Qinghe had always been strong, cheerful, elfish in her agility, and possessed a tranquil quality that implied depth beyond her years. With her intelligence far beyond the ordinary, they had overlooked the kind of life she had lived for the past sixteen years.
Since finding Qinghe, they'd realized she could speak, had knowledge, had wisdom, and was able to achieve the top score in the city just by reviewing on her own. She was so exceptional that it made it easy for them to overlook that she grew up in a sunless forest, raised by wolves as a wild child.
Her first words were not "daddy" or "mommy"; they could have been a wolf's howl. When she fell and got up, there was no one to help her. When she was hungry or thirsty, she had to find solutions for herself. How could they simply ignore her past hardships just because of her current excellence?
