"Tick—tock—"
The mechanical clock on the wall moved little by little, emitting a rhythmic sound.
Zhang Yan sat dazedly on the bed, her whole being feeling as if her soul had been extracted.
The ambiguity and warmth brought by Tang Song just now were washed away by the cold reality of her mother's serious illness.
Her parents divorced when she was in the third grade of elementary school, because her father had another woman while working away from home.
Her mother, having married far from home, was understandably devastated and in a fit of anger, fled back to Yang Province, thousands of miles away.
Therefore, Zhang Yan never resented her mother in her heart.
Even though her life consequently became unstable and she lived under others' roofs.
And this mother, after giving birth to her sister and having a stable income, began secretly sending her living expenses every month.
Occasionally, she would endure long train rides to visit her.
