Wei's mother lowered her voice even more. "There are some things I shouldn't tell outsiders, but... Wei Qi always feels like he's the one who harmed his younger brother."
It was exactly as she had suspected. A kind and cheerful child, living with intense self-blame for so long, had allowed the guilt to bottle up inside him until it eventually crushed him.
Deng Yuyuan asked in return, "Do you think it was his fault?"
"Of course not. He was just a child. Even if he had tried to stop them back then, it would have only resulted in one more person being kidnapped. This sort of thing can only be considered a sudden, unexpected disaster." Wei's mother's expression didn't seem faked; she genuinely ached for her two children.
Deng Yuyuan shifted to another question. "Then does Wei Shu blame him?"
