After leaving the Taekwondo practice room, I didn’t know where to go. I stood at the door of the practice room and hesitated for a long time before I decided to walk around the street.
I put on my headphones, turned on the music, and walked out of the school at a leisurely pace.
On the road, a couple walked by me, holding hands, looking like they only saw each other, which made me envious. It had been a long time since Ji Chuan and I had walked around campus holding hands like this. Since he joined this so-called Taekwondo club, the club has almost become the focus of his life, and even his girlfriend, me, has to stand aside. I feel a little disappointed when I think about it.
The music suddenly stopped and my phone rang. I didn't even look at the screen and just pressed the call button.
"Hello!" I greeted politely, but no sound came from the other end of the phone.
I frowned, wondering if I had won some big prize because of my good fortune? Or was the beauty at the welfare center too embarrassed to ask for the big amount?
However, I haven’t been in the mood to buy lottery tickets recently. Now it seems that there is only the last possibility: I must have been targeted by those scam calls.
I coughed lightly and said in a low voice impatiently, "Who is it? If you don't want to talk, hang up."
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As soon as I finished speaking, a deep female voice came from the other end of the phone, which surprised me a little.
"Who are you?" I asked after hesitating for a while.
There was another silence on the other end of the phone. After a long while, she slowly said, "Xiaoya, I'm your mother."
When I heard the word "mom", I subconsciously snorted and said disdainfully: "Mom? I haven't known how to write the word 'mom' since I was four years old. I don't have a mom!"
"Xiaoya, I'm your mother. I'm back home and I want to see you."
The person on the other end of the phone insisted that she was my mother. She only said a few simple words, but to me, it was like a bolt from the blue. No one would joke with me about this kind of thing. In fact, I already vaguely believed in my heart that the person on the other end of the phone was really my biological mother, but I couldn't believe that the person who disappeared from my life at the beginning would appear in my life again like this, so openly.
Many times, I wondered how I would feel if my mother came back one day and appeared in front of me. I thought I could calmly tell her to "go away", but when she really said on the phone that she wanted to see me after returning from abroad, I actually wanted to laugh.
I will never forget that when she was four years old, she resolutely divorced her father in pursuit of the love she wanted, left us, and left my life. I hated her for a while, hated that she made me a child without a mother, hated that she left us, hated that she destroyed this family. I once felt that I could never forgive her, and I could never forgive her for her ruthlessness.
I spent many sleepless nights wondering, if she didn't love my father at all, why did she get married and give birth to me?
Thinking of this, my heart felt like it was stabbed by a sharp knife, and it suddenly ached . Yes, I admit that this person who said she was my mother so easily uncovered the scars buried deep in my heart, making the wounds that took me many years to heal become bloody.
"Xiaoya, Mom wants to see you, is that okay?"
The anxious voice on the other end of the phone made me even more confused. After a moment of silence, I said three words coldly: "Impossible!"
These three words almost exhausted all my strength. I didn't dare to say another word. It seemed that one more word would cost me my life. I hung up the phone quickly, not wanting to hear her voice again.
Everything about her was so strange to me.
I was afraid of such strangeness, and I was even more afraid that such strangeness would lead me to eternal damnation. I hated her appearing suddenly without any reason, just like she disappeared suddenly without any reason many years ago. To me, she was just a person I had to forget, nothing more, and I didn't want to have anything to do with her anymore.
My father remarried when I was five years old, trying to erase any traces of the woman who gave birth to me from my life.
I have an indescribable hatred for the woman who gave birth to me but ignored me. She suddenly appeared in my life, and I really couldn't accept such a weird situation, especially on a day like today.
Somehow, I felt more and more restless, and the desire to not go home grew rapidly.
I don’t want to see the woman who abandoned me, I don’t want to see my father, and I don’t want to see the woman who claims to be my stepmother. I hate their relationship!
I stopped and didn't know where to go. I took out my phone and hesitated for a while, then dialed Shen Xiaoyu's number.
Shen Xiaoyu is my high school classmate. She is a well-behaved, sensible, gentle and careful girl. When I was in high school, my homeroom teacher often said that he wanted a child like Shen Xiaoyu.
I have never denied my dependence on Shen Xiaoyu.
When I was in high school, I often got into trouble. I always liked to play pranks to make the boys in my class angry. I was always playing and fighting in the classroom, and always making a mess of the desks and chairs. Every time, she would follow behind me to help me clean up the mess.
