"Would you like to listen to a failed woman's lament?"
The woman doesn't drink often, but after a martini with a slightly high alcohol content, she's already a bit tipsy.
Li Yang timely pushes the freshly poured martini in front of her:
"Tonight you can let loose."
The voice is warm and gentle, like an old friend you haven't seen in years.
The woman lets out a bitter laugh and starts telling her story.
At sixteen, she followed a poor young man working on a construction site.
Her parents disapproved of the marriage, but the woman believed in her judgment, enduring the bewilderment of her family and the mockery of her fair-weather friends, she braved the wind and rain with the poor young man for over twenty years.
During those twenty years, the young man labored on the construction site, while the woman cooked there.
The young man eventually started a business, taking on small renovation jobs.
The woman also helped, learning the trade of a mason.
