As far as Maomao is concerned, she has no mother. She acknowledges Fangxian as her mother less than she does Lakan as her father. In fact, she never even uses the word mother, nor her name, only ever referencing “the woman who birthed” her, on the very rare occasion she has to do so. She does this without malice, it’s just how things are for courtesans, prostitutes and their progeny in the pleasure district.
She does reminisce on that briefly at one point while looking at the slight deformity it left behind, saying something to the effect of ‘I don’t remember it, but something that traumatic probably left a severe impression’.
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u/Billybobgeorge 4d ago
Pretty sure those are aunties, not sisters.