Yiyi: "..."
It's unbelievable that he had such a past. Parents who abandon their children, whether out of helplessness or for some other reason, will undoubtedly cause immense psychological harm to the child.
I wonder how Guoguo is doing now. It's been about twenty days since she was kidnapped and brought to this place. When Guoguo cries, is there anyone who can patiently comfort her like she does? When Guoguo is hungry, is there anyone who can feed her promptly? Is Guoguo sick, uncomfortable, or missing her? Has she forgotten that she even has a mother?
"If it weren't for him, I might have starved or frozen to death on the street by now."
Lao Wu's words pulled Yi Yi back to reality. Her gaze returned to him, and she asked softly, "You mean... A-Yu?"
“Hmm…” the fifth brother nodded. “He picked me up from the street. His place was very luxurious and warm. Once I got there, I didn’t want to leave. When I arrived, there were already more than a dozen little boys in similar situations to me living in his house. I was the youngest among them.”
"Then why do they all call you Lao Wu? Doesn't it mean you're the fifth in your family?"
Fifth Brother glanced at her and replied casually, “No. After A-Yu picked me up, at first, no matter what he asked me, I wouldn’t say anything. Gradually, I became bolder, and he asked me if I had a name. I lied to him and said I didn’t remember, only that my family’s surname was Wu. So, he called me Little Wu. The other kids all called me that too. But back then, none of the kids could read, so they just thought my Wu was the number 'five'. When I got a little older, more people joined our group, so they started calling me 'Fifth Brother,' and that nickname stuck.”
So that's how it is.
Yi nodded. As far as she could remember, this was the first time he had ever said so much to her in one go.
“From the first day I came to A-Yu’s side, I noticed that he treated me differently from others. Perhaps it was because I was thin and small at that time, and I didn’t fight or compete, so he felt sorry for me. You don’t know, all of us kids slept and ate in the same room. Although the food was plentiful every day, the quantity was limited, so you had to fight and compete to avoid going hungry. And I was always the one who went hungry.”
"You were so sensible when you were little."
“It wasn’t being sensible, it was being cowardly. I was afraid I couldn’t win against them, and I was also afraid they would bully me behind my back, so I didn’t dare to compete with them. Until one day, Ayu couldn’t stand it anymore. He forced me to fight a fierce wolf for food. He said that if I didn’t do it, I would starve to death.”
Fighting a vicious wolf for food!
Yi felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this. To ask such a small child to snatch food from the jaws of a wolf seemed far too cruel.
"And then what happened? You really, really went with the wolf...?"
She couldn't imagine how such a small child could snatch food from the wolf's mouth.
"Of course, although Ayu was only sixteen years old at the time, he was already a man of his word. If I hadn't done that, the person standing in front of you now wouldn't be me." The fifth brother spoke of these things calmly, as if he were talking about someone else's story, which had nothing to do with him.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com