"Mom, I'm leaving."
Gu's mother followed her daughter for a couple of steps, until the daughter entered the security checkpoint of the train station, ready to board. With a raised voice, she wanted to shout to her daughter to be careful on the way, but suddenly remembered her daughter couldn't hear and had to swallow her words back down.
In fact, Gu Nuan knew her mother hadn't left, but she couldn't turn back to look, she could only move forward.
Having grown up, how could she still rely on her parents for living? Gu's mother might worry about her being deaf, but even as a deaf person, she must learn to be independent, a truth Gu Nuan had realized from a young age.
If she were to rely on anyone because of her disability, it would only make those kind-hearted people who supported her a subject of ridicule by others.
Only when she became strong herself would others no longer look down on her, and they would come to respect her parents again.
