But she had no choice. From her lofty position, she could trust no one around her.
She had held the company together alone and sheltered the two children for so many years.
She could only trust the children.
"Although it really was because of Yu Sisheng or Ning Qing that I first took care of Songqing for so many years, and he isn't related to me by blood, I've long since come to see him as my own child. But Niansheng is my child too. I no longer have the strength to deal with those people alone.
"I could only drag Songqing into the vortex too. I've wronged him. I didn't want this, I didn't want this. At first, I only wanted to keep him away from all this, to let him follow in his parents' footsteps and become the brightest star in the music world.
"It's my fault, it's my fault..."
The woman covered her face, murmuring over and over, her self-reproach and guilt almost bending her double.
Zhao Yali, who commanded such power in the business world, now curled in on herself like a pitiful soul.
Gu Nian'an felt a headache coming on. This was too complicated, and for the moment, he had no idea how to handle it.
He could only say gently, "Don't cry. Auntie, don't cry. Songqing is very strong. You can tell him the truth little by little. He must love you very much too."
Through those nearly ten thousand lifetimes of reincarnation, those nightmares, the woman had appeared every time.
Naturally, he knew how important Zhao Yali was to Yu Songqing.
But the woman spoke in a near tremble. "No, I can't tell him. Ning Qing could have survived back then. It was because, because she had to give birth to Songqing that