"What do you know... I was wrong... How could I compare myself to you..." Gu Yunjia shook off Xu Su's hand. She stared at her blankly for a long moment, then a wan smile appeared on her face. "Someone like you, cherished and protected by a man who's afraid you'll suffer the slightest grievance, you'll never understand what I'm going through. You have no idea how terrifying, how disgusting, how despicable men can be..."
Xu Su was a bit dazed. The scene she'd witnessed at the mouth of the alley that afternoon suddenly came to mind...
"To think I'd actually compare myself to you... I was just humiliating myself." Gu Yunjia leaned dejectedly against the railing, silent for a long time.
Xu Su wanted to offer a few words of comfort but didn't know what to say, afraid the wrong thing would only upset her more.
'But I can't just leave her here like this...'
After a moment of silence, Gu Yunjia seemed to have composed herself. "You know about the trouble my family's been having, right?"
