Lihua smiled. "Because I came across some vicious sights of drug abuse. I saw people tortured in pain. If people think that taking drugs makes you feel at ease, then you are wrong. I didn't see those drug addicts happy. They weren't smiling. Drugs are supposed to solve all your problems, right? But their problems didn't disappear. They were not laughing. Instead they were crying, afraid that this intoxication would end at some point, and they would be back to reality again."

  The air had gone solemn and silent.

  "So you think you are enjoying drugs but you are just afraid and crying in that state, aren't you? There is no difference in our situation or for us emotionally even if we consume drugs. So why are we destroying our bodies like this for something that doesn't even work?"

  The reporters slowly nodded in appreciation.

  "That's why I created this space to just talk to people. I don't want to give them any anti-depressants or any medicines. I just want to talk to them. I just want to know about them. How do they live? What do they do? What do they think? I just want to be their friend. And what do friends do? They help their friends in need. They talk to them and try to understand them. People might argue that it's easy for me to say because my life might look happy? The ones who are suffering will only understand."

  She shook her head. "My life hasn't been any less difficult. I lost my parents, then I lived without my sister for a long time. I got married but…" her eyelashes, "It couldn't last long because of our differences. Now, I am pregnant and I miss him…I miss him very much," her eyes stung.

  "I had imagined it would be a happy pregnancy. We would both do so many things together. We will plan for our child, do lots of shopping, decorate the child's room together, celebrate his first birthday…But now I am alone. Sometimes I really don't know if I will be able to do this myself. Raising a child. I am excited to welcome him, but I am afraid too. So I ask, if I take drugs, what will happen to the child inside me?"

  The media and the world watching her through its camera lenses were still as water. Many of them had talked to Lihua in the course of the last few weeks. But they never realized that she herself was going through a lot.

  They saw her pregnant belly and assumed she would be living a blissful life with her husband and her family.

  But she was alone most of all.

  Her lips curved into a beautiful smile that felt breathtaking along with her shining eyes. "Drugs won't solve the problems between me and my husband, right? Drugs won't make me not feel lonely anymore. Drugs won't tell me how to raise my child or what I should do to give him a good future. Drugs won't make me happy because my problems will still be there. That's why if nothing is changing before or after taking drugs, why should I drag myself in that dark world? It gives temporary relief. But life is long. We all need something stable and permanent. Drugs are anything but that."

  They saw her slightly trembling. It was barely noticeable. Some of the addicts afflicted with drug consumption lowered their heads in shame.

  At first, they didn't take her seriously because it was easy to preach to face your problems. The world could never understand what you were going through or how much you were suffering.

  But Lihua was right in front of them who wasn't just preaching but practicing too. She had a hell lot of things going on in her life. Yet, she was smiling. Her eyes were alive and hopeful.

  She was just like them in terms of life not being easy to live.

  But then…why could she laugh and they couldn't?

  Jiang Hua and Ruru couldn't help but sniffle. Naturally, they knew her position being imprisoned in Jiang Zhen's villa. But it was easy to forget it because Lihua always lived so cheerfully. Even though she was in a lot of pain, her lips always wore a smile upon them.

  Ruru sobbed and hugged her belly. "Ruru…Ruru protect Lihua…"

  Lihua's heart melted, and she wanted to squeal.

  So cute, so cute!

  "Aiyaaa!" She kissed both his cheeks. "My Ruru is the best!"

  Qingqing jumped on her shoulder top and calmly perched upon it. She nudged her furry ears against her cheeks.

  Some of the female reporters fainted.

  Too much cuteness!

  An elderly woman approached her, who was seated at a distance in a park. She held Lihua's hand with tears in her eyes. "You know, my grandson told me about you. He was so depressed that he lost the national sports tournament for which he had worked so hard…" she tremblingly wiped her eyes. "Ever since that, he had shut himself in his room. One day, I saw him taking something in his mouth. I was so shocked that he felt so defeated and resorted to taking drugs…"

  Warm tears spilled out of her eyes. "I had already lost my son over drugs. He was an addict. No matter how much I tried to make him understand, he never listened to me. And then…" she shook hard and burst into tears, "he left. He left forever. I-I was…" she choked, "I was so afraid if I would lose my grandson too…he is the only one left in my life. But one day I saw him smile for the first time. He talked to me properly after so many days…I didn't see him taking drugs after that. He told me he met some cool woman in the park. It was you. He told me so much about you."

  She tenderly held her cheeks and smiled. "That's why, I came here to thank you…Thank you for saving my grandson. I owe his life to you."