26.026 An ending is also a beginning
Just as it was almost time for work, Su Yu and her group attracted a lot of attention as they walked back. The older woman who pulled Su Yu and Er Ya up acted as a megaphone, repeatedly telling the story of how Su Yu had rescued the child who had fallen into the dam.
Su Yu grabbed Er Ya's wrist and saw that she kept hiccuping, looking quite frightened. She said a little angrily, "I've told you several times not to come and do laundry in the middle of the day. Did you stand on the underwater steps again? Did you slip and fall? Look how close this was today. If I hadn't suddenly had the idea to plant trees, you would have been dead by the time people found you."
Er Ya was still unable to calm down. The panic when she fell down and the despair when she was forced to drink the dam water as she sank were too frightening for her. Her chest, throat and nose were still burning. She swallowed and felt like two whetstones were grinding against each other in her throat.
"No, I felt dizzy and my vision went black when I stood up. I lost my balance and fell into the water." Er Ya touched her hip bone, which loosened as soon as she touched it. It hurt too much. When she fell, her hip bone hit the bluestone slab underwater. She flipped into the water headfirst like an onion. When she struggled to get up, she could no longer touch the bluestone slab.
Er Ya looked around at the people around her. They were all saying that she was lucky to be alive, and that she was unlucky. Behind her, Ping An was complaining about how scary it was when his mother jumped into the water. Xiao Yuan followed behind her, holding his mother's fingers without saying a word.
Er Ya cracked her knuckles, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly, hesitating again and again. When she came to her senses, they were almost at her alley. She knew that if she didn't speak now, she might never have the courage to thank her again. "Auntie, you saved my life. From now on, I'll treat Xiao Yuan and Ping An like my own brothers. I can even help you with your laundry, gather firewood for you, and dig wild vegetables for you if you want." These were all the things she would do.
“Just take care of yourself, I don’t need you to repay me.” Su Yu refused. For some reason, she was in high spirits, perhaps even more so than Er Ya who had been rescued. “Er Ya, outsiders can’t always help you, and neither can I. If you want to have a good life, you have to rely on yourself. You’re still young, so you only need to take care of yourself.”
Su Yu wanted to tell her to stop keeping quiet, to have some temper, and to dare to speak up and fight back. But she was too young and lacked judgment. Su Yu was afraid that her casual words would cause Er Ya to suffer and go to extremes. She pondered her words for a long time, but swallowed them back and just told Er Ya to take care of herself.
She ultimately accepted her own limited enthusiasm and fear of responsibility, deciding to observe Er Ya grow up patiently, hoping that Er Ya would figure things out on her own when she grew up. Just like herself, she also had parents who favored sons over daughters in her past life, and was born into a family that favored sons over daughters. As she grew up, she understood more, reconciled with her childhood self, and chose not to marry or enter into a family.
When they arrived at their doorsteps, both houses were locked. Du Xiaojuan and Sun Laoqi had already gone to work, and Da Bao and Er Bao were not home either. Er Ya took out the key to open the door, and Su Yu, under Ning Jin's dark expression, pulled the two children into the house.
"I want to take a shower and wash my hair," Su Yu said, glancing at the dark-faced man with a hint of ingratiation.
"Go change your clothes first." Ning Jin went to the kitchen to add water to the pot, called Ping An to start the fire, and said to the person changing clothes in the room, "I'll go ask for leave for you, and I'll be back in a bit."
"good."
Su Yu hadn't changed her clothes. It wasn't cold that day, and wearing wet clothes was actually quite comfortable. After the man left, she came out with a towel wrapped around her hair and said to Xiao Yuan, "Were you scared? I can swim, and I'm fine now, aren't I? Cheer up, your mom saved someone!" She pressed Xiao Yuan's lips and pulled them up, "Yes, just like me, smile."
Xu Yuan's tears fell again, and he stared at Su Yu without blinking, making Su Yu unable to laugh anymore. She awkwardly pulled him into her arms, patted his back and coaxed him, "Okay, okay, don't be scared. Your mother doesn't do things she's not sure of. Everything's fine now, don't cry."
"I don't have a father anymore, you can't die, you have to stay with me," Xiao Yuan said, leaning against his mother's neck.
"If he doesn't die, he'll definitely be there to watch my son grow up." Warm liquid dripped onto her neck, and Su Yu's eyes stung a little. This little brat's tears were so touching.
