The elderly man saw Madam Wang becoming more and more sorrowful and indignant as she spoke, his own heart growing all the more disturbed.
After she had finished, he spoke softly, "I know that back then you were truly wronged, Mother's old-fashioned thinking, which even I couldn't bear at times, let alone you. I didn't make my stance clear from the beginning or set boundaries to let her know what she could say or do, and what she couldn't."
"Ultimately, it was you who interacted with her more, while I was often not at home. Not to mention sharing the burden or even offering occasional listening and comfort. So, it is not your fault, it is mine, it was I who let you suffer for so many years."
