At this moment, the conversation between a middle-aged woman and her daughter reached Zhu Tianqing's ears.
"Is it time to pay the tuition again? How much is it this time?"
"Three thousand five?"
Soon after, Zhu Tianqing heard a heavy sigh.
It was the kind of sigh that comes from someone who has been burdened with a thousand-pound weight for decades and could never set it down.
After a while, the middle-aged woman said softly:
"Mom will find a job soon, you just need to focus on your studies, sweetheart."
Zhu Tianqing froze for a moment and carefully asked:
"Auntie, you don't have a job right now?"
The middle-aged woman heard this question and, as if she rarely found someone she could vent to, began to speak:
"It's not like I'm afraid of being laughed at by you, dear girl. Ten years ago, the child's father had an accident and passed away, and since then, I've been raising the child alone."