"Can you smile now? Your mom saved a life and she's very happy. Can you be happy for me too?" Su Yu teased him.
Xu Yuan nodded, and was about to laugh when a gush of snot sprayed onto her neck.
"Ugh, you brat, you're such a wimp." Su Yu, exasperated, stiffened her neck and went back into the house to get some paper to wipe herself, then ran out again to pour water and wash.
"How hateful! You're still laughing! How can you laugh like that?" Su Yu glared at him, went to the kitchen to fetch water, and seeing that Ping An seemed quite energetic, praised, "Ping An is really brave. You weren't scared, were you?"
"It only started to appear, and it disappeared once you got up. Mom, when will you teach me to swim?" he pleaded with a grin.
"Sure, let me ask your dad. If he can't swim, I'll teach you and Xiaoyuan." Su Yu carried the bucket of hot water back to the house to take a bath, patted Ping An's head and asked him to boil another pot of hot water. She still needed to wash her hair after the bath.
She was halfway through her shower when someone pushed open the door. "Who is it?" she asked.
“It’s me, it’s okay, you go ahead and wash up,” Ning Jin said from outside.
After taking a hot shower, Su Yu felt much better. She came out to scoop water to wash her hair. Ning Jin came into the room to empty the bathtub. The bathtub was leaning against the wall. He walked over to Su Yu with his arms crossed and started muttering, "You're pretty brave, aren't you? You dared to jump into this deep dam. Are you trying to kill yourself? Are you planning to leave the two kids to me to take care of?"
"I dared to jump in because I can swim, and the situation was so urgent that the person in the water wasn't moving at all. How could I hesitate? If you were there, would you have gone down to save them?" Su Yu asked rhetorically.
“That’s different. We men are strong, but you’re all weak. You’d be exhausted after a few strokes. You’re lucky you didn’t get a cramp. If you did, you wouldn’t be able to get up.” The man looked around and saw the two children talking inside. He lowered his voice and said, “If there’s a next time, go and call for help. Saving lives is important, but your life is the most important. Think about Xiaoyuan. He only has you left.”
"Isn't there you? He's been calling you 'Dad' for half a year now. I believe you'll treat him well."
"Don't even think about it. If you're done for, I'll hand him over to his grandparents." Ning Jin threatened her, watching her wipe the water from her hair, and casually threw the towel she was using to dry her hair over her head.
That's being overly fussy; they even use a separate towel to dry their hair.
Su Yu didn't argue with him. She dried her hair and sat on a chair in the yard, asking him, "I saved someone, aren't you happy for me? Proud?" Was she the only one who was happy?
How could he not be happy? On his way to ask for leave for her, everyone he met was asking about her rescue. News travels fast in such a small town, and many people said Su Yu was kind-hearted and a good person. Some even praised his good judgment, saying he no longer needed to worry about his stepmother bullying Ping An. He was vain too; seeing his wife praised made him happy too. If he were there, he would have jumped in to save her as well, but he didn't dare praise Su Yu. She was too excited, practically wagging her tail. If he praised her again, he worried she might risk her own life to save someone again.
"I was both happy and unhappy. I heard Ping An and Xiao Yuan crying and ran over. When I saw you lying on the ground, soaking wet, I was terrified." He didn't say much more and changed the subject, saying, "Xiao Yuan was scared, wasn't he? He didn't say a word the whole way back. When I tried to pull him up, that brat wouldn't let me."
"She was frightened, but I've calmed her down." The autumn sun was shining brightly, and she sat in the sun for a while until her hair dried. She felt sleepy too. "I'm going to take a nap. I want to sleep," she said.
"Are you feeling alright?" The man reached out to check her forehead temperature and, finding it to be normal, let her into the room.
Meanwhile, Du Xiaojuan had only been at work for a short while when she heard customers saying things like "someone fell into the dam" and "rescue." She went over and asked, "Who fell into the dam? Were they rescued? Are they alive or drowned?"
"Hey, Du Xiaojuan's house seems to be in the second alley." One of the saleswomen pointed at Du Xiaojuan and asked, "You live in the second alley, right?"
"You're not mistaken, what's wrong? Is it someone from our alley?" Du Xiaojuan immediately perked up. She knew everyone in the alley, and immediately asked loudly, "Who is it? Tell me and I'll tell you. I know everyone in the alley. Who fell into the dam? Have they been rescued yet?"
