Chinese Cinderella

By quinnanddrueco

  • Adeline's first school prize

    Adeline won a prize in her kindergarten class. She was very proud and so was her father.

  • Father Leaves the Family

    When the Japenese started asking for Adeline's father, he left one day and never returned.

  • Niang and her Son leave

    Suddenly, Niand and her son left the family, they probably followed father.

  • Nai Nai Dies

    Suddenly, Nai Nai, Adeline's grandmother, died with no explanation.

  • Adeline Moves in with her Stepmom

    Six weeks after their grandmother's death, Adeline, two of her brothers, and her sister went to live in the house that their stepmom, father, and half-brother had lived in for a few months.

  • More family arrives

    Aunt Baba, Ye Ye, third brother, little sister move in with everyone else.

  • Big Sister's Betrayel

    After planning a way to get rid of Niang, Big Sister decided to betray her siblings and work with Niang.

  • Adeline is a Champion

    Adeline won every award in her class exept for art. She finally felt like she was worth something.

  • PLT

    Adeline received a pet such and named it pretty little treausure, or PLT. This duck became her closest friend

  • PLT's Death

    The family wanted to test the dog's obedience, so they placed PLT in front of it. The dog bit the duck, and PLT died.

  • Big Sister's Wedding

    Niang arranged a marriage between big Sister and a man twice her age. Adeline prided herself she wouldn't let this happen to her.

  • Adeline Gets a Birthday

    On the plane, Adeline had to fill out papers for Adeline when he realized he didn't know her birthday. Since she didn't know it either, he gave her his birthday.

  • Qu Chum-mei's Party

    Adeline was invited to her best friend's birthday party. Even though it was against Niang's rules, she went. When Niang's found out, she was punished.

  • Class President

    Adeline was elected class president democratically by her fellow peers. She felt like she was really worth something.

  • Adeline's Reveal

    Adeline's friends from school came to her house to congratulate her. Niang's got angry and slapped Adeline until her nose bled. Finally, Adeline's friends knew the truth.

  • Adeline goes to School

    Niang's and Father dropped Adeline off at her old school, St. Joseph's. This became her new home.

  • War

    Adeline found out abut the war in Tianjin and how they are about to loose it to the communists.

  • Nancy Chen Leaves

    Nancy Chen, Adeline's only friend at her new school left with her mother.

  • Only Student

    Around this time, everyone, besides the nuns, had left. Adeline was very lonely

  • Adeline's Aunt Comes

    Adeline's Aunt Reine Schilling comes and takes her out of her school to go to Hong Kong.

  • Adeline returns home

    Adeline's aunt brings her back to her family in Hong Kong.

  • Aunt Reine Leaves

    Aunt Reine and her two children leave to go back to their home.

  • Adeline goes to boarding school

    Adeline's stepmother takes her to a boarding school right after Aunt Reine leaves.

  • An egg

    One of Adeline's peers felt sorry for her, so she anonymously left her an egg for breakfast.

  • Pneumonia

    After everyone in the boarding school left for summer holiday, Adeline caught pneumonia.

  • The Contest

    During the summer holidays, Adeline had lots of time on her hands. She entered a writing competition for any student in the world that spoke English.

  • Ye Ye's Funeral

    One day, a chauffeur came and picked up Adeline. Ye Ye had died.

  • Winner

    Adeline found out that she won the writing competition that she entered!

  • College

    After her father found out about the competition, he told Adeline she could go to England to study to be a doctor.

  • A Letter from Aunt Baba

    After four years, Adeline relieved a letter from her aunt. In the letter, Aunt Baba told Adeline how proud she was of her. She also included the original story of a Chinese Cinderella.