'When I have forgotten what it's like to be loved, what it's like to have someone care for you… you are there. Just like my father, you have helped me, given me hope, and told me not to give up. That's why we have to regroup and tackle this competition together.'
Numerous pictures appeared in her mind. It started from her smiling face as her father hugged her and encouraged her, then turned to the dark, lonely night she had to spend in the mansion after he was gone.
And in that suffocating room, there was a man stretching his hand to her.
He kept playing with his words, giving one argument after another that made her unable to reject his help.
That kindness of his somehow restored the feeling that she had long forsaken, the smile she had lost, and the warmth she had forgotten.
