Even though she hadn't really thought it through, she had instinctively reached for the last straw.
"I didn't mean it like that, I just didn't know what else to do. I couldn't think of anyone but you. I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry..." Zhao Xing'er apologized to Sheng Xia through her tears.
Watching her like this, a wave of bitterness rose in Sheng Xia's heart. Being a mother with a daughter of her own, she understood the helplessness of a woman whose child had been snatched away. Especially after failing to get help from the police, the terror of never seeing her child again would be overwhelming. It was hard to remain rational when facing what she perceived as her final hope; that impulsive act of kneeling and kowtowing—an act that stripped away her dignity—was born of pure desperation.
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