"That year, her eyes were red almost every day, and at night, she would always cry by herself.
"That was also the year she grew up. In the past, when she dirtied her clothes, she would always get scolded by her mother, but her mother would still always be there to wash them for her. Once she left, there were several times I caught my girl washing her own clothes in the public tap nearby secretly... She was probably afraid to cause me trouble...
"Even though I admired her maturity, it made my heart ache.
"This is the photo she took after her high school exams for the university in Beijing. I personally sent her over there, look, there's a photo of both of us at Tiananmen Square..."
Father Song sighed deeply. "This was the year I fell ill and needed a huge sum for surgery. At that time, I had some savings that I wanted to leave for Sisi, but in the end, she managed to get enough money for the surgery.