After going over practice problems for a while,
"Try solving this one yourself first." Lu Sheng casually wrote a problem in a blank space in the exercise book before him.
"I'm going outside for a bit. There's something from earlier I haven't dealt with. I'll be back soon."
Ka Sha widened her eyes and looked at him in confusion, then glanced at the aunt slumped by the doorway outside. "You're not going to do anything about Auntie?"
"Leave her alone. It's hot enough that she won't catch cold. This isn't the first time she's been like this," Lu Sheng said casually. The previous Yi Sela had been the same way—completely disappointed in his mother.
Because of her alcoholism, this woman spent long periods in a half-dazed state. She probably could not even hear what he was saying.
Yi Sela had tried persuading her countless times before, and stopped her countless times, but none of it had worked. Even more infuriatingly, she did not just drink—she borrowed from loan sharks too!
Even now, the family still had a sizable debt that had not been paid off. If they had not still possessed the foundation of a noble title, and if the noble who ran the loan shark business had not once been on good terms with Yi Sela's father—
They probably would not even have been able to put food on the table by now.
"O-okay." Seeing Lu Sheng say so, Ka Sha could only give up helplessly. "Since it's inconvenient for you, Brother, I'll head back first. I can still catch the La Bula Transport Company bus this evening."
"All right. Be careful on the road." Lu Sheng nodded.
La Bula Transport Company operated buses between the Holy City and Wisteria City, where he lived. There were daily routes back