Xu Changqing really wanted to ask if he was trying to guilt-trip her, but what would be the point? He was his father's son, through and through. He had tried to mediate, but the moment he realized it involved her mother, he'd backed off.
She couldn't very well use Bai Xiulian to lash out at Bai Chengsheng. At the end of the day, Bai Chengsheng had done nothing to wrong her, Xu Changqing. She couldn't just attack every person who came to play peacemaker.
'Just as I thought.'
By nature, she, Xu Changqing, was not an exceptionally kind person. But it didn't take much—as long as someone respected her father and cared for her mother, she couldn't bring herself to say anything that would hurt their feelings.
As for the problem that would put her mother in a very difficult position, Xu Changqing chose to remain silent. 'Some things aren't worth complaining to others about. You can't expect outsiders to truly understand and empathize, anyway.'
