Shu Man arranged for her sister to sleep at the guest room across her room after midnight.
He Xiyan could no longer keep her troubled feelings under wraps when she was all alone in the room and curled up in an unfamiliar bed, hugged a tiny pillow close and started sobbing. Her tears fell like a broken string of pearls and soon, the entire pillow was wet.
She held her phone tightly in one hand but after 10 minutes, 20 minutes… and beyond, her phone did not ring.
She looked dejected at the window and there was no trace of the happy and touched bride that had married this man a year ago. They had only just obtained their marriage license the same day last year and he had promised her that he'd be by her side no matter what and also promised that he'd treat Yuan Yuan like his own child.
