When Hua Jing was still in her youth, she had fallen in love with a man, Alexander Sterling. He had captured her heart and right at the bottom, she had written all sorts of sweet nothings hoping that one day he would dig deep and find them but then one day all of her dreams of being with him were shattered after he announced that he was going to marry her elder sister, Carmen Richards. She gave up on this love and when she turned twenty, right after the wedding, she asked her parents to send her abroad to further her studies but this was only a pretext. The only truth was that she wanted to take care of her broken heart. After three years, she received a call from her sister in which Carmen Richards told her that she was dying of cancer and the only wish she had on her deathbed was for Cindy Richards to get married to her husband Alexander Sterling. Cindy Richards refuses but she does not know there are more reasons to this... Read to find out more...
. Ling Buyi could feel herself crumbling, her strength draining away like water through her fingers.
And still, her mother-in-law sat there, perched at the head of the table like a queen on her throne, finally picking at the sixth dish Ling Buyi had prepared for her. The older woman chewed thoughtfully, her face void of any emotion. After what felt like an eternity, she nodded slightly.
"This will do," she muttered. "Finally, something edible."
The words offered no comfort. Ling Buyi stood there, staring at the older woman as she ate, her stomach twisting painfully with hunger. She hadn't eaten anything since morning, and her body was crying out for sustenance, her knees threatening to give way at any moment. But she didn't dare ask for food. The last time she had tried to eat before her in-laws, it had turned into another disaster.