# WebtoonLib — My Dear Aster #21

## Series
- title: My Dear Aster
- slug: my-dear-aster-73f80a

## Chapter
- number: 21
- release_date: 2025-05-11

### Summary
A painful flashback reveals the truth of Lihen's previous marriage, exposing a life overshadowed by a cruel and misogynistic mother-in-law who relentlessly belittled Lihen and the value of their daughter. While her husband Harold offered weak protests, he was ultimately unable to protect his family from the constant verbal abuse. This harrowing memory starkly re-contextualizes her daughter Aster's final wish for her mother to abandon this path and find happiness with her first love. Yet, readers are left agonizing as Lihen remains tragically fixated on recreating her past, seemingly willing to condemn both herself and her beloved child to the very suffering Aster sacrificed herself to escape.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
A painful flashback reveals the truth of Lihen's previous marriage, exposing a life overshadowed by a cruel and misogynistic mother-in-law who relentlessly belittled Lihen and the value of their daughter.

### Spoiler summary
A painful flashback reveals the truth of Lihen's previous marriage, exposing a life overshadowed by a cruel and misogynistic mother-in-law who relentlessly belittled Lihen and the value of their daughter. While her husband Harold offered weak protests, he was ultimately unable to protect his family from the constant verbal abuse. This harrowing memory starkly re-contextualizes her daughter Aster's final wish for her mother to abandon this path and find happiness with her first love. Yet, readers are left agonizing as Lihen remains tragically fixated on recreating her past, seemingly willing to condemn both herself and her beloved child to the very suffering Aster sacrificed herself to escape.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — My Dear Aster #21](/series/my-dear-aster-73f80a/chapter-21)
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