“How can I forget the hardest times?” I punched the word sadly, yet my heart softened. “Without you, I would have to quit school too.”
“Don’t be silly. Father wouldn’t let it happen to you. He had the highest expectation of you becoming a good scholar in every way. Even for me, when I first returned home that summer, I was really proud of you with all those honorary credentials fi lling the walls. It assuredly fi rmed up my position and my responsibility as the eldest to take care of the family with no single sweat wasted. I’m happy with that. But,...” Mei suddenly paused to think for a second, her face changed in an instant. “All these years you’ve been disappointing us. How can you shave your hair like half man, dress like no woman and fool around with old men? How can you waste your time and money and life on traveling? How can you give up working to fantasize about taking pictures? Dream has poisoned Bing, and now you are dreaming - just another Bing. Don’t you know that we all have the same concern for you?”