novelraw Chapter 411: The Death Tribulation at Birth
Chapter 411: The Death Tribulation at Birth
The baby’s tiny hand was tied with a hospital tag that bore her name: Su Yao.
Around her neck hung half of a jade pendant, her skin fair, and even though her features were not yet fully developed, she was quite beautiful.
A couple, who had been without a child throughout their marriage, now had a daughter like this. Their family’s financial condition wasn’t great, but they still did their best to provide her with the best they could.
They worked hard to earn money, bustling from dawn to dusk, planning for their daughter’s future as she grew up.
But their happiness was short-lived; it lasted only three years.
When their Yaoyao was three, a truck, out of control due to the driver’s fatigue, took their lives.
Su Yao was thrown into an orphanage by relatives, and from then on, she had no home.
Mu Suyu and others always said Su Wanxin had an unusual destiny, claiming she was supposed to die at birth, yet she miraculously survived.
And it was because of this ordeal that she was separated from her family for twenty-four years.
The Su Family searched for her for a long time but never found her.
Qi Ran, devastated by the loss of his young daughter, cried daily. A few years later, the family emigrated to the Empire, away from that place of sorrow.
And the sister who should have been named Su Jin, just assumed her younger sister’s identity, grew up bit by bit as if they had never been apart.
...
Su Wanxin listened silently to Qi Ran explaining how she was lost initially and how they had missed her over the years, and the emotions they felt when Su Yao said she found her.
She didn’t know what to say, only feeling her heart filled with a strange emotion.
She couldn’t describe this feeling; she only knew she didn’t dislike it, she felt at peace.
She was not alone; she had a family.
Su Wanxin’s eyes reddened, she turned her head towards the window. She stayed silent for a long time, then slowly sighed.
"In the future, can I always stay here without ever leaving?"
She looked at Qi Ran and Su Yao beside her, watching them nod seriously, telling her she never had to leave.
She smiled as she rubbed her eyes, wiping the tears from the corners, feeling as if the constantly overcast sky had suddenly cleared.
...
A year is not too long, yet not too short.
It’s enough for a person to regain many memories, and enough for them to forget many things.
Su Wanxin spent a year at home, gradually getting healthier, starting to resemble Su Yao more and more.
Sometimes, she would go out with Su Yao to attend some evening parties.
Sometimes, she would go shopping with Mu Suyu, picking out a few items of the season’s new arrivals.
Sometimes, she would accompany her father on sea fishing trips, lying on the deck basking in the sun.
Sometimes, she would visit her mother’s law firm to experience the frantic mood of lawyers at work.
Sometimes, Su Yu and Su Bai, that pair of fools, would take her to the company, throwing her a pile of data reports to review...
"I’m not doing it!" Su Wanxin slammed her hand on the desk, glaring. "I’m still sick, I have a headache!"
Su Yu glanced at the rosy and glossy Su Wanxin, pretending not to hear. Su Bai dumped the files and then fled, faster than anyone.
"Su Yu, I’m not well!" Su Wanxin called out his full name, dragging out her nearly year-old excuse once again.
She had indeed been unwell before, like a weak chicken when she first came back.
It was since then, whenever there was something she didn’t want to do or a place she didn’t want to go, she would throw out an excuse of "not feeling well, I’m uncomfortable."