"She was rescued. It was a little girl who had fallen into the weir. Her neighbor jumped in and saved her. She was lucky. It was during the afternoon nap time. She was fortunate to have met her neighbor, otherwise they would have only found her after she floated to the surface."
"You know her, right? The one who saved her is called Su something, and I heard she's a stepmother." The speaker asked Du Xiaojuan, who looked unwell.
"We know each other very well. Su Yu is my neighbor, and Er Ya is my daughter." Du Xiaojuan never expected that gossip would reach her, and that Su Yu would get involved again. She was secretly annoyed. She thought, "Even washing clothes can lead to something like this. Useless thing, all she does is eat."
"Then you should go back and check on them. Falling into the dam is no small matter. We'll help you ask for leave when the supervisor comes back." The others were also surprised to learn that the "poor child" they had heard about was actually their colleague's child. Judging from Du Xiaojuan's expression, they probably didn't know about this.
Unexpectedly, this was a wonderful thing. Du Xiaojuan suppressed the urge to laugh and said, "Then I'll go back and check on the child. Please ask my supervisor for leave for me. I'll come back to work as soon as the child is alright." She left the supply and marketing cooperative with light steps.
After she left, the others looked at each other and said, "How many maids does she have? I only know that her eldest daughter was sent to the countryside to take care of her paralyzed mother-in-law."
"What a tragedy, the girl is suffering." None of them knew that Du Xiaojuan had a daughter; they had never heard her mention her, let alone seen her.
After taking the opportunity to slack off, Du Xiaojuan did not go back immediately. Instead, she went to the cooperative where her husband worked and told him about Er Ya falling into the dam.
"Is he alright?" Sun Laoqi asked.
"I heard it's nothing serious," Du Xiaojuan replied.
"Okay, I'll get back to work." Old Sun acknowledged, and seeing that guests had arrived, he didn't say anything more and went back to his work.
Du Xiaojuan went straight home after leaving the cooperative, called for Er Ya to open the door, glanced at her, and asked, "Sleeping inside?"
"Yes, I fell into the dam." She stared at her mother, trying to find the concern she wanted, but there was none. Her mother just said "I know" indifferently and walked past her into the house.
Du Xiaojuan also wanted to go inside and lie down, but she turned around again just before entering. "Where are the clothes? Where are the clothes you washed?" The bamboo pole for drying clothes was empty.
Er Ya then remembered that she had forgotten to bring back the clothes she had washed. It seemed that they had fallen into the dam with her. She wasn't sure, so she hurriedly ran out, saying, "They're by the dam, I'll go get them."
No, she searched along the embankment again and again, and asked other people, but she couldn't find the clothes she had washed. Even the basket that held the clothes was nowhere to be found. She didn't know if they had fallen into the embankment or if someone had taken them.
She circled the dam a few times, thinking that if she continued to delay, she would be beaten even more severely. She steeled herself and went back to her mother to tell her, "I couldn't find it. I don't know if it fell into the dam or what."
"Can't find it?" Du Xiaojuan grabbed her ear and pinched it. "Why don't you get lost yourself? You're a teenager, and you keep falling into the dam and losing your clothes while washing them. What can you possibly do?"
The cloth ration coupons for two people for a month were only enough to buy a pair of pants or a shirt. Du Xiaojuan thought that all the clothes for her family of four were gone. A year's worth of cloth ration coupons, or two months' worth of her salary, were gone in an instant. This was more painful than cutting off her own flesh. She cursed, "You might as well just fall into the dam and drown. You can't do anything right. Living is just a waste of food."
Su Yu was awakened by the crying. She knew immediately that it was Er Ya again. Suppressing her anger, she opened the door and went out. She saw Ning Jin standing in the yard looking at the neighbor. She asked, "What's going on?"
"Du Xiaojuan is back. Judging from her voice, it sounds like she lost her clothes and is beating Er Ya." Ning Jin recalled that he was in a panic at the time and didn't pay attention to the clothes, but Du Xiaojuan wouldn't beat Er Ya to death.
Er Ya's cries grew more and more pitiful. Su Yu couldn't stand it any longer and started to walk out. Ning Jin followed behind her. This time, Du Xiaojuan didn't block the door. Su Yu pushed the door open and saw her kicking Er Ya with a ferocious expression.
“Go call the police, and then go to the Women’s Federation. Tell them they’re going to kill someone, and make sure the police and the Women’s Federation come.” Su Yu gripped Ning Jin’s hand, urging him to agree.
Ning Jin glanced inside the house again, nodded, and ran out.
