{"id":459,"date":"2026-09-28T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-435\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:07:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-435","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-435\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 435"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 435<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 435<\/p>\n<p>I am surprised at how empty the drawer is.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one photo inside.<\/p>\n<p>One single photo.<\/p>\n<p>However, it startles me.<\/p>\n<p>Judging from the rim of the photo, it&#8217;s the one I saw in Frances\u2019 study last time.<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t he throw it into the trash can? Did he lie, or does he have a backup?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t think straight now.<\/p>\n<p>Because the person in the photo really shocks me.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I have guessed that this photo might contain Frances&#8217; secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, it&#8217;s about his secret love in the past.<\/p>\n<p>However, I haven&#8217;t expected the person in the photo to be me.<\/p>\n<p>To be exact, it was me ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>If I haven&#8217;t seen this photo, I would have forgotten that I had days like that.<\/p>\n<p>Ten years ago, I was only fourteen years old and was a sophomore in junior high school.<\/p>\n<p>Back then I was a famous bad ass in the school. I spent every day with those so-calls cool guys because I thought that they were loyal to friends.<\/p>\n<p>And because of my good grades and pretty face, the teachers never said anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>In the photo, I am wearing a ponytail and talking to the people next to me.<\/p>\n<p>It was obviously taken secretly.<\/p>\n<p>However, I don&#8217;t understand why Frances has this photo.<\/p>\n<p>Did he ask someone to investigate me? Or did he know me before?<\/p>\n<p>As I am pondering over it, here comes Frances\u2019 voice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What are you looking at?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I pick up the photo subconsciously, stand up, and stare at him in confusion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why do you have my photo?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me take you to a place first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances holds my hand and is about to lead me out. He takes back the photo back by the way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the hell is going on? Can you tell me now? I&#8217;m going crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I almost beg.<\/p>\n<p>Curiosity can really kill.<\/p>\n<p>And how can I suppress my curiosity as it has something to do with me and Frances?<\/p>\n<p>But Frances ignores my pleading and remains silent. He just takes me into the car and drives away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances, I swear to God I won&#8217;t let you get away with it after I know the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He turns to look at me and doesn&#8217;t say anything. He drivers faster instead.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, I have been tortured by my curiosity. But I have to suppress it and patiently wait till we arrive at the destination.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the car stops at the restaurant where I used to come when I was in junior high school.<\/p>\n<p>Why does he bring me here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-459","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}