The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era

"Oh, Wenping, what are you doing? Come down quickly, it’s so dangerous!"

"There are no hurdles that can’t be overcome, being laid off isn’t the end of the world. There are so many others who have been laid off, and I haven’t seen anyone starve to death."

Shen Mingzhu was followed by a crowd of onlooking aunties and elderly women.

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Seeing Pei Wenping climb over the railing, each one of them couldn’t care less about watching anymore. They clumsily helped Shen Mingzhu pull her back.

"No, I was just picking up my keys..."

Pei Wenping’s explanation was drowned out by the voices of others persuading her, but Shen Mingzhu heard it and leaned out over the railing to look.

Beyond the railing there was a circle of water-blocking eaves, about a meter wide, enough to stand on, but still dangerous.

Shen Mingzhu certainly wouldn’t dare climb over it.

She found a clothes hanger, tied it to a bamboo pole with some rope, and hooked the keys back in.

After sending off the well-meaning aunties and grannies, Shen Mingzhu closed the door and turned to look at Pei Wenping, who was sitting on the sofa.