She kissed the photos on her phone screen one by one and put the phone onto her chest, hoping to feel her mom and dad, to feel their love and protection.
The phone suddenly started playing music. She didn't care. She just held the phone up to her chest as if doing so could bring her physically close to her parents, as if two invisible arms were embracing her.
The music continued to play from her phone. It was a popular song titled "Dad, where are you going?" She seemed to be addicted to it. She wished she could be like those happy girls in the song, like Wang Shiling and Sen Die, the joyful princesses in their father's arms.
But the image of the man in the photo on a tombstone flashed in her mind. That man was looking at her with a smile. Chenxing shook her head forcefully, rejecting this man's image from her memory.
