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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.

fell in love. They soon had a child on the

day later, she gave birth to a baby girl. After that, the woman gradually began to

accept that the man had disappeared or abandoned them. Clinging to this hope, she took her medication and tried to get better. She held her daughter, comforting her that the man would

the man never returned, the woman’s mind collapsed. She refused to take her medication, insisting that only when

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pleaded, the woman refused to take her medicine. Over time, her mental state worsened. She grew to resent her daughter and

years, the girl endured this kind of 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

girl begged

unstable that she could lash out at any moment. It wasn’t until the girl was in high school that she was

time the girl went to visit, her mother would beat or scold her. She even seemed to want to strangle her to death.” Lydia’s voice was flat. It seemed

Zinnia listened in silence.

barely audible. Though Zinnia remained silent, Lydia could feel she understood.

gently smoothing Lydia’s hair behind her back before giving her a comforting

words were simple, yet Lydia had a faint

years of sorrow, pain, and exhaustion, Lydia had told them all

I can help your mother,” Zinnia said softly after

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19 was fuming as they scrolled through

thought Zinnia was beautiful, but they believed she was too trusting and easily deceived. They didn’t think she’d ever do

into the classroom when they sensed

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

dislike her even more? And honestly,