Chapter 849 — Yu Xiaoke, Miserable Ke? "I Know About That!" Gao Xiaofu Nodded. Both of Them Had Gradually Grown Up Amid Great Joys and Sorrows, and Looking Back at What They Had Done, How Childish It All Seemed. Yet How Few People in Life Had Never Been Childish? And Who Had Not Grown Through Failure?
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"Master, the police have started a hard crackdown. I can't go out to work anymore..." Yu Xiaoke sighed heavily. "I've got to think of something. Looks like I'll have to put the word out and take on a few big jobs..."
"Sigh, Xiaoke, you've really had it rough..." The old orphanage director looked at Yu Xiaoke with a pained heart. "If only I could show my face in public, I would truly want to share some of your burden... You're only eighteen - you should be carefree, enjoying the best years of your youth. Yet every day such a heavy burden weighs upon you..."
"Master, you're too kind to say that. You treat me like your own daughter - it's only right that I should share your worries," Yu Xiaoke replied. She did not feel she had it particularly hard; after all these years, she had long grown accustomed to it. Right now her whole heart was set on earning some money, so that every child in the orphanage could live a good life.
"Xiaoke, you're not getting any younger either, are you? One of my greatest wishes in this life is to see you marry into a good family, leave behind this bitter life, and build a happy life of your own..." The orphanage director looked at Yu Xiaoke and suddenly spoke.
"Me? Marry? Ha, Master, you must be joking..." Yu Xiaoke shook her head. "Who would dare take me in? I'm a female thief! What decent man would marry me?"
"That's not really important. If you never tell anyone, who would ever know?" The orphanage director waved it off. "Just move somewhere else and start over under a new name..."
"Move somewhere else and start over? No way! What about the children in the orphanage? How could I just abandon them?" Yu Xiaoke shook her head vigorously. "So whoever marries me will also have to shoulder the burden of the whole orphanage... Ha - with that in mind, who would dare marry me? Even if I were beautiful as a celestial maiden, it still wouldn't be likely. And I'm not exactly a celestial maiden..."
The orphanage director sighed and did not pursue the topic further. She knew Yu Xiaoke's mind all too well - until the orphanage's problems were resolved, how could she even begin to think about marriage? And if, as Yu Xiaoke said, a husband would have to help shoulder the orphanage's burden, then it really was unlikely anyone would dare marry Yu Xiaoke at all!
Yu Xiaoke was indeed pretty, but she had grown up wild outdoors, handling knives and spears, and was a female cat burglar besides. What prominent family would take in a girl like that? And as for modest families - who among them could afford to support such a massive orphanage?
Then again, even if those wealthy families were willing to take Yu Xiaoke in, how could they be expected to shoulder such a heavy burden as the orphanage? They might have money, but no one could burn through it like that. The orphanage's annual expenses alone amounted to over a million - and prices these days were sky-high!
The old master shook his head and changed the subject. "You want to take on missions out there? Xiaoke, that's dangerous. Missions on the outside aren't so easy to come by. True, our Feiyan Sect belongs to the thieving trade as well, but compared with those people, we're nothing but petty pickpockets..."