Giving Up on Her Dream?
From a distance, Qiao Yingzi saw someone lying on the ground. She understood why Wang Yue hadn't wanted her to come over, and she could guess that he was probably afraid the bloody scene would frighten her.
But Qiao Yingzi didn't listen and stay far away. She took out her phone and called for help as she walked over. The person she loved and her own mother were both there, after all. She felt she was grown up now and couldn't stand by and do nothing.
Once the call connected, she quickly explained the situation. By the time she reached them, she didn't have a chance to speak to her mother. She recognized the person on the ground at a glance and cried out, "Ding Yi? What's he doing here? Why did he fall from a building?"
Hearing Qiao Yingzi's words, Song Qian finally came to her senses. She couldn't believe it, and asked, trembling, "It's really Ding Yi? I'm not seeing things? No—you're sure you didn't mistake him?"
Qiao Yingzi looked at her mother, confused by her sudden change. Her mother seemed like a stranger to her, but she still nodded and answered seriously, "It's definitely him. There's no mistake. I heard his mental state wasn't very good, so he took a leave of absence from Tsinghua and came home. I never thought he'd end up here."
Song Qian was shocked. Ding Yi wasn't just one of her former students; he had also been living in her home. She never imagined the boy would jump from a building right in front of her. The shock hit her hard.
Ding Yi's mother had been just as strict with him as Song Qian was with Yingzi. Even though she knew Ding Yi loved geology, she had