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Zinnia looked up at Lydia again, her usually calm eyes burning with anger. She couldn’t believe someone could be so brutal. The distinct finger marks on Lydia’s neck made it look like someone had genuinely tried to strangle her.

*Zinnia, are you going to help me?” Lydia asked, her eyes glimmering with wry amusement behind black- framed glasses.

“Tell me who did this, and I’ll make them pay, Zinnia said, nodding earnestly. She thought, ‘Lydia had always been so kind to me. How could anyone bully her? Zinnia wanted to help her.

“My mom, Lydia said flatly.

Hearing Lydia’s words, Zinnia froze

Lydia gave her a careless shrug and forced a smile. My mom is unstable. She’s in a psychiatric hospital. Sometimes, when she gets angry, she hits me. But it’s okay. She’ll get better soon.”

“Is your mom sick?” Zinnia asked, completely taken aback by the truth

“Yeah, she has a mental disorder. Lydia paused when she noticed Zinnia’s curious gaze. Meeting those innocent eyes, she forced a bitter smile. Just mentioning her mother, the weariness unconsciously welled up in her usually cold eyes.

Zinnia looked at Lydia seriously and said, “Lydia, don’t force a smile if you’re not feeling it.” She had noticed how awkward her smile looked.

“Zinnia,” Lydia said hoarsely, her voice breaking as if all her strength had drained away. Suddenly, she leaned into Zinnia, resting her head heavily on her shoulder. Im so tired, she murmured.

“Yeah,” Zinnia murmured, gently brushing aside Lydia’s hair to reveal red marks on her neck. She scooped out some ointment and carefully smoothed it over the bruises.

Lydia asked, “Zinnia, can I tell you a story?” She wrapped her arms around Zinnia’s waist, breathing in the faint herbal scent. Lydia felt relieved and leaned into her embrace.

“Of course,” Zinnia replied.

continued, “Nineteen years ago, a woman and a man fell in love. They soon had a child on the way. However, just as the woman was

birth to a baby girl. After that, the woman gradually began to suffer

daughter back home, unable to accept that the man had disappeared or abandoned them. Clinging to this hope, she took her medication and tried to get better.

the first five years, the girl was fine. But as the years went by and the man never returned, the woman’s mind collapsed. She refused to take her medication, insisting that only

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take her medicine. Over time, her mental state worsened. She grew to resent her daughter and even began hitting her. Her daughter was left with countless bruises and

life. When she turned ten, her mother’s mental state deteriorated further. One day, in a fit of madness, she grabbed a knife and nearly killed

Her mother was then committed to a psychiatric hospital. The girl begged them not

months. Her mother’s mental state was so unstable that she could lash out at any moment. It wasn’t

She even seemed to want to strangle her to death.” Lydia’s voice was flat. It seemed like she was telling a

Zinnia listened in silence.

whispered, her voice barely audible. Though Zinnia remained silent, Lydia could feel

if you’re tired,” Zinnia murmured, gently smoothing Lydia’s hair behind her back before giving

comforting words were simple, yet Lydia had a faint but genuine

and exhaustion,

said softly after a long silence, sensing

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fuming as

they believed she was too trusting and easily deceived.

they sensed the weird

with a bang. “Damn it! Not a shred of evidence, but those

Zinnia did that, wouldn’t they dislike her even more? And honestly, if Zinnia was so cunning, she wouldn’t have been framed into leaving in