Chapter 1 - 1979

"Mama, look what I got!" A young raven haired girl with pigtails scampered up to her mother, showing off a dandelion that she picked from the ground. By the time she reached the older blonde woman, she was dismayed that the fluffy flower was mostly gone. "Eh? It disappeared, mama!"

Wen Ting smiled down at her daughter and watched the seeds scattering in the wind behind the little girl. "Turn around, dear. That's where it went."

The child did as she was told and was amazed at the fluffy particles flying about in the wind, carrying the seeds further and further away. "This is a strange flower, mama."

"It's a dandelion, sweetie. The seeds fly away to grow new ones." The blonde explained as she educated her little girl. It was evident that her daughter was taking after her husband's love for science.

"Dandy?" The girl's voice squeaked uncertainly as she looked at the empty stalk in her hand.

Before Wen Ting could continue to teach her daughter, an Asian man dressed formally in a graduation gown strolled up to them with a big smile on his face. The young girl broke out into a grin and ran up to the man as she exclaimed, "Papa!"

Guo Xiang bent down and picked up his precious offspring, peppering kisses on her little cheeks. "There you are. I'm sorry my conversation with the professor took so long."

He looked to his wife apologetically but she shook her head and smiled, "It's alright, dear."

"Ah Mrs. Wang. I'm sure your husband told you the good news?" Guo Xiang's mentor said as he walked up to the small family.

Wen Ting looked a little confused and shook her head, "Not yet but I'm sure he will soon."

All eyes were on Guo Xiang as he held his daughter. He cleared his throat before speaking excitedly, "I got offered a job at a pharmaceutical company a few states away. They read my Master's thesis and they think I have the talent to contribute to the corporation. If all goes well, they might offer me a scholarship to pursue a doctorate!"

"That's wonderful!" Mrs. Wang beamed and leaned in to kiss her husband's cheek while their daughter giggled in her father's arms, happy to see them so cheerful.

"I told you that your hard work would bear fruit, Guo. Congratulations again on graduating with a Master's degree! Enjoy the day with your exotic wife and daughter. You are truly, a very lucky man." The mentor spoke encouragingly. It was rare for an Asian man to get employed at a prestigious company in this day and age, let alone get hitched to a Caucasian woman. Wang Guo Xiang really broke the social norms.

Wen Ting gave a polite nod, well aware of the meaning behind his words as he departed. Fate brought her to be adopted by her parents who were owners of a roasted meat restaurant in the Chinatown of her home state. Apparently her birth mother collapsed outside the establishment one cold night and gave birth to her before passing away. Mr. and Mrs. Feng couldn't stand to see an infant be shuttled off to the foster system so they adopted their blonde haired and blue-eyed babe, raising her like one of their own.

The advantages of that upbringing meant that she was fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin Chinese and translators were sorely needed as marketing opportunities expanded to the East. Wen Ting loved her parents and wouldn't have had it any other way. Her detractors would never stop her from pursuing what she wanted and she was glad that her childhood friend became her eventual lover, supporting her in what she did as a translator.

"Shall we return back to the hotel, Wen Ting?" Guo Xiang asked carefully, knowing that his mentor's words could have been a little offensive.

Taking their daughter into her arms, she nodded. "Yes, but first, we should take a family picture together to celebrate your graduation." She said cheerily, not allowing the comment affect her in the slightest.

The five year old spit out the foam and rinsed her mouth with water before drying her face on a towel and stepping off the stool. She eagerly ran out of the bedroom and clambered onto the queen sized bed where her parents were snuggled up beside each other. "I'm all brushed and cleaned, mama. Can you tell me the story of how you and papa met pretty please?"

There was mock hurt on Guo Xiang's face, "You don't want me telling the story? Oh dear…"

His daughter panicked slightly and looked at him with big hazel eyes, "You can, papa!"

Mrs. Wang chuckled and ruffled her daughter's ebony hair. "There's one more thing you need to do first, darling. Pick out the clothes you want to wear tomorrow and then we'll tell you a bedtime story."

The little girl did as she was told, pulling out a maroon dress from her pink luggage and handing it over to her father who slid it onto a hanger in the hotel's closet. Guo Xiang then carried his child onto the bed and helped her slide under the covers. "Are you ready?" He said softly and his daughter nodded.

"Okay. A long time ago there were the Feng and Wang families who were next door neighbours. Both of them had two young children who grew up playing with each other and the other kids in the neighbourhood…"

Both parents took turns telling different parts of the tale on how they started off as playmates before attending the same schools together for over a decade which finally culminated in their love blossoming in high school.

"After your father graduated college, we finally got married, moved out, and had you." Wen Ting tapped her daughter's button nose affectionately and the girl chuckled as her eye lids were slowly drooping down.

"What happens next?" Little Miss Wang yawned and sank her head further down into the pillow.

Guo Xiang tucked a strand of hair behind his daughter's ear. "Well, we will go on an adventure together where I will continue studying, mommy will continue working, and you will grow up into a fine young lady."

"I like that a lot… Goodnight papa, goodnight mama…" The young child closed her eyes and felt two sets of lips touch her forehead.

"Goodnight, sweetheart." Her parents said in unison and pulled the covers up as they cuddled their daughter protectively in the middle. The Wang family then drifted off to sleep and looked forward to the opportunities that were coming their way.

Author's Note: A little trivia that Asian names have the surname (Eg. Z) listed first followed by the given name (Eg. XY) so the full name is written as ZXY instead of the Western way of XYZ.

I am well aware that there are Chinese given names which consists of just one character and there are also surnames that have two characters in them. Most of the time, emphasis on the word 'most', a Chinese name has a single character surname followed by a given name that are two characters.

I've always had this idea in my head that Ada is half-Chinese so I wrote her having a blonde Caucasian mother that got adopted by a Chinese family and was therefore, given a Chinese name. Ada's father is a Chinese man who was Wen Ting's next door neighbour so they're essentially childhood sweethearts.

Also, I was educated with British spelling so I spell neighbourhood with a "u" in it. Nothing to be all worked up about, in my opinion.

If you have noticed, I left out any mentions of Ada's name at all in this chapter. It is confirmed in the Resident Evil 6 artbook that the name "Ada Wong" is just a pseudonym, which means that it's not her real name. Don't worry, I will eventually write how she gets her spy name.

I am sorry to say that I will never list down Ada's real name in this story at all. For some reason, I'm really protective of it and I don't want people stealing that name to put onto their own version of Ada. The only thing I'll say is that "Wang" is her real surname and that is it.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter where young Ada has a happy life with her parents.