Chapter 78

From Aunt Ge's intermittent sobbing, Tu Hengsha gleaned that Ge Yun could no longer endure such hopeless and bitter days. She had become involved with another man and planned to take her child and leave with him. Such situations had occasionally arisen in the village before, because once men contracted pneumoconiosis, most of them were rendered inhumane. Many suffered and became akin to covert mistresses, whether they were known to others or not. Previously, it was like watching the excitement in other families. When other families discovered the illness in their men, they secretly felt relieved if it wasn't affecting them directly. However, it seemed that fate spared no one.