"Sometimes I really wish I could just collapse and never wake up," Lan Shuixian said as she watched the crowd coming and going not far away. "When I was very young, my parents died in an explosion. It was my uncle and grandmother who raised me, but then my uncle also passed away, leaving behind a younger brother and sister."
"Sometimes I think, life isn't filled with so many perfect endings. Unfortunate people have their own misfortunes, and happy people probably all have the same happy smile on their faces," Lan Shuixian said, her eyes envious as she looked at the couples of university students.
At the same age, others were still in school, yet she was already burdened with the care of both the elderly and the young.
"I believe that things will eventually get better," Xiaofeng offered no real comfort. Without experiencing someone else's illness, how could one advise them what to do?
"I believe so too."
