"You scared me to death! I thought you were up to something bad," Sun Lijuan said, patting her chest before asking with concern, "I saw your mother here earlier. Did she come to comfort you?"
"Comfort me? She shed plenty of tears, that’s for sure." Yuanchun gave a self-deprecating laugh. "She cried because I embarrassed the Lu family, and she cried because my third brother doesn't have money to marry. She came to ask me for money. When I refused, she accused me of having no familial affection and no heart for my maiden family. Honestly, how could I be so unlucky? I didn't get a good start in life, and I couldn't even find a decent man."
"At least you managed to jump out of that fire pit in time; that’s a stroke of luck in itself. Now you live alone, free and easy. It’s not like me—I have to rush back after work to serve my in-laws. If I don't work, they give me cold looks, as if I owe them something. I have a job, I don’t eat their food, drink their water, or wear their clothes, so why should I have to take their attitude? It's just that they treat me like an outsider and squeeze me out."
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