Rory has already become tearful. It's a lot for her to take in, and she can't help having mixed feelings.
"Rory, listen to me." The director steps forward, wanting to explain to Rory, but the latter takes a step back with a sullen look.
"You don't need to explain anything. Since you're a liar, I am unwilling to hear anything from you." Rory feels she was like a fool for the past decade. It turns out that the director who has been taking care of her is her mother. The truth is like a thunderbolt from the blue, which stabs into her internal organs and shatters them into pieces.
Driven by fury, Rory directly rushes out. Her intention of coming here is to inform the director about Miya's condition. However, it's out of her expectation that she happens to know such a shocking truth. She panics after realizing that her mother has always been deceiving her.
When the director walks forward to hold her hand, Rory angrily shakes her hand away. "Don't touch me. You aren't qualified to do this!" She feels hard to accept the fact that the director she has respected for over ten years is her biological mother.
Anyone who encounters such an absurd thing will be unable to accept reality.
"If you don't let go of me, I will never come back again, and I am leaving right now." Rory suddenly starts to hate this place. The director has no choice but to let go of her hand. John also realizes that something is wrong, so he chases after Rory.
He knows that whenever Rory is unhappy, she will come to the small hillside behind the orphanage and spend some time on her own. It should be no exception this time. Rory is indeed here right now. With a grim look, she keeps fiddling with the leaves in her hands. She is already overwhelmed with sadness and distress.
Following her, John also rushes over.
"Why do you sit here alone in a trance?"
"Because I can't accept such a ridiculous thing." Rory is depressed, but she can do nothing to change reality.
"I know you're feeling upset now, but you should think about the whole thing from a different angle. Actually, the director did all this to protect you," John says with good intentions. He feels it's necessary for him to comfort Rory and help her forgive the director.
"Protect me from what? Could it be that my biological father will send someone to kill me?" Rory only feels that what the director says to her is nonsense. "She didn't want to recognize me as her daughter, so she adopted me and never allowed me to call her mother. Actually, she hates me."
After saying that, she cries even louder. At the thought of her unknown future, she becomes more unsettling. She is at a loss as to what to do if she leaves this orphanage.
John reaches out and holds her hand.
"You will be the happiest person in the world. I've always by your side to take good care of you, and you will be happy forever."
Rory looks at John with expectation and wipes the tears off her face. "Then will you stay by my side forever?"
Taking a glance at Rory, John begins to hesitate.
When Rory asks John this question seriously, she is scared that John will suddenly leave her one day, especially after Miya appears. In the past, she always felt that John was docile like a cute rabbit. However, things are different now, for he has become more strong-minded. She even feels that John has found his true self, and it's Miya who helps to quicken this process.
Should she feel gratified or should she continue to worry about their relationship?
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