Chapter 2063: Reluctant to Return (30)
Chapter 2063: Chapter 2063: Reluctant to Return (30)
Chuzheng followed Chi Gui down, all the way to the first floor.The class had already started by now, and there was no one around.
Chi Gui could hear Chuzheng’s footsteps, and he paused slightly: "Why are you following me?"
"To escort you back to the classroom."
"...No need." Going back to the classroom is just a bit further; does she think I’m a child needing escort?
"Then skipping class?"
"Huh?"
Without hesitation, Chuzheng stepped forward and pulled Chi Gui along.
Chuzheng led Chi Gui out through the back gate, and the old man guarding the school gate opened it for her without question.
"Do you leave school often?"
Chuzheng moved her hand from his wrist to his palm, her fingertips slipping between his fingers and gently holding them.
"Occasionally."
"..."
The old man opens the gate whenever he sees you without asking a word, and you call this ’occasionally’?
Yet these things, he had never known...
Not far from the school was the riverside, where there weren’t many people at this time. Chuzheng and Chi Gui walked along the riverbank.
Chuzheng spoke: "About my... father’s issue, how much do you know?"
Chi Gui looked at her with surprise and doubt.
He stammered: "...I know a little; it’s written in the news."
"Around the time I was six or seven, my father began to get sick."
Mental illness can vary greatly; Hang’s Father belonged to the non-aggressive kind, just talking nonsense and being prone to running around.
Initially, Hang’s Father was only occasionally affected and was clear-headed most of the time.
But gradually, his condition worsened.
He would say strange things while talking to others or run out in the middle of the night...
Eventually, his lucid moments became rarer, spending most of his time talking gibberish.
He constantly needed someone to watch over him, or he’d run off.
Back then, their family still had a shop, and business wasn’t bad.
His mother had to manage the shop, look after Hang’s Father, and care for a little child, leading to immense pressure.
Thus, his mother eventually decided to send Hang’s Father to the hospital.
This would allow her to earn money, have Hang’s Father treated properly, and take care of her daughter.
And then...
Then that incident happened.
The psychiatric hospital went into chaos, and Hang’s Father ran away during the commotion.
In the original memory, she clearly remembered—it was a day for the parent-teacher meeting at school. After the meeting, her mother even bought her favorite sugar-coated haws.