"Sorry, I can't stop her." The store manager said shyly as he followed the woman.
"It's okay, I know you." Li Banzhuang nodded.
The store manager glanced at the woman again, and went downstairs hesitantly.
There were not many customers in Rodingran at this time. After all, there were not many people who came to taste snacks and desserts during dinner time. When the waiter politely opened the door, the manager's eyes were attracted by this woman.
She is wearing a white dress, and the collar is simply tied under the armpit with a red string. The red embroidered cuffs are the only thing that shines on her body. The white pearl bracelet sets off her hands, making the color of the milkshake appear insufficient. mellow.
There are lotus flowers outlined in plain colors on the dress, and the gray linen trouser legs are like elegant skirts when she moves. A few young lotus flowers with sharp corners grow on the heels, and underneath is a pair of black high-heeled hard soles Cloth shoes, let her make a sound of footsteps when she stepped on the cork floor.
It is not easy for people to pay attention to her appearance at the first sight of a woman, because her hair is a bit messy, loosely scattered on one side of her cheeks, and the remaining thick long hair is coiled behind her head with a wooden hairpin, revealing her jade-like neck.
She is like a village woman who should be starching her clothes by the river, a hostess who cuts meat stuffing and wraps dumplings. The most suitable for her is an old house with blue bricks and white tiles, and a courtyard with plum and bamboo bushes.
Rodingran's western style is incompatible with her.
This is the last time Li Banzhuang saw her in his memory. Was it three years ago or four years ago? Or not so far, at least it has been so long that Li Banzhuang doesn't have a clear impression of her.
"Happy birthday, Li Zi." The woman sat in the position of her brother just now.
Li Banzhuang lowered her head and continued eating the cake.
"Li Zi..." The woman didn't seem to know what to say to Li Banzhuang.
"Li Zi..." Li Banzhuang raised his head, his eyes were much calmer, "It's a name that can only be called by older brothers."
"I'm your mother." The woman was not angry.
"Didn't say you weren't."
"I know that your biggest wish when you were a child was to wish your mother to spend your birthday with you, so mother came here specially to accompany you today." The woman showed pity and love.
Li Banzhuang stared at her. She couldn't see any guilt in this woman's eyes, so she couldn't help but sneered: "Stay with me? How long? Come back today and leave tomorrow? Since you were young, you have spent more than Is it a year?"
"It's only half an hour this time, and I'm leaving soon." The woman smiled forcedly and awkwardly.
"It's okay, I'm used to it." Li Banzhuang didn't care.
The mother and daughter sat together, but they were relatively silent. Li Banzhuang didn't intend to talk to her more.
"Is there any boy you like in school?" The woman was at a loss for words.
"No."
"Has any boy confessed to you today? Has anyone done anything that touched you?" The woman asked again.
Li Banzhuang gave her a strange look: "Although I don't know you very well, this doesn't seem like a question you would ask?"
"Why don't you know me very well? I'm your mother." The woman coughed, "If you have these worries and I'm not by your side, talk to your brother more, you are a girl after all, and you can't tell the sweet words of boys , let your brother check it out."
Li Banzhuang was silent for a while, not paying attention to the woman's words, "Brother and I, are they really your own? I've never heard of a mother like you."
"Of course, you are biological brothers and sisters, both of whom were born by me." The woman said seriously.
"What a pity." Li Banzhuang's eyes dimmed, "I always hoped that my brother and I were adopted by you, not your biological children."
"Are you so unwilling to be my daughter?" The woman became excited.
"Just like my brother and I are not the focus of your life. You are not the focus of my attention." Li Banzhuang said calmly, "I mean, I don't care if it's your daughter or not. What I care about is myself and brother relationship."
"What are you thinking about? A brother is a brother, a sister is a sister, what else do you want?" The woman seemed a little nervous.
"It has nothing to do with you." Although the other party has the identity of a mother, Li Banzhuang will not tell her what is on his mind.
