My original name was Xu Li. This was my last name because it was my given name and because I was an orphan. When the dean, Sister Lin, picked me up at the door of the orphanage, I only had one last name, so this last name became my first name.
When I was 5 years old, the person named Xu who adopted me took me away, and I still had the same name.
For many years after that, I was called by this name. Even when my biological father found me, I was still called Xu Li.
But in this life, I only lived to be 30 years old. The genetic disease inherited from one generation to the next in Xu Li's family finally broke out. I stayed in the ward for five months, spending the last days of my life.