Hé Chūnhóng looked at Chen Ruiyu with a pathetic expression, tears and snot streaming down her face as she sobbed, "Do you have any idea how hard our lives were back then? Your grandparents were long gone, and the whole family relied solely on your father. Having a disabled son didn't just fail to help, it threatened to drag the entire family down.
"I only thought of sending you away for the sake of this family, so we could all survive. I thought if you had a better fate, maybe you’d even get treatment and have a chance! It was your father who couldn't grasp the situation; he refused to let you go no matter what. Everything I did was forced by him.
"It was just a momentary lapse in judgment. I regretted it the moment you fell into the water, but there was no going back. There was no going back."
Chapter 202