While Chiang Xiao was speaking, Meng Xinian tightly held her hand.
He felt that Chiang Xiao's hand was a bit cold.
He understood that, in the eyes of many people, in the eyes of society, speaking about one's biological mother like this, even planning not to acknowledge her, appeared selfish, heartless, and cruel.
But the wound isn't on them—they don't know how much it hurts.
Most people in the world have one flaw: they judge without experiencing the pain themselves.
The suffering that Chiang Xiao endured in the past could be said to stem entirely from Chiang Qingzhu. Knowing she had no formal marriage or dowry, Qingzhu indulged in her own infatuation with Ah Liu's charm, became pregnant with Chiang Xiao, and after giving birth to her, did not rise to the role of a strong mother protecting her child. Instead, she abandoned her when she was just two years old, ignoring her for fifteen years.
How hard must it have been for Chiang Xiao to survive all these years?
