Bai Lu hoped that Xiao Mei would keep her word this time. But she knew that hope was a dangerous thing.
Bai Lu slammed the phone down, feeling her chest heave with every breath. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears, as if it was trying to escape from her ribcage. She had never done anything like that before.
She turned around, expecting to see an empty room. But instead, she saw her mother standing behind her, with tears streaming down her face.
"Mother..." Bai Lu gasped, too shocked to say anything else. She didn't know how much she had heard. Feeling guilty, she wondered what her mother thought of her.
Her mother stared at her not recognising the person in front of her. She didn't know what had happened to her daughter, who used to be so cheerful. My daughter used to smile and laugh all the time but now it's gone. Mother Bai didn't know what had made her daughter so angry, cold and distant.
