"Alright! The little princess is truly kind. This way, not only will you be able to help this beggar, but you can also help us sell off those unsalable items. You truly are very kind, little princes." The salesperson found Brooke more likable the more she looked at her."I think that I am very kind too," Brooke also said happily.The salesperson started to look for some ugly items while conversing with Brooke. In just a moment, she had found a couple sets. Nobody was willing to help Eira change her clothes, so they let her go to the public washroom to change herself. The little Eira carried the clothes herself and went to the public washroom. She came back after a short while.When they saw her, everyone present was stunned. The eight-year-old child had been very dirty and just looked incomparably ugly. She had washed her little face, and the dirt in her nails were also cleaned by her. She sat at the gutter at the edge of the toilet that was used to wash mops and washed her feet. Af
At that moment, Eira could not be more heartbroken. She had not worn a new pair of shoes in a few years, and that pair of shoes was given to her by her brother. Her brother had had his eyes on a family for a very long time, and once that family had thrown their trash out, her brother went to rummage through the trash and picked up a pair of slightly better shoes for her to wear. She had worn those shoes for two years. Her father did give her a thousand dollars every month, but that had to be used on food and drinks for the whole family. Her brother had to go to school, and her mother could not work, so they did not have any extra money to buy new shoes for her at all.It was such a rare occasion that her dad had spoken for the first time to take her to buy extra shoes and clothes. In the end, her sister stepped on her shoes and dirited it. Eira was so heartbroken that tears came gushing down.Delmont scolded Brooke. "Brooke, you've gone too far!"ADBrooke glared angrily at her fathe
Delmont instantly smiled. "That's my good girl. It's best if you can be understanding. When I got married to your Aunt Joy, your sister was not born yet. She is innocent. From what she understands, I only have her and her mother. She is not quite able to accept other people, so I concealed the fact that you existed. Which means…Brooke doesn't know that you are also my daughter. If she found out, she would be sad. You are different from her because you already knew she existed since she was born. However, Brooke came later, so she didn't know that you existed. Brooke…is also very innocent. Can you understand?"Eira nodded. "I can, Dad.""Mm-hmm. That's my good girl.""Dad," Eira called out."Yes, what's the matter? Do you have any other requests? You can tell me. I will do my best to make it happen for you." Delmont also felt very guilty towards this daughter of his. Eira bit her lips. "Dad, do you acknowledge me as your daughter?"Delmont immediately put Eira in his arms. "Silly
She looked at the family of three. What a happy and harmonious family of three. They were a family while Eira, on the other hand, was truly a beggar. She turned around and left silently.As Delmont was about to tell Eira to go home on her own, she was already gone. The eight-year-old child did not know how to get home by herself. After walking for a very long time, she found a phone booth. After she had persuaded the man in the phone booth with all the reasons she could think of, he finally let her make a call. She did not dare to let the cash in her pocket be exposed as she was afraid she would be robbed. That money was practically the lifeline for her entire family.The call was made to the store downstairs from where Eira, her brother, and their mother were living. Once the call got through, Eira immediately said, "Mister Wilson, could you please help call for my brother?"Her brother went down very quickly and picked up the call. Once he heard Eira was not able to find her way h
"H-hello, I…I am here to deliver lunch to my brother. Am I…disrupting you guys?" The little girl was so frightened that she did not dare to look up. She had never been in and out of such high-end places for being a consumer. She was feeling incomparably nervous.However, the pianist smiled gently. "Do you really like that piece just now?"Eira nodded. "Mm-hmm.""How do you feel after listening to it?" asked the pianist again.Eira became a little less afraid of the pianist. The pianist seemed very gentle, so she raised her head and bravely expressed what she felt. "Well, it feels as if a stream had gently flowed by. It's very…very moisturizing."There were very few adjectives that the child could think of, but her description was spot on. That was because the piece that the pianist had just played was "The Dream of Snow." This piece indeed made others feel such a cheerful and soothing feeling. It truly felt as if a stream had gently flowed past one's side.The pianist bent over s
"Where are you going to get money when you're still at such a young age?" Malvolio immediately asked."Malvolio, I have long fingers." That seemed to be out of context.Malvolio looked at his sister's slender and beautiful fingers and he felt heartbroken. "When I have made a lot of money, I will send to learn piano. Do you like that piano very much?" he asked, as he pointed at the piano.Eira nodded. "Mm-hmm."She raised her head to look at her brother. "Malvolio, I'll go ask my dad for money."She originally wanted to say that her fingers are very long, so she can use her long fingers to steal from her father. Although Eira still did not know where people with long fingers could be pickpockets and could steal, she felt what the elegant pianist said would certainly be right. He seemed like a cultured person, so if he said her long fingers were suitable for pickpocketing, then she certainly could steal money. She wanted to tell her brother very badly that she intended to use her lo
Eira nodded in tears. From then on, whenever she saw someone having some snacks, she only watched and drooled. She had never snatched anything away from others anymore.Her brother forbade her from stealing. If she were to steal, her brother would break her legs. She kept thinking about that throughout her whole journey home. She arrived home silently while she was thinking of that. When she got home, she saw her mother curling on the edge of the bed."Mom, Mom, what happened to you?" asked Eira, rushing forward."Eira, I can't earn money anymore. Our little wooden shed is gone. I can't buy a down jacket for you anymore. You'll freeze." Eira's mother hugged her and squeezed her very tightly.Eira was in pain from being squeezed by her mother, but she did not move. She did not resist and did not escape. She knew her mother cared for her. Her mother, who had originally recovered, had a relapse because she had lost her small wooden shed due to the demolition of their neighborhood. Al
Eira raised her head and looked at Delmont, but she did not say anything.Delmont had a panic-stricken expression. He could not acknowledge Eira. Even if he cared for Eira very much in his heart, he could not acknowledge her at that moment. Just three days ago, there was a parent-teacher conference in his daughter’s class. During that time, every student had written an essay titled "My Father." Brooke had praised him, her father, to be great and generous. The most important thing was that Brooke had mentioned many times in her essay that she was the only daughter. She was the little princess and the apple of her parents' eyes. At the end of her essay, Brooke even emphasized that she had seen too many children from single-parent families or blended families who were not so happy. She felt that children should be the happiest when they were with their original family. It was best when their biological parents had never been divorced. She even urged the parents of the little children in