A failure is defined as an unsuccessful person or thing. An incompetent, non-achiever or in layman's terms, a loser. All of this partially described how Qilin Hao was feeling right now. She was a victim of her circumstances and in other words, she didn't have any other choice. The decision she made was justified under such a difficult situation.
But she didn't see it that way. She felt her lifespan cut in half when she heard what her son was up to. If anything happened to him it was equivalent to killing her and what made matters worse was that it was her fault for taking Ji Wen away.
If she hadn't done that Ji Yao wouldn't have had to resort to such means to get his father back. Clutching her chest she held back the tears threatening to fall. Qilin Luse was saying something to her but she could barely hear him.