Her mother's tears were already falling as she cupped her mouth to stop herself from crying out loud, though her tear-filled eyes made her look exceptionally sad. Xia Qingyi could not imagine that her past was like this. She wanted to cry together with her mother, to help soothe her sadness, but she found that she could not cry, because she did not have this part of her memory.
"What happened next?" she asked.
"After that, you were taken by three of the men. The remaining three men stayed to watch us. Your younger sister was so frightened that she fainted. My arm had fractured from the beating while your father was about to collapse from exhaustion. I could only wait for you to come back. We couldn't do anything. I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" Her mother choked on her tears as her shoulders shook tremendously.
