Wen Zhan's tone softened as he held the phone closer, as if trying to be nearer to her.
Guessing her thoughts, the man hit the nail on the head: "It's all my own choice. Don't use 'for my own good' as an excuse to say you want to leave me again — that would be stabbing me in the back."
Mu Wanqing's heart indeed harbored such thoughts.
Not just because of Jiang Lijuan but also because of the unstable factors surrounding her own mother.
But this was clearly not a matter to be discussed over video.
This was bound to be a moment of fracture that would leave them both deeply wounded.
"Alright, let's not talk about these things. Let's change the subject." Mu Wanqing proactively shifted the topic.
She spoke about her visit to the old house in the morning, how Wen Jianghe cared deeply for the children and suggested that they should bring the kids back to the old house more often.