“Oh, you child!” Xia Dahao shook his head, “To be honest, your mother isn’t sick at all. She remarried and couldn’t conveniently take you, so I brought you here!”
What? Xia Yuluo was stunned. Remarried? Doesn’t that mean her mother doesn’t want her, secretly abandoning her with this strange father? Impossible, her mother would never do this. She loved her so much!
“Yuluo, your mother hasn’t married for so many years because of you. It hasn’t been easy for her. You should understand!”
Xia Yuluo quickly wiped her eyes and forced a smile. “Just a bit tired from studying.”
“Are you sure? You can talk to me if something’s bothering you,” Fang Yuzhe offered, concern etched on his face.
“It’s really nothing,” she insisted.
Their conversation was interrupted when the bell rang, signaling the start of class. Xia Yuluo hurried inside, grateful for the distraction that school provided.
As the days passed, Xia Yuluo struggled to focus, continually haunted by her mother’s departure. She pushed herself harder in her studies, hoping to escape her troubled thoughts.
When the day of the college entrance exam finally arrived, she felt a mix of anxiety and determination. She needed to perform well; it was her chance to change her life.
After completing the exam, Xia Yuluo sat alone outside the school, replaying the events of the past few weeks in her mind.
The sun began to set, casting a golden hue across the sky, but the beauty of it eluded her. She felt trapped in her sorrow, and the weight of her emotions threatened to pull her under.
