Time Passed in a Flash
The moment Huang Shu saw her uncle, she remembered the time right after her mother had gone south. Her uncle had been so busy gambling that he hadn't cared that she was a girl alone at home. He'd brought all kinds of unsavory people back with him, and sometimes, when she was using the bathroom, men would just push the door open.
That was why, for a while, Huang Shu hadn't wanted to stay at home and was always running off somewhere.
The house was such a mess that there wasn't a single place where she could have any privacy.
Her grandmother had been fairly kind to her, but she had no say in that household. Or rather, compared with her granddaughter, her son mattered more.
Wang Yue thought it over. He was afraid Huang Shu's uncle would latch onto her. With a gambling uncle and a mother who had committed fraud, Huang Shu's future as a star would be very difficult.
After all, Huang Shu's mother had only been persuaded by people Wang Yue sent to turn herself in after Huang Shu became famous. With Wang Yue's help, she had earned credit for her cooperation and recovered much of the money she'd swindled.
Huang Shu had also borrowed a great deal of money from Wang Yue to cover the fraudulent funds her mother had been involved in, and to secure the victims' forgiveness. Since she hadn't been the mastermind, her sentence was reduced.
What's more, because of her divorce years earlier, Huang Shu's mother had been diagnosed with a mental illness. Once the case was over, she would most likely be granted medical parole.
Wang Yue worried that, with Huang Shu's mother away, her uncle might trick her. So he carefully reminded her, "Don't