Chapter 1175

The driver chuckled at her words but said nothing more.

Hertha had planned to head straight to the office, but as they drove past a serene wetland park, she noticed shepherds tending to their flocks in the distance.

The sight of pure white lambs grazing carefree on the lush green grass, interspersed with tranquil ponds, painted a scene as idyllic as fluffy clouds dotting a spring sky.

This peaceful vista tugged at her heartstrings, and Hertha hastily asked the driver to pull

over.

Stepping out of the car at the edge of the wetland park, she wandered absentmindedly towards the grazing sheep. The fuzzy lambs, uhafraid of her presence, ambled over to her side, nuzzling against her legs, taking a bite of grass, then nuzzling her again.

The gentle contact prompted Hertha to squat down and stroke the lamb’s woolly head. The softness felt soothing under her touch, offering a balm to her aching heart.

The shepherd, a woman with sun-kissed skin and an honest demeanor, approached with a warm smile. “You’ve got a kind aura about you,” she said. “The lambs can tell; they really like you.”

“It’s easier to be a lamb, isn’t it?

ending up as meals for folks like us,” the shepherd woman said matter-of-factly. “Their joy comes from not overthinking things, just living in the moment.”

struck a chord in Hertha, as if awakening her

too much and overlooking

moment.

the now

Hertha, and her smile lost its heaviness. “Thank you,” she told the shepherd. “I feel better

shepherd laughed heartily, oblivious to Hertha’s earlier distress.

always our own to comprehend. How could anyone else know the pain

share it?

grass for a while longer, playing with the

grew stronger.

Hertha sought refuge under a large tree, shading herself from the

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sunlight.

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