Sometimes, after a lot of disastrous startes, Ye Jiu gets used to it.

This is another story of an orphan starting out; she was raised in an orphanage.

Her mission target was someone the same age as her, living in an orphanage.

Ye Jiu turned her gaze to Lin Jin'an, who was watching ants under a tree. This aloof little boy was her mission target.

In her memory, Lin Jin'an was different from all the other children, even though they grew up together.

According to the director of the orphanage, he had not spoken a word by the age of three and did not like to smile, which made the director think that he had intellectual problems. However, when she took him to the hospital for examination, no problems were found. The doctor told her that some children may have developmental delays and that they could be guided slowly.

Because Lin Jin'an doesn't speak and can't fit into the group, and his eyes are extremely dark, staring at you expressionlessly is a bit creepy.

As a result, Lin Jin'an, who was still not speaking at the age of three, became an oddity among the children, and the other children did not want to play with such a strange person.

Then one day he suddenly started speaking, proving that he was indeed not mentally challenged. He just spoke very little and had little expression, unlike a child.

Then Ye Jiu transmigrated through.

Ye Jiu was considered an oddball in the orphanage. She was clean and didn't want to play with the other children. So, while the children were making a ruckus in the orphanage, Ye Jiu and Lin Jin'an would stand on one side, lost in thought, not joining them.

When Ye Jiu saw the halo on Lin Jin'an's forehead, she silently began to approach him.

Lin Jin'an squatted on the ground to observe the ants, and she moved over to watch with Lin Jin'an.

At first, Lin Jin'an didn't accept her. Whenever she came close, he would immediately move to another place. Ye Jiu wasn't annoyed and just followed him around, moving to different places until he realized that moving around was useless and was forced to accept Ye Jiu's presence.

The children's daily routine consisted of nothing more than eating, drinking, and playing. The orphanage didn't have the extra money to send them to kindergarten, so the early education of a large group of children depended on when the director was available.

Therefore, Ye Jiu had a lot of time to spend with Lin Jin'an.

They watched ants together for many days. One day, Ye Jiu was called away by the headmistress and didn't go with Lin Jin'an to watch ants. When he saw Lin Jin'an again, his first words to her were, "Why weren't you here just now?"

Ye Jiu chuckled upon hearing this. Habits really are a terrible thing. She squatted down and explained to Lin Jin'an, "The Dean asked me to help her pick something up from the corner. I'm small, so only I can reach it."

Lin Jin'an turned her gaze to another boy in the yard who was about the same height as Ye Jiu, as if to say, why not him?

Ye Jiu didn't know why she could guess what he meant. She explained, "He's fatter than me, so the headmistress didn't call him."

"Hmm." Lin Jin'an nodded without speaking, looking down intently at the ants.

Ye Jiu couldn't help but ask, "Do you know my name?"

She knew Lin Jin'an because everyone knew about his freakish reputation, but what about him? Would she remember an ordinary person like her?

"I know." He then fell silent.

Ye Jiu couldn't help but press, "How did you know? How did you know?"

But Lin Jin'an didn't speak again, failing to satisfy Ye Jiu's curiosity.

Ye Jiu, feeling rebuffed, scratched her cheek and decided to let it go.

Just when Ye Jiu thought the matter was over, Lin Jin'an suddenly said to her the next day, "I remember everyone's name."

That includes mine, of course.

Ye Jiu mentally completed the second half of his sentence.

She looked up and met Lin Jin'an's gaze. "Then why didn't you say so yesterday?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Then why did you tell me today? Actually, it wouldn't have mattered if you hadn't told me."

"You're unhappy." Lin Jin'an rarely showed any emotion after saying that. He frowned. "I didn't want you to be unhappy."

Ye Jiu scratched her head. When did she become unhappy?

Oh, I remember now, a child stepped on her shoes just now, so she was very upset.

Ye Jiu was both amused and exasperated. "Why do you think answering my questions will make me happy?"

"I don't think so, but I don't know what to say." Lin Jin'an looked up at the clouds in the sky. "Hmm, the clouds are very beautiful today."

"It is quite beautiful," Ye Jiu agreed. The weather was very nice today, with a pleasant temperature and perfect sunshine.

...

I don't know when it started, but it turned out that Ye Jiu was clinging to Lin Jin'an, while Lin Jin'an was clinging to Ye Jiu. Except when they went to the toilet, Lin Jin'an was always with Ye Jiu.

The headmistress was very pleased that the two children could play together and was happy to see them going in and out together.

It was both good and bad. Several groups of people came to adopt, and several couples wanted to adopt Lin Jin'an because of her good looks. But Lin Jin'an had one condition: she had to bring Ye Jiu with her, otherwise she would not leave.

Other couples also wanted to adopt Ye Jiu, but Ye Jiu didn't want to separate from Lin Jin'an.

So most of the children from the orphanage left, but the two of them stayed.

This was completely unexpected by the director, who thought that the two of them should be among the first to be adopted.

The dean even talked to them about this, hoping that the two could separate, but of course it failed. Ye Jiu is an adult by nature and will not be fooled, while Lin Jin'an is unusually stubborn. He will not leave unless Ye Jiu leaves.

The director gave up when he couldn't persuade them, only thankful that the orphanage wasn't short of money and could easily support the remaining children, so he didn't care whether Ye Jiu and Lin Jin'an were adopted or not.

As a result, the two of them kept waiting and waiting until they missed the best time to adopt.

...

Ye Jiu woke up from her dream. Hmm, why am I suddenly having dreams from my childhood?

She turned over and thought to herself, Lin Jin'an was quiet and arrogant when he was young, who would have thought he would be like this now.

Just as Ye Jiu thought of Lin Jin'an, she heard a commotion coming from the next room. The room was well soundproofed, but Ye Jiu could still tell that it was the sound of a desk being overturned.

Ye Jiu reluctantly opened her eyes. If she pretended not to hear, the next time she would hear the sound of breaking glass, and the time after that, she would hear Lin Jin'an groaning through the door.

Ye Jiu sighed, threw off the covers, and walked out of the room.

Ye Jiu's fingerprint was also registered on Lin Jin'an's door lock. With a "beep", the door opened, and the noisy noise instantly quieted down.

Ye Jiu stood at the door with her arms outstretched, waiting for Lin Jin'an. Suddenly, a white figure rushed into Ye Jiu's arms and hugged her tightly.

"Why did you take so long to get here?" Lin Jin'an hugged Ye Jiu tightly and whimpered softly, "I feel unwell... I missed you."

“We’ve only been apart for three hours. I remember you were the one urging me to go back to my room and sleep.” Ye Jiu ruffled his hair. “Didn’t you promise to let me get a full night’s sleep?”

Seeing that he was about to say something, Ye Jiu looked up and covered his mouth, saying, "Don't be a scoundrel. I know what you're going to say, but you're not allowed to say it."