Chapter 320 Haircut and Name Change
Hearing the man's heartless words
Wen Ni's hands, which were resting on her lap, tightened slightly! Her eyes dimmed instantly, and her face became deathly pale.
“I…have no home, no family. As far as I can remember, I’ve been wandering since I was very young. From eastern Myanmar to southern Myanmar, from Kulun Khar to West Lipozhe, I went wherever I could find illegal work, as long as I could earn money and fill my stomach…”
"Working illegally?! You're a girl, working illegally?" The girl's eyes widened.
Unlike other countries, Myanmar has many illegal industries, which are tacitly permitted by the national conditions!
It goes without saying how a girl would be treated in such a chaotic situation!
“Well… I’ve been homeless all my life, I don’t even have the most basic identification, I don’t even know how old I am, and those legitimate factories don’t need me at all…” Wen Ni’s eyelashes drooped, her voice filled with sorrow as she recounted her tragic past. “Actually, the reason I fell into the sea this time was because I encountered a heartless boss! He saw that I was all alone and helpless, so he tried to force me… I had no choice, and in a moment of desperation, I chose to jump into the sea!”
"My God, that damn boss is a monster!"
The girl was surprised and angry, and slammed her fist on the table.
The expression on the man behind her also softened slightly!
“Alright then! I’ve made the decision. You can stay here for now! You can leave whenever you’ve recovered!” The girl grasped Wen Ni’s hand, her eyes resolute. “We’re both girls, we should help each other!”
"Hey! Maggie! I didn't agree! What are you doing making this decision on your own?" The man behind her lowered his arms, his anger rising. "Maggie, you've really grown up, haven't you? You have your own ideas now!"
"Don't worry about him! You should rest first, young lady!" The girl, Maggie, didn't even bother to turn her head. She helped Wen Ni sit back on the straw mat bed, then immediately turned around and pushed her brother out the door. "Come on, come on! Come with me! Don't disturb the young lady's rest!"
The door closed.
The sounds of the brother and sister bickering outside the door grew fainter and fainter.
Wen Ni, sitting on the edge of the bed, let out a soft sigh of relief. A tearing pain in her chest made her frown. She raised her hand and untied her rotten shirt, revealing the thick gauze wrapped around her chest.
These days, the snow-white gauze has been completely soaked with dark red blood!
Before the gunshot wound fell into the sea during this design, she had made preparations in advance. She packed gauze and wound medicine in waterproof bags and sewed them into the inner pocket of her clothes. She also sealed simple surgical forceps and detachable injection syringes in the trouser legs in the same way.
The inflatable device hidden on her body carried her across the ocean!
She was washed ashore on the inner bank of the Myanmar-Burma border late at night the following day.
She was in a daze, running a high fever, but with sheer willpower, she forced herself to open her eyes, gritted her teeth, and, in her hazy state of consciousness, immediately operated on herself to remove the bullet from her chest!
After treating the gunshot wound in her chest, she washed the bloodstains on her collar with seawater. Then, she hid naked from the waist up in the withered grass, enduring the sea breeze and freezing for half the night!
It wasn't until dawn that she put her half-dry clothes back on, lay back on the beach, and waited to be picked up by the locals so they could fake her drowning!
Wen Ni did indeed succeed.
Judging from the current situation, as long as we can get hold of Maqi and her brother, her plan to fake her death and change her identity to infiltrate the Burmese will have been initially successful!
Her next task was to keep everything running smoothly and continue until the mission was completed!
She slowly turned her head, looking around at her surroundings, when her gaze was suddenly drawn to a pair of scissors on the table…
It was getting dark outside.
The temperature in southern Myanmar is much warmer than in China.
Maggie changed into a floral dress and knocked on Wen Ni's door. "Girl, are you awake? I've brought you your food! It's time for dinner!"
"Hmph, anyone who didn't know better would think you were her servant!" Brother Gang followed behind with his arms crossed, not too close, grumbling reluctantly.
Maggie couldn't help but roll her eyes at him with her back turned. "And what about you, big brother? Didn't you come with me too? I'm a maid, and what are you? A male servant?"
