She wrapped her arms around herself.
This is an action a person does when feeling utterly helpless.
At this moment, she began to regret, started missing home, missing her mom.
If she hadn't come here, she wouldn't have encountered these things.
At this moment, she would be at home, eating the breakfast her mom made, joking with her dad.
Zhao Xiao suddenly stood up; she wanted to go home, find her mom and dad.
Her hand was on the doorknob, but she just couldn't open the door.
She recalled the words she had sworn, remembered the white hair on her parents' heads.
No, she couldn't go back.
She had already come this far; how could she return empty-handed?
Zhao Xiao lowered her hand and walked back to the washbasin.
She turned on the faucet, cupped her hands with water, washed her face, then brushed her teeth, and washed her face again.
