Mother

Before him stood his mother—a woman he had never met until now. For over thirty years, Chuck Hao had never known his parents. As a child in the village, he endured mockery from other children, always returning to his grandfather in tears, questioning the whereabouts of his parents. But his grandfather only smiled and kept silent, offering no explanations. As Chuck Hao grew older, he stopped asking, knowing his grandfather would not tell him. He grew accustomed to this life, though he often...