Facing the sharp questions from her younger brother Doggy, who was so smart and enthusiastic and had helped her so much, Lin Juan really couldn't brush him off. So she reluctantly began to share the story of her past years.
Lin Juan had taken the college entrance exam and went to study in the South at a second-tier university not long after Liu Zhizhong, then twelve years old, left Yingxi County. This was over sixteen years ago.
Not much later after she started university, Lin Juan's father, Lin Zhijie, was laid off after the state-owned Yingxi Salt Factory bought out his work years.
Lin Zhijie, a minor leader, was certainly proud and arrogant. He took the money, sold the house allocated by his unit, and headed south with his daughter to start a business.
