From just a few sentences, Lin Chen could already imagine the despair Erica's maternal grandparents must have gone through.
No one wants to get sick. But just because they fell ill, not only was the house they'd lived in their whole lives taken away, but they were also forced onto the streets, unable to fill their stomachs or even wash themselves, all while enduring strange looks from others.
Any normal person would likely be unable to accept such a drastic change in such a short time.
"And then?"
He asked the question, but he already had a faint suspicion that this was the very catalyst for the sudden change in Erica's mother.
"You've probably guessed, haven't you?"
Seeing the thoughtful glimmer in his eyes, Erica sighed.
"At the time, my grandparents deliberately hid it from my parents. It wasn't until my parents took me back to visit them, planning a surprise, that they unexpectedly discovered the house had a new owner."
