With the arts entrance exams approaching, I was on my way home when some punks cornered and assaulted me in a narrow alley.
By the time I was rescued, I’d been splashed with sulfuric acid and my ankle had been shattered so badly that I would never dance again.
Mom had been busy with work and hadn’t seen my desperate messages. At the hospital, she was on the verge of a breakdown, screaming that the punks would pay.
My older sister also racked her brains to contact top dermatologists and orthopedic specialists abroad so they could help me recover completely.
Just before I was loaded into the ambulance and passed out, I heard my sister speak.
“Mom, wasn’t it too cruel to have someone shatter Susu’s leg?”
Mom wiped the blood from my face and replied helplessly,
“Susu shines too brightly. She was in Xiaofeng’s way.”
“After the arts exam, I’ll make sure she can walk again. She just won’t be able to dance anymore.”
I started shaking uncontrollably.
Dancing was my dream. How could she bear to crush it?
So the mother who loved me had all been an act!
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