Then she suddenly thought about her high school years and continued, “I remember that when I was in high school, the parents of some girls in my class didn’t allow them to wear jewelry.”

“Why?” Tim was confused and asked.

Estelle chuckled and said, “Maybe their parents wanted them to focus on studying instead of dressing up. Of course, parents always hope that their children can study hard and be admitted to a good university.”

“Those girls must have felt very depressed.”

“Maybe. But what the parents did was understandable. They did that for their children’s own good.”

Tim just nodded and didn’t continue the topic.

After hesitating for a...