Spoiled (Lily)

Chapter 1517 Loophole

"Lilly! Lilly!" A familiar voice echoed in Lilly's ears.

Who is that? Why did they keep calling me, yet I couldn't remember it at all?

She opened her tired eyes, and the iron gate that had been keeping her imprisoned was still within her

sight.

Outside the iron gate, the leaves had turned yellow and fell from the tree.

She looked down at herself, and her discovery surprised her. She was unaware that she had changed

into the clothes of the children's home, and her arms were covered in scars.

Somewhat confused, she took her time to recall the events that had transpired.

Her family had abandoned her, and the man in black from the police station had put her in the car that

brought her to her welfare institution.

Then, a season had passed in the blink of an eye. She vaguely remembered being bullied by the other

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The older children would steal her food and make her do their laundry. Yet, she refused to back down.

Unwilling to endure the treatment, she fought back.

"You're just a kid! How could you fight with others at the age of four?" The director slammed the table in

anger. "Besides, you're a girl! Why can't you behave?"

She hung her head low and kept her lips sealed when the director questioned her in the director's

office.

In the end, the director had no choice but to let the teacher take her away with the older children. To

teach her a lesson, she was made to stand in punishment with them.

Spring and summer passed uneventfully, and the autumn leaves fell abundantly. At the same time, new

scars could be found on her arms, face, and the corners of her eyes.

Lilly sat on the stairs with her arms crossed as she watched the falling leaves in the distance.

She remembered the dream she had in the snow when she was on the verge of death.

In her dream, she was so powerful. Not only could she catch ghosts and fight them, but she could even

chase away the beasts several times her size.

Those beasts cried out in fear at the sight of her, and in the end, she made them her food.

The aroma… Lilly took a deep breath as if she could smell the delicious food.

But with a blink of her eyes, she was thrown back to reality. All she saw were the falling leaves, and

she was still alone.

Of course the imaginary me would be powerful. But sadly, I'm not powerful at all…

Her parents, her eight uncles, her grandparents, and her master were never there.

She had never met her cousins, Polly, Bellflower, Squeaky, and Speedy.

Grace, Ivan, Fortune, and Lucky, whom she met along the way, were also her imaginary friends.

Nobody. She had nobody at all.

She felt her eyes dry, and it was stinging.

I won't cry anymore. Still, I miss Dad so much. Why did he abandon me? He was just right there! So

close!

"Lilly," the teacher called her.

She stood with a blank face and turned to look at the adult.

"You'll go to school with the others starting tomorrow."

The teacher mumbled to herself, "She needs to be taught, or else her future is ruined."

Lilly responded expressionlessly, "Okay."

Then, she turned to look at the iron gate again. Does it mean I can finally leave?

The next day, she ran into a familiar face on her way to school.

The pregnant woman was holding a child's hand as she gently admonished, "Josh, remember to listen

to the teacher at school."

People around her praised her, "What a kind woman you are, Mrs. Crawford."

"It's not easy to be a stepmother, but Josh is even more attached to her than to his dad. The Crawford

family made the right choice choosing her as their daughter-in-law!"

She directed her gaze to the roadside in shock as a car stopped. Bettany stepped out of the car. "You

should also be careful, Debbie."

Bettany and Josh both turned to look at Lilly as she stepped into their path, their faces puzzled for a

moment before they quickly looked away.

Suddenly, the words her dad often taught her in her dreams struck her. 'Whenever you're stuck, strive

to find the illogical aspects, and there you'll find the loophole.'

Loophole, he said. It's right before my eyes!

For now, I'm just a child from an orphanage. I can't possibly attend the same school as children from

wealthy families like Josh. It doesn't make sense!

Besides, she remembered Polly in a flash.

Polly existed in both her dreams and reality.

Her eyes widened in shock as it hit her. If that's the case, could it be that I'm not dreaming at all?

Someone had deliberately made this up for me. They wanted to convince me that this was real and

coerce me into accepting it. So, what I think is real is a dream!

Her heartbeat suddenly quickened at the thought. She turned abruptly and sprinted recklessly in one

particular direction.

Polly, who exists both in and out of my dreams, is nowhere to be found now.

I'll find the answers to everything when I find Polly.