Chapter 15: A Friend’s Advice (2)

“Why can’t others come close to him?” Lin Xin blurted out .

Wu Anan hurriedly covered her mouth and hinted at her to be cautious . She then whispered to Lin Xin’s ear, “I told you back then to ignore him . In the past, someone used to find Lin Xinyu to play, but when the Dean found out about it, he quickly taught that child a lesson . Since then, n.o.body dared to look for Lin Xinyu to play . ”

The Dean? What is she talking about? Lin Xin had to question Wu Anan’s words .

Wu Anan pouted angrily when she saw that Lin Xin didn’t believe her, “I’m saying all of this for your sake, especially since I’ll be leaving in two days . I know that I hurt your feelings because I didn’t help when Zhao Qiang bullied you, but we are still friends, right?”

Just her words saying ‘we are

still friends’ actually moved Lin Xin’s heart . She really couldn’t blame this young girl in the end, but Lin Xin still wanted to keep a distance from her . Since she never had any initial trust for Wu Anan from the beginning, Lin Xin had always questioned the validity of her words . At this point, she couldn’t help but do so since it became a habit .

“I know . ” Lin Xin said lightly .

When Wu Anan heard her indifferent tone, she didn’t feel like saying any more . She picked up her lunch box and said, “Well, at least you know . ” Afterwards, she turned and left . After walking two steps, Wu Anan suddenly turned around and said, “Lin Xin, I will go to S City in two days . If you need anything in the future, you can come to me . ”

Lin Xin shook her head; personally, she

she felt that she would have no reason to find her . She could face life all by herself .

When Wu Anan saw that she didn’t care, she pursed her lips and no longer spoke . Ever since Lin Xin woke up from her illness, her personality had changed a lot . She was better than before, but now her att.i.tude was relatively cold .

Wu Anan sighed in her heard and returned directly to the dormitory with her lunch box .

The orphanage was small and housed more than a dozen orphans . Boys and girls lived separately . Lin Xin and Wu Anan lived in the same room but their beds were spread far apart . When Lin Xin arrived back at the dormitory, Wu Anan had already fallen asleep . As she climbed up her bed and laid down, she pondered Wu Anan’s words earlier during dinnertime .  What did she mean by

mean by that? Puzzled by this mystery, Lin Xin had a difficult time falling asleep . She simply donned her clothes and went outside for an evening walk in the yard .

The orphanage was built in a remote, mountainous area . Rumors were that many years ago, this building used to be a mental asylum . They said that deranged people were cared for here day and night while awaiting their deaths . After the Revolution, there were fewer and fewer patients who were mentally ill . The former dean used to manage the asylum; when they no longer admitted patients, he stayed here and adopted abandoned children, thus turning the building into an orphanage . After the former dean’s death, the current dean took over . As a young man, he used his many connections and was able to get sponsors.h.i.+p from the government . Without the government’s funding, the orphanage wouldn’t be able to pay

able to pay for its expenses .

Since the building was constructed on a mountainside, the air was fresh and the sound of insects rang through the night . The moonlight reflected brightly, and only the brightest star can be seen twinkling on its edge . As Lin Xin looked up at the moon in the night sky, she couldn’t help recall when her parents took her to see the stars in the mountains as a child . At that time, since she was raised in a comfortable home within the city, she never had the chance to see the Milky Way from childhood to adulthood . One day, she asked her father to tell her the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl . When he told her about the Milky Way in the sky, he agreed to drive her and her mother to a remote mountain village a hundred miles away to see the heavenly view .