Wang Lao Niang stood in place, watching Xiaxia leave step by step, she felt relieved, and when Xiaxia's figure completely disappeared into the darkness, she went back with old steps.

Xiaxia followed the direction that Wang Lao Niang pointed to her, she walked faster and faster, the more comfortable she became, she felt that she was free, she never had to go back to the darkness, and her heart gradually brightened again.

Xiaxia didn't stop all the way, she walked from night to day, she didn't know if she was walking the right way, she only knew that she didn't want to stop, because as soon as she stopped, her head was full of bad memories.

After walking all night, the sun finally rose, and it was the first time in so many years that Xia Xia felt that the sun was so warm and bright on people's bodies.

Because of the hurry of coming out, and Wang Xuanzhu had already lost all his family resources, when Xiaxia left, there was no grain at home.

By noon, the sun was shining directly on Xiaxia's face, and she hadn't eaten for a long time, so Xiaxia felt like she was very weak.

For such a long journey, Xia Xia did not meet a person, until in the evening, she finally saw a village, that is, the village where Xia Xia now opened a commissary.

Perhaps because Xiaxia hadn't walked such a long way for too long, plus she hadn't eaten for a day, and her body was malnourished, the moment she saw the village, Xiaxia fainted on the side of the road.

When she woke up, the first thing she saw was the old dean, who was about thirty or forty years old at that time, and there were only a dozen or so children who were taken in, and he was recognized as a good person by everyone around her, but because of what happened before, the first time Xia Xia saw the old dean, she curled up in a corner of the wall in fear, and looked at the old dean vigilantly.

The old dean read her fear in Xia Xia's eyes at that time, the old dean didn't speak, he just put a bowl of porridge at the head of the bed, and then left the room.

After the old dean left, Xia Xia still maintained the same appearance just now, she glanced at the bowl of rice next to the bed, the wafting aroma, so that Xia Xia did not hold back, she carefully climbed to the side of the bed, slowly picked up the bowl of rice, looked left and right, after a while, she slowly drank a small sip, maybe she was too hungry, Xia Xia took a sip and didn't hold back, three times five divided by two to drink the rice in the bowl.

When Xiaxia felt that she had strength, she quietly walked to the door, pushed the door tentatively, and found that the door was not locked, she opened a gap and poked her head out to look out.

At this time, it was already evening, and Xiaxia saw that she was in a courtyard, and there were more than a dozen children playing in the courtyard, and the frolicking shouts made Xiaxia suddenly feel cordial.

One of the children saw Xiaxia and pointed at Xiaxia and shouted, "Auntie is awake!"

The other children all looked at Xiaxia.

Xiaxia was a little frightened, quickly closed the door, hid back in the house, and did not dare to go out of the house again.

This was the first time Xia Xia came to the courtyard, and it was also the most important turning point in her life.

In the next few days, Xia Xia had the idea of running away, but she didn't know why, Xia Xia didn't do it, maybe because the environment here infected her.

In the past few days, the old dean has not appeared again, maybe at the moment when Xia Xia woke up and was frightened, the old dean thought that it was because of his own reasons that Xia Xia was frightened, so he did not set foot in this room again, and even the food was delivered by the girls in the courtyard.

At first, Xiaxia didn't dare to speak, and because of curiosity, the children often lay by the door and looked at Xiaxia, chatting with Xiaxia from time to time.

Gradually, Xiaxia slowly became familiar with this place, and in chatting with the children, Xiaxia knew that this was an orphanage, and the old dean was the one who saved herself.

The first thing she did when she went out was to thank the old dean for saving her life, and told the old dean what happened to her, the old dean was very sympathetic to it, he told Xia Xia that he could take her to the local police station to find her home, Xia Xia smiled, after so many years, Xia Xia had never laughed, and she was about to forget what it was like to laugh.

Under the leadership of the old dean, Xiaxia went to the police station to report the case, but the police station told her that her file had been put into the warehouse, and she would be notified with the news of her biological parents.

And this wait, Xiaxia waited for a whole year, and she would go to the police station almost every few days to ask for news, but the police station still said the same thing, go back and wait for news.

Later, Xiaxia couldn't wait, she borrowed the passage money from the old dean, she wanted to go back, wanted to go back to see her parents, and the old dean agreed.

Xiaxia finally got in the car back, on the way, Xiaxia was very excited, but she didn't expect that she could finally go home after many years.

The moment she went back to find her home, the news came from a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Xiaxia relied on her memory to take the car back to the ravine and found her home, but this home was only broken and ruined, and there was nothing.

After inquiring, she learned that her parents had never given up looking for Xiaxia, but her mother died soon after because of her disappearance, suffering from mental illness, and her father also died of depression because of her disappearance and the death of his wife.