Su Yu immediately rushed in, stopped cursing, snatched the stick from Du Xiaojuan and threw it far away, pinned her to the ground, and viciously pinched her fat, "You fucking like hitting people, huh? You'll taste what it's like to be hit, you inhuman wretch..."
Su Yu also received two slaps from her. She was thinner than Du Xiaojuan and had the upper hand for a short while but couldn't hold her back. She got angry too, reached for Su Yu's neck, and stared at her eyes with a sinister look. "Preferring boys to girls? You're a girl. If you can't stand girls, you should die first and be reborn as a boy."
"Mom, let me help you." Ping An's excited voice came. Su Yu came back to her senses, let go of his hand, and before she could get up, Xu Yuan rushed over, holding a stick to help her hit him.
“She admits defeat, she doesn’t need your help.” Su Yu lifted the two children aside and saw Du Xiaojuan coughing and trying to breathe heavily as she turned to the side.
Coincidentally, just as Du Xiaojuan recovered and started cursing, the police arrived. Su Yu said first, "My husband called the police. We are neighbors of this family. We often hear Du Xiaojuan beating Er Ya. Today, she even beat Er Ya with a stick until she was crawling on the ground. I was afraid she would kill her, so I called the police." She pointed to Er Ya, who was still lying on the ground and looked like she had been beaten badly.
No sooner had she finished speaking than two people from Ningjin and the Women's Federation arrived, along with neighbors from the alley. Their hearing was always intermittent. "Comrade, I'm reporting Du Xiaojuan for being feudal in her thinking and having serious landlord class habits. She favors boys over girls and treats her daughter like a slave. When she's unhappy, she beats Er Ya to death. I've seen her beat Er Ya to the ground with a stick more than once."
After saying that, Su Yu took a deep breath and, ignoring Du Xiaojuan's feeble "I didn't," continued, "Our country has been liberated, and women and children are protected. That's why our Women's Federation was established. Du Xiaojuan had a daughter just to enjoy herself. She doesn't do anything at home. Er Ya does all the housework, from washing clothes and cooking to cleaning, gathering firewood and digging for wild vegetables. Even the bathwater is boiled by Er Ya and brought into the house for her. She's like a rich lady from ancient times, only missing the need to be helped to walk when she goes out."
“I work to earn money to support my family. What girl doesn’t tidy up the house? Washing clothes and cooking are the girls’ jobs. Er Ya only told me that she does the washing and cooking because she felt sorry for me,” Du Xiaojuan argued.
“You can go and check on Er Ya,” Su Yu said to the Women’s Federation people. “She still can’t stand up. I don’t know if she was injured.”
Only then did the others notice Er Ya on the ground. Her presence was so weak that it paled in comparison to Ping An, who stood beside Su Yu with an angry expression.
"Er Ya, how are you? Can you still get up?" The women's federation staff went over to pull her up, but she kept groaning and didn't dare to move. They asked her what was wrong.
Er Ya's hip, which had been bruised by the bluestone slab, was kicked again by her mother. She was in so much pain that she couldn't get up. Then she saw the police, the women's federation, and the look that Xiao Yuan's mother had given her earlier. She lowered her eyes, clutched her hip, and said, "It hurts a lot here. It hurts when I push. I feel better lying down."
"We'll take her to the hospital later." The women's federation staff also felt that Er Ya's body was all bones, and when they looked at Du Xiaojuan's fat waist, they wanted to spit on her, but their job was mainly to persuade her, and they couldn't do anything with this stubborn person. They asked the police next to them, "Are you going to take her away? If it weren't for the neighbors coming over, she would have been beaten to death by now."
"Report it to the Revolutionary Committee. She has ideological problems and needs reform. I remember they're short of people for land reclamation in the Northwest. Send someone over there to fill a quota." The police took this matter over, gave her a lecture, and then released her.
"I won't go, please don't send me there." Du Xiaojuan panicked. The threat Su Yu mentioned to the Revolutionary Committee was completely different from what the police said. If the police sent her there, she would never come back, dead or alive.
"I was wrong. I will never hit Er Ya again. From now on, cooking and washing clothes will be my responsibilities. Please give me a chance. I just misunderstood for a moment. I have a paralyzed mother-in-law and three other children to raise. If I go to the Revolutionary Committee, my other children will suffer." She began to play the victim. "Please, please let me go. I will never hit the children again." As she spoke, she was about to kneel down and kowtow.
