Gracefully Flying North and South

“Zhou Beichen, goodbye. No, let’s never see each other again!” Lin Zhinan tore up the check in her hand, sending scraps of paper flying everywhere.

“You two aren’t right for each other.”

Granny Zhou’s words kept echoing in Lin Zhinan’s mind. Sobbing, she blocked and deleted Zhou Beichen. Her heart hurt so much. She had thought he would be a ray of light in her life, illuminating her whole world.

But that ray of light was about to disappear from her world forever.

“Lin Zhinan, I shouldn’t have sent you to school. You haven’t earned a single cent for the family, and now you want to study abroad? Let me tell you, I won’t give you a penny. That money needs to be saved for your brother.”

Her mother’s sharp words came through the phone. Lin Zhinan couldn’t stop the tears from falling again. Still clearheaded, this time she would let everything go.

Lin Zhinan’s eyes were swollen and tears streamed down her face. She decided to leave this place that didn’t belong to her and pursue the dreams that did.