I'm not Yingjie

The frozen blood turned into tragic ice crystals in the sky.

The snow-white sun emits a pale, sad light.

The bird with broken wings howled miserably.

The falling man stretched out his hand weakly towards the Snow Queen who was standing high above.

Dirty purple lines grew wildly on the skin under the torn armor.

The whispers of the soul are still ringing in my ears.

Everything disappears in winter.

Both Anna and Lin melted away on that winter day covered with snow.

……

"So tired~"

Anna tried to put her hand on Lin’s shoulder, but he slapped it away.

They basically went to all the places that the handyman had been to in the past two days, but Lin still did not find any Honkai energy reactions. During this period, he kept in touch with the third branch and asked them to continue monitoring, but they still did not find any clues.

The clue is broken again.

In the freezing cold wind, Anna's feet were numb from the cold, but Lin still looked fine.

"Uncle..." Anna's teeth were chattering from the cold, "Are your clothes warm enough to keep you warm?"

What Lin is wearing is actually armor instead of clothes. After the incident of Sakura invading the Fire Moth headquarters, the fourth-generation lightweight armor technology she was wearing was made public. Lin would wear lightweight armor when he was not in formal combat.

Most soldiers have replaced their armor with the fourth generation, which is a technological upgrade for them. However, Lin needs more auxiliary devices and cannot achieve compression and lightweight, so the original power armor is still used in formal combat.

Just like his helmet, it cannot be simplified.

"No, I'll go back if it's cold."

"No, no." Anna said stubbornly, "I'm worried."

"..."

"Let me tell you about my past. Phew... it's so cold."

"Need not."

……

"It's all because of you! You destroyed our home! Get out of here!"

"Because of me? Don't you have any responsibility?"

"Are you worthy of Anna? Are you worthy of me?"

"You're using Anna as a shield..."

The little chestnut-haired girl sat on the sofa, swinging her feet, listening to a person who said he was her father and another who said he was her mother arguing.

It doesn't matter what happened, they just need a reason to argue, vent, and curse...

It had been so long since she'd been able to remember "Mom and Dad" that she'd never paid attention to their names.

They said they were her parents and that they loved her, but she had never seen them smile at her. The endless noise occupied her entire life.

Obviously, the fathers and mothers drawn in the books are not like this. They are harmonious and kind. They never quarrel loudly and never throw things in each other's faces.

But when she asked the two men this question, the expressions on their faces were surprisingly consistent. They pointed at her and said in unison, as if they were old friends: "This is your fate. Do you still want to complain after all this?"

It was all destined.

This is the first thing Anna's two biological parents taught her.

When cheap "love" was used as a weapon to attack each other, Anna accepted her "fate".

She doesn't love these two people, nor does she love this world, and even less does she love herself.

Then, finally, after so many verbal abuses and quarrels that she couldn't even count them, the two men and women who had lived together for many years grabbed her and dragged her out of the house to go through the divorce procedures.

The white eyes of passers-by, the endless rain, the roar of cars...

It was as if the world had lost its original color and turned into a single cold white.

"Dad, Mom...is this also 'fate'?"

Anna was still being pulled by the two men like a broken rag doll. The two men, who wanted to use her to prove that they were good father and mother, pushed her to the ground on the road with their faces twisted like a rag after hearing these words.

"You don't understand us at all! Your birth was a mistake! If it weren't for you-"

"Oh!"

The bright red liquid fell on the corners of Anna's eyes, which could not move.

The twisting limbs were run over by the wheels, and the rest of the words were dissipated by the sound of brakes before they could be uttered.

The rain was mixed with the stench produced by the friction between the tires and the ground. The cold rain and the hot blood mixed together, without distinguishing between you and me, and in Anna's eyes, they all turned into the color of ice and snow.

This was the only color she had seen since a long time ago.

Two people who said they were her parents were lying on the road in a bloody mess. They were hit by a car and flew away just one step away from her.

It was destined.

For some reason, she still remembered these words.

"Oh my god! That kid's parents pushed her away!"

"Two great parents!"

This is what Anna heard.

Did they push me away not because they hated her, but because they wanted to save her? Just like the parents in storybooks, they sacrificed their lives for their children...

