Ye Shaohua bent her head to pick up the photographs scattered on the ground—these were the very images that had been printed from the forum, where her face was clearly recognizable.
Even when kneeling, she held her back as straight as a rod.
"Mom, I don't care about those outsiders who don't know me, who misunderstand and distrust me," Ye Shaohua said, holding the pictures, giving her mother a serious look, "but you're my mom. Have you ever asked me if I really did those things?"
In the original storyline, the straw that broke the camel's back for the real Ye Shaohua was actually the last phone call from her mother.
If even the people closest to you don't believe in you, it's hard not to crumble.
"I swear, every penny I've spent has been earned honestly and with dignity."
