Mom's Report Card

Chen Shuying has never lived for herself. Forced by her own mother to drop out of school so her younger brother could study, she later had three ribs broken by her ex-husband, and raised her son alone—hands cracked from the cold, saving every penny to buy him a home outright. Just as life was finally easing, she secretly took the college entrance exam and scored 720. The moment her acceptance letter arrived, her daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and called her "restless," her brother pounded on her door accusing her of "shameless ingratitude," and her son tore the letter to shreds in front of her, shouting, "You should be home cooking and caring for the kids—why go to college?" Then her paralyzed ex-husband was dumped at her doorstep, sneering, "In the end, you're still just here to wipe my ass." Everyone was squeezing the last drop of blood from her. So she sold her only home and walked out the door—straight to university.