As long as one has thick enough skin, even if she gives her the cold shoulder, it's no big deal, although her life now is pretty good, she still needs to consider the future.
Being a stranger in a new place, even though Sister Cao can take care of her, that's nowhere near as good as having her own cousin close by. No matter how much she dislikes her, she can't just stand by if something happens.
All she needed to do was spread the word that she was her cousin, and then she wouldn't be able to refuse helping her; people would guilt her into it, even though she had wronged her in previous years. However, that's all old news now, and even if she talked about it, not everyone might believe it.
With Su Xiaowan being such an influential figure, she needed to cling tightly to her. She had also heard that Mingda was planning to establish a branch here. She needed to figure out what to do to make her mark.
