Chu Zhao: Mother’s birthday?
Did she actually have the right to attend Mother’s birthday party?
Because of what?
Because she won the Lianzhong Cup?
Because she had just told Chu Teng that Professor Su had taken her on as an apprentice?
Was this what Father was talking about just now when he went back to his room to call Mother?
Now that the thing she had hoped for for so long had finally come true, Chu Zhao realized that she didn’t feel happy about it at all.
All expectations eventually wither away with time; perhaps the same was true for her and her mother.
That day at the old mansion, Chu Zhao had been forcibly dragged by Chu Teng to the door of her mother’s room.
Perhaps even Chu Zhao herself didn’t know if, for even a split second, she had once hoped—
That her mother’s tightly shut door would open for her, just for a moment.
Even if it was just a simple, cold "Don't be noisy," completely indifferent to her existence.
But there was nothing.
Nothing at all.
Indifference was sharper than hatred.
***
Chu Zhao did not answer immediately. It was Gu Lingzi who spoke first.
"Wuan Mountain?" Gu Lingzi’s expression was one of bewilderment. "How did you think of going there?"
"You're asking me?" Chu Teng’s expression was even more surprised than hers. "Wasn't it you who first suggested that master..."
Chu Teng’s words had barely started when he abruptly cut himself off upon catching a glimpse of Chu Zhao. He changed his tone: "Anyway, Alan wants to go."
"It’s rare for her to have …
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