The son I had fed one mouthful at a time slapped me across the face, knocking my head to the side. My mother-in-law, Shi Yuzhen, watched gleefully from the side, worrying only about whether her precious grandson had hurt his hand. My husband, Wei Shichang, looked at me with utter disgust, as if I were a filthy rag unfit to be seen in public. I had graduated from a prestigious university with a master's degree, yet I gave up my career and my life and devoted everything to my family, only to be treated like this. Fine, I'll just stop trying. It's not as if they ever treated me like family.
