When Fang Yi learned from his mother that his father had injured his ankle and was lying in bed, his heart skipped a beat. Aside from feeling heartache for his father, this shock was driven mostly by fear, as a premonition of disaster washed over him.
After hurriedly eating a bowl of rice in the kitchen, Fang Yi sat at home, restless and ill at ease. Left with no other choice, he quietly told his mother everything that had happened at school.
Upon hearing the whole story, Auntie Liu's face drained of color, and she began pacing anxiously in circles. "You should have told me earlier! Maybe we still would have had a way to fix this. Just three more months and you would have graduated—at least you'd have a junior high school diploma! You need a diploma to get a good job!"
Chapter 25