"Nan Xing, you don't understand, you don't know—" Mai Qi pulled back her hand, covered her mouth, and bitterly suppressed her sobs.
I reached out and took her hand: "Mai Qi—"
"Nan Xing, my mother, my mother, she has made so many, many sacrifices for me. I can't just ignore her. If I don't care, no one else will. Since we are mother and daughter, and I couldn't talk her out of it, I... I'll just help her this one time, fulfill her wish, and let her hold her head high in front of my father and brother. She's right, I was born of her, and it's only right that I repay her!"
Chapter 148