Chapter 328 - Birthday (2/2)

Ying Sheng looked up at him, her eyes blinking rapidly to try to clear her eyes of her tears, but she knew that he had already seen them. He was the only one that she wanted to talk to right now.

”No. Can we go talk somewhere?” She asked him, trying to hide behind her hair so that her friends didn't see her like this. She didn't want to be questioned. She just wanted to rant.

Liam looked concerned as he nodded and motioned for her to follow him.

”We'll be back, guys,” he told the others before leading Ying Sheng outside of the bowling alley and to the side of the building where it was more secluded. He turned back to her and tilted his head at her. ”What's the matter?”

Ying Sheng glanced around as she sniffled quietly, trying to find the words to say. Her mind was such a cluttered mess that she didn't even know where to start. She didn't like that she had to bring this up in the first place, especially at her own birthday celebration.

”You know how I thought my parents were going to reach out to me on my birthday?” Ying Sheng asked him. She was pretty sure he remembered since he had supported her thought process on what her dad's post meant. She wished that she hadn't been wrong, but she should've known better than to give her parents the benefit of the doubt.

Ying Sheng dragged her fingers through her hair, a sigh breaking from her.

”Well, that post that my dad made wasn't about me. It was about a new real estate property they're putting on the market,” Ying Sheng ranted to him with a shake of her head. ”I mean, it's just obvious now that they care more about their job than me! It's my birthday! Their daughter's birthday!”

Liam listened to her talk, a frown steadily growing on his face.

”I know, I know. I'm so sorry,” he murmured.

Ying Sheng wasn't done yet. She had plenty of thoughts about her parents, and none of them were nice now. She had been willing to give them a chance to make up for all that they had done to her, whether it was the abandonment or the awful words they told her, but they had basically spat in her face.

”I just don't understand what I did wrong! Am I that awful of a daughter? Did I disappoint them so much that they just don't want anything to do with me anymore?” Ying Sheng spat out as she paced on the spot, feeling the anger flow through her. She couldn't shake it, and it kept building the more that she thought about the situation.