In my freshman year of high school, it was my birthday. I rented a private room in a karaoke bar outside the school and celebrated my birthday with a group of good friends. My classmates just played around with me and didn't know it was my birthday, so they didn't prepare any birthday gifts for me. In fact, I didn't care about any birthday gifts. As long as my friends could accompany me, I was satisfied.
That day, everyone had a great time, only Shen Xiaoyu went out halfway. I thought she didn't like staying in such a noisy place, so I didn't call her. But what I didn't expect was that after a while, she came back sweating and holding a cake.
That was the first time in more than ten years that I had a birthday cake. I remember it very clearly. There were many fruits on the cake and it was very sweet.
From that day on, Shen Xiaoyu would buy me a cake every year on my birthday. Actually, she didn't have much pocket money, but she would save money for several months every year for this birthday cake. I always stopped her from buying it, but this girl who looked very gentle on weekdays was particularly stubborn on this matter and she wouldn't listen to me no matter what I said.
My friendship with her started with a birthday cake. Although I can , birthday cakes are only meaningful and valuable when they are given by others.
I once thought that being with Ji Chuan was nothing more than finding someone who could understand me, who could sympathize with me and warm each other, who could think of each other during every holiday and give each other a small gift or a simple blessing. This would be the most precious and worth cherishing thing for me.
The birthday cake Xiaoyu gave me is a precious gift that I will remember for the rest of my life, even though it was not all eaten and was mainly used for playing around.
I dialed Shen Xiaoyu's number and expressed my desire to go to her house for dinner.
Shen Xiaoyu was very happy about this, and said with a smile on the other end of the phone: "Come quickly, my family will make stewed pork ribs with beans and sweet and sour fish tonight, both of which are your favorites."
I am familiar with going to Shen Xiaoyu's house. From high school to college, I have been to her house more often than to Ji Chuan's house.
Her home is a quiet little courtyard. Although the living room and bedroom are not very big, it seems very warm. When I arrived at Shen Xiaoyu's house, their meal had just been prepared. I was not polite at all. I changed my shoes and helped my aunt to get the bowls and chopsticks and serve the dishes.
"Xiaoya, if I had known you were coming, I would have bought more food. Don't you like braised lion's head the most? Next time, call our Xiaoyu in advance and let us know so that your aunt can cook for you."
Xiaoyu's mother was serving the soup while smiling, and was very kind.
Shen Xiaoyu's family is what I envy. Her parents are both respected teachers and they have a very harmonious relationship. Every time I go to her house, I always eat much more than usual.
At the dinner table, my uncle picked up food for my aunt and kept urging us to eat, while my aunt kept picking up food for Xiaoyu and me. During the meal, everyone picked up food for each other, wanting to give the other the dish they thought was the most delicious.
The dishes made by my aunt are also common on my family's dining table, but I think they are particularly delicious. Not only did I eat a lot of dishes, but I also ate a whole bowl of rice. After dinner, Xiaoyu and I washed the dishes together. We did some trivial things together, and our mood became much happier.
My uncle asked me about my and Xiaoyu's homework, and I just smiled awkwardly, but didn't answer him directly. My uncle has been a teacher for half his life, so he naturally knew the pain I couldn't speak of. Instead, he turned to Xiaoyu and said, "Xiaoyu, you and Xiaoya are in the same school, but you didn't say anything to help Xiaoya."
Hearing my uncle talking about Xiaoyu, I couldn't help but laugh: "Uncle, Xiaoyu and I are not in the same department, we study different courses, she wants to help me but she can't. Don't blame her, if it weren't for Xiaoyu, I still have to wonder whether I can get into college, you never know if you see a gangster on the street one day, it might be me."
When my uncle heard me making fun of myself, he smiled and went to the study to prepare for class.
Xiaoyu and I watched TV with my aunt for a while and talked about the long-legged handsome guys in Korean dramas, but soon we felt sleepy.
After taking a shower and before going to bed, I saw a glass jar filled with colored paper stars on Xiaoyu’s bedside table, and I immediately lost my sleepiness.
I picked up the glass jar and looked at it for a while, then put my arm around Xiaoyu's shoulders, raised my eyebrows and asked her with a smile, "Xiaoyu, tell me the truth, you have been folding these stars for several years, why haven't you given them to Yao Yizhou yet? That guy didn't have a girlfriend when he was in high school, and no girl could catch his eye when he went to college. It's obvious that he is waiting for your confession, why are you still indifferent?"
