A figure behind a window on the second floor flickered past, following Xie Jinghong as she stood up.
Xie Chenghuan had been crying in her room for a long time. Apart from Old Madam Xie entering briefly to offer a few words of comfort, she hadn’t seen another soul. In the past, if she hadn’t bought a piece of clothing that caught her fancy or if she felt unhappy during a violin practice session, nearly everyone in the family would have rushed over to console her, racking their brains to find ways to make her smile.
Yet today, even though she had cried until she was exhausted, not a single person came.
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