"You are a brother. You should take good care of your sister, you know?"

    "Yes."

    "Dean, they are all very good. You should be obedient."

    "Yes."

    "I''m gone, you''re good... Don''t hate me."

    "Yes."

    Six year old Xiuqi struggled to hold the crying little girl in her arms and watched her father disappear into sight.

    This is the deepest memory of his childhood.

    His mother died after giving birth to his sister, but his father abandoned them.

    Why?

    Xiuqi can''t understand.

    He thought he would be good, obedient and try his best to take care of his sister with his father.

    But Dad abandoned them.

    Xiuqi is honest, but not stupid.

    This orphanage is not a good place at all.

    ……

    There was a suffocating stench in the closed small room. The dim light bulb flashed above, and the neat lining lying on the ground became more and more pitiful.

    He huddled together, shivering pitifully, lying on the ground covered with urine stains, his body flushed abnormally.

    "Trim, trim!"

    A little boy lying at the door shouted in a low voice. His lips were rare rabbit lips and his face was red because it was always frozen.

    Seeing that Xiuqi had no movement, he couldn''t help but turn around at the door anxiously. Seeing that there was no one around, he stood on tiptoe again and said to the inside, "Xiuqi, wake up, I''ll bring you something to eat!"

    Xiuqi finally opened his eyes and looked at the front with dark eyes.

    "Hold on, what if something happens to your sister?" the boy continued in a low voice, and laboriously stuffed the bread in his hand through the small window on the door.

    Xiuqi''s eyes gradually had a focus. He trembled and climbed up from the ground. He stumbled and almost fell down again.

    "Be careful, be careful." the boy was so frightened that he almost jumped up. After all, he stuffed the bread into Xiuqi''s hand.

    Seeing Xiuqi bite off the bread and chew hard, his dry throat can only swallow things in small bites, the boy scratched his head and sighed, "sorry, I can''t find the cup and bring you water."

    Xiuqi shook his head.

    The boy is more uncomfortable.

    His name is Xu Mingzhe. Unlike Xiuqi, he was abandoned because of his rabbit lip at birth.

    Xiuqi is two years younger than him, but he is very honest. He always treats him as his brother.

    "... Xiuqi." seeing that Xiuqi had eaten half a loaf of bread, Xu Mingzhe hesitated for a long time and said, "don''t be so careless when you come out this time. If the Dean asks you to do anything, you''ll do it obediently and won''t suffer."

    Xiuqi''s chewing slowed down, raised his dirty face and looked at it. His voice was hoarse and hard to hear. He couldn''t hear it if he didn''t listen carefully. "That''s wrong."

    "What''s wrong!" didn''t expect Xiuqi to be so stubborn. Xu Mingzhe angrily said, "you''ve been damaged by teacher Qingyan!"

    Teacher Qingyan once took them for two years. Later, he recognized the environment here and left.

    According to her words, the orphanage is very dirty.

    However, this is not a public orphanage, but a private orphanage invested by Zui group. What happens here will not be known by the outside world.

    People who abandon their children here can get a lot of money, which is equivalent to selling their children here.

    It has nothing to do with them whether they live or die.

    "Miss Qingyan is right." Xiuqi looked down at the ground and whispered, "what we did is wrong."

    "Bah!" Xu Mingzhe was about to laugh angrily. "Xiuqi, can you move your mind? Even if we are wrong, you have to do it! What if you don''t obey and get rid of your sister? She is ten years old now and can ask the dean to do things in another year. What can she do without you protecting you?"

    Xiuqi was silent.

    "Now that you''re here, don''t think about being a good man! Just do what the Dean asks you to do!" Xu Mingzhe shouted, "you''re so stubborn. Who can get your good? It''s not your own bad luck!"

    Xu Mingzhe''s attitude was very excited. Obviously, he was really angry with Xiuqi, who couldn''t see the situation clearly.

    Xiuqi finally nodded, but his tears fell uncontrollably to the ground and splashed a small spray.

    "If only I hadn''t grown up."

    ……

    In the crowded station, Xiuqi was sitting on the ground, holding his legs and crying silently.

    Several kind girls stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "what''s the matter with you?"

    Xiuqi raised his childish face and sobbed, "I can''t find my parents."

    After all, the girl was soft hearted. Hearing the speech, she immediately said, "will the sister take you to the police? They will help you find your parents."

    Xiuqi shook his head and said instead, "they told me to wait in the West Lane, but I can''t find where the West Lane is."

    Several girls didn''t doubt him and didn''t alert the child at all.

    Xiuqi knew that as long as he took them to the West Lane, someone would come out and knock them out and sell them.

    That''s what their orphanage does.

    He stood up and staggered behind a girl. He couldn''t see a half look on his low face.

    He looked at his worn-out sneakers, but Yu Guang swept several five or six-year-old children. They were laughing and running past him. They were dressed like money boys.

    He was like this before he was six.

    ... if only I didn''t grow up.

    Xiuqi failed this time.

    A girl with high vigilance found the abnormality, slapped Xiuqi hard and ran away with her sister.

    Touching his red and swollen face, Xiuqi felt very painful.

    There is no more feeling than pain.

    "Failed?" Xu Mingzhe came out from the corner of the alley with a stick in his hand. He looked at Xiuqi and sighed, "if you fail, you will fail. Just eat less."

    "I want to buy medicine." Xiuqi whispered, "ah Xin, she has a stomachache these days."

    Xiuqi''s father didn''t name his sister. The people in the orphanage simply called her a Xin, which means a little sweetheart.

    A Xin is a difficult child. Her health is not good, and the growth environment is terrible, which makes her weak.

    Just a few days ago, she came to menarche again. She could die of pain every day, but she didn''t dare to cry out. The dormitory head has been aiming at Xiuqi, and it is impossible to call his sister a doctor. What she should do still needs to be done.

    Xiuqi has no money and no way to make money. He can only do more valuable things to save ah Xin.

    "I''ll find a bottle and fill it with hot water for her to hold." Xu Mingzhe shook his head and walked back over Xiuqi''s shoulder. "It''s impossible to buy medicine. You''d better not think about it."

    Xiuqi nodded silently.