Chapter 238
Zayn had just returned home at 10 p.m. when he received a call from an unknown number.
He picked up the call politely. "Hello, who is this?"
A gentle and capable woman’s voice sounded softly. "Zayn, this is Elsie."
Zayn frowned slightly. Before he could speak, Elsie said quickly and clearly, "I know you remember me but don’t want to see me. I don’t have the face to see you, either. I called you only to tell you the truth back then."
Zayn said calmly, "Go ahead."
Elsie told a sad story in a slightly sad tone. "My father was a violent man. Every time he was drunk, he would beat my mother. Every time my mother wanted a divorce, my father would say he would beat her to death if she dared to get a divorce.
"My mother asked her parents for help. Instead of helping her, my mother’s father, brother, and younger brother even called her useless.
"My mother was deceived and abandoned by her first love in school. After graduation, her family lied about my father being kind and honest and said she wouldn’t lose out if she married him, so my mother believed it.
"Because of these things, my mother hated men to the core. She even taught me not to believe in men or love."
"It wasn’t until I was in junior high school that my father fell down the stairs after drinking too much, causing his legs to be crippled. Only then was my mother able to get a divorce. She brought me to rent a small apartment and worked hard to raise me alone."
At this point, Elsie paused slightly and tried to calm her emotions. And Zayn continued to listen calmly without saying a word.