"My dad later met with a fatal car accident and so my granddad acknowledged our existence and brought me and my mom back. However, the death of my dad was too much for my mom to handle and that's when her mental disorder reared its ugly head."
Yu Qiubai paused before letting out a bitter smile.
"I later found out that my dad's passing was only a trigger to an existing condition. My mom had actually been taking antidepressants."
Shen Xi lent an ear to his story. It sounded an awful lot like those olden day cliché plots, yet Shen Xi could feel her heart sinking to her stomach.
This was no story. It was his mother's real-life experience and the reality of it weighed heavily on his shoulders.
