"What did you say?"
Secretary An was startled. When she and Zhang Heping came, they hadn't really inquired much about Xiangling's situation. Once they found out Xiangling might be her daughter, they rushed over, without really knowing how the child was doing now.
Sister Xu told Secretary An all about the unscrupulous things done by Zhang Erzhu's house: "If the child hadn't been desperate, she probably wouldn't have wanted to trouble me and her dad by coming back to her maiden family. She was just worried about gossip spreading, afraid her uncles would put pressure on us. But we've raised this child for so many years, we're not afraid of anything. Just thinking about how close she was to having suicidal thoughts, I just..."
Secretary An was trembling all over: "It's too much, too much."
Zhang Heping also felt quite upset.
But he was more concerned about Secretary An.
