Lucas was just waiting for his driver and happened to see Thalia, whom he had mistaken for udia, who was in the same ss as him.


    He saw her standing alone and crying pitifully, so he thought of giving her the handkerchief. He had a good impression of udia, who was diligent and ambitious, and it had been a while since he had such patience.


    "You have to work hard if you want to be excellent. But if you don''t have the capability or don''t want to, then it''s okay too. You shouldn''t care so much and just live your life for yourself. No need to worry too much about what the others are thinking."


    "Yeah, you''re right. I should just live life for myself," muttered Thalia dazedly.


    At that moment, the driver pulled up nearby, and Lucas nodded briefly at her. "I''m off now. You should head home too."


    Thalia watched Lucas leave with reluctance. At that moment, Lucas himself had no idea how much of an impact his moment of kindness would have on her life.


    Thalia''s heart raced wildly as he disappeared from her view. ''Is this what it feels like to be in love?''


    She held the handkerchief tightly to her chest. She hurriedly took a few steps forward to chase after him, but the car vanished before her eyes, and she did not even have a chance to see the license te. Lucas'' appearance felt like a dream, yet after hearing his words that day, Thalia''s life underwent a profound transformation.


    ''If I want to be better than udia, then I just need to give it my all. And if I don''t want to make the effort, I just have to stop caring what others think about me.''


    As she sat down at the bus stop, Thalia kept reying what Lucas said in her mind until udia hurriedly ran over with her friends.Content provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    "Thalia, where have you been? I''ve been looking all over for you. Come home with me. Don''t be so stubborn next time. Dad was so upset that he kept sulking on the couch!"


    Thalia remained calm. She first thanked Thalia''s friends, "I''m really sorry for making you worry like that. Would you like some coffee? My treat."


    Thalia exchanged a nce with her


    friends. Simr incidents had urred in their household before, but Thalia had never thanked her friends like this. Instead, she would often wear a scowl on her face, making it clear she found them disagreeable.


    ''What''s up with her today? Did getting pped bring out a whole new persona in her?'' thought udia''s friends.


    Her friends, a bit spooked, waved


    their hands. "It''s nothing. I had some free time, so thought I''d help out. You don''t need to treat me to anything. We''re just d we found you. It''s dangerous for a girl to be out alone. Come back with us, so that your sister and father can stop worrying about you."


    Thalia nodded. "I understand. I promise I won''t run off like this again."


    She then turned to udia. "Let''s go home, udia. I promise you I won''t make you and Dad worry anymore."


    After that, she walked ahead without waiting for them, leaving udia and her friends in a state of confusion. Back at home, Thalia trembled slightly. She felt a mix of fear and guilt when she saw her father still clearly upset.


    It was udia who first took her


    hand and led her to Henry, saying, "Dad, I brought Thalia back. She wants to apologize to you. Let''s put this incident behind us, so that we can go back to the happy family we are, okay?"


    udia gave Thalia an encouraging look, and Thalia nodded. "I''m sorry, Dad, for being so stubborn. But you can be sure that I''ve thought about a lot of things while I was out today."