Gu Zi choked back sobs as she listened to Li Hua's situation over the phone. Her voice, usually steady, trembled with helplessness.
Thousands of miles away in a foreign land, she could do nothing but ache from afar. Even if she boarded a plane that very instant, it would be like pouring a cup of water onto a blazing inferno—utterly useless. The suffering Li Hua was enduring had to be borne alone, and Gu Zi's heart twisted with pain. How could she not feel wretched?
Su Shen, too, understood that the situation had gone far beyond the mere issue of five thousand yuan. It was no longer just a matter of compensation. If this wasn't handled properly, it wouldn't be only Li Hua who would suffer—the entire Sister Hua's Gourmet Shop business the two women had built together was at stake. They couldn't allow themselves to be manipulated.
