Gu'er wasn't worried by what Zhou Duo'er said, but Li Hua was frantic. She hadn't expected things at home to be in such a mess.
"Du'er, I'm not going back, and Mom can't go back either. Don't you understand your father by now? Do you really think Mom can control him? If she goes back and he beats her again, she won't survive. Mom is already lying here in this state. What more could anyone ask of her? I'm not a member of the Zhou family, so I can't manage the Zhou family's affairs. Aren't all the village elders still there? You should hurry back. They'll sort things out for you."
Gu'er didn't let Li Hua move. 'What a joke.' If Li Hua went back now, the surgery would have been for nothing. She'd be as good as dead.
Li Hua panicked a little. It was instinctual. But she wasn't the same person she used to be. In the past, she would have crawled all the way home.
"Big Sister."
Zhou Duo'er called out pleadingly.
"What good will that do? I already said I can't get involved."