Xiaoyu took the glass jar from me and put it on the bedside table, looking shy. I saw her hesitant look and I got anxious, so I took the glass jar again: "Xiaoyu, Yao Yizhou is a good candidate. If you don't take action, he will belong to someone else. You won't even have time to cry when the time comes!"
Shen Xiaoyu smiled shyly, lowered her head and said softly: "I just didn't find the right time to send it."
I don't understand what Xiaoyu is hesitating about. In my opinion, if you like someone, you must tell him. If you don't tell him, how can he know that there is a beautiful girl on earth who cares about him and is sad for him all day long? What's more, who still has a secret crush these days? Don't say "secret crush is beautiful, it doesn't hurt the other person", that's just an excuse for your cowardice.
If you have a crush on a boy but don't have the courage to confess, why would he like you? These days, the chances of you having a crush on him and him also liking you are even lower than the chances of winning the lottery. Thinking of this, I patted my chest and said with great passion and confidence, "Xiaoyu, if you don't send it to me, I will send it to you."
Xiaoyu's face became redder and she snatched the glass jar from my hand and put it back on the bedside table. I lowered my head and looked at Xiaoyu carefully. I pinched her face with a sly smile and said jokingly, "Where did this beautiful girl come from? Smile for me and I'll give you a candy."
Xiaoyu was amused by me and slapped my hand coquettishly: "Stop making trouble and go to sleep. You have classes early tomorrow morning. Be careful not to oversleep and miss the class."
I was so anxious that I almost got angry, but she was still thinking about tomorrow's class. I guess I was getting angry in vain. I waved my hands and analyzed the current situation for Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, tell me what you are thinking about all day long. You and Yao Yizhou are a perfect match, a perfect match made in heaven and earth. He plays the violin well, and he will be a musician sooner or later. He may become famous internationally, and then he will be a famous artist. You are talented, beautiful, and thrifty. You are simply a model of a good wife in the new century. I say that there is no one in the world who is more suitable than you two! Just think about it, you two can be a teacher and the other a violinist. In the future, if you have Xiao Xiaoyu and Xiao Xiaozhou, one will play the piano and the other will sing, and your family can hold a concert. Just think about it, what a warm and harmonious picture it is!"
Xiaoyu ignored me and buried herself in the quilt. I was a little frustrated that my beautiful vision of her and Yao Yizhou's future did not impress her at all. Could it be that her ideal was not to be a teacher, but to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? Can such a lofty ideal be realized? The gap between ideal and reality is too big.
However, I am not someone who gives up easily. Moreover, this is Xiaoyu's lifelong happiness, so I have to consider her more. So, I enthusiastically suggested to her: "Xiaoyu, tell me, is it because you and Yao Yizhou have too little time together? Otherwise, I will help you to ask Yao Yizhou out, and you two can have a good chat. Who knows, maybe this good thing will come true?"
I was excited and delighted, but Xiaoyu's face was not looking too good. She looked at me with a complicated expression and said lightly, "Next time."
I was a little confused and didn't know where I went wrong.
Xiaoyu turned off the light, curled up in the quilt, and refused to say another word.
I thought Xiaoyu was just shy, so I crawled into bed and was still planning that when Yao Yizhou came back from watching his parents' concert abroad, I would quickly bring him and Xiaoyu together and get their relationship done so that Xiaoyu wouldn't be sad alone.
The next morning, Xiaoyu and I went to school together. We parted ways in front of the teaching building and went to our respective classrooms. I was in a good mood, but Xiaoyu looked very worried.
I didn't ask more questions. Xiaoyu seemed to be in a bad state yesterday. Every time I talked about her and Yao Yizhou in front of her, she was not very happy. It seems that next time, I have to be more careful.
Yao Yizhou has been in France for a month, and today is only Monday, so he should be returning home next week.
I was thinking about how to help Xiaoyu and how to speak so that Xiaoyu wouldn't seem to be particularly concerned about him. After all, boys don't care too much about things that are easy to get. How to have the best of both worlds and make the two of us appreciate and love each other became the most important thing at the moment.
As soon as I entered the classroom, I saw Yao Yizhou. He was wearing a casual suit and sitting by the window. The sunlight shone through the glass window on him, making him look particularly warm. I waved at him, surprised and happy. I was surprised because "Speak of the devil and he will appear", and I was happy because this guy seemed to be a little more handsome.
Thinking back, the girls who wanted to pass their love letters to Yao Yizhou through me lined up from the first floor to the second floor of the teaching building, but they were all scared away by me. After all, such a good boy should be kept for my family, so how could I let this good thing go to outsiders!
