Adeena brought a lot of snacks and toys that were loved by children, so the orphans jumped and ran
around happily.
She was supposed to leave after sending Grapie there.
However, she suddenly felt reluctant when she saw the little girl’s clear eyes.
Half an hour later, a married couple would come and adopt a girl. Grapie looked so cute, so she would
probably be adopted.
Adeena wanted to know which couple would become Grapie’s parents.
“Ms. Adeena, can you stay with me a little longer?”
Grapie tugged on Adeena’s sleeve and spoke pitifully.
Adeena carried her. “Of course.”
A four–year–old girl hid at a corner not far away; it was Cherry who had left angrily earlier.
She used to be everyone’s favorite child in the orphanage, but after Grapie grew older, everyone only
had eyes for Grapie.
When visitors came to spread their love, they would give all the delicious and fun things to Grapie first.
Whenever a married couple came to adopt a child, they would want to take Grapie home.
However, those couples ultimately wanted to adopt a boy, so although Cherry had been jealous of
Grapie all these years, she never went too far.
That was, until yesterday. She had heard from Mama Sherry that a married couple wanted to adopt a
healthy child, but the remaining boys in the orphanage were disabled, so they had to adopt a girl.
She knew that this was her chance.
Hence, she tricked Grapie into going out early in the morning, but Grapie came back before the
interested married couple arrived.
She even brought back such a beautiful and gentle woman.
Cherry’s eyes were full of jealousy when she saw Adeena and Grapie hug and speak intimately.
She walked out of the corner and waved. “Grapie, come over. I’d like to apologize to you.”
Grapie immediately left Adeena’s arms. “Ms. Deena, I’ll go and talk to Cherry. Please wait for me.”
When Grapie walked to the corner, Cherry dragged her in.
“Are you proud now?” Cherry grabbed Grapie’s collar, gritted her teeth, and said, “You’ll have parents
today, and you’ll leave the orphanage soon. Are you ecstatic?” Grapie widened her eyes. “Cherry,
didn’t you say you wanted to apologize?”
“You should apologize to me!” Cherry lowered her voice and said, “You want to steal my parents. You
want to steal my home! You’re the worst kid in the world!”
“No… No, I don’t want to!” Grapie slowly walked back. “I don’t want to leave the orphanage. I don’t
want to leave Mama Sherry. I don’t want to leave so many friends here.”
“You’re lying!”
Cherry pulled her with great force.
Every orphan’s biggest dream was to have parents, and their biggest hope was to have a home that
belonged to them.
“You’re hurting me.”
Grapie hunched her shoulders in fear.
Cherry pulled again and ended up tearing off the necklace around Grapie’s neck, dropping to the
ground.
It was a jade necklace with a faint cloud carved on it.
Cherry immediately picked up the necklace. “If you steal my parents, this will be mine! If I’m adopted,
I’ll return this to you!”
After she spoke, she turned around and left.
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