I had seven chances to make a wish come true. I used the first six for my daughter, to make up for her regrets. Just when I thought my life was complete, she dealt me a devastating blow. For my final wish, I decided to use it for myself.
I considered myself fairly lucky, with a considerate husband and a sensible daughter. But what in life is ever perfect? My daughter's marriage was unhappy. Her husband had a terrible temper and no prospects, and he often pressured her to come home and ask for money. She came back crying over it more times than I could count.
Later, they divorced. He was the one who brought it up. He had planned all along to take half the family assets. He even declared that he had never loved Xiao Yi in the first place, and that when he first pursued...
