Looking at Xu Hongying's thin back, Chen Sisi's eyes unconsciously became blurry, as if she saw her mother's shadow.
"You two have been spoiled rotten by me!"
Xu Hongying scolded them loudly, then changed the subject and suddenly became sad: "It's also my fault. I've always been too lenient with you and haven't taught you two well."
"Mom, what do you mean by spoiled? We are your daughters, we have your blood in our veins, isn't it right for you to spoil us? This Chen Sisi is not related to you, why are you siding with her?"
"Why?" Xu Hongying said emotionally, "Because every time I see her, it's like seeing myself back then."
"Back then, I was just a country girl. I left my hometown to follow your father to the capital with the army. I suffered so much contempt. Have you forgotten how your grandmother treated me back then?"
"I just don't want the suffering I've endured to happen to Sisi again."
"Of course you wouldn't understand, because I protected you all too well since you were little, and I couldn't bear to see you suffer even the slightest harm, which is why you've become like this. It's truly a tragedy..."
Xu Hongying started crying as she spoke, leaving the others at a loss for what to do.
This was the first time Gu Qingqian and Gu Wanyin had ever seen their mother cry in front of them.
Shen Sisi was also deeply moved. She knew that Xu Hongying had a hard life when she was young, but she didn't expect it to be that hard. Thinking about it, it must have been quite difficult for her.
She stood up, opened her arms and hugged Xu Hongying tightly: "Mom, don't cry, I will treat you well from now on."
Perhaps it was divine mercy that, seeing she had no mother, a "mother" was sent to protect her.
Seeing this, Gu Qingqian and Gu Wanyin didn't know what to say and turned away to secretly wipe their tears.
The group burst into tears, and the atmosphere eased slightly. Just then, a series of urgent knocks sounded on the door: "Shen Zhiqing, Shen Zhiqing, are you home? Something happened to your family's Gu Tuan!"
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