She was almost certain that her eldest daughter recognized her, and she must have hated her in her heart. Otherwise, she wouldn't have ignored her presence like that, treating her worse than a stranger. But she was at fault first, and what face did she have to seek their forgiveness and ask for their understanding of her difficulties back then?
The more Mrs. Du thought about it, the more bitter she felt in her heart. She had been married to her current husband for so many years without being able to have a son or a daughter. It must be God's punishment for abandoning her husband and children in the past, depriving her of the right to be a mother again.