Han Yan initially thought Gu Qianxi must have been utterly shameless, doing something unconscionable to her young daughter.
But when she heard Tong Keke say that Gu Qianxi didn't know she loved him, Han Yan realized that all the blame lay on her own shoulders.
"Keke, you're still young. You don't really understand what love is. Your reliance on Gu Qianxi isn't love—it's just an emotional dependence, born from familial ties. It's all my fault. If I hadn't abandoned you, you wouldn't have developed these distorted feelings for him."
"Whose feelings are distorted?" Tong Keke, upon hearing those words, felt as if she were burning up inside and immediately shouted back: "Let me tell you—I know exactly what I'm doing. Don't stand there as a mother and lecture me on how I should feel! For so many years, the only one who showed me care and taught me right from wrong was Gu Qianxi. He's the only one who's qualified to talk to me about this!"
