I sat in the car and waited for nearly an hour.
A beautiful figure slowly emerged from the school gates.
I watched her, trying my hardest to see her clearly.
But while I could see her appearance and beauty, I could never see into her heart.
She came from a privileged family and was exceptionally pretty, yet she worked even harder than others. What she wanted was a wider world.
Liang Yi, on the other hand, came from a poor family and a terrible home, but she was just as pretty and worked extremely hard too. All she wanted was to change her cruel fate.
These two girls had many similarities, yet in some ways they were worlds apart.
But no matter how I looked at it, there could be no hatred between them, and it was hard to see how their lives could even intersect.
By then, An Yutong was getting closer and closer to me.
I rolled down the window, leaned out, and greeted her.
She froze when she saw me. "You're... Liang Yi's cousin..."
I smiled at her. "Get in. I'll drive you home. No need to be polite."
This time, she accepted without fuss, though she still thanked me before getting in.
Perhaps because we had met yesterday, she sat straight down in the passenger seat.
After I started the car, she asked if I had come to the school again to ask about Liang Yi's whereabouts.
I said yes.
"Then have you found any leads on her disappearance?"
"No."
I shook my head. "Society might seem safe, but there are always places the sunlight doesn't reach. Generally, when an adult goes missing, the chances of finding them are very low."
An Yutong sighed and even tried to comfort me. "Don't give up hope. There are