She paused, then added, "When what happened years ago surfaced, I never intended to ruin your life, nor did I want to marry you, or think anything I shouldn't have. I just wanted to raise Xiao Nian peacefully, watch him get married and have children, and live a quiet life. If I disrupted your life, haven't you disrupted mine? You insisted on marrying me, and that's why all three of us are suffering. You could have chosen not to marry me. Your parents wouldn't necessarily have forced Xiao Nian to stay. This was your choice. If you made the wrong choice, don't blame me in the future. Don't blame me for any of this now. I refuse to bear the humiliation from you and Zhao Yuning, making it seem as if I'm the culprit. Ultimately, the conflict between two women is always the man's fault. All of this is your fault. Don't blame anyone else."
"You're saying all of this is my fault?" Tang Shuwen looked at Chen Xueru with a mixture of shock and amusement.
