90s: You are all reborn, who will spoil you?

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the steel plant children's school in Lianghe Town had already finished classes, and the campus was filled with the children's cheerful laughter and farewells.

Lu Tingting took Xie Yan's hand and walked through the bustling crowd towards the family quarters of the clinic.

They talked as they walked, sharing interesting things that happened in class today and the new knowledge they learned. The air was filled with the vitality of youth and the warmth of friendship.

As they passed a secluded corner, the figure of a strange middle-aged woman attracted their attention.

That was Li Fang. She was sitting alone next to an inconspicuous mound of earth, her hands tightly hugging her knees, her head buried deeply in her arms, her shoulders trembling slightly, as if she was crying secretly.

Lu Tingting and Xie Yan looked at each other, and suddenly a sense of inexplicable worry and curiosity surged in their hearts.

So, the two of them quickened their pace, walked gently to Li Fang's side, squatted down, and asked with concern: "Auntie, what's wrong with you?"

Li Fang raised her head, and her red and swollen eyes and tear marks on her face made both of them feel nervous.

Li Fang choked up and said, "I... I'm fine, I just... I just feel a little uncomfortable."

Seeing the strange woman in front of her so sad, Xie Yan's heart was filled with sympathy.

She patted Li Fang's shoulder gently and said, "Auntie, is there anything you can tell us? Maybe we can help you."

When Li Fang heard this, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes, but then she lowered her head and shook her head.

"Thank you, but I'm really fine." Li Fang's voice was a little trembling, but she still tried to force a smile.

Xie Yan knew that in that era, wells had no covers and there was no purchase limit on pesticides. She had heard too many tragic stories of rural women.

She understood Li Fang's inner pain and knew that in such circumstances, people could easily take extreme actions.

Lu Tingting was also afraid that this strange aunt would do something stupid.

Last month, an old lady jumped into the nearby river. When she was found, she had already become a giant.

Lu Tingting was frightened when she went to watch the fun, and it took her a whole week to recover.

She comforted him, "Auntie, don't be sad. If you have any problems, you can tell us and we will do our best to help you."

Through Li Fang's intermittent narration, the two gradually understood her predicament.

When Li Fang was sixteen, she met a man named Yao. Under his intense pursuit, they fell in love.

But Li Fang's parents were a dual-income family working in the factory, and the man was from a family in a nearby rural area. He had little education and dropped out of junior high school after only one year.

Not only does he have many brothers and sisters at home, but he himself is not very ambitious. He wears bell-bottom pants, has long hair, has a tattoo of Guan Gong on his arm, and wanders around in society.

All in all, Li Fang's parents were very disgusted with this gangster man.

Despite her parents' strong opposition, Li Fang chose to elope with the man and got married with a simple wedding banquet in the man's village.

Li Fang had a hard life after marrying the man. Both of them had no jobs, and her parents-in-law didn't care about them at all.

The man went out to cheat and defraud people every day, and the two of them had no food to eat. Li Fang couldn't stand it anymore, so she went to find her parents.

Li Fang knelt in front of her parents and begged them bitterly, which eventually led to her parents using their life savings to use their connections to send the two of them to work in the steel mill.

Li Fang had been married to a man for several years but had not been pregnant. The man's parents began to put pressure on her, and even the man began to look down on her. Li Fang could not bear the humiliation and went to the hospital for a check-up.

It turned out that Li Fang suffered from polycystic ovary syndrome, a disease that can cause abnormal ovulation, irregular menstruation, and even infertility in women.

After learning the news, Li Fang's world seemed to collapse.

After the man found out, his attitude towards her took a sharp turn for the worse. He often mocked her and even hit her.

Li Fang thought about divorce, but when she thought about what she had experienced in the past few years and how much her parents had worried about her, she couldn't bear it.

It was she who followed the man in the beginning, even though she was abandoned by everyone. If she divorces him now, she will only make others laugh at her.

She was a strong-willed person, so she decided to swallow her anger and continue living with the man, hoping that one day she could make the man change his mind through her own efforts.

Four years ago, the man told him that a relative of his had given birth to a son, but the relative could not afford to raise the child and was going to abandon the child.

Li Fang felt sorry for the child and decided to let them take him home and raise him.

So, Li Fang and the man adopted a son.

But today she found out that she was pregnant and the baby in her belly was already three months old.

It is difficult for women with polycystic ovary syndrome to get pregnant, and this child is a gift from God.

Maybe this is the only child she will have in her life.

But the adopted son has already taken up her child's place.

She thought about it for a long time, and for the sake of the man and adopted son, she decided to abort the baby.

The decision filled her with pain and conflict, but she felt she had no choice.

When Xie Yan heard this, her face looked particularly focused and deep, her eyes slightly narrowed, trying to focus on a distant and vague point of thought.

Her lips were slightly pursed, moving slightly from time to time, as if she was silently repeating her inner questions or talking to herself, trying to unravel the complex thoughts and find the answer that runs through all the problems.

Her thoughts were like fallen leaves blown by the wind, circling and intertwining in the air, and finally slowly fell on Li Fang's story.

This is all too coincidental.

She suspected that the person in front of her was the materialistic ex-wife of Yao Yadong who had lived in Lin Luping's past life and tried to curry favor with the railway bureau officials.

Li Fang's description is completely different from Lin Luping's.

It was Yao Yadong who told Lin Luping that Li Fang was a vain and materialistic woman.

Or was it Lin Luping who deliberately spread rumors outside that Li Fang left Yao Yadong in order to get close to a rich man in order to discredit her?

Xie Yan asked tentatively, "Auntie, is your husband's name Yao Yadong?"

Lu Tingting looked back at Xie Yan, her eyes full of confusion.

Xie Yan was just an eight-year-old child like her. She stayed with her every day and only moved around the family compound. How could she know the husband of this strange aunt in front of her?

Li Fang was stunned when she heard this. She looked up, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. "How did you know?"

When Xie Yan saw Li Fang's reaction, she became more certain of her guess.

She said softly: “I’ve heard something about you, but I didn’t know it was you. My mother often plays mahjong with Uncle Yao Yadong…”

Li Fang's expression became complicated. She was silent for a while, then said, "Yes, my husband's name is Yao Yadong. But..."

Xie Yan nodded, trying to reassure Li Fang.

"I understand, Auntie, don't worry, I won't tell my mother about these things."

When Li Fang heard this, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Thank you, little girl. Can you keep this a secret for me?"

Lu Tingting also understood what was said. She looked at Li Fang and said, "Aunt Li, we won't tell anyone. Don't worry."

Li Fang looked at the two little girls with gratitude, her heart filled with warmth. "Thank you, thank you so much."

Xie Yan and Lu Tingting chatted with Li Fang for a while until her emotions stabilized a little before leaving.