Ma Jiao tore a piece of bread with her dark red nail-polished fingers and glanced at her, “Yuluo, did you cry last night? Your eyes are so swollen.”
Yuluo hurriedly lowered her head, “No, just some sand in my eyes.”
Xia Dahao patted his daughter’s shoulder, “Are you homesick? Tell Dad if something’s wrong. This is your home, don’t be distant!”
“I’m not distant, really nothing’s wrong.” Yuluo hadn’t even called him “Dad” yet. She had lived sixteen years and suddenly had a dad appear – it was unexpected, and even after a year, she still couldn’t adapt.
“Dad will drive you to school after breakfast!”
“I can ride my bike.”
“No way. The school I got you into is a prestigious school. No one rides bikes. Once you’re settled, Dad will buy you a car and teach you to drive!”
Yuluo was shocked. How much would a car cost? She didn’t want to drive. She’d rather use that money to treat her mother’s illness and go home.
She decided to tell this strange father about her idea in a few days because her mother told her not to rush about money matters. And now, she needed to finish eating quickly to avoid being late for school.
After wolfing down her food, Yuluo grabbed her backpack and rushed out. Xia Dahao’s car was parked at the door – a brand new Mercedes-Benz.
Of course, Yu Luo didn’t know that was a Mercedes-Benz; she didn’t understand cars at all.
The envious look in her daughter’s eyes made Xia Dahao very proud. “How about it, daughter? This is the car your dad just bought – a ‘Benz’ – worth over 400,000!”
“400,000!” Yu Luo was truly shocked. That was an enormous sum. A man with so much money should certainly be willing to spend 30,000 to treat her mother’s illness. She decided she would ask him for the money tonight!
“Get in!” Xia Dahao opened the car door for his daughter.
Yu Luo sat in the car stiffly.
At the school entrance, Yu Luo discovered her father’s car was nothing special.
“Yu Luo, get out. Remember, you’re in Class 7 of Grade 2. I’ll pick you up tonight,” he said.
