"How could you doubt how much I care about you?"
"What did I tell you before? I told you to just focus on your dancing and leave the rest to me. I promised I'd get you into the Central Political Department, and I will. It's only been one day. How could you be so impatient?"
Jie Xiaoqin covered her face and started to cry. "Auntie, I'm scared…"
"I don't know what came over me then. I just acted on impulse. I… I never meant to take a life! I've never even heard of tetanus…"
"Auntie, Xia Zhaoyun knows it was me. She's just waiting to confirm the evidence before she has the police take me away. I can't go! If I get taken away, will there still be a place for me in the troupe when I get back?"
"My whole life will be ruined. Auntie, I'm begging you, please help me…"
Master Yuan gazed at the girl, a complicated look in her eyes. She was a mirror of her own younger self. "Little Qin, be honest with me. Did you really not know about tetanus?"
