When no one else would talk, Li Hua asked Zhou Cai. He gave her a brief summary, explaining that Gu'er had been cornered in a room by Zhang Da, but she ended up slashing Zhang Da, Zhou Mei, and her sister, Feng'er. Zhou Mei's family refused to let it go and demanded that Gu'er kneel and kowtow, but she wouldn't. In the end, she declared she was severing ties with the family, and Sun Jiaming paid fifty yuan on her behalf. From now on, Gu'er was no longer part of the family. He told Li Hua to just act as if Gu'er was dead.
Li Hua's head was spinning. How could things have come to this in the short time she was called away?
'Gu'er has left the Zhou family. With no family or friends, what will she do? She's offended people in the village, too... How will she survive? If only I had been here. I could have kneeled and kowtowed for her.'
'But why would Gu'er attack Feng'er?'
