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May conceives a child. While this brings further intimacy between May and her husband, she continues to find him unappealing and rejects his sexual advances. She discovers that Xuan, the second wife, is having an affair with her husband’s son from mistress Ha, his first wife. Due to May rejecting her
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Mistress Ha's son is of marrying age and his parents conceive of a match for him. In love with Xuan, he tries to refuse marriage, threatening suicide. He is nevertheless pressured to marry a young girl around May's age. Son is disgusted with the marriage and refuses to touch his new bride. After
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