Yao Yizhou stood up from his seat. He was so tall that he blocked the sunlight from the window. The sunlight shone on his back, making a faint halo appear on his back. At this moment, he looked so dazzling.
Yao Yizhou gave me a beautiful smile. I looked at his white teeth, squinted my eyes, walked over, and punched him on the chest without saying a word.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back a week in advance? I could have held a welcoming banquet for you and set out a table full of instant noodles for you to eat as much as you wanted." I said and then started laughing.
Speaking of instant noodles, it is simply a permanent pain in Yao Yizhou's heart. I remember one time during military training, the instructor asked us to stand at attention. I used the excuse of having a stomachache and secretly ran to the small supermarket in the school to eat instant noodles. Unexpectedly, Yao Yizhou came just after I finished making the instant noodles. He was panting and holding a handful of medicine in his hand. I thought he was sent by the instructor to take me back, so I handed him the instant noodles.
As a result, just as he took the instant noodles in his hand, the instructor appeared. He looked at the two of us with a serious face.
I was just getting scared and not knowing how to justify myself when Yao Yizhou stepped forward and stood in front of me: "Instructor, Wen Ya thought the medicine was too bitter and refused to take it, so I brought her here to buy something sweet. But when I got here, I was hungry again, so I made a bowl of noodles."
I looked at Yao Yizhou with great admiration and secretly gave him a thumbs up, expressing my respect for him with my actions.
Obviously, the instructor was not so easy to fool. He pointed at the instant noodles and said, "Since you are hungry, eat it quickly. I will watch you eat here."
I looked at Yao Yizhou, then at the instant noodles in his hand, my saliva almost dripping all over the floor. However, after looking at me meaningfully, he finished the bowl of instant noodles with an extremely tragic expression.
I was filled with regret, remorse, and helplessness, but I could only look at the instructor silently.
Fortunately, the instructor didn't have any other requests, just said "pay more attention next time" and left the supermarket. I finally felt relieved.
But not long after the instructor left, Yao Yizhou quickly ran to the trash can, hugged the trash can and started vomiting.
At that time, I thought Yao Yizhou was a delicate young master, but later I found out that it was the first time Yao Yizhou had eaten fried food since he was a child, and it was also the first time he had eaten instant noodles. He would vomit whenever he ate greasy food.
After that, Yao Yizhou and I established a deep revolutionary friendship. Every time I went out to eat with him, I would pick out all the greasy food and eat it for him. So, during the military training period when we were supposed to lose weight, I gained 5 or 6 kilograms, and he lost 5 or 6 kilograms.
"How was it? How was Paris, France? Did you have a romantic encounter there? But we agreed at the beginning that you would take pictures and show them to me, her family. Only after I approve of this can you continue to develop a relationship with her." I joked with a smile.
Yao Yizhou didn't joke with me, but said seriously: "There is no such thing as a chance encounter, don't talk nonsense."
I punched him in the chest again. "Okay, I'm done kidding you. Tell me about your parents' concert. How was it? Was it a huge success? Was it a huge crowd pleaser?"
When talking about his parents' concert, Yao Yizhou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and mouth corners slightly: "It was really wonderful, everyone stood up and applauded them, you really should go and experience it."
I waved my hands and said nonchalantly, "Forget it, I'd better not go. If I go, I will definitely fall asleep and embarrass you. Forget it, tell me about Paris. Have you been to the Eiffel Tower? Have you been to the Louvre?"
Yao Yizhou nodded, looked at me lovingly, and whispered, "I went to both. I went to the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Paris is indeed beautiful, but what I thought about most this month was to get back as soon as possible."
I laughed so hard when he said that: "Is it because there are too many tourists in Paris that you can't stay here? By the way, you should be used to the holiday crowds in your motherland, right? Of course, the people of your motherland are still very welcome to your return to the embrace of your motherland."
Yao Yizhou shook his head helplessly: "Wen Ya, why don't you ask me why I want to come back? "
When I heard Yao Yizhou say this, I imagined him walking on the streets of Paris, squeezed by tourists. I laughed so hard that I was out of breath. After a long while, I asked, "Well, let me ask you, why do you want to come back?"
I followed his wishes and asked the questions he asked me to ask, but Yao Yizhou kept me in suspense, smiling and acting like a big shot. In this regard, I could only express my contempt for him with a sharp look.
"By the way, I have a gift for you." Yao Yizhou said, taking out a beautifully wrapped gift from his bag and handing it to me.
