Chapter 1

"I'm not a thief!"

In the dormitory of the welfare institution, a nine-year-old girl faced people's questions and her eyes turned red. She had a pair of big watery eyes, but she was a little thin because of nutritional imbalance.

Seeing everyone looking at her with a contemptuous look, she choked with grievance.

"That necklace is mine!... I, I'm not a thief! That's what my mother left me!"

"So, you mean that I stole your stuff?" Standing opposite her was also a young girl. She tilted her head, stared at her coldly, and then smiled innocuously.

Compared with her, the girl looked sweet but arrogant. She was like a little princess who was high above the world and was loved by countless people.

As soon as she said that, the children around her immediately stood up and spoke for her.

"You're lying! You're lying! Susan will never steal others’ things!"

"Yes, yes! How could it be possible? How could Susan be a thief! It's clear that you stole her things!"

Facing all the children's accusations and questions, the girl was unable to argue. She was so wronged that she rubbed her eyes and cried sadly.

"That's really my necklace! Pease... Give it back to me..."

Susan glanced at her coldly, turned around and said to everyone, "See it clearly! Raina is a thief. Don't play with her anymore! Thief!"

Several children nodded heavily. "OK! We all listen to you and we will ignore! She is a thief!"

"She's a thief! Raina is a bad kid! Thief!"

The children laughed and dispersed. The girl leaned alone against the wall, looked at their backs with tears in her eyes, and clenched her fists silently.

Outside the dean's office stood a row of men in black suits.

An old man over half a hundred years old sat on the sofa with serious expression, but his spirit looked very good. His dress reflected his noble temperament, and there was a domineering aura from his eyebrows.

Although he was old and looked a little anile, the facial features still could make people realize his handsome face at his young age.

The Dean found a pile of documents, opened them slowly and handed them to the old man respectfully: "Mr. Scott, here are the children who entered the hospital last year. The information of all the children is here. Please have a look."

The old man reached out and reviewed some of them. Then, he slightly twisted his eyebrows. The assistant on his side noticed his expression, raised his head and smiled at the dean and said, "That child is about eight or nine years old. Excuse me, how many of the children entered the hospital last year meet this standard?"

The Dean recalled briefly and hurriedly said, "Please wait a minute."

The old man looked around, but his eyes were fixed on a family photo. Suddenly he stretched out his hand and pointed with his fingertips, "Let me see this girl."

The Dean was stunned and nodded, "OK, I'll arrange for her to see you right away!"

She dialed the phone. After a while, a teacher led a girl in.

Susan stood in front of the old man respectfully, smiled and said, "Hello! My name is Susan."

The old man stared at her expressionlessly. His eyes carefully observed her inch by inch. Then, his eyes narrowed slowly, and his eyes were deep and gloomy.

Susan frowned curiously. She always felt that the old man looked fierce. It seemed that Susan was frightened by his meticulous face. She couldn't help retreating two steps, but saw the old man waved at her.

"Come on, let me have a good look at you!"

"...Well, OK." Susan hesitated but took two steps forward. The old man gently held her shoulder and gazed at her. Although she met the standard in age, she made him feel that her eyebrows, eyes and facial features were not very similar.

His eyes slowly moved down and fell on the necklace between her collarbones. The old man touched the necklace and asked in a deep voice, "This necklace..."

Susan was stunned, smiled and said, "This necklace is from my mother."

The old man's eyes were slightly frozen. Seeing this, the assistant hurriedly took out another necklace from the briefcase and handed it to him.

The two necklaces fit together.

The old man's hand trembled slightly. Seeing this, the assistant came over and whispered a few words with the Dean. He took out a check large in sum from the briefcase and handed it to her. The Dean took it with a smile.

At the gate of the welfare institution parked a row of luxurious black cars.

The girl looked lonely, trapped by the black iron fence, looked at Susan from a distance. She saw Susan followed by a group of men in suits, and sat in a luxury Bentley.

At the moment when the door was closed, Susan glanced at her indifferently. Inadvertently, their eyesight collided in the air. Susan smiled viciously, then the window rose slowly and the car left.

The trajectory of the two children's lives would be totally different from then on.

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