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Straight facts, well said. But I don’t think he ever touched shuli even for obligations; the way shuli talks about her ignorance concerning the opposite sex makes me believe that she grew up solely taking care of the children with no real paramours. Though I do think it was 100% the late husband pitying this girl and taking her under his wing. Also, shuli would never have met the mother of the children, seeing as how she was only taken into the family as a replacement after the mother died and the father realized he was following suit.
I'm really curious about what kind of relationship Shuli had with her late husband. And if she had ever met his 1st wife. It looks like their relationship was very platonic so I wonder what kind though-- like friends, parent-child, or just benefactor-benefactee? Guess that would only be revealed much later, along with the derails of her promise to him?
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