Chapter 26 Disappearance
Yang Xuejiao came out after her bath and looked up at the clock on the wall—it was already half-past eleven, and her husband had not yet returned.
She turned back to glance at the food left on the table, sighed, then walked into the side bedroom.
The side bedroom contained a single bed, opposite which stood a large vanity.
Ever since her daughter committed suicide, she had replaced the original desk with this vanity.
She picked up the hairdryer on the table, ready to dry her hair, but then noticed her daughter Yin Xingyue's photo frame on the vanity, with her daughter's picture inside.
The photo was taken last summer vacation when the family went on a trip—captured by her "dad."
Yin Xingyue, wearing a white dress, looked ahead with a faint smile on her face, a beautiful photograph indeed.
Yet for some reason, Yang Xuejiao always felt there was something indescribably odd about it; her daughter's smile seemed so fake, and that direct gaze made her quite uncomfortable.
So she flipped the photo frame down onto the vanity and then turned on the hairdryer to blow-dry her hair.
In the vanity mirror, she saw the reflection of a beautiful woman in a light pink silk nightgown, with a high bosom and fair skin. Although not as youthful and blooming as a young girl, she radiated a certain mature charm all over.
Yang Xuejiao was very pretty when she was young and had many suitors, but in the end, she chose to marry Yin Xingyue's father, Yin Dacheng.