She paused, "Then I started thinking... is it just because I have no talent, just because I was born into this family, that I am destined not to have a life of my own?"
"I thought about rebelling against my destiny. But I couldn't do that. If I say that maintaining the status quo, I am merely an 'invisible person,' then after rebelling, in my father's eyes, in the eyes of my family, I would be nothing but a 'dead person.' That's far more terrifying than being invisible."
"So, I never rebelled."
"There was a day when I even thought about jumping into the ocean. However, just then, I saw the figure of Magical Girl Ash on TV."
You Minglu listened silently, sipping his Coke through a straw.
