PFC Chapter 108 The Story of the Orphanage Director
Chapter 108 The Story of the Orphanage Director
Lin Siyu has lived in an orphanage since she can remember.
She clearly remembers the smells and colors of every corner of that dilapidated courtyard, the mottled walls, and the incessant chirping of cicadas day and night.
On rainy days, the roof often leaks, dripping incessantly.
Nevertheless, this is her only home.
There are many children in the orphanage, and everyone is working hard for the same thing.
That would be a little more care, a better meal, or a warm hug.
"Xiaoyu, can you help Auntie wash these clothes today? Then we can take Xiaobao for a walk this afternoon, okay?"
An older caregiver gave instructions with a smile and in a gentle tone.
"Okay, Auntie, I'll do it."
Lin Siyu could only nod.
She juggles the daily routines at the orphanage, caring for younger children, cleaning rooms, and doing other household chores within her capabilities.
She had to try her best to be "well-behaved," as it was the only way she could get more attention in this little world.
But she didn't like it.
"Why can't I have my own unique love, just like the people in the story?"
Lin Siyu often asked herself this question.
She found a way to escape in those storybooks, fantasizing that she could be favored and cherished like the protagonists in the stories.
However, every time she closed the book, the reality of life in the orphanage would pull her back to the cold reality.
She was born in an orphanage.
This seemed to preordain that she would never receive that unique favoritism.
However, Lin Siyu is not someone who easily accepts her fate.
She knows her strengths.
She is smart enough.
The director often praised her to outsiders as the most outstanding child in the orphanage, but Lin Siyu rarely felt proud of it.
That's just something you say to coax a child.
she thought.
So Lin Siyu studied desperately.
She finally got into a university in another city through her own efforts, and left the orphanage far away.
University life was not as wonderful as Lin Siyu had imagined.
She deliberately distanced herself from her past in the orphanage, but the loneliness and alienation of reality still accompanied her constantly.
At school, she tried her best to integrate into the group, participating in clubs and activities, but she could never get rid of the feeling of being out of place among the crowd.
The dean would occasionally send her letters, inquiring about her life and asking if she was being bullied outside.
Lin Siyu looked at these letters, her heart filled with complex emotions.
This is just a pretentious display of concern.
she said to herself.
After all, she had always been the director's most capable "tool" at the orphanage.
She folded the letter, put it deep in the drawer, and decided to ignore it.
After graduating from university, Lin Siyu entered society with high hopes.
She believed that with her intelligence and hard work, she would definitely be able to find a good job and have a stable life.
However, in reality, she encountered setbacks everywhere.
In an overcrowded job market, her once-proud intelligence was nothing.
Lin Siyu has also been in a relationship once.
At that time, she thought she had finally found the "favoritism" she had always longed for.
However, everything changed when the other party learned about her background.
“My family probably won’t approve of me being with a girl who grew up in an orphanage.” The man said this with a certain coldness in his voice.
Lin Siyu felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
The night they broke up, she cried alone in her room for a long time.
"Why can't I get what I want even after trying for so long?"
She looked at herself in the mirror, her face exhausted and her eyes filled with despair.
After struggling in society for so many years, she was exhausted.
The orphanage she once wanted to escape from has become the only place she can think of to go now.
Twenty years later, when she stood at the gate of the orphanage again, she suddenly realized how many years had passed.
The orphanage director who had taken her under his wing was now terminally ill and lying in bed, barely clinging to life.
She came to the dean's bedside and, just like 20 years ago, quietly lay down beside her pillow.
The old headmaster affectionately stroked her hair, his voice filled with satisfaction:
"You're back? I'm glad you're back."
"You must have had a tough time out there all these years."
"As expected of you, Siyu, you're still as amazing as ever."
"I am truly happy to see you again in the final moments of my life."
"You are my proudest child."
It was only at that moment that she realized.
After struggling for so many years, I've come full circle.
She had everything she wanted from the very beginning.
That night, the old dean passed away suddenly.
She held the dean's already cold body and wept uncontrollably.
When the old director passes away, a new director must come to the place.
However, this orphanage was located in a remote area and there was no money to be made there, so no one was willing to come here to take care of these children.
Lin Siyu stayed and took over the orphanage she had once wanted to escape from.
Since the old director considers her to be his mother, then as her child, he should protect this family.
She put on the dean's old clothes.
She began to learn how to manage an orphanage and care for the children.
She helped the old director take care of the children when she was a child, and now that she has learned systematically, she is even more adept at it.
The children gradually grew closer to her and began to trust her, and in the process, she gradually regained her inner peace.
However, fate did not spare her.
All of this was ruined by the two thieves.
The two thieves went to the kitchen to steal things, but they got hungry halfway through, so they cooked and ate in the kitchen.
After they finished eating, they forgot to turn off the gas.
Or rather, who would bother to turn off the gas for them?
There was a "bang" sound.
This small orphanage, along with Lin Siyu's unfulfilled dreams, vanished in the flames.
She has spent countless years in darkness.
Suddenly, she heard a voice ask her.
Are you willing?
Are you willing to accept this? Of course not.
But what other options do I have?
If you were to run an orphanage, how would you run it?
Lin Siyu gave a bitter smile.
If I were really asked to run another orphanage...
I once had such an opportunity, but unfortunately, I no longer have the time.
When she woke up again, she found herself sitting in a brightly lit room.
A young and beautiful girl was standing in front of her, smiling at her.
"Welcome to Anwar."
Would you like to be the director of my orphanage?
In that instant, her past dreams blossomed once again before her eyes.
"I am willing."
Lin Siyu answered, her voice choked with emotion, tears welling up in her eyes again.
This time, she won't let go.
Welcome home, children.