This news made Xiaxia completely lose her goal in life.

She thought that if she escaped, she could return to the original home, she had fantasized countless times the moment she stepped into the house, but she didn't expect that her parents were long gone, she hated, hated this place, hated human traffickers, hated Wang Zhuzhu, hated herself.

Xiaxia came to the grave of the second elder under the leadership of the neighbor, when she saw that her parents' grave was overgrown with weeds, she knelt directly in front of the monument with guilt, this kneeling was a day and a night, Xiaxia's mind was full of bits and pieces of her own life with them, from the time she remembered, to the period when she was trafficked, she recalled little by little from beginning to end.

The next day, Xiaxia's lower body was blocked from blood because of kneeling, and when she remembered, her lower body was already unconscious, she crawled to the grave on her knees, uprooted the weeds on the grave, until she was pulled clean, and finally burned the paper in front of the second old grave and kowtowed three times.

Xiaxia returned home, and many people in the village ran over to see Xiaxia when they learned that Xiaxia was back, and many people pointed fingers at Xiaxia behind their backs, saying everything, in short, gossip, so that Xiaxia no longer had a trace of emotion here.

After accompanying her parents for a few days, Xia Xia once again embarked on the road, and she decided that she would go back to the orphanage, because this year's life in the orphanage made her gradually feel that the orphanage may be her last harbor.

Back in the orphanage, the first thing Xia Xia did was to follow the old dean to sell things to subsidize the house every day, and gradually Xia Xia also had an understanding of the business, with the help of the old dean, Xia Xia opened a store of her own, for which Xia Xia regarded the old dean as a noble person in her life.

A panic has passed for many years, but I don't know how, that day Xiaxia was looking at the storefront, someone came in to buy something, and when that person paid, Xiaxia was stupid, because that person was Wang Xuanzhu.

Wang Xuanzhu was also stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, Wang Xuanzhu was about to move his hands and feet at Xiaxia.

At this time, Xia Xia had already walked out of the shadow of Wang Zhuzhu, and she scuffled with Wang Zhuzhu, but in the end she still did not break free of Wang Zhuzhu, Xia Xia thought that she was going back to the darkness of the year.

Just when Wang Xuanzhu was mistreating Xiaxia, the old dean appeared, and the old dean punched Wang Xuanzhu to the ground, and tied Wang Xuanzhu to the big tree on the side of the road with a rope, causing many onlookers.

When everyone heard that Wang Zhuzhu wanted to rape women in broad daylight, everyone scoffed at Wang Zhuzhu, some people threw stones at Wang Zhuzhu, and some people poured feces in front of Wang Zhuzhu.

Some people recognized Wang Xuanzhu and said that he was from another village, dozens of miles away from here, this guy was idle all day long, and he ran into the gambling house every day, his parents were killed by him, and his daughter-in-law also ran away, leaving him alone.

Because the old dean didn't know the truth, he taught Wang Xuanzhu a hard lesson, and later when Wang Xuanzhu was let go, Xiaxia told the old dean about her relationship with Wang Xuanzhu, and the old dean understood.

In order to prevent Xiaxia from being harassed by Wang Xuanzhu again, the old dean would let the children in the courtyard take turns to accompany Xiaxia in the commissary every day, and he would also come and go around when he was fine.

At first, Wang Xuanzhu did not dare to come again, but after a few years, Wang Xuanzhu had no money and sat at the entrance of Xiaxia's commissary to ask for money to spend.

This give, the following is out of control, Wang Xuanzhu always takes advantage of the time when there is no one in the store, comes to the store to ask for money, once every two or three days, and finally Xiaxia is annoyed, so she puts a stick in the house, and when she sees Wang Xuanzhu coming once, she will beat once.

Wang Xuanzhu felt that Xiaxia was weak and easy to bully at first, so he couldn't get Xiaxia physically, so he planned to rely on her, what he didn't expect was that after Xiaxia had been honed for several years, she was no longer the original her, at least she was no longer afraid of herself, and she had learned to fight back.

Every time he looked at Xiaxia and his desperate posture, Wang Xuanzhu was also afraid, and rarely came back, even if he came every time, he just took something to eat.

Xiaxia also turned a blind eye to this, and every time she came, Xiaxia would not look at Wang Xuanzhu squarely.

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Aunt Li's life can be described as bumpy and rugged, but she has never told anyone else about her except for telling the old dean, because it is better to forget some of the past, and she doesn't want her memories to be mentioned by others.

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The sad memories made Aunt Li's heart ache, and she felt that she was now a soulless walking corpse, with no goals and no concerns.

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