Ya Ya immediately stood up: "Big Sister Ya, Auntie's here!"

She rushed out and quickly led someone in.

Daya looked over curiously, feeling that the person looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite place him.

"Auntie, Sister Daya doesn't like to talk."

"Da Ya, don't you recognize me?"

It took Yu Lian a long time to finally receive a response from Da Ya after she said those words.

"cousin?"

"Yes, it's me."

After confirming Yu Lian's identity, Daya's lips trembled, and she choked out a sob.

Then came a long sob.

It's clear that Daya has had a very difficult time these past few years.

Her eyes were dull and lifeless, and her hair was like dry straw. She was only in her early twenties, yet she looked like this.

"Da Ya, come with me."

Yu Lian concealed the complex emotions in her eyes and didn't say much.

Led by Ya Ya, the group went up to the second floor.

The corner is a suite, which also has a small room inside.

"Rest assured and have some peace and quiet. No one will bother you. Don't worry, your parents don't know where you are."

Daya nodded in surprise.

Yu Lian didn't say much; it wasn't the right time to talk about serious matters with her.

Daya slept until dark.

She got up, her body completely dark, and placed her hands on the soft blanket, lingeringly stroking them a few times.

I could see the yellowish lights outside the window and hear people talking downstairs; it was quite lively.

A sudden knocking sound startled her.

"Sister Da Ya, are you awake?"

"Yes, she's awake."

"Then I'll come in."

The door wasn't locked, and Ya Ya was holding a change of clothes.

"These are some clean clothes your aunt asked me to give you. There's a shower downstairs; I'll take you there in a bit. Let's go downstairs for dinner first."

Ya Ya is like a little adult, she has arranged everything.

When she took Daya downstairs, everyone had just finished eating and warmly invited her to sit down.

Da Ya looked around but didn't see her cousin.

"Your cousin is very busy, she said she'll come to see you tomorrow morning."

Daya nodded blankly, then sat down next to Yaya.

No one knew why this young woman was so quiet and didn't dare to say much, after all, she was the boss's cousin.

But some people were very kind to her. Meng Xiaomei knew that the boss was planning to bring her cousin in.

But after observing her for most of the day, she wondered if this cousin might not be a blood relative, but a distant one—she seemed timid and avoided everyone she met.

Everyone in the compound was male except for her; Ya Ya was the only one who still had to go to school.

Now that a female comrade has finally come along to talk and chat, she has to treat her well.

"My name is Meng Xiaomei, and I live right next door. Feel free to tell me if you need anything. Although I haven't been working at the pharmacy for long, I'd like to take the liberty of being a senior."

Daya looked at her gratefully and thanked her sincerely.

Meng Xiaomei nodded, telling her not to be shy, and then piled a lot more food on her plate.

For a long time, and even longer, Da Ya hadn't had such good food.

After dinner, while she was taking a bath, Meng Xiaomei sat in front of the stove and kept her company.

After Da Ya felt a little better after eating, her tension eased, and the two chatted casually.

"By the way, is my cousin the boss? Or the boss's wife?"

"Boss, you're very good to us. Since you're relatives, you'll be even better to us. Just settle in and learn well. Even if you're just an apprentice doing odd jobs, the boss will still pay you."

"Really! I can make money too? But I'm clumsy, not smart at all, and I can't read..."

She seemed to have said those self-deprecating words a thousand times over.

Meng Xiaomei realized something was wrong and decided not to speak in the same way as before.

"Da Ya, I don't know many words either, but I've gotten used to working at the pharmacy. You have to believe in yourself. Think about what just happened; you did all of this by yourself. Even if you don't get used to it later, you can still earn money through your own labor."

Wang Daya lowered her head, twisting the hem of her clothes in her hands: "Sister Xiaomei, I don't think I can do it."

In her twenty years of life, Meng Xiaomei had never seen a girl like Wang Daya.

"Da Ya, you're quick and efficient, never dawdling, and you're very observant. You even wipe up a single drop of water spilled on the stove. The boss said if you're not used to the work at the front, you can do the back-office work. You can cook and buy groceries, right?"

Upon hearing these words, Wang Daya grasped at a straw.

She grabbed Meng Xiaomei's hand: "I can, I can! Sister Xiaomei, I can cook. Just don't send me back home. I eat very little, and I don't need wages."

I heard from Dr. Jiang that this child had a very difficult life, and now it seems that's true.

Meng Xiaomei patiently responded to Daya, and then waited for her outside the shower room.

Daya is very afraid of the dark, and she cries out every now and then while washing.

From boiling water to washing her hair, and then to Da Ya drying her hair, it was late at night.

The two went upstairs to sleep.

Daya slept very comfortably that night.

When I woke up the next morning, I still felt incredible touching everything around me.

She only came back to reality when the call for dinner came, and then got dressed and went downstairs.

Yu Lian arrived early. The construction project was currently stalled, and she had been waiting for news from Gu Ran.

She can rest for two more days until she finds out the truth.

"Da Ya, have a seat."

Wang Daya nodded, and then sat down next to Yaya and Meng Xiaomei.

There were two tables of people; their table consisted entirely of women plus a girl named Yaya.

"Da Ya, come out with me after you finish eating."

These words immediately put Daya on her guard.

"Going to the street to buy some things, it's nearby."

After the explanation was clear, Daya gradually lowered her guard and agreed.

After the meal, the pharmacy opened for consultations, and everyone got busy.

Yu Lian took Daya to a nearby tailor shop to make two new outfits.

She kept refusing, but still couldn't get Yu Lian to change her mind.

After the clothes were ordered, Yu Lian took her to the hair salon to cut her dry, straw-like hair short, into a short bob.

Although her hair texture didn't change, it made her look much more energetic than before.

"Cousin, thank you."

"Let's not talk about that now, I still have something to say."

Yu Lian led her to the path by the river.

There weren't many people here, so no one could hear their conversation.

"Do you want to go back? Go back to your parents?"

"No. Sister, please pretend I'm dead and sold to a very, very far place. Please don't tell my parents."

Hearing how Daya addressed her parents, Yu Lian felt reassured.

"Okay, I agree. I'll start as Dr. Jiang's apprentice tomorrow and dispense medicine at the shop."

Yu Lian knew how Da Ya would react the moment she uttered the first word.

In the morning, Meng Xiaomei told her exactly what had happened yesterday.

Daya has been bullied for too long, and this subconscious self-doubt, inferiority complex, and timidity will take a long time to heal.

"Shut up. Daya can't read, and Yaya teaches you every day after school. You have to study hard and seriously! If you can't do it or find it too difficult, then I'll ask you to go back."

"No, no, I don't find it hard. I'll definitely study hard, cousin, please don't tell my parents. It's just that I..."

Yu Lian could tell that she was worried about her younger brother.

"As long as you study hard, once you gain Dr. Jiang's approval, I will send Xiaohuzi to live with you and let him go to school with Yaya."

At this moment, Yu Lian, bathed in the morning light, became the god of Da Ya's salvation.

She vowed on the spot that she would never let Yu Lian down.

Having witnessed Da Ya's determination, Yu Lian felt temporarily relieved.

After finishing her business, she returned home.

Good things followed one after another—the person who sabotaged the factory construction was found.

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