Book Description:
Yu Xiuxiu lived alone for more than a decade, eventually dying of illness in a nursing home.
Before she died, she looked back on her life and realized it had been filled with far too much suffering.
She had been an excellent student when she was young, but after junior high, her parents forced her to work in a factory. At twenty-one, she married Jiang Huaijin, a handsome but poor man from her village, believing that if they worked hard together, they could build a good life.
She had barely escaped one nightmare before falling into another.
Her birth parents resented her for not helping her younger siblings. Her in-laws and sister-in-law thought she was wasteful and could hardly wait for her to get divorced. Her daughter, Yueyue, always blamed her for favoring boys because she had left her behind in the village until she finished elementary school. Her son thought she favored his sister, too. Whenever the children argued, Yu Xiuxiu always sided with her daughter. In the end, neither of them loved her.
Yu Xiuxiu ended her life utterly alone.
When she opened her eyes, she was back at the age of twenty-six.
Her daughter was a sweet, innocent four-year-old, and her son was still in her belly. She hadn’t yet left her daughter alone in the village to have her second child.
That day, her mother-in-law started another argument at home. Without a moment’s hesitation, Yu Xiuxiu packed her things and savings book, bought tickets, and took her child to Jiang Huaijin’s company in another province.
This time, she wanted to live freely and on her own terms! She wouldn’t make herself suffer just to earn a reputation for being a good wife!
She wanted both her children and her money. As for Jiang Huaijin, she’d have to watch him for a while and see if he was worth keeping.
