Chapter 10: The Ghost Of Lao Chen
What Lao Xinya did was extremely disrespectful—especially at her own father's funeral. But Zhao Yiming understood why she said what she said.
His little girl had been in high school back then, full of dreams about becoming a musician and going to college.
She used to play the piano in the mornings and sing when she thought no one was listening.
She had big dreams—until he ruined them.
Because he became a drunk and gambled away all their money—her dreams were crushed.
She never got the chance to go to college.
So when Wen Qiao finally broke down and left him behind, that was when he finally snapped out of it.
He realized the mess he'd made and did his best to seek help from the community, trying to stop drinking...
But it was already too late. No matter how hard he tried to turn things around—even when he gave up nearly 80% of his salary for them—it couldn't fix the past.
His sins were too heavy.
"Yaya... you've grown so much," he murmured with a bitter smile.