It felt as if a lump of cotton were stuffed in his throat; when Professor Lin finally spoke, his voice was raspy and unrecognizable.
"You don't need to make excuses for me. The root of all this lies with me. At the time, if I hadn't clung to that so-called pride and had been willing to lower my head and look for her, I would have discovered that she hadn't aborted the child."
Yulan glanced up at him, then quickly lowered her head.
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