"No, I told her to exercise more," Jiang Shuyin said with a smile.

The other person was just asking casually, but when their eyes fell on the bag Jiang Shuyin was carrying, their expression immediately changed: "Where does Xiao Jiang work now?"

"I just got back from out of town. I often have to travel for work."

"Sigh, girls still need to find a stable job close to home. Your mother has been worrying about you lately, and she looks haggard."

She is a full-time housewife and used to dance in the square with Zheng Lanxiang.

With this interruption, Jiang Shuyin didn't need to prepare herself mentally and didn't want to play games with the other party anymore: "Aunt Zhao, then I'll go in first."

She opened the door with the key and closed it behind her. She saw Zheng Lanxiang watching the news on the sofa and turned her head. When the mother and daughter's eyes met, Zheng Lanxiang quickly lowered her head, covered her face, and leaned her entire upper body against her legs.

Her arms looked thinner, and the fat that had accumulated on her back had also thinned out. She had changed quite a bit in the past month.

Jiang Shuyin put her bag on the sofa, went over and hugged her: "How far has it gotten? Does she still come back every night?"

Zheng Lanxiang covered her face and sobbed, shaking her head like a rattle drum.

"Are you living together?"

Zheng Lanxiang burst into tears. She had been holding back her anger for so long, and now that her daughter was back, she could finally let it out: "He's not human. Every time he comes back, he makes me cook, and then he leaves after we eat, saying that this place no longer tastes like home."

Jiang Shuyin listened quietly, hugged her tightly, and lowered her eyes aimlessly.

"Over the years, I've endured countless hardships, thinking he would remember this kindness, but it turns out it's all worthless. Nothing is as important as the comfort of those two ounces of flesh down there. Xiao Yin... Xiao Yin, you're all I have left..."

Jiang Shuyin felt a tightness in her throat and her eyes stinging.

She promised again and again, "Don't be afraid, Xiao Yin has grown up and can protect Mommy now."