Is it really?

She thought of their ugly faces and smiled unconsciously.

……

"Is your name Anna?"

Sitting on the swing and looking at the golden autumn harvest, Anna was suddenly called from behind. A woman who looked not much older than her and was wearing nun's clothes came to her side.

Being sent to an orphanage was expected, as Anna couldn't imagine anyone adopting her.

"I am." Anna responded without any breath of life.

The nun smiled kindly and said, "My name is Binet, and I'm the nun who just arrived here today."

Deceiving.

Anna could tell at a glance that Binet was lying.

She was a relatively lonely child in the orphanage. If Binay had just taken office today, it would be impossible for him to find her directly. Moreover, he mentioned her name, which meant that he knew her situation in advance and wanted to let her down her guard by claiming that they were all "outsiders."

Besides, Binet's smile also showed that it was not the first time he had counselled a child.

"Why are you here alone?"

“Because I think it’s fun.”

"Is that so? Then can I play together?"

"No."

Anna's simple answer made Binet's expression become subtle.

Binet forced a smile: "Really?"

"If you want to have a good relationship with me, why not talk about my original family instead of avoiding it." Anna's eyes turned to Binet's face, "Then maybe I will be interested in chatting with you."

Binet was stunned for a moment, then continued with Anna's words: "So you..."

"I hate my family, my parents, my birth... just like I hate you. I am destined to hate everything in this world."

Anna interrupted her forcefully, stood up, stared at her coldly, turned around and left.

"We're done, don't bother me."

Chapter 65: All About the Transaction

Anna felt a little bored.

It was the first time since she left that devilish family that she felt she truly hated someone, especially when that person kept buzzing around her like a fly, and she really wanted to slap that fly to death.

"Little Anna, you didn't come to eat on time again today..."

"I have already eaten."

"Hey? Where did you eat?"

"your room."

Anna looked with secret satisfaction at the nun who ran back to her room screaming to find that all the snacks she had hidden were gone.

If you chatter around her all the time, she will retaliate, which is why other children don't want to get close to her.

"I hate you. I've said this many times."

Anna said, glaring at the nun.

The nun asked aggrievedly, "Why do you have to hate me?"

"Because I hated you from the first moment I saw you. This cannot be changed. This is your 'fate'."

The only thing those two annoying guys taught me was this sentence.

……

The winter solstice is here.

Anna sat on the edge of the balcony of the orphanage. Everything in her eyes became so small, as if she could reach out and dismantle everything she saw at will.

I always feel that she will become a world-weary saboteur or murderer in the future. Just looking at this cold world makes her want to destroy it.

But even if it turns out like that, it's fate. There's nothing to complain about, and there's no need to think about it more.

"Little Anna! It's too dangerous!"

Anna closed her eyes unhappily, dodged the hand that was trying to grab her by turning sideways, and stepped back from the edge of the balcony.

"Why do you always follow me?" Anna's patience had run out. She asked sharply, "Don't you think you're annoying?"

"I know." Binet raised his head with a smile, "But this is 'fate'."

“…” Anna was stunned.

"Little Anna hates me, but I don't hate Little Anna. This is fate, right?"

Anna obviously didn't expect that Binet had understood the way she spoke and used this method to respond to her own words.

"You, you are talking nonsense!"

"If I'm talking nonsense, then didn't little Anna also talk nonsense before?"

"This is different!"

"Why is it different?"

“Different means different!”

Bina chuckled and smiled: "Pfft...hahaha..."

"What are you laughing at?" Anna felt that Binet was laughing at her, and asked even more angrily.

"I just found out...haha..." Binet almost laughed to the point of choking, "I found out that little Anna is actually just like other children. She also has a temper tantrum. She's so cute."

"..."

"Little Anna?"

"Get out of here!"

For the first time, Anna felt that talking about fate all the time was not a good thing.

……

"Little white mouse, what's the matter with you coming to see me today?" Mobius was lying on the conference table. She had the body of a child, but she had a kind of enchanting beauty. She stared at the Herrscher with seductive eyes and said, "Or have you finally come to your senses? Are you going to accept my gift?"