After the misunderstanding was cleared up, everything seemed the same as before, yet somehow different. When Zhen Yu returned home, she sat alone at her desk for over an hour. The only thing she realized was that Han Mingyue had not invited her to his room again, and she had no intention of going in either. Unknowingly, they had both begun to avoid certain topics.
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When Mrs. Zhen came home in the evening, she mentioned something that immediately worried Zhen Yu.
"I heard from your Aunt Zhang at the grocery store that your father has recently become addicted to playing mahjong, and the stakes are quite high! Is this because he has won the lottery and now he's recklessly squandering the money?"
"How long has it been?" Zhen Yu asked, while quickly trying to recall which day in her past life Mr. Zhen was arrested, how much he was fined, and how many days he was detained before being released.
