Chapter 102: The cheat obtained by a sister's life

"My biological sister."

"The two of us were discovered by the priest at the gate of the St. Paul Community Church in Queens."

"At that time, we only had a note with our date of birth on us."

"Hawk and Anya, these two names were given by the church priest."

"Anya really liked her name."

Hawk, leaning against his sister Anya's tombstone, didn't ask Gwen how she found this place.

That was a stupid question.

When Hawk was telling the story, his tone was also very light, as if he was afraid of disturbing his sister Anya.

"Anya was very happy."

"She was happy from childhood to adulthood, even though she had a hole in her heart and needed to go to the hospital from time to time, she was still very happy."

Fortunately, he and his sister were orphans, so even if his sister needed to be hospitalized from time to time, he didn't need to worry about medical expenses.

Because the federal and state governments covered it.

When Hawk said this, he looked sideways at Gwen, who was sitting on the ground with her back leaning against his sister Anya's tombstone, imitating his posture, and couldn't help but laugh: "Later, I sometimes wondered if it was because we became orphans and could enjoy free treatment that I and Anya were abandoned."

Hearing Hawk's words, Gwen couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, then shook her head.

"When you were found, were there no birth records?"

"No."

Hawk shook his head: "The church people looked for hospitals in Niuyuecheng at the time, but none of the hospitals had any records. However, a doctor later said that I and Anya might not have been born in a hospital, but at home."

Not going to a hospital and giving birth at home is not uncommon in this country.

Especially in some families with strong religious beliefs, even in extreme cases, they wouldn't go to the hospital to give birth, even if it was a difficult labor and both mother and child died.

"But that doesn't matter."

"I never thought about finding them. Since they chose to abandon us, then let's not disturb each other."

"Anyway, there were no problems with my and Anya's citizenship."

When Hawk said this, he shrugged his shoulders and continued.

"Actually, at first, there were people who wanted to adopt us."

"But because Anya had a hole in her heart, most families gave up."

"Father Moxi was a good man; he didn't want to separate me from my sister, so I and my sister stayed in the church until we were four. At that time, Father Moxi was our guardian."

"But later Father Moxi passed away, and I and Anya went to the Children's Home."

"Then I and Anya grew up there."

The so-called Children's Home was a residential facility similar to a family, where a dozen or so orphans lived, and staff from non-profit organizations took care of them.

Gwen frowned upon hearing this.

"Were there never any adoptive families?"

"Who would want to?"

Hawk chuckled and looked at Gwen: "Once Anya left the system, the medical expenses would have to be borne by ourselves. I didn't want to give up my sister. Foster families wouldn't have to worry about medical expenses, but the environment of foster families, heh."

There is a fundamental difference between adoption and foster care.

In reality, most adoptive families are motivated by kindness, while foster families, not all, but most, are motivated by coveting the federal and state subsidies for orphans.

These foster families use the method of fostering orphans to earn federal and state subsidies, using the money that was originally intended for the orphans for their own daily expenses.

As for the orphans?

As long as they don't die, it's fine.

Gwen had also heard some cases of foster families from George, so when she heard Hawk's disdain for foster families, she nodded, acknowledging this statement.

"Then later..."

When Gwen asked this, she glanced at the time on Anya's tombstone.

Gwen withdrew her gaze, looked at the surrounding tombstones, and then looked at Hawk: "I remember this place; most of those buried here are the dead affected by the battle between the Hulk and the Abomination in Niuyuecheng..."

A coldness flashed deep in Hawk's eyes, but it quickly disappeared; he looked at Gwen and nodded.

"Yes."

"Anya didn't die of illness; she died in the aftermath of the war that night."

Sure enough.

After hearing Hawk's personal confirmation, Gwen thought to herself, and at the same time, she understood one thing.

"So you have been working so hard all these years, for..."

"Revenge!"

Hawk turned to look at Gwen, and after squeezing this sentence out through his teeth, the flames of revenge surged from deep within his eyes: "I repay every kindness, I avenge every grudge!"

He was an orphan in his past life, and although he was also an orphan in this life, he had a sister who had been with him since childhood, so even though he had suddenly changed worlds, even though this was still the Marvel Universe, and he didn't have a system at the time, he didn't feel very lost.

Hawk had always been content.

So he never thought about causing trouble in the Marvel Universe; his dream had always been to be content and happy.

No system, no system; it's not like he wouldn't live without a system.

Hawk had always studied hard, and even when he was in public school, he maintained his academic advantage, which led to him being noticed by the admissions teacher at Midtown High School, who gave him a scholarship, allowing him to move from a public school focused on happy education to a private school.

He thought very simply: study hard, then find a good job, and earn money to treat his sister's illness.

Therefore, on September 10, 2009, the first weekend after he enrolled in Midtown High School, he took his sister to Times Square and took a photo, recording what Hawk then thought would be the turning point in the life of the siblings.

As a result...

It was indeed a turning point.

It was just too much of a turning point. ===== CHAPTER 104 =====