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Jingya began to sob softly. Her tear ducts seemed to have suddenly ruptured, and her tears flowed down in a straight line. She extended her uninjured hand and trembled as she held on to her mother-in-law's arm. "Mom, I'm in pain. It's really painful …"

"I know, kid, I know, Mom's in pain, too, but we have to survive. You have a son, I have a grandson, we can't let anything happen to us