"The last time you lectured me, you said I wasn't qualified to be a vase. To be honest, your words really stung, and I couldn't accept them... I believed I was never a vase. I felt very capable. I could find great jobs, run a successful business, and even get into Harvard... I thought I was something extraordinary..."
She chuckled in self-mockery. "But when I calmed down and thought it through, I realized I'd been playing the role of a vase for a long time."
"!!!"
"Take my university education, for instance. Without Wan Donglin, I wouldn't have had a chance at all. Not to mention starting my own business—I don't even have the startup capital, so I can just forget about that. Even the good jobs I found on my own—without my degree to open doors, would I have gotten them? And Harvard? If it weren't for him, could I have gone? I couldn't even dream of it..."
