Yu Jiuqing couldn't help but take Shen Qing's hand. He sighed inwardly. "Qingqing," he said, "when it comes to Zihan, it seems I've truly done many things wrong over the years."
He had always thought the rift between him and Zihan was just because he had presumptuously brought those women into the rear courtyard.
But he had never considered that the biggest problem was actually the way he and Zihan interacted.
He had believed he was fulfilling his duties as a father all these years.
But as it turned out, he had never been a qualified father at all.
Seeing Yu Jiuqing's slightly pursed lips, Shen Qing smiled faintly. "It's not too late for you to realize it now," she said. "Neither of us has been a qualified parent. It's just been hard on Zihan, that's all.
I asked Divine Doctor Lu, and he said Zihan can return to the Imperial College to study the day after tomorrow. Your leave is almost over too, isn't it?"
