Zhao Qiang looked at her with a complicated expression as he tugged her sleeve to pull her up and made her sit back on the bench. With his hand, he lifted her face by her chin and gently wiped her tears. "Stop crying. Crying won't help Anna."
"I don't want to lose my daughter..." With every passing minute, her cries became even louder. Her body had even started shivering with the chilly wind of the winter night but she didn't seem to care. Zhao Qiang noticed that she was cold and immediately took off his jacket to put it around her shoulders.
"I do want to help you but my hands are tied. I can't possibly do anything with my status right now." Zhao Qiang shrugged and his head was hung low.
Liu Anna looked at him with confusion. "What do you mean?"
"I cannot inherit any property or power of my family unless I get married, you know that. And without the Zhao surname backing me, no banks will grant a loan to your husband based on my recommendation."
