She ran with difficulty along the rugged mountain road she had walked countless times. The rain washed over the path, forming mud everywhere, and the filthy water continuously beat against her eyelids, making it hard for her to see the road ahead.
The feeling of hunger and thirst kept assaulting her, everything else was blurry, only this feeling was so vivid.
Qu Peining felt so tired, she thought she might just collapse right there, but every time she wanted to give up, her mother's words echoed in her ears.
"Peining, you must be more outstanding than your brothers and sisters. Only then, when your grandmother can no longer protect us, can you stand firm in this family on your own…"
She knew her mother had always been despondent; in that cold family, she always locked herself in that small courtyard, and it seemed no one wanted to visit her.
Fortunately, she succeeded.
