It must have been someone she knew. The reason they remained silent was that they didn't want her to recognize their voice. Eventually, she came to this conclusion.
Her mind was in chaos, the feeling persisted throughout the day, leaving her utterly distraught. She found herself unable to focus on anything, her watering of the plants lacked brightness, the fish she fed were disobedient, she picked up a romance novel, but even after reading for a long time, she couldn't even recall who the heroine was.
When Grandpa Xing came home in the evening, she maintained the posture of reading, nestled in the lounging chair. She had switched to an old, yellowing medical book in front of her, but her thoughts had wandered off to who knows where.
Seeing her dazed little look, he couldn't help but chuckle and walked over to rub her head as if petting a dog.
"What are you thinking about? You haven't turned a page in ages, have you?"