Chapter 299 - Missing parents (1/2)
Sleep well, Baddie” he told her with a little wave.
Admittedly, he was cute. She tried not to think of him like that because they were roommates, and she didn't want things to get complicated between them. She didn't know if she could handle losing him since they had grown so close. Though, she couldn't deny the warmth that graced her whenever he smiled at her or they met eyes for a few seconds too long.
Gradually, Ying Sheng cleared her thoughts away and then turned away from him to head through the living room and into a hallway that led to her bedroom. She shut the door behind her with a soft sigh, her glow gradually diminishing as silence fell upon her.
Whenever she wasn't with Liam , it was harder to part from reality, in which she was an unloved daughter, a lonely and a grim person.
Once she switched on the lamp that was on her bedside table, her eyes shifted around the room, taking in the band posters, the mess of papers on her desk, the clothes that she didn't feel like wearing scattered all over the floor, and the ruffled grey bed sheets that she never made. She wanted to be better than this, but it was hard to find the point of it sometimes.
Ying Sheng peeled off her hoodie and shorts, opting for a red tank top and a pair of black lounge shorts instead. She crawled into bed, her eyes glancing off of the empty water bottles and chip bags on her nightstand.
She typically met up with Liam outside of her room so that he didn't see the mess. She didn't want him to think that she was a slob. She didn't want her space to be messy. She just hadn't found the motivation to tidy everything up when homework and projects lurked over her head.
On one hand, she was glad for having all of those things to do in her life. They were perfect forms of distraction for her to focus on, but she needed energy and motivation to want to do them, which she lacked most of the time now. It wasn't a mystery to her why she felt this way. It all went back to her parents.
Now, she managed to skim on by when it came to bills.
Before she moved in with Liam, she could technically have anything that she wanted. Her parents were a rich and successful real estate team that traveled around the area constantly to sell property. They worked long hours away from home, but they loved chasing down the money.
That led to Ying Sheng being left home alone a lot. She just wanted to spend time with her parents for once. She wanted to do fun things with them, like go on vacation, go bowling, or even just grab a bite to eat somewhere. However, they were always too busy for her.
For awhile, she didn't complain about the lack of time that they spent with her. She knew that they were busy with work, and that a.d.u.l.ts needed to work. However, she started seeing how her friends' parents would still have the time to spend the weekend at least with their kids. They made an effort to act like a family, as opposed to her own.