
Sun Lifang, diagnosed with terminal cancer, reflected on her hard-fought life in the hospital. She had once enjoyed immense glory, riding on her husband's success, with a loving family and children that everyone envied. How did she end up dying alone on the operating table, uncared for?
Was it because she believed the sweet words, "I'll support you"? Was it because her children resented her for being partial? Or was it the constant moral blackmail from relatives who offered no real help?
If she could do it all over again, she would never have quit her job to painstakingly prepare for pregnancy, nor would she have scrimped and saved to support her ungrateful maternal relatives. She certainly wouldn't have helped her "best friend" get connections to climb the ladder of success...