December 18, 2007
9:30 pm
— Blood. Blood was all the then 7 year old girl saw in her house's kitchen. Well, blood and the bodies of her parents and big sister. She was only 7, and she didn't know what to do. She screamed for them to come back, but the only reply would be complete silence. The little girl ran to the corner of the kitchen with her knees up against her chest, she cried and cried for hours until, she heard her front door unlock.
She looked up to see a familiar man, Yìzhuō had seen the man over at her house plenty of times talking with her father. Yìzhuō stared at the man with big, teary eyes, she sniffled as he walked closer to her. The man's face was full of sorrow as he had looked at the bodies of the little girl's family. He looked at the little girl who tried to back up more into the wall and held out a hand to her.
"It's ok, I am here to help you. I was good friends with your father, he trusted me and so should you. My name is Wenwu." The man said with nothing but a sincere look on his face.
"I want my mama." The little girl said looking up at him. "I know, but you can't have her now, maybe sometime in the future, but as of right now, come with me and I'll treat you like family." He replied.
The little girl sat there weighing her choices, since she had nothing left, she nodded her head "Ok."
Little did she know it would be the worst mistake of her life.
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December 17, 2007
Around 4 pm
— Once they had gotten to the Ten Rings headquarters, they had gotten out of the helicopter.
"Where are we?" Yìzhuō said holding the older man's hand, looking up at him. The man looked down and smiled at him. "We are home," he replied. Yìzhuō nodded at him and they continued walking, as they were walking Wenwu stopped and started to whisper into one of his men's ear.
"I want you all to find out who killed Zhong Jinhai and family by next week. And I want them dead." Wenwu ordered with a serious face, the man nodded and went towards the rest of the men and they all walked away.
"Come, little one, I want you to meet my children." He said with his smile returning to face. "Are they nice?" She said in a small voice looking up at him.
Wenwu got on one knee so that he could be the same height as the little girl, "They are the sweetest." He replied.
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That same day
— Walking into the compound they turn a corner that leads them to 3 rooms. Wenwu knocks on two doors that are directly across from each other. A boy and a girl that is as slightly younger then the both of them come out of each room.
"Yìzhuō, these are my children, Shang-chi and Xialing. Shang-chi, Xialing, this is Yìzhuō, she will be living with us from now on." All three children bow to each other and say hello.
"Why don't you all get to know each other, hmm?" Wenwu told the children, slightly pushing them into Shang-chi's room.
This would be the beginning of Zhong Yìzhuō's story.
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Italics = Mandarin
Regular = English
