Xiaozhou said, "What goes around comes around! By the way, how is your aunt? Her mental health wasn't good to begin with; did this incident not totally devastate her?"
Having lost her only child, kept in the dark, and nearly causing the death of her own grandniece, anyone would probably find it hard to cope with such blows.
Ni Yang sighed. "My aunt became a nun."
"Really?" Xiaozhou was somewhat surprised.
Ni Yang nodded. "Yes, she's now at Baiyun Temple."
Xiaozhou continued, "Is she doing this to atone for her past?"
"Perhaps," Ni Yang said. "If she hadn't been manipulated and had spoken up earlier, perhaps that child would not have died, and so many things wouldn't have happened."
Xiaozhou nodded. "That makes sense."
Departing from Xiaozhou's place, Ni Yang made another trip to the Department Store.
She wanted to buy a television for Grandma Liu.
It was already 1985, and color TVs were available, though quite expensive, costing over 3,000 yuan each.
