(Hall Master doesn't spend money on books, additional update 2/2)
For an ordinary family, a serious illness can easily break them down.
If they withstand it, another one follows.
"Everything was fine until I started junior high when mom developed kidney failure. We needed a lot of money at home. Dad sold fruit during the day and worked as a security guard at a construction site at night. I thought at the time, how nice it would have been if those prize moneys hadn't been donated~"
"Because I had to take care of mom in the hospital, sometimes after school I'd also help look after the fruit stand. I lost quite a bit of weight during that time, but what pained me more was seeing dad's hair turn almost completely white."
Long Wu didn't know what it was like to not have enough money, but she saw that Xiaodie's expression at the moment was heart-wrenching. This wasn't an emotion a professional psychologist should have, so she steeled her heart to continue listening to her story.