Of course I couldn't refuse the gift he brought back all the way from Paris, France. That would hurt his feelings, so I clasped my fists to show my gratitude.
"Yao Yizhou, you value women over friendship. You only bought a gift for Wen Ya." When the boys in the class saw Yao Yizhou giving me a gift, they started to make a fuss.
Yao Yizhou smiled, took out some small gifts from his bag and handed them to the male classmate: "I came back in a hurry, so I brought gifts for each classmate. Come and get them."
As soon as Yao Yizhou took out his gift, the class was in an uproar. When the classmates heard that there was a gift, they all gathered around. Some of the classmates who got the gifts joined in the fun.
"Yao Yizhou, you said you don't value love over friendship, but the gift you gave to Wen Ya was wrapped so delicately, but the one you gave to us was so casual. It really hurts our brothers' hearts."
I couldn't help but roll my eyes, put my arm around Yao Yizhou's shoulders, looked up and said proudly, "How can I be the same as you? The relationship between Yao Yizhou and I is not exaggerated. We have been good brothers for many years. You, a bunch of passers-by, should be secretly happy when you get a gift."
The two male classmates who were making the fuss didn't take it seriously after hearing what I said. Instead, they just smiled at it in good faith.
Yao Yizhou also smiled.
I sat down in the seat behind Yao Yizhou, busy opening the presents, and didn't notice that the light in Yao Yizhou's eyes had quietly dimmed.
The gift Yao Yizhou gave me was an exquisite diary. Maybe he didn’t mean it, but because of this diary, I remembered an old story with Ji Chuan.
At that time, I wrote down my love for Ji Chuan in my diary, but I don’t know what happened, the diary was suddenly lost. Just when I searched everywhere and couldn’t find it, Ji Chuan appeared in front of me with my diary.
I don't know how the diary got into his hands, but I wasn't scared enough to run away. Instead, I looked him in the eye provocatively and said word by word: "You should have read my diary, right? Then you should know that I like you, right? This girl likes you, just tell me whether you like me or not! If you don't like me and have no feelings for me, I won't cling to you, and we can still be friends. We are in the same class, and we will see each other every day. I don't want to make things too awkward. It will be bad for both you and me."
Ji Chuan laughed so hard that he fell backwards. After a long while, he finally recovered and said in a deep voice, "Do you like me?"
I didn't understand where Ji Chuan's smile came from, so I frowned and asked him, "Why? Is it not possible? Why can't I like you? You should be happy that a girl in her prime likes you. Just tell me the truth, how much incense did you burn and how many good deeds did you do in your previous life to make me like you? Forget it, I'll be merciful and save you this time."
Ji Chuan raised his eyebrows and looked at me with a smile on his face: "You are an interesting girl. Tell me, how did you fall in love with me?"
Facing Ji Chuan's provocation, how could I back down after it came to this? I could only bite the bullet and continue to confess: "Actually, I've liked you for a short time. I was planning to find a time to confess to you, but it's okay to say it now. I don't know if you still remember that last week, the class organized a donation to a poor primary school, and you took out all the money in your wallet, not even leaving money for yourself to eat. At that time, I thought you were a very kind person, so I fell in love with you."
Ji Chuan looked at me, thoughtfully.
I couldn't guess what he was thinking, nor did I know what answer he would give me, and I felt a little nervous.
After a while, Ji Chuan slowly said, "Okay, let's try dating."
Ji Chuan was my first love. It was my first time to confess to a boy and I won. This made me excited for a long time. However, I later learned that Ji Chuan didn't read my diary at all. He just picked up my diary on the playground, opened the cover and saw my name, and then returned it to me. What made me most angry was that he told me that he didn't even keep the money for food when donating to the poor primary school because he put all the money for food in his meal card. That money was just his pocket money for a week.
So, Ji Chuan was beaten violently by me. He still feels very proud of the fact that he won my heart with an unintentional action. In fact, what made me angry the most was that he originally planned to take the opportunity of returning my diary to ask me out for dinner that day, and then take the opportunity of dinner to watch a movie, so that he could start pursuing me. He didn't expect that I would confirm our relationship so neatly, which was simply a pleasant surprise for him.
Since then, I have always felt that my life is a tragedy. It is so difficult to get anything I want. I have to go through a lot of hardships. I am just like an abandoned child of fate. Some people don’t have to think about anything or work hard for anything. They get everything when they are born. Compared with those chosen ones, I have always been a loser. Only Ji Chuan is the best prize I have won through my own efforts.
