Chapter 9. What’s the Worth of Happiness?

I lay on my bed and pretended to be asleep while Dad kept calling my name. I have no idea why I lay on my bed, but I wanted to avoid Dad. If I had to sit with him and talk like we did earlier, it could lead to me exposing my secrets and telling him everything about Min Jun.

“Mei Xing,” he called out again. His voice got louder and calmer as he got closer to my room, and I could finally hear his footsteps.

I wasn’t good at acting, so I turned to the wall; he wouldn’t be able to see my face, and I could pretend to be asleep and not get caught.

A faint knock on the door, a barely audible creaking sound of my room door opening, and a weird feeling of being watched. Dad was in my room.

“Mei Xing,” he called out again, and I hummed. Was that too loud? Did he catch me in the act? Does he think I’m asleep? Or is he trying to wake me up?

I ignored him and my thoughts and tightly shut my eyes while trying not to move.

“Mei Xing,” he called out softly.