Chu Baiying had gone to great lengths, traveling thousands of miles, to ensure her daughter was sent down to the Lanshan Production Brigade. There was important business to attend to there, and it had to be handled properly.
Now that her daughter had arrived, she couldn't simply retreat at the first sign of trouble. Although a local hoodlum had attempted to harass her daughter, the deed had not been successful, after all. If anything, the incident served as a wake-up call; surely, such a thing would not happen again. This was no time for her daughter to be talking about returning to Beijing. She needed to summon her courage and see the mission through to the end. Only once the task was accomplished could her mother bring her back to the capital.
Before her daughter left for the countryside, Chu Baiying had repeatedly emphasized that this mission was of critical importance—that it concerned the future happiness of their entire family. It was not a small matter, nor was it just about any one individual. Even if she encountered monumental difficulties, she had to endure them. Tian Xingzhu was a daughter she valued deeply; she expected her to understand the gravity of the situation. She had never imagined that, at such a crucial juncture, her daughter would be crying and demanding to be transferred back to Beijing.
Chapter 503