffickers’ den, she couldn’t remember much more. She didn’t even know how old she was when she was abducted and sold. Because from the time she had memories, she seemed to have been living in a basement all along.
“This is your notebook, right? What’s written on it, is it your name?”
The police sister pointed to the few characters on the exercise book in Yu Linna’s hand and asked.
Yu Linna looked at the characters on it and fell into a daze. She was sucking her finger, thinking for a long time.
“I don’t think I can read…”
“I see…”
“But I think I can understand. What’s written on this… is Yu, Lin, Na, right?”
“You still say you can’t read? Isn’t this it…”
The police sister expressed her helplessness. This little girl had already learned to lie at such a young age. But thinking about it, this child had been living in that kind of environment all along. It was not strange for her to be able to lie. In fact, it was very normal.
“Then if this notebook is yours, then it should be your name.”
“I’m not sure… but I think this should be my thing. But my name, is it Yu Linna?”
“It should be so. You are a mixed-race to begin with. It’s not strange to have a Chinese name. We will continue to look for your family according to your name and your file. We will be able to let you see your family very soon.”
“Really, sister?”
“Mmm, sister promises you. We will help you find your dad and mom.”
“Mmm!”
Yu Linna was very happy. This was her happiest time in these few years.
However, unfortunately, although the police had worked very hard, they had never found a similar missing person case according to Yu Linna’s file. They had spent a lot of effort, but in the end, it was all for nothing.
These were all things that happened later.
“Since your name is Yu Linna, then shall I call you Little Linlin?”
A few fragments flashed through Yu Linna’s mind. Although she had forgotten many things, in the distant depths of her memory, it seemed that someone had called her “Nana.” Although she didn’t know who it was, it just felt very warm.
“Call me Nana.”
“Alright, then I’ll call you Nana. Nana, do you remember how old you are?”
“I don’t know…”
After that, the police had spent a lot of effort to figure out Yu Linna’s age. Especially as it got later, Yu Linna had already been discharged from the hospital, and she had nowhere to go. The police had even made an exception and had taken her to the public security bureau to stay. But her household registration, identity, age, and a series of other problems had not been figured out, which had made the police very troubled.
Later, a long time had passed. Yu Linna’s hair had started to grow, and had reached the back of her neck, but the police still had not figured it out. They had decided to first give the child an ID card, a household registration book, and then to find a better orphanage for the child.
“I think this child should be five years old. My daughter was probably this big when she was five.”
“Come on. This child looks like she’s only four.”
“I think she looks like she’s seven.”
“Are you kidding? She’s so small. It’s impossible for her to be that old.”
“Six years old.”
“Five years old!”
The people in the bureau had discussed for a long time, but they had not come to a conclusion. Later, the director had made a decision on his own and had registered Yu Linna’s age on her ID card as six years old, and had also helped her with her household registration. From this year on, she was finally no longer an unregistered person.
The very young Yu Linna did not know that her age had been inexplicably raised by one year. She was just happy that she had an ID card, and that her registered place of birth on her household registration was China. From this day on, she also considered herself a Chinese person. After all, she was going to start her life here. Although she felt that she was very conspicuous compared to the children with black hair and black eyes around her, it didn’t matter. She could slowly accept it. Because she no longer had to live the hard life of the past, she felt it was nothing.
Besides the various discomforts of living in the bureau.
She had originally grown up in a black den. Before, she had done no less of stealing money, snatching things, hitting people, threatening little children, and even running to a shop to steal food. Every time she was eating, and she saw a large group of police uncles staring at her, she would feel scared.
“Um, uncles, I didn’t steal anything. Can you not arrest me?”
She looked at this group of people pitifully. Before she had even eaten, she had started to beg for mercy.
“Why would we arrest you?”
“Isn’t that so? Then why are you staring at me? I really didn’t steal anything. I’ve turned over a new leaf.”
“We’re just watching you eat. We’re not arresting you. You can eat now. Uncle only arrests bad people. We don’t arrest good children.”
The police were often amused by this child. But then they would feel sad. Such a small child, because she had often lived on the side of the human traffickers, she was always on guard against this and that, not at all like a child.
These human traffickers were the most beastly group in the world. They were not even worthy of being called human.
Yu Linna had stayed at the public security bureau for a period of time, and then she had been sent to an orphanage. Because the police could not find a matching missing person case, nor could they find her family, Yu Linna had been sent to an orphanage. For her, this was another new beginning. Although she was still living a collective life with a large group of little children, it was better than begging on the streets before. And it was said that there were blankets to sleep in at the orphanage, which was also better than the children hugging each other for warmth before.
