Northern Myanmar, the hell on earth I experienced

"I think we should starve her for a few days. She's so stubborn and she even bit my hand."

"Okay, I have to go out at night. This time I'm going to a distant border area. It will probably take me a week to get back. I'll go catch up on some sleep. I'll leave the child to you. I've already arranged the household registration. Take her to register when you have time."

"Okay, don't worry!"

And then.

I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore and called my foster mother "Mom".

The adoptive mother was extremely happy when she heard this.

"Mom will take you to buy new clothes, call mom!"

"Mother!"

"louder."

"mom!"

"Louder."

"mom!"

"So cute, so handsome, and you look just like me at first glance."

"Put this on, dear daughter."

After that, my adoptive mother took me around to show off, saying to everyone she met:

"My daughter is beautiful, isn't she? Daughter, this is your Uncle Li."

"Hello, Uncle Li!"

"How polite, sister, you are so lucky!"

"That's not it."

"Daughter, this is Uncle Yang. The rice cakes Uncle Yang makes are delicious. Come, give me a whole piece."

"Hello Uncle Yang!"

"She's really your daughter! Why have I never heard you mention her?"

"She has been raised at my distant relative's home. Now that relative's family has given birth to their second child, they can't take care of the kids. It just so happens that your brother has found a good job, so I don't have to run around with him anymore, so I brought my daughter to live with me. My daughter is very close to me. Daughter, call me mom!"

"mom!"

"Sister, your daughter is so beautiful."

"Isn't this just like me? Don't you see who her mother is?"

Later, my adoptive mother took me to register my household registration. When I was doing so, the staff asked me:

"What's your name, kid?"

Before I could speak, my foster mother said:

"Her name is Zhao Weiyi. She is the only child in our family and I love her very much."

After my foster mother finished speaking, she touched my head, and I suddenly said:

"My name is Qin Ran."

The foster mother was stunned for a moment.

Then he smiled and said to the staff:

"The kid is just talking nonsense. His name is not Qin Ran, but Zhao Weiyi."

"No, my name is Qin Ran."

The staff immediately said to my adoptive mother:

"Is this your child?"

The adoptive mother quickly said, "It's my child!"

"Then why did she say her name was Qin Ran?"

"Oh, it's like this. My husband and I have been traveling around for the past few years, so I left her with a distant relative of mine. They liked my daughter very much, so they named her Qin Ran. My relative's surname is Qin."

After my adoptive mother finished speaking, the staff member directly said to my adoptive mother:

"We are now very suspicious of your and this little girl's identities. Please prove immediately that everything you said is true. It would be best if you can ask your so-called distant relatives to come over. Otherwise, we will hand you over to the police department for handling."

"No, what I said is true. I'll call my husband later and ask him to contact my distant relatives."

Afterwards, my foster mother took me and ran away while the staff weren’t paying attention.

After returning home, he complained to his adoptive father and then beat me up.

I cried and shouted:

"My name is Qin Ran, not Zhao Weiyi."

"My name is Qin Ran, not Zhao Weiyi."

In the end, he almost beat me half to death.

After my adoptive father found out, he came back and gave me some earnest advice:

"Girl, your name is Zhao Weiyi, not Qin Ran. Before, your mother and I were busy, so we left you in someone else's care. They named you Qin Ran, but now that you're back, you have to take our last name, so you have to change it back."

"But my name is Qin Ran."

I said stubbornly.

After hearing this, the adoptive father became a little worried.

The foster mother said directly:

"Just starve for a few more days, and die of starvation. I'm so angry. Fortunately, I ran fast today, otherwise I might have been put in jail. You want to kill me, don't you, a money-loser?"

"Shall we discuss this with the child again?"

"What are you discussing? What is there to discuss?"

"Let me do it! Don't say anything yet, let's register the child first and coax him first."

Then my adoptive father continued to speak to me kindly:

"Girl, how about we not change our names, but we have to change our last name to Zhao Ran. If you don't change it, you won't be able to go to kindergarten. Do you want to go to kindergarten? There are so many children in the kindergarten."

"miss you!"

"Then let's change it, okay?"

After a lot of coaxing and deception, I finally compromised, and my adoptive parents also compromised, and finally they registered my household registration under my name, Zhao Ran.

Later, after I went to school, I often told others that my family lived in a city by the sea, where there was endless sea, ships, seagulls, and beaches.

But no one believed me.

After that, these memories gradually became blurred.

Later, I don’t know when my adoptive father became addicted to gambling, my adoptive mother became addicted to playing mahjong, and my quality of life continued to decline.

Then the initial verbal abuse turned into beatings.

Later, beating and scolding me became commonplace.

Later on I had no recollection of my first memories at all.

Later, I dreamed that as I grew up, my adoptive father began to look at me with a greedy face and even touched me from time to time.

Then, my adoptive father almost killed me when he was drunk...

Fortunately, I ran fast enough.

The dream ends here.

When I woke up, Brother Hao was not there.

I sat at the head of the bed and thought about my dream for a long time, but the things in the dream became more and more vague. I even felt that all of it was pieced together by my own brain based on the plots of some novels or movies.

Then I stood up, took the box again, shook it, turned it over and opened it, took out the note inside, lit it with a lighter, burned it to ashes, and threw it into the trash can.

I thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out the content of my dream, so I simply stopped thinking about it, washed up, and went downstairs.

At this time, Brother Hao was chatting with Mr. Jin about work.

After seeing me coming downstairs, Brother Hao quickly motioned for me to sit down.

Then they finished the discussion as quickly as possible.

Then we had breakfast.

Although today's breakfast is a bit simple, it still tastes good, especially the tofu pudding.

After breakfast, Brother Hao said he would take me with him today.

As for A Guang and Qi Qi, they stayed in the villa to look after the house.

I glanced at them, and there was a barely perceptible joy on their faces. I naturally knew what they were happy about. You know, for them, simply being together is more precious than anything else right now.

Then I thought about it, pulled A Guang aside, and handed him my gold card.

"I can't play with you guys today, so go ahead and have fun. If there's anything delicious, eat as much as you can. If there's anything really good, bring some back to me. And remember to return the card to me tonight, or I'll beat you up."