Thinking of this, I looked at the diary that Yao Yizhou gave me and couldn't help but laugh.
There was a commotion at the classroom door, and a girl walked in cautiously with an exquisite bag. She put the bag on Yao Yizhou's desk and ran away quickly.
Yao Yizhou glanced at the girl, then turned and looked at me.
I leaned forward and took the bag directly.
I couldn't help but sigh. This has happened countless times. Ever since Yao Yizhou showed off his violin skills at the school's New Year's Eve party, the girls were fascinated by his violin playing and gave him gifts at every turn. But Yao Yizhou didn't seem to like the gifts very much, and he always gave them to me. After so many times, he almost didn't even look at them and just gave them to me directly.
This time was no exception. The gift that the girl gave to Yao Yizhou naturally fell into my hands. In fact, I was very puzzled. When Yao Yizhou played the violin, I stared at him intently for a whole afternoon, but there was no spark between us. For this, I think there is only one sentence that can explain it, that is, we are destined to be friends and brothers in this life.
Yao Yizhou's return made me feel particularly good. In fact, I don't like the gifts that others gave to Yao Yizhou, nor do I want them every time. I just like the feeling of opening gifts, because I rarely received gifts since I was a child.
After unpacking the gift, there was a box inside. I didn't even open it, but stuffed it into my schoolbag. The teacher came in, and I opened my book and listened to the class seriously.
My state today is really strange. I don't know what's going on. The professional course that I couldn't understand before seems not as difficult as before. This is the first time I understand what the teacher is saying in class. This makes me feel a little surprised. If I continue like this, I will definitely pass my professional course.
After a day of classes, Yao Yizhou was going to practice the piano and asked me to watch him practice, but I firmly refused. It's not like I've never seen Yao Yizhou practice the piano before. Every time I hear him play the piano, I feel sleepy, and he is the kind of person who forgets everything else as long as he holds the piano in his hands.
I called Ji Chuan's number, but no one answered. It seemed that he had gone to the Taekwondo practice room again and forgot his phone in the locker room. I had no choice but to put away the phone. I felt sleepy again and again, and I was ready to go home to catch up on some sleep.
The bus stop was not far from the school gate. I waited for the bus boredly, preparing to go home as slowly as possible.
The school is more than ten stops away from my home, and I always take the bus when the traffic is the most congested. In fact, I always wait for the bus with the intention of joining in the fun, because only when I take the bus when the traffic is the most congested can I feel that there are so many people around me accompanying me, and I will not feel lonely.
The time I took the bus today was also the time when the traffic was the most congested, and the bus was a little slow, but I was not anxious at all. Compared to staying at home and watching my father and his family of three having fun, I would rather spend my time somewhere else.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the bus still didn't come. I planned to go back and buy a bottle of water, but after I took a few steps, a silver-gray Bugatti stopped next to me.
Just when I was wondering who was so wealthy, a middle-aged woman in a white dress got out of the car.
After seeing my face, she looked a little excited: "Are you Xiaoya? You've grown up so much, you're a big girl now! I'm your mother, let's find a place to talk!"
I looked at the middle-aged woman in front of me, and my heart suddenly felt like it was being grabbed by something. Over the years, I deliberately forgot her, but when her face appeared in front of me, all the details about her came to life.
Yes, when I saw her for the first time, my intuition told me that this middle-aged woman was my mother, because I have a face very similar to hers, and our eyebrows and eyes are like they were carved from the same mold.
At this moment, I suddenly understood why my father was so disgusted and cold towards me. Not only did he destroy all photos of my mother since I was a child, he also didn't allow anyone to mention her in front of me. It was as if my mother appeared out of nowhere and disappeared out of nowhere.
Sometimes, time seems particularly cruel. It can make people gradually forget the people and things they once cared about, as if those people had never appeared in your life and those sad things had never happened to you.
So many years have passed, and I deliberately ignored my mother's existence, just as my father deliberately treated me coldly, and we both persisted stubbornly.
Seeing my mother's expectant look, I patted the mud on my trouser legs, snorted coldly, and said coldly: "Who has such low quality? I was splashed with mud when I stepped on the brakes so quickly. I'm so unlucky. Do you think you are rich just because you drive a Bugatti?"
Mother's expression suddenly became extremely unnatural.
I patted the mud spots on my clothes again, snorted, and walked forward with my head held high. There was no expression on my face, but my heart ached and I couldn't calm down.