The memory ended abruptly. Su Yuchen snapped back to reality, only to realize his face was already streaming with tears.
His mother, Xiao Yun, had passed away when he was five years old. She had died under the weight of social-class discrimination, and more poignantly, she had died of sheer helplessness. He had asked himself countless times if things would have turned out differently had he been capable of protecting her back then. He loathed the feeling of being controlled by others, and he hated his own past powerlessness even more. If he were the man he is today, he would have shielded his mother well, ensuring no one could ever bully her.
But it was all too late.
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