Severely Depressed

"After a while, our grandmother insisted that Jiaojiao come back home to study. She said that Jiaojiao liked to draw. Perhaps I felt guilty, or perhaps I had already passed my rebellious stage, so I didn't stop her this time.

"She returned to the city, but she didn't want to stay at home. She stayed at school and didn't come back even during the weekend. Even when Mom and Dad brought her back during the holidays, she hid in her room after dinner and didn't want to come out again.

"She was quiet, as if she could only nod and shake her head like a robot. At that time, I only felt that it was strange. I wondered if she did it on purpose. Perhaps she was establishing a new persona for herself so that everyone would accept her better? After all, although she lived in the countryside all these years, it wasn't like she was starved or anything..."

Qi Shenbai pursed his lips tightly. His heart felt as if it had been cut open by a knife. It hurt so much.