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"Y/n? Come here, kiddo," the old lady said to the little girl. She dashed over to the grandmother and hugged her. "I'll miss you, Nana," she sobbed. The grandmother laughed a little, her face expressionless as she witnessed Y/n cry for the first time.

"Be a good girl, okay?"

"I will, Nana," the little girl said with a thumbs up to the elderly lady. "Go now... go meet your sister," Nana said which made Y/n's brow furrow. She had never considered having sisters, only a mother. She thought they are her adoptive mother.

"Sister?"

"Yes, your adopter said she doesn't want you to call her mom or anything, just sister, okay?" The grandmother pouted at Y/n. "What makes you sad?"

"I just... thought that finally, I'd have a mother," she replied, sadly but cutely. The granny gently patted her head, calming her down. "Don't worry, your adopter will act the same way. Be good, okay? I wish you a long life. I love you." The granny kissed Y/n's forehead before allowing her to go to the other woman standing beside her car.

"Please treat her better, Miss Shen," the young woman removed her sunglasses and smiled at her grandmother. "Trust me, Mrs. Wang" Miss Shen smiled as her driver opened the backdoor for Y/n.

"Don't be shy... your new family," Mrs. Wang said as she led Y/n inside the car. "Until we meet again, Y/n," the grandmother was still waving to the little girl when the driver abruptly shut the car door. Mrs. Wang sighed in response to the man's impolite behavior. "Take care of her," Miss Shen smiled as she patted Mrs. Wang's shoulders and walked to the other side of the car.

"Bye"

The car began to move. Inside, there was complete silence. Y/n was staring out the window, her small frame pressed against the door because she was nervous around new people.

Miss Shen's first question was, "Qian Y/n... is your name really Y/n?" "Hmm," the girl replied softly, not looking over at the older woman. "Your favorite color is red, your favorite food is seaweed soup, and your favorite flower is lily," Y/n's attention was immediately caught. She looked at Miss Shen, who was staring back at her. "How did you find out?"

"Mrs. Wang told me," Y/n said, nodding. "No surprise," she said to herself.

"Do you want to get to know me?" Miss Shen inquired. Y/n smiled and nodded. She doesn't want to be in this awkward situation any longer. She's her new family anyway.

"My name is Shen Xiaoting, and I like the dark and... I'm quite solitary," Xiaoting explained. Y/n assumed there was nothing special about that introduction, so she simply nodded. "I am a CEO, Entrepreneur, born in 1989," Y/n nodded once more. She isn't familiar with those words because she never attended school.

"I don't have a life partner, so I decided to adopt."

"Why don't you want to marry?" Y/n questioned. She's never been into romance, but it's strange that Miss Shen doesn't have a partner yet. "I'm not sure... my heart- rarely beats... all It needs is the right person... someday."

"If your heart beats rarely, you're already dead!" Y/n lamely joked, but Xiaoting laughed along with her. Xiaoting moved in closer and patted the small girl on the head.

"Thank you," she said quietly, making Y/n tilt her head. "For what, jie-jie?" Xiaoting grinned as Y/n simply addressed her as jie-jie.

"I appreciate you coming into my life."

"Jie-jie, why me?" Y/n inquired earnestly. The adoption center housed about 50 children, but Xiaoting chose Y/n.

"I guess my feet just walked to you on their own, so I thought maybe I should adopt you."

"I should be the one thanking you, jie-jie... no one ever wanted to adopt me because I look weak and sick... I'm not sick- it's just that I look sad most of the time," Y/n explained. Even the foster children tease her for not smiling at them. She had never tried to smile at anyone except Mrs. Wang since she was a child. Mrs. Wang picked her up from the dark streets as she was left in a box one block away from the foster home.

"Thank you," the young girl said again.

"You're welcome, mei-mei (younger sister)," Xiaoting said, patting her head.

"I'll protect you from now on."