It was a cold winter night, with icy snow and rain outside, and the biting wind seeping through the broken window, making the already dilapidated room even colder. Yet, to prepare for the final exams, Yuan Hao suppressed his increasingly heavy eyelids and focused on solving math problems. Suddenly, he noticed a figure behind him—it was his mother. Her hair was messy, and her eyes were vacant. Yuan Hao immediately realized, "Oh no, Mom has relapsed…" Before he could speak, his mother angrily shouted, “Look at you, in the middle of the night, using electricity without paying? And still reading?” Then she rushed over, snatched his book, and with a splash, threw his math book and practice problems into a water bucket.
“Mom, you… what are you doing?” Watching his mother’s inexplicable actions and thinking of other children receiving careful care from their parents, Yuan Hao’s nose tingled and he could no longer hold back his tears. How he longed for a normal mother and a normal home! Yet, this ordinary wish had become a luxury for him. Seeing his mother’s face full of anger and thinking of his parents suffering from illness, Yuan Hao did not blame them, but silently told himself, “Yuan Hao, you must study hard! Otherwise, how can you live up to your sick parents and this family!”