"You little brat, you're getting more and more disrespectful!"
The two of them were bickering back and forth, neither willing to give in! Until the wooden door in front of them creaked open from the inside!
Neither of them would back down, they glared at each other, then turned around at the same time. When they saw the person walking out of the door, they both froze and fell completely silent!
The girl who came out of the room had changed into a white shirt and floral shorts. She had delicate features and a heroic air about her. She had also cut her hair into a slightly parted style, making her look like a refreshing and handsome young man!
This young man is Wen Ni.
She was very satisfied with the short haircut she had cut herself!
"Girl, what's this...?" Maggie stammered. "You were sick and all dirty before, I didn't even realize how handsome you were!"
They won't know
In addition to cutting her hair short, Wen Ni also made subtle changes to her appearance, making her facial features more defined, three-dimensional, and more masculine, resulting in a significant difference from her original appearance.
“Miss Maggie, my name is Hua Ying. You can just call me Ying.”
Wen Ni smiled slightly at Ma Qi, her eyes clear.
"You saved me, which is like giving me a second chance at life. I will definitely do everything in my power to repay you!"
"Then I'll call you Ying!"
"Okay." Wen Ni nodded.
"Why did you cut your hair so short?" Brother crossed his arms, staring at Wen Ni suspiciously, and said, "You look quite androgynous, you look like a complete tomboy!"
“I always get harassed when I dress as a woman.” Wen Ni lowered her eyes, unwilling to delve too deeply into the subject. “Dressing as a boy like this helps me avoid some trouble, and it also makes it easier for me to go out and find some manual labor to earn more money to repay your kindness in taking care of me during this time!”
"Ha! At least you have some conscience!" Brother Gang sneered.
Maggie glared at Ge Gang, then grabbed Wen Ni's wrist. "What kind of work do you do, you're just a girl? It's fine, you can eat and stay here as you please! Nobody will dare say a word against it!"
"No, if you don't let me pay something, I'll feel embarrassed to continue staying here..." Wen Ni twitched the corner of her mouth, seemingly embarrassed.
Brother Gang chuckled and said, "Maggie, don't stop her! Our money doesn't grow on trees. If she can pay some for lodging and food every month, she can stay as long as she wants! I definitely won't say a word!"
"Sure!"
Maggie readily agreed, but then a brilliant idea struck her!
"Yingmei, my brother is a small foreman at the electronics factory in Dongzhiwei. In a couple of days, when you're feeling a bit better, I'll have him take you to the factory to pick out some light work! What do you think?"
"Really? If that's possible, that would be wonderful!" Wen Ni nodded excitedly immediately.
My brother was standing there with his hands on his hips, saying, "I never said I agreed to take her into the factory! Let her find her own work! I don't have time to take care of her!"
"Don't listen to my brother! That's just how he is, sharp tongue but soft heart!"
"Yeah?"
Of course!
Maggie took Wen Ni's arm and they went into the house.
Having just been ignored outside the door, I yelled in frustration, "Are you two treating me like I'm invisible?! Hey! Hey hey hey!!!"
For the next few days, Wen Ni stayed at Ma Qi's house to recover from her injuries.
After getting to know them, she unintentionally learned everything about Maggie's family situation!
Maggie and Wenni are the same age, and they only have one older brother, who is seven years older than Maggie and is already 29 years old. Their parents passed away from illness at a young age, leaving the two children to depend on each other.
My current residence is by the sea, quite far from the southern urban area of Myanmar.
According to Maggie, this courtyard is the old house where their parents used to live. She and her brother had just moved back to live here. When her brother was not working, he would repair the house. Maggie usually stayed at home to cook, grow crops, and catch seafood to sell in the surrounding villages.
"My brother has only been working at the electronics factory for a few months, but luckily he is hardworking and strong, so the factory leaders promoted him and made him a small foreman on the transportation line!"
"Where did he work before he came to work at the factory?" Wen Ni asked casually as she picked up some food at the dinner table.
Maggie paused, her hand holding the chopsticks still, and smiled awkwardly. "My brother just does odd jobs. He goes wherever there's a job opening, and he's never on a fixed schedule."
"oh."
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