Chapter 4

I was silent for a moment.

The fact that I was short on money was already common knowledge.

Melissa and Orion knew I had a hard time abroad, so when threatening me, they were also very clear about my weakness.

But I refused.

Melissa seemed a bit surprised.

That night, Melissa and I parted on bad terms.

For the next few days, I was busy looking for work, but I would be rejected after the first round of interviews every time.

It wasn't until a young interviewer hesitantly told me that this was Ms. Cheng's order that I realized Melissa didn't even want me to find a job.

Melissa was determined to make me go abroad again.

After being stunned for a long time, I thanked the interviewer who told me the truth.

Just as I left the interview company, I received a text message from the hospital.

Last night, I had made an appointment at the hospital, wanting to get some antidepressants.

During the consultation, the doctor told me that my recent condition was very poor and I should consider doing more psychological counseling sessions.

Back when I was abroad, doctors had given me similar advice.

It seemed my depression had indeed become very serious.

As I was leaving the clinic looking at the prescription instructions, I accidentally bumped into someone while passing a corner.

"I'm sorry..."

I apologized first, but when I looked up, I found that the person standing in front of me was Orion.

And behind him was Melissa.

Orion frowned, seemingly not intending to talk to me, and was about to leave directly.

At this time, Orion suddenly noticed the medicine in my hand.

"Yara, what are you doing at the hospital?"

He seemed to want to see what I was holding, but I had already quickly stuffed the medicine box into my bag: "I just caught a cold recently, came to buy some medicine."

Melissa chimed in at the right moment: "There are indeed quite a few people getting the flu lately."

But Orion didn't speak, still staring at my bag.

I lowered my head and quickly went downstairs.

The encounter with Orion was not in my expectations.

In the past, I always wanted to see Orion, but he was always busy.

Before going abroad, I could count on one hand the number of times I met with Orion. Most of the time, he would only occasionally send me a couple of messages.

After going abroad, Orion simply didn't contact me at all.

Unexpectedly, after returning home, when I really didn't want to run into Orion anymore, I could bump into him.

I've had depression for a long time.

At the worst times, I experienced severe somatization symptoms and even thought about jumping off a building, but I still gritted my teeth and lived on.

When I got home, Uma was waiting for me in the living room.

Uma didn't sleep well last night, so I decided to take her to bed early.

But just as we were finally starting to feel a bit drowsy, I smelled something burning.

Uma was sound asleep, completely unaware of anything wrong.

At first, I thought the neighbors had just burned their food, but as the burning smell got stronger, I finally realized something was wrong.

Suddenly rolling out of bed, I stood by the window and saw thick smoke rising into the sky.