"You said it yourself..." the young policeman began. They had just said they would send her to the Revolutionary Committee to scare her. This kind of report without evidence was based on a common preference for sons over daughters, and there was no money to be made. The Revolutionary Committee would be crazy to get involved in this kind of thing.
"I said it, I said it, I promise." Du Xiaojuan saw a glimmer of hope and made promises, some short and some long.
“I don’t trust her. Give Er Ya to me to raise. I’ll raise her myself, and her marriage has nothing to do with Du Xiaojuan. She can’t interfere.” Su Yu interrupted the police officer.
"My goodness, is Su Yu addicted to being a stepmother? She's even bringing kids home?" The onlookers were astonished. Someone actually brings a girl home? They looked at Ning Jin, who was clearly unaware of the situation and looked anxious.
“No, I’ll raise my own child. I didn’t give her away when she was little, and I don’t need to give her away now. I can afford to raise her.” Du Xiaojuan immediately refused. Er Ya is at the prime of her life now. If she gets married in a few years, she’ll have the money for her son’s wedding.
The sudden surge of light in Er Ya's eyes faded, and she lowered her eyelids, her hands haphazardly grasping at the dirt on the ground.
Su Yu winked at the police and stared at them, saying, "If you don't give me Er Ya to raise, I won't believe you. Now, in front of the police and the Women's Federation, write a guarantee that you will never beat or scold Er Ya again and that she will go to school."
Seeing what Du Xiaojuan was about to say, Su Yu immediately complained: "Officers, you saw it, right? She was just trying to fool you by kneeling down and kowtowing to admit her mistake. I never said that Er Ya wouldn't do housework, that I wouldn't beat or scold her, or that I would let her go to school. It only costs two yuan every six months, but she doesn't even want to write. Let's send her to the Revolutionary Committee. If she goes to the Revolutionary Committee, she will definitely lose her job. It's more appropriate to give it to someone who needs it more."
"Then let's send it to the Revolutionary Committee," the policeman said, understanding.
“I’ll write it,” Du Xiaojuan said through gritted teeth. “I didn’t say I wouldn’t write it.”
“Then write it down.” Su Yu borrowed paper and pen from the Women’s Federation staff, quickly handed them to Du Xiaojuan, and stood aside to instruct her: “Yes, don’t beat or scold Er Ya, let her go to school, sign your name, put your fingerprint on it, no ink? No problem, go to the ditch and dip some muddy water on it.”
Su Yu took the paper, still damp from the stain, signed her name, and then had the police and the Women's Federation members sign theirs as well. "Keep this for the police." Before handing it to the police, she waved the paper at her neighbors, saying, "Even though you didn't sign, you're all supervisors. If anyone finds Du Xiaojuan beating or scolding the children again, anyone can report her to the Revolutionary Committee. People with ideological problems are not suitable to serve the people. The job of a sales clerk is suitable for people of good character."
She dragged the others into it too, so that Du Xiaojuan wouldn't single her out for hatred. Having a problem with one's mind isn't just about hitting children; the sales clerk position is so appealing. With that lucrative job dangling in front of her, she didn't believe Du Xiaojuan would dare to do anything bad again.
The situation unfolded in the way Su Yu ultimately wanted. She had never intended to adopt Er Ya in the first place, not only because she had to consider Ning Jin's feelings, but also because she didn't want to raise another child, especially since Er Ya's family relationships were so complicated.
Su Yu was about to take Er Ya to the hospital with the Women's Federation when Du Xiaojuan instinctively called out to the departing police officer, "I want to call the police too. Before you arrived, Su Yu was choking me. If Ping An hadn't cried out, she would have strangled me to death."
"I didn't see it," Ping An immediately denied.
"She's so strong, and I can't beat her. It's more likely she'll choke me." Su Yu didn't admit it either.
"Your neck is perfectly fine, not even a mark. You're not just making this up, are you?" The policeman glanced at her and then stepped out the door.
"Su Yu, right? Where do you work? Are you interested in joining our Women's Federation?" The Women's Federation staff asked her as they walked down the street. They and the police were completely led by the nose by her today. Their Women's Federation was exactly lacking someone like her who could talk a good game, intimidate and threaten, and speak shrewishly.
"No way, it's too tiring. This whole thing with Er Ya has aged me two years." Su Yu refused with a smile. Du Xiaojuan was too difficult to deal with. She had been thinking about this matter for a long time before coming up with this solution.
