She looked at Dafu and Erelu beside her, her heart aching unbearably.
She was reluctant to part with her youngest son, but what she actually couldn't bear to leave were Dafu and Erelu.
The youngest son had only just been born, and there couldn't be much emotional attachment yet; moreover, there was no guarantee that the child would survive. Her greater worry was for Dafu and Erelu.
Now she understood that affection really needed to be cultivated; it wasn't something that came naturally with blood relations.
Just like all three children were her own, the depth of her feelings for them varied with the amount of time spent together. This might seem cruel, but it was the reality.
Ms.Qian's relationship with Zhou Yin was like that of Junior Ms.Qian with Manbao.
Even deeper than that of Junior Ms.Qian and Manbao, because Ms.Qian's mother-in-law died a few years after giving birth to Zhou Yin. Unlike Manbao, Ms.Qian and Junior Ms.Qian had to share their affection for their mother.
