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.

nearby that stretched out from the county to the suburbs. Yet, no professionals were around to clean up

trash hung in the air.

sat by the bed while feeding her grandma breakfast in a simple

and crude. But it was able to

house was also clean.

middle–aged woman walked in. The woman’s clothes were ripped and had several patches all

the food in

to save up some money. You’ll be

shook her hands. “That won’t do. I can’t take any more of your money!”

stack of crumpled notes. But it consisted mostly of loose change as most notes were one-dollar

But ever since two

survived high school through the

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for her

stuffed the money into Christine’s hands.

calloused as she held Christine’s hands and said, “Christine, you are the light and hope for our

Her grandma had also helped many villagers when she was your

become paralyzed, her parents abandoned shoulder the weight of the family at a young age.

she was forced to

themselves to care for Christine and

head. Tears fell down the corner

me thank everyone too. I definitely won’t let all of you down!”

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

about time now. You should hurry to school!” Grace urged. She was worried Christine would

late for her exams.

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