Chapter 17

Carlisle wore a raincoat before quickly speeding toward Christine’s residential area.

It was th

the

beginning of June. Despite the rain, the air was still hot and humid.

The muscles in his legs tightened as his bicycle chain began to creak due to it being too long since he

last oiled it.

The rain poured on endlessly.

Suddenly, the chains in his bicycle finally broke due to the tension,

Fuck.

Carlisle cursed as he stopped his bicycle by the roadside and began to repair the chain.

He had used his bicycle for more than three years. Fixing the chain was easy. He had finished it within ten minutes and was back on the road.

To stop his chain from breaking once more, he had found a shop for bicycles and asked for some oil. The repairman didn’t charge him after hearing that he was heading to attend his SATS.

The houses in the Helios Village were mostly made out of plywood.

county to the suburbs. Yet, no professionals were around to clean

trash hung in

her grandma breakfast in a

simple and crude. But it was able to shelter them from

was also

A middle–aged woman walked in. The woman’s clothes were ripped

are you here?” Christine quickly put the food in her hand and went

save up some money. You’ll be having your SATS, so you should

do. I can’t take any more of

a stack of crumpled notes. But it consisted mostly of loose change as most notes

in another city. But ever since two

few years, she had survived high school through the small amount her neighbors gathered

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for her

stuffed the money into

as she held Christine’s hands and said, “Christine, you are the light and hope for our small village. You should focus on your exams. I’ll take

grandma had

become paralyzed, her parents abandoned shoulder the weight

she was forced

the kind villagers took it upon themselves to care for

head. Tears fell down the corner of her eyes as she

too. I definitely won’t let all of you

been studying hard for the past few days. She knew she had to get into a university and make a name for herself to

to school!” Grace urged. She was

late for her

it. Then, I’ll have to trouble you with caring for my

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