With his hands clenched tightly into fists in mid-air, An Youcai turned his head under An Ran's cold gaze, feeling uneasy as he said, "Ran, you've been to that place, you've seen it too. It's been twenty years, a full twenty years, and that place is still poor and desolate. You can imagine what it was like twenty years ago.
I spent five whole years there, threw the best five years of my life into such a place. But I'm grateful for meeting your mother; I truly love your mother. Because I love her, I didn't want her to keep suffering in such a place. I used every means to return to the city, just to live better with you all.
You don't know your mother's situation at the time. With her conditions, it wasn't possible for her to quickly return to the city. Back then, I thought I'd return first, and when the time was right, I'd come back for you and your mother. I just never imagined that something would go wrong when she gave birth to you."
