Lucius and his wife were really unable to answer him. Both of their faces turned red and then turned white. When their faces were red, they were as red as blood. When their faces turned pale, they were as white as sheets.
Vireo raised his head and looked at the sky, and then he continuously sneered. Only then did he say again, "When I was almost finishing high school and was about to go to college, you didn't allow me to apply for college. You were afraid that I would leave and never return aft