As far back as Lu Dangui could remember, she lived on the upper floor, in a large, enclosed courtyard.
She had no given name or surname, only a number: 2467.
There were many children like her in the compound. They lived according to a strict schedule, slept together on a large communal bed, waited together in stainless steel basins for the canteen aunt to distribute nutritious porridge, and practiced kung fu together.
Aunt Fan said that they were all children picked up by the guards and no one wanted them. It was because of Lu Lao's kindness that a welfare home was built on the upper floor so that they could live there.
Aunt Fan said that the children in the welfare home are even happier than the children at the shelter who have relatives. The children at the shelter have to help their families at a young age, and when they get a little older, they have to go to work.
The children in the welfare home don't need to work; as long as they grow up healthy, the welfare home will support them until they turn eighteen.
healthy……
In a welfare home, health is the most important thing.
Eating, sleeping, and practicing on time—all these actions have only one purpose: to maintain health.
Lu Dangui thought of the children that Hei Niu had taken in. Apart from Xingxing, the other children were all more or less unhealthy.
While both were children found through scavenging, the guards were truly skilled at it. None of the children they found were missing limbs, and none were even deformed.
Aunt Fan is a good person. She takes care of everyone's food and clothing, and occasionally tells everyone about things happening outside, such as the good deeds that Old Lu has done.
This peaceful life continued until he was twelve years old.
Several strange people came to the compound. They brought instruments to detect supernatural energy fluctuations and asked everyone to be checked one by one.
Lu Danggui and more than twenty other children who had awakened supernatural abilities were taken away.
As Lu Dangui left the compound, he turned his head and saw many identical compounds.
The only difference between the compounds was the gate, which had numbers on it. The compound she came from was "twelve," while the adjacent compounds were "eleven" and "thirteen." Many people were also brought out of the thirteenth compound and put into different cars.
The glance was too brief, and the compound was too large; I didn't see much more of Lu Dangui.
On their way out of the compound, the guards and children were attacked. A huge mutated flying beast broke through the upper barrier, its wings shearing off the roof of the vehicle, and it charged into the car like a meat grinder.
When their lives are threatened, everyone unleashes their greatest potential.
Lu Dangui doesn't really remember what happened after that.
She seemed to have become many versions of herself, running in many different directions.
In the face of crisis, having more options increases the chances of survival.
After the flying beast was knocked to the ground by an unknown force, a kind old woman stood in front of Lu Dangui, smiling as she draped a coat over her shoulders and said, "Child, were you frightened?"
Of the children who survived this crisis, only two survived, and Lu Dangui was one of them.
The kind old lady was a good person in Aunt Fan's eyes, the one who adopted the children, and everyone respectfully called her "Old Lady Lu".
Five cars left the compound, and fifteen children survived.
Old Lu brought the fifteen children back to the North Star Base, personally named them, and allowed them to use the surname Lu.
Lu Dangui was very happy to have a name.
My initial time at the North Star Base was both joyful and painful.
Happiness lies in having a name, being cared for by Mr. Lu, learning knowledge, and understanding the world.
The pain comes from the children who truly bear the surname "Lu".
The Lu family children huddled together, bullying and oppressing the adopted child.
When faced with children who are actually related to the Lu family by blood, the adopted children are naturally considered inferior.
This sense of inferiority is reflected not only in the attitudes of those around them, but also in their food, clothing, and daily necessities.
The Lu family's children always had all sorts of food, drinks, toys, and necessities, while Lu Dangui had nothing. Her life was similar to that in the compound, and she still lived on nutritional supplements.
Only when Old Lu occasionally visited her would he bring her cookies and milk.
Therefore, in Lu Dangui's memory, Old Lu was like a biscuit, a source of joy.
As they grow older, the children of the Lu family will all have to enter dungeons and bases for training.
The adopted children were very happy, which meant they had a safety net – at the very least, they would be able to enter a base and become junior managers.
Training naturally involves danger, and death becomes commonplace.
Compared to the Lu family's real children, the mortality rate of adopted children is always much higher.
In response, Lu Yunzhao would always look at them with a smile and say, "A bastard is a bastard, no matter how many resources you have, it's useless."
Lu Danggui remained noncommittal.
Perhaps, the upper class is just born noble?
Only those born noble can be immune to all kinds of supernatural abilities.
They share the same surname, Lu, but the adopted child simply doesn't have that ability.
During the years that Lu Dangui studied and gained experience, he would adopt some children every year, with as many as forty children being adopted at one time.
When Lu Dangui finished her training, only three of the fifteen children who were adopted with her remained.
The other two children got their wish and were assigned to two different bases to become junior managers.
Lu Dangui met Old Lu again.
Old Master Lu's gaze towards her was always full of love and tenderness.
Old Master Lu compared his height to Lu Danggui's and said with a smile, "Little Danggui, it's been a while since I've seen you, you've grown taller again."
Lu Dangui felt a warmth in his heart: "Old Lu."
Old Lu handed Lu Danggui a jar containing cookies of various shapes: "These were specially brought for you."
"Thank you." Lu Dangui said, hugging the biscuit jar.
"I specifically instructed people not to assign you any work at the base. Are you upset with me?"
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