The director of the orphanage had always told Luo Qing that Mu Lan was waiting for her mother to pick her up and did not want to be adopted by others, so she always maintained a refusal attitude. No matter who wanted to adopt her, she
Neither want to.
In fact, this is not the case. Since Mu Lan was eight years old, she has been very clear that her mother will not come to pick her up. Everything is just her fantasy.
The day passed by, and in the end there was not even a glimmer of hope left.
She was once taken back by a family for a few days, and then sent back. They told the dean that Mu Lan did not want to live in their home. The dean later asked Mu Lan and she answered in the same way. In fact, she was not. The man said
She looked like an old friend of his, so he wanted to adopt her. After he brought her back, his wife kept making trouble with him, and the overbearing daughter kept making trouble for her. They all believed that Mu Lan belonged to that man.
Illegitimate daughter. So in the end, she was sent back. Even though the man really wanted to adopt her, he still couldn't make his wife and daughter sad for this stranger who only had some similarities.
That man gave Mu Lan a lot of love. That was the first time Mu Lan thought that maybe she could have a family. But she didn't expect that just ten days later, that dream was shattered, and she became an abandoned person again.
Even if he gave a lot of funding to the orphanage, and even told the director that he was willing to fund all of Mu Lan's future tuition fees, he could not save the fact that Mu Lan was abandoned again.
And that man's daughter, named Lu Tong, is five years older than Mu Lan.
Mu Lan has not seen her since they parted ways two years ago. The daughter who once falsely accused her of stealing things and called her a vixen even poured boiling water on her and asked her father to kick her out.
girl.
I never expected that I would meet her unexpectedly in England.
"Mu Lan? Why are you here?" Lu Tong, fifteen years old, already has the graceful appearance of a girl, and her shoulder-length hair looks very elegant. She seemed surprised to see her here.
Mu Lan, who was still sitting in the car, opened her eyes and saw Lu Tong, who she should have forgotten long ago. She was no longer the little girl who was bullied by her two years ago and did not dare to say a word. The growth in the past two years has made her
She understood a lot of things, and after being taken back by Luo Qing and pampered like a princess, she now has some of the unruly and arrogant qualities of a wealthy lady.
Opening the car door, she walked out. When she saw the lady beside Lu Tong, she was slightly startled, and then gave a faint smile, "Aunt Cui, long time no see."
Cui Shuping, Lu Tong's mother, was the woman who had allowed her daughter to bully her. She was also startled when she saw Mu Lan.
"Mu Lan, why did you come to England?" Looking at Mu Lan's simple and elegant but expensive clothes, Lu Tong asked with displeasure. In her concept, she always felt that Mu Lan was the kind of person who only wanted to wear clothes.
A lowly girl worthy of wearing those coarse clothes.
"Does it have anything to do with you?" Mu Lan replied indifferently, a flash of disgust flashed in her eyes, "Why, you are only allowed to come to England, but I can't come here?"
"You..." Lu Tong didn't expect that Mu Lan would become so sharp-tongued after not seeing her for two years. Back then, she was so scolded by her that she didn't dare to say anything back.
Seeing that her daughter had been defeated by an army, Cui Shuping pulled her to her side, and the old god said on the ground, "Humph, even if she wears a gold suit, she is still a stinky girl who can't stand on the stage."
"Mu Lan, do you want to answer Luo Qing's call?" Dongfang Yan walked over from the other side and handed the phone in his hand to Mu Lan.
Lu Tong's face turned red when she saw Dongfang Yan. She had never seen such a handsome man before, and turned to look at Mu Lan jealously. Was she actually adopted by such a man? She was so lucky.
"Sister Luo Qing... eh? Well, okay, then we'll wait for you here, um." After hanging up the phone in a hurry, Mu Lan returned the phone to Dongfang Yan, with excitement on her face, "Sister Luo Qing and the others have arrived, said
Come directly to us."
Dongfang Yan nodded, held Mu Lan's hand, walked past Lu Tong and his daughter, as if they were nothing, and walked to the restaurant. Sun Weiwei and the other three followed them with strange expressions and also walked in.
This is a luxurious restaurant in the UK that is comparable to a palace. The magnificent decoration makes people feel as if they are in a royal palace.
Dongfang Yan took Mu Lan and sat down by the window. Sun Weiwei and the others unexpectedly sat across from them without being invited, while Lu Tong and her daughter sat at the table next to them.
The atmosphere became very strange in an instant.
"Thank you for sending us here. I'll treat you to a meal as a thank you." She said this to the two people opposite, but Sun Weiwei looked at Dongfang Yan opposite.
"No, we have to come here to wait for someone. It's just a way to see you off." Mu Lan looked at the menu in her hand and replied coldly without raising her head.
Dongfang Yan, who knew Mu Lan quite well, frowned slightly and glanced at the two people at the table next to him. Mu Lan had become a little different since they appeared. She seemed to be more cold and defensive. She rarely felt like this.
Emotion, like a hedgehog, locks itself inside, and all those who come close will be pricked with blood. Did something happen between them? Otherwise, why would Mu Lan become so strange?
"Would you like some ice cream?" Dongfang Yan asked. Sweets will make people feel better. Mu Lan seems to need some sweets now.
But she didn't expect that his words made Mu Lan's back stiffen, as if she thought of some unbearable memory, and her originally pursed lips pursed into a deeper line.
"It seems you don't know yet, Mu Lan hates ice cream eaters the most, because she used to have to do laundry all night long because a bucket of ice cream got on the clothes in the cabinet." It seemed like she was showing off.
, Cui Shuping glanced at Mu Lan casually, that face that disgusted her. She originally thought she would never see it again in this life, but she didn't expect that she would see it again.
Habitually clenching her fist tightly, her fingers dug into the scarred palm again. Mu Lan's face became even colder, but she remained silent. But at that moment, she raised her head in surprise and looked at her hand,
I don't know when that big palm actually wrapped her little hand in it, opened her hand arrogantly, and intertwined their fingers to prevent her from hurting herself again.
"Yan..." After murmuring one word, she could no longer speak. Mu Lan felt her eyes were sore. No one had ever cared about her feelings. She was used to bearing everything by herself.
, only by letting the pain in her body cover up the pain in her heart can she wake up.
Originally, she was almost convinced that Dongfang Yan's pampering was just like the man two years ago who pampered her to the sky, making her think that she would finally have a family and that she would no longer be alone. And
Dongfang Yan's recent indifference gradually cooled down her heart that was originally full of happiness, and also made her understand something. Relying on other people's feelings will eventually destroy herself, whether in the past or now.
But just when her heart sank lower and lower, Dongfang Yan appeared again, accompanying her as a protector.
"Don't worry, everyone who bullied you will pay the price." Dongfang Yan's voice was as cold as a messenger from hell, but it sounded soothing to Mu Lan's ears, making her so sad that she could hardly breathe.