“Sis, why don’t you come work for my senior’s company when you’re feeling better? The benefits offered are not bad, and we can work alongside each other,” Xia Zhi suggested enthusiastically.

He was looking forward to their future.

They were going to be colleagues and with their combined salaries, things were finally going to look up.

Xinghe replied as she packed her overnight bag, “I don’t intend to commit to a 9 to 5 job.”

Xia Zhi was bewildered, he asked, “Then what do you intend to do?”

“Alright, that’s everything. Let’s go home,” Xinghe said in lieu of an explanation. She lifted her bag and headed towards the exit.

Xia Zhi quickly helped her carry the rest and the both of them took a bus ride home.

recovery, Xinghe was feeling much

the hospital, dad bought a whole chicken this morning to make chicken stew

thinking about her uncle’s

of an eater but she would end up eating a bigger portion

was because his cooking reminded her of

her head on the window pane, the glass was icy to the touch; a stark contrast to the warmth in her heart. If not for her uncle and Xia Zhi’s support, her past few years

semblance of family and even though they didn’t have much material-wise, they had

promised herself she would repay

to start earning money and she wasn’t lacking in means

not that she looked down on Xia Zhi’s senior’s company but she had

bus finally

bus

bottom feeders like cheap foreign labors, the practically homeless, abandoned

life was a

these people, life was not an enjoyment but an uphill

residents’ spirit. Gradually, they stopped pushing themselves as they surrendered to the reality

immediate objective is to find a new place to live,

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