Rebirth After Being Abducted

Zhengguo calmed down too and said, “We don’t have much money, we can only give you 1,000 yuan.”

“Okay, that’s enough.” After Su Qin finished the last bite of her meal, she got up and said, “That’s settled then, I’ll leave tomorrow since I’m afraid of being back-mouthed too.
I’ll go pack my things in the room, you guys have the money ready and I’ll come out to get it later.”

The husband and wife looked at each other in blank dismay as they watched their daughter walk into the room.

Wang Lin said, “Zhengguo, do you feel that our daughter has become much more mature? Is it too much of us to do this?”

Su Zhengguo took out a cigarette, lit it and told his wife, “Hurry up with the meals then clear up and get the money for Su-su.
It’s good for her to leave Yunyang to avoid the relatives and neighbors from gossiping.”

Wang Lin nodded, thinking that her husband had a point.

At five o’clock the next morning, Su Qin left home with her bags and money before her parents got up.

Wang Lin was the first to wake up and saw the letter her daughter left on the table, her eyes couldn’t help but reddened.

She is, after all, her biological daughter and the flesh that fell off her body, so it’s bogus not to feel distress.

She probably won’t be able to see her for many years after such farewell.
While she was emotionally sad, she turned to look at her husband and another woman’s son, and her heart felt even more dejected.

Fortunately the woman is dead and this little boy is now her son.
Thinking about it this way, she didn’t seem to feel that sad anymore.

Fortunately, she still has a son.

Su Qin didn’t leave Yunyang, but rented a single room in the old city area.

The location of this district was remote and the single room she rented was on the top floor, which was cramp and gloomy.
The rent was 120 yuan which she still could afford at this moment.

Putting down her luggage, Su Qin simply cleaned up her little den.
She brought the beddings from home, so that she wouldn’t need to buy new ones and kitchen utensils were slightly cheaper to buy from the nearby wholesale market.

She was now in her first year of senior high school and she had learned all the senior high school curriculum in her previous lifetime, which were all engraved in her mind.
She wanted to take a two-year break from school first to earn enough for her and Yun Fei’s tuition fees, as it wasn’t too late to return two years later.

After settling down, Su Qin went to the nearby commercial street to look for a job.
She wanted to find a job providing fashion styles assistance.

In recent years, there are many 15 or 16 years old girls working and no one will treat her as a minor.
Su Qin visited many clothing stores and finally chose a clothing store called “Lovestruck”.

She chose this clothing store for two reasons.

First, the lady boss is young enough.

Second, the lady boss has a good eye in selection since the clothes in the store will not be too difficult to sell.

It was now 2006 and Su Qin’s home was stacked with fashion magazines of various eras in her previous lifetime.
If she remembers correctly, double-breasted dolly shirts, pleated cuffs clothing and flared jeans will be popular this summer.

The clothes in other stores were quite mediocre, with no sense of design and fashionable elements.
Only the clothes in this store have kept pace with all the fashionable elements of 2006.

This store just started business without a large storefront and also lacks patronage.
Compared  to other clothing stores, this store is relatively deserted.

It’s now April and the weather is warming up.
There are people wearing down-jackets and sweaters on the street, while this lady boss has already put on short-sleeved midriff and flared jeans.

With a headful of explosive curly hair, the lady boss sat on a plastic stool and sized up the unsophisticated Su Qin with her legs crossed, and asked, “The store next door is hiring people too and has a better patronage.
Our store is hardly patronized, why didn’t you go next door but come here?”

Though Su Qin dressed unsophiscatedly, she looked indifferently calm and at ease.
She revealed a decent customer-service’s smile, “I’ve seen last month’s [Vogue], your store has closely copied the many fashionable styles in the magazine.
I believe that our store business will be pretty good after half a month.”

“Hey, you, this little girl even read [Vogue]?

The lady boss was impressed with her.
She didn’t expect this unsophisticated little girl in front of her to actually read that kind of international fashion magazine.

Just based on this little unsophisticated girl’s appreciation of her vision in selection, the lady boss immediately decided on Su Qin and offered her a basic salary of 800 with commissions and lunches, then let her come to work the day after tomorrow.

The lady boss asked her, “Oh by the way, do you have an ID? Go across the street and duplicate a copy for me.”

“Yes.” Although Su Qin is a minor, she has already gotten her ID card when she turned 15.

Once her job and lodging were settled, Su Qin took the address given by the police to go find Yun Fei and Yun Qin.

Crossing from the eastern part of the city to the western part, she arrived at an old laborers’ community.

This was a dormitory building that was previously allocated to the employees of a former state-owned electronics factory.
Many retired elderly live here and Yun Qin’s grandmother is no exception.

Arriving at door 301, Su Qin rang the doorbell, but it was a young woman of about 30 who came to open the door.

The woman asked her, “Who are you looking for?”

Su Qin looked inside and asked her, “I’m here to find Sister Yun Qin, is she here?”

“Qin-qin ah, she’s not here.
She left with her son.”

Su Qin asked, “Then, do you know where they have gone to?”

The woman shook her head, “I don’t know.
They probably would never come back again.

[1] 赔钱货 (Péiqián huò) – an old derogatory term for girls because girls couldn’t go out to earn money and her family had to prepare dowry when she got married, hence the name.