The atmosphere in the dining room was heavy, almost rigid.
Song Rong's gaze toward Muwan shifted from initial guilt to fury. She couldn't believe that her daughter would speak such words, using an unacceptable method to cast her as a malicious mother who commits unforgivable sins by forcing her own daughter.
"Manman, you make me feel like some stepmother who specializes in eating her children," Song Rong said, staring at Muwan, each word deliberate.
"Am I asking you to consider the bigger picture, to understand the greater good?" At this, Song Rong laughed: "Is it that all love in this world cannot escape the rule that one mistake negates a hundred deeds of kindness?"
"Does the maternal bond of twenty-six years not weigh up against your one year of marriage to Gu Jiangnian?" Song Rong bombarded with questions, and Muwan was unable to respond.