“Director Wu, I’ll leave this child to you.”
“You can rest assured, comrade police officer. You can just leave this child to us to take care of.”
The orphanage director, Wu Siyu, had taken Yu Linna and had arranged for her to live in the orphanage. The first time she had seen this child, she had still felt that this child must be some country’s princess. She had never thought that she would actually be a child who would have to live in her orphanage.
But Wu Siyu had treated the children with an attitude of treating everyone equally, so she had taken Yu Linna and had let her live in. The very young Yu Linna had come to this strange place, and she was not uneasy, or unaccustomed to it. As long as there was a place to sleep, and something to eat, it seemed that nothing was a problem. As the director, Wu Siyu often had to take care of many children, but sometimes she would also notice this child.
“Hey, why is your hair so yellow? And your eyes are also different from ours. I know. You’re the American who often appears on TV.”
“Why is your skin so white? Are you sick?”
“You look like a certain big star. You really look like her.”
“You don’t speak very fluently. Can you speak?”
“Wow, you can actually understand these ghost-like characters. You’re so amazing.”
In the beginning, Little Linna was still surrounded by many children, because she looked too outstanding, and plus, she was also beautiful, so many children would surround her.
But after a week.
The number of children had decreased.
And then, many children were no longer willing to play with her.
“You don’t look the same as us. Your hair is all yellow. It’s so scary. Stay away from me.”
“Your skin is so white. You’re not a ghost, are you? So scary.”
“Your eyes are like stones. Don’t come over. I’m scared.”
“My things are missing. It must have been you who stole them! You used to be a thief! I’ve heard the adults say so!”
Yu Linna had quickly lost her little companions.
While the other little children were playing together in groups, she had learned to swing on a swing alone, and had also learned to take a dead branch and doodle on the ground. Of course, she had also learned to borrow books from the adults to read, and had slowly learned many things. She always learned things very quickly. In a short while, she had learned them. Many of the things that other children had to spend more time to learn, she had mastered in a flash, which had made her even more lonely.
Just take learning to read for example. The children had spent several months or a year and might not have learned it well. But she, she had finished learning it in less than a month, and she could also read and write rare characters, and she could even recite ancient poems very well. She could even do sixth-grade math and English problems.
A genius is lonely. Although Yu Linna did not think she was a genius, she was indeed regarded as an outlier by the children.
She would swing on a swing alone, eat alone, not fight with the children, nor argue with them. She didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with this. In fact, she felt that being lonely was always better than being in the human traffickers’ den. Now she had a place to sleep, and also clothes to wear. Where would she have had them before? Before, just to live on, she had to do her best. She had almost been slaughtered by the human traffickers and had had her organs sold. She felt that it was quite good to be alive now.
Wu Siyu, seeing her often lonely, felt that she was quite pitiful. So in private, she had found her. Seeing her swinging on a swing alone, Wu Siyu had gone over with a small bag of things and had brought it to Yu Linna.
“Nana, you must be hungry. These are the steamed buns that Auntie has bought for you. Eat.”
Yu Linna saw the steamed buns that the other party had bought for her. Her mouth was watering. She took them without any politeness and took a big bite, her face full of happiness.
“Delicious! Thank you, Auntie Wu.”
“Eat more. You’re still growing.”
Wu Siyu patted this child’s head. Yu Linna squinted her eyes. Wu Siyu felt that she had been healed.
This was also the first time she had been so intimate with this child.
After this, Yu Linna would always cling to her, and was also very close to her. Every time she saw her, she would sweetly call out “Auntie Wu.” And Wu Siyu would also often give her delicious food in private. To the point where her colleagues would all say that it was really rare for Wu Siyu to be so partial to a child.
And after that, the orphanage had been demolished, and Yu Linna had lost her home. She had lived with Wu Siyu for a period of time, and after that, she had started a life of wandering again. It was only when she was 12 that she had truly settled down in Guangnan, and then at the age of 17, she had begun her magnificent jianghu life.
Sometimes Yu Linna would pick up the well-preserved exercise book, look at the name on the cover, and open the page with nothing written on it. Occasionally, she would think of the various experiences of her childhood, both good and bad. She would smile, and then she would put the thing away properly, stretch, and continue with her own life.
Although the memories of her childhood were not so beautiful, for Yu Linna, it was still a very precious memory. After experiencing so much, she still maintained a very good heart, and had not learned to be bad. She had extended this kindness into her entire life.
(End of memories, the next chapter returns to the main line)
