Bab 158: Chapter 158 - Give Me Some Time

Xu Chaomu's eyes became moist. All her life, she had never truly understood what "home" meant.

She had no home; her only family, her mother who had been her whole world, perished in a fire when she was ten.

The Shen Family took her in, and to be fair, her life with the Shen Family was pretty good, especially when it came to Shen Chi. Despite being somewhat overbearing, he was really good to her, beyond reproach.

But that said, the Shen Family was still the Shen Family, not her home.

How she longed to have a home of her own...

She would decorate it beautifully, with little flower pots and a variety of lovely flowers; she would learn to cook, preparing a table full of delicious food; she would hang a warm floral curtain, and with a pull, the bedroom would be drenched in sunlight...

Having a home would be so wonderful.

That's why sometimes she was really envious of Bai Man. She had a complete family, parents who loved and cherished her, a career, beauty, and family background...