Chapter 159 Why Still Upset?

After saying what he needed to, he hung up without hesitation, leaving nothing but the dull "beep-beep" of the busy tone echoing in my ear. I froze, staring blankly ahead as my phone slowly slid from my ear. It took me a while to shove the phone back into my pocket. At that moment, I felt like a kid forgotten by the universe. The world was so big, yet there wasn't a single corner where I truly belonged. I crouched down, wrapping my arms tightly around my knees, as I sat right in front of my mom's tombstone. I stared at her warm, gentle face in the photograph. "Mom, you're the only one who never judged me or treated me like I was different," I murmured, my voice barely audible as the cool evening breeze cut through the quiet. "Is it really true? That no matter how much you pour your heart into something, you still end up empty-handed?" By the time night fell and the cemetery lights flickered on one by one, I finally snapped out of it. It felt like I'd been sitting in the cold for a