Miss Han glanced at Nan Tian. Only after sensing his reluctance did she begin to speak.
"I told you earlier that I only discovered something was wrong when I was a junior preparing to apply to study abroad. I must have wanted to study overseas for a long time. I started preparing in my freshman or sophomore year. I'd already gotten the test scores I needed. When I found an agency and asked my school to transfer my records, the student affairs office discovered there was a problem with my file. My elementary and middle school records were gone. There was no record of them. But I'd attended Minqing Senior High School, one of the city's key schools and one of its top four. My high school enrollment records were all fine. The teacher thought there must have been some kind of mistake. The school couldn't do anything about it, so they told me to contact the education bureau or the archives bureau myself. I didn't know what to do... According to the teacher, I needed my ID card and household registration booklet, and it would be easier to sort things out if I could find my elementary and middle school graduation certificates... He asked where I'd gone to elementary and middle school, but I couldn't answer. He asked about my household registration booklet, and I didn't know anything about that either... My household registration records had problems, too. Students from out of town had their records kept at school, while local students' records were kept locally. But my household registration file was empty."
As Miss Han talked about it, she looked exhausted, and her voice carried frustration and resentment.
"I don't remember my parents at all. The relative I was closest to was an aunt. I went to find