"Guess how old she is?"
"Forty?"
"No, she's only twenty-seven."
"Impossible!" Bai Wanrou exclaimed, doubting how a woman in her twenties could become like this.
"She eloped for love, breaking off from her family. Her husband, like Su Yan, is a mechanic. They have two children, and their household is poor. She works four jobs, from dusk till dawn, and still needs to care for the children at night. She hardly gets enough sleep. A woman must take care of herself. Without self-care, a woman is like a flower without water, wilting quickly. If you continue with Su Yan, you'll become just like her."
"Impossible!" Bai Wanrou shook her head in denial. No matter how exhausted, she could never stoop to such a low.
"If you don't believe me, go ask her yourself. Look at her ID, see how beautiful she once was."
Bai Wanrou did as suggested, and the result was exactly as her mother had described.
Looking at that woman, she felt like she was seeing her future self.