"What a pity. Come visit our Women's Federation another day when you have time. It's quite interesting. Maybe you'll change your mind after you see it."
When we took Er Ya to see the doctor, she was only covered by a thin layer of skin, making it perfect for a bone examination. The old doctor examined her from head to toe and said, "There's nothing wrong with her bones, she's just malnourished. Don't do heavy work, eat more, and take good care of yourself, otherwise you'll have problems with fertility in the future."
"I will definitely take good care of myself." Er Ya immediately promised as soon as she heard that it would affect her ability to have children.
Su Yu helped Er Ya out of the hospital and walked back. After listening to Er Ya's incoherent words of thanks, Su Yu patted the back of her head and said, "Er Ya, I accept your thanks. I've put more effort into you than into my two sons. Don't let my good intentions go to waste. As a girl from a family that favors boys over girls, it's not easy to find someone willing to lend you a hand. Your mother probably won't hit you anymore. Study hard, you must study. The knowledge in books will teach you how to become a better person."
Seeing Er Ya's confused expression, she gave up on her earnest lecture, "The more you study, the more money you can earn. Whether you're a sales clerk or working in a food factory, you need a degree. Even someone like me who washes vegetables has to graduate from junior high school. If you don't study hard, you won't have a job no matter how well you wash vegetables."
Sure enough, down-to-earth preaching is the most refreshing. That's all she could do to help Er Ya. "Your mother definitely won't dare to hit you openly. If she does hit you behind your back, you should cry and run to a crowded place. If you don't even dare to do that, no one will help you anymore, and you'll have to endure being beaten."
Seeing Er Ya nod, Su Yu let her in. Once inside, she saw a large group of adults and two children sitting in the main room, staring at the door. She immediately smiled.
"Oh, the hero's back. Congratulations on saving another life, even if it's the same one." Ning Jin glanced at her sarcastically.
"You deserve half of today's medal of honor." Su Yu snapped her hands across her chest and hung the air around the man's neck.
"How rare." Ning Jin couldn't help but laugh, slapping her hand lightly. "So happy? Your eyebrows are practically floating." In reality, it was even more exaggerated; her eyes were shining, and her whole being was glowing. Ning Jin even suspected that she would float away if she took a few more steps. The feeling she gave off was also different. Before, she was living her life properly, but it looked like she was being forced, unwilling but having to do it, a very contradictory feeling.
"It's like a burden that's been weighing on you all along," Ning Jin summarized.
“You bet I’m abnormally excited. I even suspect I have a desire to redeem someone, and a perverted possessiveness.” Su Yu sat down and pinched the two silly, happy children.
"What?"
"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Go cook, today's hero doesn't want to cook." Su Yu urged him to cook, she was hungry.
It's incredible that she's been living in this body for almost two months, and only today has she finally let go of the past and truly integrated into her current life.
The children and parents are all responsibilities that Su Yu has taken on with this body. As an unmarried and childless older woman, she has to take care of all this. No matter how bad things get, she has to find a way to solve them. She can't just give up because she is the one who benefits.
But all of this was unfamiliar to her: the street scenes were unfamiliar, the environment was unfamiliar, the language was unfamiliar, and the people were familiar relatives. Just like in high school when she could only go back once a month and seek out old friends to ease her discomfort in the unfamiliar environment, here she was struggling in an unfamiliar and difficult environment, with no good teachers or friends to confide in or chat with. All her social relationships were cut off. Su Yu felt lost and discouraged, but she still had to take care of her child and deal with family matters.
When she choked Du Xiaojuan today, she even had the thought of strangling her to death, so that she could also extricate herself from this half-baked social relationship. Er Ya was grateful to her, and she was also grateful to Er Ya, because she noticed Er Ya because of the preference for sons over daughters and domestic violence, which shifted her attention and was also a kind of venting. From the moment she started helping her, it meant that she had actively chosen to enter into a social relationship, not inherited from "Su Yu".
This is probably a kind of pathological psychology. It's like feeding a stray cat. You won't take her in, but you'll unconsciously pay attention to her. You'll feel happy because the kitten is the only one who is enthusiastic towards you among a crowd, and you'll develop a possessive desire. You genuinely want her to be happy.
Her relationship with Er Ya was like that. Of course, Er Ya didn't know her feelings, but Su Yu believed that it was a mutual healing. She rescued Er Ya, and Er Ya received gratitude and a sense of need. It was a recognition of her own abilities and also led her into society.
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