Chapter 28 Tian Tian’s Past

Author: Qiuyue Qinglan

Chapter 28 Tian Tian’s Past

In the steaming hot pot restaurant, the boiling water in the Yuanyang pot gradually stopped rolling, leaving only some soup residue and juice on the table.

Yu Lingchu asked the waiter to order two more desserts, then sat quietly at the table, listening to Tian Tian talk about her past.

"Sister Lingchu, I am indeed not the biological daughter of the Tian family. I was adopted from the orphanage by the Tian family's couple.

Mr. and Mrs. Tian, ​​my adoptive parents, had been married for many years but had no children. Then they went to an orphanage to adopt me when I was only two years old.

The second year after I arrived at the Tian family, my adoptive mother became pregnant.

Once they had their own child, they no longer wanted to raise me and wanted to send me back to the orphanage.

But an old lady neighbor told them that they had a child after they adopted me, so I brought their child. If I were sent away, they might not be able to keep their child.

My adoptive parents had been waiting for a child for so many years, so naturally they couldn't tolerate any mistakes. Just because of the old woman's words, I was left in the Tian family, and I became an unnecessary and unsightly presence in that family.

As long as I can remember, my adoptive mother and father have been telling me that I was adopted by them, that they were kind, and that they were kind to me by giving me a home. I must be grateful and repay them well.

When I was a child, the way I repaid my kindness was by doing housework, cooking, taking care of my younger siblings, and playing with them.

If my younger siblings are knocked or touched, I will be beaten severely by my adoptive parents.

They were dissatisfied with my eating too much, and they stipulated that every meal must be eaten by their family before I could eat the rest.

If there is no food left from that meal, I will be hungry.

I remember when I was ten years old, I couldn't bear the hunger in the middle of the night, so I sneaked into the kitchen and stole a cucumber to eat. As a result, my adoptive mother, who had woken up late at night, found me. She grabbed my hair and called me a thief while using force.

Slap my mouth until my mouth is full of blood..."

Yu Lingchu held Tian Tian's hand and looked at her with distressed eyes.

She could not imagine how bitter, painful and sad Tian Tian must have been when she was ten years old.

Tian Tian tried her best to smile at Yu Lingchu, and comforted her: "It's okay, sister Lingchu, everything is over..."

"Yes." Yu Lingchu held Tian Tian's hand: "You will have us in the future."

These words made Tian Tian feel so warm in her heart that she almost shed tears again.

She sniffed and continued: "From elementary school to the third year of junior high school, going to school became the most relaxing time for me every day. Although some classmates would laugh at me because of my shabby clothes, most of them were very

Kind.

They would bring their own clothes and shoes to me, and they would also buy new stationery, and then they would say that they bought too much, or that they didn’t like it and bought the wrong thing, so they gave it to me to use.

In fact, I know that they want to help me, but they are afraid of hurting my self-esteem. Isn't it cute?"

Yu Lingchu nodded.

Tian Tian smiled and continued: "In my first year of junior high school, after a physical education class, everyone was very thirsty, but the school's drinking water device was broken, so the students all ran to the school canteen to buy water.

I had no money, and the water in the kettle was empty, so I had no choice but to endure it.

A girl at my table also went to buy water.

When she came back, she handed me a bottle of Coke and said that the bottle of Coke she bought had its cap opened and another bottle was opened and she couldn't drink it, so she asked me to drink it for her.

I know that she didn't win the lottery at all. She bought my bottle of Coke with her own money...

That was the first time I drank Coke. It was ice cold, very sweet, and delicious.

I thanked her seriously, but she felt a little uncomfortable and had to tell me adamantly that it was really just her luck that won the prize, so I didn’t have to thank her."

Tian Tian smiled sweetly when she mentioned this past incident.

In countless moments when she was about to be swallowed up by darkness and despair, it was the scattered warmth and kindness in these memories that supported her.

"When I was in my third year of junior high school, compulsory education ended. Even though I had excellent grades, my adoptive parents still asked me to stop going to school and let me find a job in a factory to supplement the family income.

Sister Lingchu, my life in that home was so suffocating. They thought about how to squeeze me to death every day.

But I'm not willing to give in, I don't want to accept my fate, I don't want to be oppressed and manipulated by them all my life.

I want to study. Only by studying can I have the chance to change my destiny.

Fortunately, my grades were good enough. I ranked third in the city in the high school entrance examination. The high school that admitted me promised that my high school tuition would be free for three years, and they also gave me an additional scholarship of 50,000 yuan.

But even so, my adoptive parents still didn't want me to continue studying until the high school that admitted me sent someone to tell them that if I didn't study, the school's scholarship would not be awarded.

For the 50,000 yuan, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree to let me continue studying. As for the living expenses during my studies, they asked me to figure out my own way.

I have excellent grades and receive a scholarship from the school every year. The money from Yuan Beng is enough to cover my living expenses.

Unfortunately, every time I get the scholarship, my adoptive parents always want me to leave for various reasons.

I didn't want to give it, so they threatened me and wouldn't let me continue studying if I didn't give them the scholarship. As for how I would live in school after they took away all the scholarship, it was completely out of their consideration.

Without a scholarship, I could only use my spare time to pick up scraps and sell them in exchange for a meager income.

At that time, steamed buns in the school cafeteria cost three yuan, and pickles cost 50 cents a bag. Together, these two items were my daily meal.

I must try my best to save money and buy study materials.

Because of this, I fainted in class due to malnutrition, and the school teacher found out about my condition.

Since then, my teacher has not contracted my study materials, and she has never let me buy them myself."

Thinking of his mentor, Tian Tian's eyes welled up with tears: "I was taken care of by the teacher all the way to the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination results were obtained, I could apply for a school in the imperial capital based on my grades, but my adoptive parents were afraid that I would leave.

Their control did not allow me to go to university in other provinces.

Not only other provinces, they even didn’t want me to continue going to college.

I argued hard and even threatened to die. I told them that I had grown up and had the ability to make money.

If they agree to let me go to college, I will work-study. Not only will I not let them contribute a penny for living expenses, but I will also give them all the scholarships I received during school and the money I earned from working-study.

If they have to force me to drop out of school, then I will die. If I die, they will not get anything!

That day, my adoptive mother said that I threatened her, grabbed my hair and slapped me several times, saying that I had no conscience and was feeding an unfamiliar wolf.

But in the end, they still compromised... They were afraid that if I really died, they would no longer be able to benefit from me..."
Chapter completed!