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I Gave My Daughter 100k for Rent, But She Lives in an 800-Yuan Dilapidated House

share time: 2026-01-30 02:30:57

Single mother Lin Xiulan scrapes together 100,000 yuan monthly to help her newly graduated daughter Su Xiaonian settle in Shanghai, repeatedly urging her to “live in a safe, nice place.” But last week, when delivering pickles, she followed the address to a dilapidated old house with peeling walls—only 800 yuan a month. Clutching the pickle jar with red eyes, Lin kicked open the door and saw her daughter mending an old down jacket (a gift from last year), with her own end-stage kidney disease bill glowing on the computer. It turns out Xiaonian saved all the rent for “Mom’s Kidney Transplant Fund” and lied to avoid worry. Just as they hugged and cried, a knock came: a suited agent held a property deed, smiling, “Miss Su, the school district house you asked for is renovated—it’s for your mom’s retirement, right?”

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