Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!
Chapter 176 Dean Li

Chapter 176: Chapter 176 Dean Li

Su Lu had heard from Dean Li, but it had not stirred any distressing emotions from those past times.

Even in her memories, she couldn’t find any fragments, just a blank space from those times.

Moreover, because of her self-protection mechanism, she couldn’t even empathize...

But as a mother, Zhao Ying empathized too much.

Truthfully, Dean Li considered the birth mother’s feelings, so she wasn’t too sensational in her storytelling, aiming for deliberate fairness.

Otherwise, according to her usual style, whether it was the biological parents coming to the door or adoptive parents wanting to adopt, when getting to know the children’s past experiences, Dean Li would try to make it more sensational.

It was her little harmless way with no malicious intention—people always sympathize with the weak. Dean Li thought, if she made the children’s past experiences sound more pitiful, it would make their already pitiful past seem even more so.

Then, whether it was the biological or adoptive parents, after taking the child home, they would consider that the child had experienced such terrible things and would cherish them more.

Dean Li also considered this for the children’s sake. But Su Lu was already grown up, and with her birth mother coming forward, there was no need for Dean Li to be overly sensational; it was sufficient to speak fairly.

But even so, Zhao Ying couldn’t take it, almost going blind from crying, and even unable to listen through the day, nearly fainting.

Dean Li could see that Su Lu’s birth mother and brother were in good condition. Dean Li also knew somewhat that Su Lu, these years at the Su Family, might have had no worries about food and clothing, but was not happy.

How life toys with us. If she had not been kidnapped from the beginning, in such a biological family, she would have grown up pampered and loved as a cherished daughter, probably having a much better time than her days in the Su Family.

Moreover, these two really went all out, not only replacing the orphanage’s facilities with the latest ones but also providing substantial financial support through checks.

Shen Xun said, "Dean Li should not feel any burden, I will continue to support Sunshine Orphanage, with the donations arriving every quarter."

"Thank you so much for your generosity," Dean Li sighed.

Zhao Ying, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, said, "We should be the ones thanking you. Yesterday... where did we leave off?"

"We were talking about after Su Lu arrived at the orphanage..." Dean Li continued narratively, "I have worked in the orphanage for decades, even when Su Lu came here over twenty years ago, I had already been working for several years, and had seen various children."

"Abandoned, rescued from traffickers, lost... various kinds of children, but unless they were abandoned in infancy, they more or less retained impressions of their parents and remembered some things about their biological families, though generally, these impressions were vague and not enough to locate their birth parents."

"But Su Lu remembered nothing, she had no memories from before coming to the orphanage; her memory was blank. So we initially judged that indeed, while she was held by the traffickers, she suffered great psychological trauma, which was a kind of self-protection mechanism in her heart."

"The Psychologist said this perhaps was a good thing for her at the time, so we did not intervene much then; mainly, the Psychologist could not determine, if we intervened in Su Lu’s situation then, and actually let her recall those past events, even if her memories might include news of finding her birth parents... it would bring her too much harm."

"And Su Lu started showing clear emotional barriers; the Psychologist said such emotional barriers could persist ongoing."

While Dean Li spoke these words, although Zhao Ying’s tears never stopped, both she and Shen Xun remained silent, not interrupting Dean Li at any point.

Until this moment.

Shen Xun frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "Emotional barriers? What kind of emotional barriers?"

Dean Li continued,

"You both have seen the children at the orphanage, and you could probably tell that although due to kind people like you, their basic needs are met, beyond those, the children also have emotional needs. The aunties in the orphanage are busy attending to their basic needs and certainly overlook their emotional needs."

"So whenever someone visits the orphanage, whether to volunteer or to explore adoption, as long as there’s someone, most children tend to cling to them. Of course, among them are children who hope to be adopted by a good family, wanting to show themselves off, wanting to get close to people inclined to adopt."

"But there are also children who cling simply because of emotional needs, because their most important emotional needs during childhood were never met—that is, the love from their parents."

Shen Xun: "You mean, Su Lu, she..."

Dean Li nodded slightly, sighing softly, "Su Lu, she hasn’t. She never has, she never initiates closeness to anyone who comes to volunteer or explore adoption. Even though Su Lu has been pretty since she was young, and quite a few people inclined towards adopting her actually expressed affection for her, she wouldn’t get close to them."

"Even when she first came to the orphanage, she never spoke. At first, I thought she was mute, so she was placed in the begging teams by the trafficking ring. I suspect it’s very likely because she didn’t speak, the traffickers thought she had a defect and couldn’t sell her for a good price, which is why she was put in the begging teams."

"Two to three months later, she spoke her first words. Also because she never initiated closeness with others, she had never been adopted despite her beauty. Until the Su couple appeared..."

Shen Xun’s brow furrowed slightly as he thought of Su Zhe. Shen Xun had already learned from Dean Li why Su Lu had initially been adopted by the Su Family.

Shen Xun actually felt a bit uneasy; hearing up to this point from Dean Li, he said sternly, "They just wanted Qianqian’s bone marrow..."

Dean Li sighed, "Mrs. Su is a particularly good person; she has continuously supported the orphanage. Maybe it was my notion back then—I always felt... Su Lu doesn’t love being close to people, and she’s generally not very likeable to adults. Thus, if, if she saved the Su Family child’s life, considering this life-saving favor, the Su Family would likely treat her well, even if they didn’t find her particularly likeable, considering the life-saving favor, she should have had a fairly decent life."

Dean Li’s voice conveyed a hint of self-blame, "Perhaps I was thinking too simplistically. How could human complexity possibly be held hostage by the phrase ’life-saving favor’? Especially considering that, as far as I know, Su Lu’s years at the Su Family haven’t been good."