Lin Jiang and Ye Lan were right, my father passed away when I was eighteen. He started a company, and my mother always worked there.
The year I took the college entrance exam, my dad was on a business trip, and suddenly felt unwell. A check-up revealed that he had been drinking too much and not resting properly, resulting in late-stage liver cancer at the age of forty-something, with not much time left.
At that time, I was busy with the college entrance exams, my mother was occupied with taking over the company affairs, and my grandfather was too old. Our family simply didn't have anyone to take care of my dad.