She leaned against her mother's shoulder and cried loudly as though she had endured great suffering.
That middle-aged woman patted her daughter's back continuously. Her heart ache when she saw how upset her daughter was.
"Xiao Xue, don't cry. Why don't you tell me what happened? Did Ye Hao beat you up?" The middle-aged woman asked anxiously, unable to understand why her fiercely independent daughter was suddenly so upset.
Han Xue continued to cry and her eyes became swollen and bloodshot.
"Mum… his attitude hasn't changed and he's still ignoring me," she said through sniffles. Her tears flowed down her flushed cheeks and fell on her mother's shoulders.
The middle-aged woman led her daughter to the sofa.
This woman was Han Qing, 52 years old. She was a single mother and had never gotten married. She gave birth to her daughter when she was 23 and had lived with her daughter ever since.
