Chapter 972

Christmas Eve was anything but quiet. The streets were adorned with lights and decorations, making them look like a scene from a fairy tale.

Holding my hand, Colin asked softly, "What are you looking at?"

I turned to him with a smile. "Just the people on the street. It's nice to be young."

"You do know you're still very young, right?" he replied.

"Yes, but when I was their age, I never got to go out like this," I said, feeling a bit melancholic.

This was a regret from my childhood. My parents were conservative and didn't allow me to go out at night when I was young. They felt it wasn't safe for a young girl to be out after dark. I was pretty obedient back then and followed my parents' words to the letter—a real mommy's girl.

I never got to experience the freedom and excitement of going out at night like my friends did. Watching them dress up and have fun while I was stuck in the study doing homework, I would shed tears of sadness.

However, that was all in the past now. I grew up