She was fired after she refused to be the CEO's dog licker.

I was shocked and nervous just now, and what I actually grabbed was Mrs. Zhang Si's wrist.

After I grabbed her, I realized that the skin on her wrist was not smooth. I looked down at her wrist and felt a chill in my heart, and pain again.

Mrs. Zhang Si's skin was as fair and delicate as white porcelain, but on the wrist that I held, there were several protruding red scars that were crisscrossed, which was shocking.

She and I often had physical contact and intimate actions, walking arm in arm and talking hand in hand, but the weather was cold and everyone was dressed warmly, so I never noticed that there were so many scars on her wrists.

I am very familiar with this kind of scar and I know what it is at a glance.

"Madam..." My heart ached even more.

This is the scar left by cutting her wrist. She cut it more than once, and more than once, so the scar is not only messy, but also has different shades of color.

She is so beautiful, has such a good personality, and treats people simply and sincerely. People like her should be loved, cared for, and protected. No suffering should ever touch her. How could she have suffered so many such serious injuries?

What on earth had driven her to the point of cutting her wrists several times?

I felt heartbroken, but I didn't dare use any force with my hands. I just looked at her deeply and waited for her to speak.

Xiao Su led us into this private room and then left. At this time, there were only Madam Zhang Si and I in the room. The air was humid and the light was dim. However, I stared at Madam Zhang Si's face, not missing any slight changes in her expression.

"Did you scare Xuxu? Don't be afraid. These scars are a thing of the past." Mrs. Zhang Si's face was a little flustered. She immediately turned her wrist to cover the scars, smiled and gently comforted me, "I didn't pay attention to it before. I will remove all these scars later."

"When did it happen? What caused it to happen?" I turned her wrist over stubbornly and continued to ask.

I'm not scared, I just feel sad.

Cutting wrists is painful, but I also know that if people are not in great pain, they will not choose to end their lives by cutting their wrists.

What on earth did she go through at that time that forced herself to this point?

"You are such a persistent person, kid." Mrs. Zhang frowned slightly, looking somewhat helpless, but she held my hand instead, "It happened 20 years ago."

Twenty years ago, she would have been about the same age as I am now.

My heart moved, and I suddenly thought of the last conversation I had with her in this beauty salon. At that time, she inadvertently said that when she was my age, she was neither human nor ghost, and her life was miserable.

At that time, I felt that she must have suffered some setbacks, perhaps in her marriage. After all, she married Mr. Zhang for the second time, which was also a setback.

But I didn't expect that the blows and setbacks she encountered were so great.

Being in so much pain that one has to cut one's wrists several times is definitely not an ordinary thing. At this point, I began to feel sorry for it and didn't want to ask about the details anymore.

Painful things should be forgotten and don’t bring them up easily. A wound is a wound. Even if it has healed, it will still be painful when you bring it up.

I don't want her to suffer.

Just at this moment, Xiao Su pushed the door open holding a bunch of things, and Mrs. Zhang Si and I stopped talking about the previous issue.

"Is this Chinese herbal medicine?" I looked at the thing in Xiao Su's arms and asked, "What is its effect?"

"Yes, Miss Meng. It contains safflower, salvia miltiorrhiza, Ligustrum lucidum and dried ginger, which can increase qi and blood. Miss Meng, you can come here to bathe more often in the future. It would be best to take some food supplements with it. Once your qi and blood are well nourished, your hands and feet won't always be so cold." Xiao Su explained with a smile as she added the spice bag to my bath tub.

My heart was moved when I heard this, and I turned to look at Madam Zhang Si.

In the morning at Zhang's house, she held my hand and said that my hands were cold and that I was too thin. At that time, I just casually said that I was like this and that my hands and feet were easily cold. I didn't expect that she took it to heart and brought me here to take a bath to increase my blood circulation.

She is so thoughtful and always arranges my affairs quietly, like a grandma.

"Xuxu is too thin, and her qi and blood are deficient. She needs to be nourished. In addition to taking a bath with these Chinese medicinal herbs, she also needs to eat more tonic food." Mrs. Zhang Si smiled casually and relaxedly. "It just so happens that I also like to cook. Xuxu, why don't you come here often in the future and sit here, and I will cook for you, okay?"

Not only did she have someone arrange all these for me, she also personally gave me dietary supplements, which made me feel even warmer.

She is more than a friend to me, she is like a family member. I am so lucky to have such care and concern.

We are not destined to be mother and daughter in this life. It must be the fate from the previous life that has continued into this life.

"Ma'am, thank you. You are so kind to me. I don't know what to say." I felt warm and touched in my heart.

But she still smiled that relaxed and natural smile: "What's there to say? I just like Xuxu and want to be nice to her. As long as Xuxu can be obedient and come over more often for meals and baths, that'll be fine."

Be nice to me, without asking for anything in return, too nice.

I nodded in agreement.

Xiao Su put some dehumidifying herbs into Mrs. Zhang Si's bathtub. After that, she left the private room again.

Mrs. Zhang Si and I were the only ones left in the private room. I was soaking in the bathtub, with the scent of medicinal herbs filling my nose. I actually felt a little drowsy.

"Twenty years ago, I lost my three-and-a-half-year-old daughter." At this moment, the voice of Mrs. Zhang Si was heard faintly in the quiet room.

My sleepiness disappeared instantly, I suddenly opened my eyes and turned to look.

Mrs. Zhang Si was seen leaning her head against the edge of the bathtub, her wet eyelashes drooping, her face calm as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her: "No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find it. The world turned upside down all of a sudden, and my life collapsed. My marriage, family, and even my career all changed dramatically. The scars on my waist and wrists were left at that time."

My breathing stopped instantly.

So Mrs. Zhang Si had a daughter before? I knew nothing about this before.

She lost her daughter, which triggered a series of changes, which is why she was so painful and left such terrible scars.

"Did you find her later?" I blurted out, but quickly regretted it.

I am really confused. If she has been found, Madam Zhang Si would have introduced her to me long ago. But now Madam Zhang Si only has one son. She has never mentioned her daughter, and no one has told me that she has a daughter. That means her daughter has not been found yet.

or.

I found it, but it's already...

I felt even more regretful. Why didn’t I think before I spoke?