Chapter 855 Stay

• Her mother sounded as full of concern as usual, but Hu Tu cried. The water from the shower pierced through her skin, freezing her soul, numbing her body. Then, she fainted in the bathroom.
• When she woke up, the girl heard her mother nagging, “You forgot to turn on the heater in this kind of weather? And you didn’t sleep well. See? You are down with a cold now.” The girl mustered up her sadness and opened her bloodshot eyes. She was grateful for that spell of dizziness, or else Hu Tu didn’t know how she should face her mother. The girl looked at her and smiled. “I’m thirsty, Mom.” There was an imperceptible guilt in her voice. The argument last night told her the truth about a few things, such as the fact that she was not her parents’ own daughter, and her real mother was this woman’s sister, who was said to be taken in by this woman’s mother. Her own mother had an affair with this foster father of hers, but even so, this woman before her raised her like she was her own.
• Her mother got up and poured a glass of water for her. “It’s a cold day, so why didn’t you turn on the heater last night?”