After that, Ray was put into prison. So far, Rose hadn't gotten an explanation from her father. He neither admitted it nor denied it. He didn't even make an appeal, and accepted everything silently.
But Rose never thought that her mother would leave her forever because of this.
In Rose's eyes, her mother, Lillian, was a gentle but strong woman. She had accompanied her father for many years and experienced a lot of ups and downs, so she would not be desperate about the incident.
While three days after her father was put in prison, the news that her mother died by suicide came to her.
The police found Lillian's dead body in a water bank and found a letter that had been soaked in water. The handwriting was very vague.
According to the police and legal examiner's identification, Lillian, Rose's mother, was born alive because she could not stand the family change of her husband's imprisonment.
Even though Rose did not want to accept it, it finally happened.
With the help of relatives, Rose held a simple funeral for her mother, and buried the cremains in the cemetery on Dongping Mountain, the suburb of the city.
When people left, something happened to the Lin Family. Because of this major change, the group of people who wanted to seek ties of kinship now all moved far away. They wanted to make a clean break with Rose, not to mention help her. It was the first time for Rose to see the coldness of human heart and the cruelty of human world.
At the same time, Rose just graduated from university and was suffering a series of big blows in her life without social baptism. She used to live a dream life, but now she forced herself to become strong overnight. Her father was put in jail and her mother was dead. She would never allow herself to die, as the only one left in the Lin Family.
Thinking of that dark and gloomy time, Rose couldn't help but cry, and her heart ached fiercely.
At that time, Tina stayed by Rose's side all day long, fearing that she would take things too hard just like Lillian did. At that time, Tina and Yang secretly got the marriage license without telling their parents. They are too late to hold the wedding, but because of the misfortune of Rose's family, the wedding was temporarily delayed.
Seeing that Rose cried her face every day and often sat in bed with her eyes wandering, Tina was worried and distressed. In order to make her happy, Tina had to talk with her everyday and collected all kinds of jokes online.
But it was also because of the company of Tina that Rose calmed down day by day and gradually walked out of the haze of the family.
In Rose's heart, Tina was a warm family.
The door of memory was closed gently. The taxi driver threw the cigarette end out of the window after he smoked it and rolled up the window. Still, Rose didn't respond. She leaned her head against the window and gazed at the red banner which read, "the construction site". It had been a long time since that happened, but this was the first time for Rose to see the project in reality. This reminded her of that period of time when she was unwilling to look back. Since her father died, she rarely went shopping, and even unconsciously avoided Ninth Block.
The driver turned around and found that Rose was preoccupied. Confused as he was, he didn't ask much and just kept silent.
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