"Mom and Dad are quarreling."
Even after hearing Lucy Wood's somewhat cold words, Daisy Wood couldn't help but feel alarmed, and tears immediately began to fall.
"I've never seen them argue so fiercely before. Now everyone online is criticizing them, and my classmates even called to ask about it. I'm just so scared."
Hearing Daisy's sniffles, Lucy let out a slight sigh.
Unsure what to say, after all, Daisy was her blood-related sister, and there was no enmity between them, only a general sense of detachment; hearing her cry invoked a tinge of sympathy in Lucy, for Daisy was innocent.
But Lucy had her limits now, there were some things she could be soft-hearted about, but others that she couldn't forgive.
"Make up an excuse, say you need to study outside. There is too much going on at home right now; it's best you don't stay there."