Mothers (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Lolia Doesn't Play LoL)

Ding Yuqing looked over through tear-filled eyes, thinking she had misheard.

"What?"

"I'll write you a check too. Take it and do what you want, just like Ding Jiali."

Ding Yuqing could only feel dazed, as if she had suddenly been thrown onto a roller coaster and spun around several times.

Once she truly understood what Hesta meant, Ding Yuqing sat up in disbelief. "...You're that rich?"

"I suppose." Hesta said. "But I can't write it for you right away. You'll have to wait a while."

Ding Yuqing blinked lightly. After a brief burst of joy, she sank back into confusion. She fell onto Hesta's bed, opened her mouth, but said nothing for a long time.

"What do you want to do?" Hesta asked.

"I..." Ding Yuqing blinked slowly. "I don't know."

Ding Yuqing unconsciously held her breath, as though she had suddenly returned to the first time she had gone with Jane to Madam Kaja's café. Hesta had asked her the same question that day...

What had she answered then?

Ding Yuqing could not remember at all.

She only remembered saying that she wanted a lot of money... lots and lots of money.

For a long time, whenever anyone asked her that question, she would give that answer. And every time she said it, she thought of Ding Jiali. The thought that the whole family had been willing to spend a huge sum supporting his "business" when he was in his second year of high school made a subtle resentment creep over her feet like vines.

"It doesn't have to be too specific," Hesta said. "What about a general direction?"

Ding Yuqing stared straight at her.

"Then think about it some more," Hesta said.

"...I'm sorry."

"What is there to apologize for? There's no rush with this sort of