Yang Sisi felt as if the emptiness in her heart had been filled. After a moment, she finally softened her tone and said to her parents, "If I agree to study abroad in a year, can you agree not to interfere with my choice after I return to China?"

Yang Sisi's parents sighed softly before replying, "If by then you're still thinking about this place, we'll accept it. We can't be so selfish as to prevent you from choosing the life you want... What we fear is that you'll be misled by some illusions and miss out on the life that's truly right for you. When you wake up, you'll find that you've never had another chance to choose, and that's when the real pain will be."

Yang Sisi lowered her head and remained silent. After a long while, she took out her car keys and bank card from her purse and placed them in front of her parents. She replied, "I am willing to keep this promise. A year later, I will give myself a chance to choose my life again and see a different world. I hope you can also respect me and not interfere with my choices in life after I return to China."

Yang Sisi's mother took the bank card and car keys from her, and then took out the ID card and driver's license that they had confiscated earlier from her purse. She handed these to Yang Sisi and said, "After this experience, we have realized how important mutual understanding is to maintaining family ties. We believe you have also learned something, otherwise you wouldn't have made concessions to us... We also believe that in a few years, you will be more mature and capable of taking responsibility for your own life, so why should we interfere with you?... So at that time, you can freely choose your own way of life."

Yang Sisi finally received the identity document that represented her personal freedom from her mother's hand, but suddenly she didn't want to say another word. She rested her chin on her hand, staring intently at the flickering lights outside the window, as if she wanted to remember something in this moment...

The next moment, Old Huang clapped his hands and said to everyone with a smile, "Isn't that perfect? ​​A happy ending for everyone. When the wine comes later, let's all drink to Sisi for staying in Dali, and to her upcoming studies abroad... and even more so to our top mediator, Michael. I told you I wouldn't misjudge him..."

I didn't hear what Lao Huang said next, I just felt completely dazed... After a moment, I turned my gaze to the place Yang Sisi was looking at... The lights were shining brightly there, and the tourists' footsteps never stopped, but I felt inexplicably lonely, and then it was as if I saw myself a year from now...