Tears choked her voice as she reached the heart of her sorrow, struggling for breath.
Mu Zhongqing was overwhelmed with guilt and stammered, "Dad, Mom, please don't be sad anymore. Girl Wei isn't cruel-hearted, and sooner or later she will understand. Until then, please bear with it a few more days and avoid angering her. You both know that this family relies on her for everything it is today, and there are many things I, as her son, cannot decide..."
Lady Mu Bai said, "We were too harsh on her and her mother before, and your father and I have long regretted it. But there are no perfect parents in the world; we can't just bear grudges for such trivial old sesame and rotten grain matters. It's because she's young and doesn't understand; we don't blame her, but you are our son. Some things you must understand that children won't; you should stand with us and fight for us, or those mothers will never forgive us in their lifetimes!"
