Memory Lane

The owner flinched slightly and rubbed his eye before holding his hand out, "Give that to me!"

Mo Han stepped off the stool and took a step back, "No! It's mine!"

The owner narrowed his eyes and slowly lowered his arm, "That ring? Is it gold? Silver?"

Mo Han thought quickly and immediately figured out that the owner wanted to sell it for money. Of course he can't let him do that! The ring was his!

"Um no. . . It's fake."

The owner scratched his chin before laughing, "That doesn't matter. I can still lie and say it's real! People will still want to buy it! Give it to me!"

Mo Han immediately ran off, trying to get out of the kitchen, "No!"

However, he was still a kid and his legs were much shorter than the old man's. The owner quickly caught up to him and grabbed him by his arm, pulling him around aggressively. 

"You dare to run away from me?" He said, clearly very drunk as his breath and clothes all reeked of alcohol. 

The man looked down at his hand and reached for it, "Give me your ring!"

"No!" Mo Han tried to run away again but he was powerless against the old and heavy man. 

"You stupid and disobedient boy! Give it to me!" The man seemed to get mad as he was also drunk, and he lifted his heavy arm up and swung it down, hitting Mo Han across the face.

"Urgh!" Mo Han grunted as he fell back, almost falling onto the ground. However, the man was still holding onto him, so he was pulled right back up.

His face burned with pain as he clenched his hand that was holding the ring tightly. The burn seemed to spread into his body and his entire body boiled up as he looked over at the owner.

The owner continued to hit him aggressively, not showing any mercy.

Mo Han thought of all the innocent girls that suddenly went missing or the food that they had to eat every day. . . Some days, they didn't even get food.

A devil like this did not deserve to live so freely!

Mo Han looked around and his eyes landed on the knife resting on the kitchen counter nearby. Without even thinking twice, he grabbed it and stabbed it straight into the owner's chest.

The attacks stopped coming immediately as the owner's eyes widened and his pupils dilated to a scary degree. The hand that was grabbing onto Mo Han's arm weakened and the next second, there was a deafening bang as his body fell down onto the ground, the blade still stabbed straight into his chest.

The red that spread through his shirt pierced Mo Han's eyes as his hand shook. He did not know what had happened.

He could not even think properly or control himself. His blood was boiling and it almost seemed like it was telling him to grab the knife and stab him. 

Mo Han fell back onto the ground, not sure of what to do.

He killed someone.

--- One month later

Mo Han looked out the window as the car drove slowly by the empty streets early in the morning. He wore grey shirts and pants that were both wrinkled, and they smelled like sweat.

The car came to a stop a few minutes later in front of a large building that read: XX Adoption Center. 

He looked up at the sign as the car stopped and the person sitting next to him got off.

After a long trial, the final verdict was that he did not receive any punishment and was instead sent to a different adoption center with very good ratings. 

Since he was only 8 years old, he couldn't be sent to prison for voluntary manslaughter during a heat of passion. Originally, there was a long discussion of whether he should be sent to juvenile hall or not, but the other kids at the adoption center all witnessed and pointed at the owner of the adoption center for all the horrible things he did. 

Therefore, it was deemed as self defense and Mo Han was able to escape his punishment. 

He slowly got out of the car and followed the other adults into the adoption center, where he was introduced to the owner and important workers there.

Then, he was assigned to a dorm alone since he could not stay with other kids after what he had done.

As he walked down the empty hallway with an adult behind him, a little girl walked past with a toothbrush in one hand and a cup in the other.

The worker at the adoption center smiled when she saw the little girl and waved happily, "Good morning, Yixin!"

The little girl looked up as she rubbed her eyes cutely, "Good morning, Mrs. Wang."

Mo Han glanced at the little girl before continuing to walk.

--- 

After dropping off his basic belongings, Mo Han entered the dining hall where the rest of the kids were already seated, happily eating their breakfast.

Once he sat down, the eating and talking stopped as everyone looked over. 

The boy sitting next to him asked softly, "Are you new?"

Mo Han glanced at him before slowly nodding his head. 

The girls around immediately moved their chairs over, staring at the new little boy in awe, "What's your name?"

Mo Han glanced at them and didn't say anything.

"My name is Yuyu." The little girl blinked her eyes as she put down her fork, resting her head onto her two hands.

"How old are you? When did you come here?"

Mo Han sighed and suddenly stood up, scanning the room. His eyes landed on the very corner of the room, where one little girl was sitting alone, but her eyes were on him.

He narrowed his eyes slightly before lifting up his bowl and walking over, sitting down a few chairs away from the girl. 

The other girls noticed this and knit their eyebrows together, but many of them also moved over to the corner to sit next to the new cute boy.

--- Two weeks later

After the rumor that Mo Yelin had killed someone at his old adoption center spread, all the kids there kept away from him. 

No one sat near him during meals anymore like before and many ran away whenever they saw him. He didn't seem to care, and he quietly did everything alone, just like the other girl who also seemed to have no friends.

One day, the kids were all outside for their daily playtime and Mo Han sat down near a tree to escape the burning sun.

Suddenly, she saw a pair of small girly shoes and heard a soft voice say, "You are very handsome."

--- Author's Note:

Please don't forget to vote for this story! I really appreciate all your support :) If we can enter the top 200, there will be a mass release!

Love you <3< p>