Awakening

"..."

After his mother slapped him, Mo Bai said nothing more.

He noticed something strange about the atmosphere at home.

"Where did you go earlier?"

"Up the mountain..."

"Why did you go there?"

"Just to have a look around..."

Thud, thud, thud.

As soon as Mo Bai answered his mother, she strode toward him.

Thud, thud.

Mo Bai instinctively took two steps back.

That seemed to surprise his mother, and...

Anger her.

"Enough."

His father, who had been sitting silently on the sofa, finally spoke.

Until then, he had merely watched his wife hit their child without lifting a finger.

"We came back today to pay respects to Dad and our ancestors. Don't bring bad luck into it."

The man did not seem to be speaking up for Mo Bai. He simply thought today was the wrong day to beat a child.

Thud, thud, thud.

Hearing him, Mo Bai's mother retreated to a chair beside the sofa and silently scrolled through her phone.

Something's wrong...

Only then did Mo Bai touch his swollen cheek.

Were his parents really like this?

"Xiao Ying, let's go see that Hei cat next door! Its golden eyes are beautiful!"

For a moment, Mo Bai heard his mother's voice saying those words beside his ear.

That was what she should have said to him after they returned to their hometown. Not...

Tap, tap.

Not this. She sat beside his father, both of them silent as they typed away at their phones.

"..."

Mo Bai left the living room and headed for the bedroom.

He rummaged around the room until he found a diary.

The cover and the handwriting of the name on it were familiar. It was definitely his.

That matched his memory.

But what was inside?

Puzzled, Mo Bai opened the diary.

[January 7.