Navigating through a melodramatic novel, Jiang Su didn’t become the heroine or even a supporting character but ended up as the heroine’s mother. Watching her daughters, beautiful as flowers— Yet always encountering scoundrels, facing miscarriages, Losing a kidney, and suffering various brutalities. Jiang Su silently lit a cigarette for herself. Questioning: Without the option of sending her daughters back to the womb for a redo, How should I teach my daughters to discard the men they’ve picked up from the trash?