As soon as the clock struck 9 am, Alena woke up excitedly.

She was going to see her parents today. She knew that it was only a few days until her 18th birthday, but she couldn’t help feeling nervous nevertheless. She hadn’t seen them in such a long time. Since her dad died when she was young, the two of them had barely spoken to each other ever since.

Although they would go out for drinks occasionally and they would often visit each other’s places when they were in town, they were basically strangers to each other when they were together alone. She was aware of this and wanted to...