“Moral coercion is not okay.”
“The first rule for us substitutes is to never fall in love with the client.”
“Don’t worry, I swear I’ll stay far away from now on. I’ll never appear in front of you or
Sophia again.”
“I wish the nine of you a happy life together, till death do you part, with many children and grandchildren!”
After I finished speaking.
The eight ex–boyfriends who had been arguing over who I loved most all froze.
They turned to look at me in disbelief, faces dark.
“You’re saying your love for us was all an act?”
The eight ex–boyfriends were deeply shaken
I also said in horror: “You guys didn’t fall in love with me, did you?”
Help!
Please no!
They’re much better matched with Sophia Lin.
Hearing my words, the eight men’s faces darkened as they laughed coldly in unison.
They said in one voice: “Fall in love with you? You’re not worthy! I’ll only ever love Sophia
in this lifetime!”
After speaking, they gave me the usual warnings not to bother them and Sophia in the
future.
Finally they all turned to leave.
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I let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Patting my chest, I thought:
Thank goodness.
You really had me scared there for a moment.
I was so happy during the days they didn’t come around.
I went back to visit the orphanage in my hometown.
The old matron held my hand with tears in her eyes.
“Child, don’t keep sending money back. Save some for yourself.“”
A bunch of little kids clung to me, calling me big sister.
I patted each of their heads, smiling as I said: “Matron, I grew up here too. This is my
home. You don’t need to be so polite with me.”
I gave most of the money I earned from the eight ex–boyfriends to the matron.
The matron never married, dedicating half her life and savings to the orphanage.
I was abandoned in front of the orphanage and taken in by the matron.
Although we’re not blood related, the matron always treated us orphans as her own children. All the kids who grew up here remember her kindness.
After staying at the orphanage for a week, the matron gave me a jade bracelet.
She sighed and said: “You’ve always been such a sensible and kind child. I still remember when you were seven, you snuck out and encountered kidnappers. You ended up saving a bunch of kids, nearly losing your own life. You almost scared me to death. I can’t believe how grown up you are now. Take this jade bracelet – you were wearing it when I first took you in as a baby. You were so young then, I was afraid you’d lose it, so I kept it safe for you. It’s very high quality jade, not something a poor family would have. There may be more to
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when you were sever, you snuck out and encountered kidnappers. You ended up saving a bunch of kids, nearly losing your own life. You almost scared me to death. I can’t believe how grown up you are now. Take this jade bracelet – you were wearing it when I first took
you
in as a baby. You were so young then, I was afraid you’d lose it, so I kept it safe for you. It’s very high quality jade, not something a poor family would have. There may be more to your story that we don’t know. If fate allows, perhaps you’ll be able to find your birth family someday!”
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I looked at the jade bracelet with mixed emotions: “If they abandoned me, there’s no need find them now. Matron, you should sell this bracelet and use the money for the children’s food.”
The matron smiled and glared at me, still forcefully pressing the bracelet into
my
hand.
As I was preparing to leave, I ran into a well–dressed man in a suit.
The matron greeted him with a smile.
I learned that this man had also heard about the orphanage’s financial troubles and came
to donate money to the matron.
The matron asked me: “Olivia, do you remember him?”
I was confused for a moment.
The matron smiled and said: “This is Tiger. You saved a group of kidnapped children back then, remember? He had amnesia at the time and stayed at our orphanage for over half a year before his family found him. Although Tiger was older than you and half a head taller, he followed you around every day calling you ‘big sister‘. You got annoyed and tried to shake him off but couldn’t. You even gave him the nickname Tiger because you said he
was so fierce.”
I thought hard and vaguely remembered someone like that.
The man also seemed to recall. He looked at me in surprise, then smiled a bit shyly: “Is it really Big Sister Olivia?”
Seeing this guy who was older and quite handsome calling me “big sister” made me embarrassed too.
really Big Sister Olivia?”
Seeing this guy who was older and quite handsome calling me “big sister” made me
embarrassed too.
“You can just call me Olivia.”
Tiger’s real name was Lucas Lee. He happened to work in the same city as me.
He offered to drive me back together.
On the way, we chatted about embarrassing childhood memories and became less
awkward.
He dropped me off at my door and we exchanged contact information.
Lucas smiled and said: “I’ve wanted to see you again all these years when I visited the orphanage, but never managed to run into you. Are you free tomorrow? Give me a chance to treat you to a meal as thanks for saving my life back then.”
I smiled and nodded.
He suddenly reached out and ruffled my hair
“It’s great that Big Sister Olivia hasn’t forgotten me.”
But just at that moment, eight men suddenly emerged from different directions in the
darkness.
When they saw each other, they were taken aback for a moment,
They probably didn’t expect the others to be here either.
Then they all glared angrily at Lucas.
Jack Thompson spoke first: “Hah, I underestimated you. A few days apart and you’ve already found another man.”
Lucas looked at them in confusion, then turned to me with a bewildered expression.
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already found another man.”
Lucas looked at them in confusion, then turned to me with a bewildered expression.
I smiled awkwardly: “Sorry you had to see this. These are my eight ex–boyfriends.”
The eight men seemed to recognize Lucas. Seeing it was him, their expressions grew
even darker.
Ryan Chen angrily said: “Lucas Lee, you again! It’s not enough that you keep Sophia hanging, now you’re going after Olivia Clarke too? I’m warning you, my patience has limits. Don’t think I won’t do anything just because Sophia likes you!”
