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would never marry again. But at that time, I was too

young to understand it.”

“So she wanted to be single for all her life?”

“Yes, she did.”

“Why did she marry your step-father if she hated

men so much?”

“For my younger sister and my sake. At that time,

my mother got sick and lost her job. She needed

money to support my younger sister and me. She

wept day and night. For me and for my sister’s future,

she decided to marry again. This time, she married a

senior professor. He was more than twenty years

older than her. But he commanded a very good salary.

So I had become a professor’s daughter. He was a

very good man. He treated my sister and me as his

own daughters.” At this point, she suddenly stopped

and stared at me seriously.

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