Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
âMorning, Xiao Ron!â Liang Lu had been waiting for Tan Rou at the entrance today. She had some questions for Tan Rou, but she didnât want to disturb her studies, so she took the opportunity to ask her questions while Tan Rou was walking from the entrance to the teaching building.
âGood morning, Liang Lu. Youâre early today.â Tan Rou answered with a gentle smile.
âHehe.â Liang Lu smiled. âBecause I have a question for you.â
Tan Rou said, âIf you have any questions, you can send me a message or come to class. Thereâs no need to wake up so early. The weather was quite cold, so it was better to sleep in.â
âSleeping is not as important as studying.â Liang Lu was aware of how much she lacked.
âMorning, Xiao Rou!â Li Li ran up to them. âGood morning, Liang Lu!â
Liang Lu waved at her as a greeting.
Just as the three of them were about to enter the school gate, a disheveled man suddenly rushed in front of them and grabbed Tan Ronâs arm.
Tan Rou didnât expect someone to appear and was caught by him. However, she reacted quickly and grabbed the manâs arm, kicking him away from them.
Liang Lu stood in front of Tan Rou and rolled up her sleeves. âWho are you?â she asked.
The man pushed his greasy hair aside and said anxiously, âRourou, itâs me. Itâs Daddy!â
However, the person who called himself âdaddyâ was not Father Tao, but Tan Song, who had been hated by everyone recently.
Tan Songâs face was covered in dirt, and the coat he was wearing seemed to have not been changed for a long time, emitting an unpleasant smell.
âXiao Rou, please help daddy. Daddy is really at a loss.â As Tan Song spoke, he started crying.
When Tan Rou heard Tan Song call himself âdaddyâ, she gnashed her teeth in hatred. âWho do you think you are? How dare you say that youâre my father?â
Tan Song lowered his attitude. âDaddy was wrong in the past. Can Daddy apologize to you?â As he spoke, he knelt down and bowed to Tan Rou. âIâve made a terrible mistake. Please forgive Daddy!â
Tan Rou really wanted to smash his mouth, but she didnât want to dirty her hands. âIâm afraid youâre blind and your brain is damaged. Your daughter is Tan Jing, not me.â
âXiao Rou, we raised you for seventeen years. Donât we have any relationship between us?â Tan Song said.
âBesides, I donât want a lot from you, just 50 million. As long as you give me 50 million, weâll write off all our past grudges.â
âYouâre really interesting!â Tan Rou sneered and mocked, âIt was you who hurt me. Now, you want me to give you 50 million to erase our past grievances? Do I look like a fool to you?â
âIâ¦â Tan Song changed his words. âOkay, okay, okay. Letâs not talk about the past. Letâs talk about something else. Rourou, on account of the fact that the Tan family has raised you for 17 years, lent me 50 million yuan. When I have enough money to start the company, 1 will definitely repay you.â
âYou raised me for seventeen years?â Tan Rou found it ridiculous. â1 really donât understand how you have the audacity to say that. When I was still a baby, you fed me sleeping pills. When I was four years old, 1 was sent to that kind of place. Do you know how I lived for those ten years?â
Tan Song stammered, unable to say anything.
Tan Ronâs emotions rose and she recounted everything that had happened in the past ten years.
âWhen 1 was first sent there, no one cared if I was a young and weak child. They only cared if I could continue the experiment.
âThey were asking a four-year-old child to learn 10,000 Chinese characters in a year, and after the age of five, they would learn 6,000 words in a year. If one of them made a mistake, they would be locked in a small black room and would not be allowed to eat or sleep.
âThey kept instilling knowledge into us. If we couldnât learn it, they would put electromagnetic hats on our heads and stuff knowledge into our brains. If we couldnât learn it, they would use electricity to shock us. You even said that those things are used to develop our brains. Do you think those things can really develop our brains?
âDo you know how many children there were? At first, there are a hundred children, the last, only less than five children, the last of them even went crazy and some committed suicide. In the beginning, there were children who died tragically being carried away from me almost every day.
âI was lucky enough to survive, but my brain was also damaged by them and implanted with a lot of messy memories. I really wanted to crack open my brain every day to take a good look at it.
Tan Rou said coldly, âIs this what you call raising me gracefully for 17 years?â