"It seems that I made a mistake when I came back this time. I thought you had always had such a wish, and hoped that I would accompany you on this birthday." The woman's tone was more of annoyance than sadness.
"When I was a child, I always felt that a mother is an extremely important person to my children. Later I discovered that the reason why a mother is important is not only because she is the one who gave birth to me, but also the one who raised me. The most important thing is that Only the blood is thicker than water can form a complete mother-daughter relationship." Facing this woman, Li Banzhuang couldn't suppress the heaviest emotions in his heart, "Now, I don't remember that wish anymore. For me, my brother is my most important person, my brother is my world, as for other people, I don’t remember or care.”
"Then what do you think of your brother's treatment of you?" The woman did not seem to be a qualified mother. Even if her daughter said such words, she didn't have much emotion, and instead cared about other issues.
Li Banzhuang's cheeks were slightly red, and the girl's innocent eyes were filled with a charming charm because of happiness.
"The wish I want my brother to help me realize this year is that during this year, Li Zi will be my brother's favorite person. He asked me what my wish was, otherwise he wouldn't know how to help me realize it... But I didn't tell him, because even if He doesn't know, he has been doing this all the time, treating Li Zi as his favorite person." Li Banzhuang didn't care to tell her mother, because she probably wouldn't mention such a thing to her brother at all, and she left soon.
"It's a fact, you are the person he loves the most. Love is liking and responsibility. You are the person he loves the most, because he only takes his own responsibility for your happiness now." The woman finished speaking , seemed to feel that he had lost his composure, and looked at his face through the shiny tableware.
"How do you know? Have you met brother?" Li Banzhuang felt that this was probably the happiest thing this mother said in her life.
"No." The woman shook her head quickly, "By the way, what about others?"
"Go to the bathroom, you don't want to see him?"
The woman shook her head, "He doesn't need it."
"He really doesn't need it, you have never taken care of him, and you won't need it in the future. I will take over your responsibility, and my brother will be taken care of by me in the future. He doesn't want to see you either, so hurry up, I don't want to see him I'm in a bad mood because of you." Li Banzhuang continued to eat the cake with her head down, feeling a little cold, her attitude towards her mother was even more indifferent than that of strangers.
Sometimes, when you are hurt too much, your heart cannot warm up, and the scars are just hidden, but there is no way to heal. Li Banzhuang will never forget that when he was a child, he and his brother were hungry and crying at home. The days when you can only drink water by the spoonful to fill your stomach.
If she had a child in the future, she would never let her child be like this. That's why Li Banzhuang was so righteously indifferent to this mother who had not fulfilled her responsibilities.
The woman sighed and left slowly.
Sitting there, Li Banzhuang was in a daze. She also wanted a mother's love, which was not given by such a woman. Fortunately, she had a brother who loved her wholeheartedly. This love was enough to make up for everything.
The corner of Li Banzhuang's mouth curled up into a sweet smile. When can I feel that my brother's happiness is due to the reward from Li Zi
After a while, Li Rou came upstairs and saw that Li Banzhuang was still in a daze.
"Nympho?" Seeing that she was a little too absorbed, Li Rou stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes.
"You're a nymphomaniac." Li Banzhuang glared at him angrily.
"Ah, you have eaten so much cake." Li Rou hurriedly sat down to eat, "By the way, I met Mom just now, but she left again. Did she come to see you?"
Li Banzhuang quickly paid attention to his brother's face, and saw that he didn't have a gloomy expression, so he was relieved. It seemed that his brother, like himself, had already let go. I no longer care about why my mother doesn't care about this family anymore. The current family is enough for only two people, brother and sister, and it is already happy enough.
"I don't know why she came here." Li Banzhuang said very unhappy.
"Hehe... It's okay, just leave her alone." Li Rou laughed twice.
"Eat cake, there are really truffles here, let me try it." Li Banzhuang fed Li Rou with a spoon.
Li Rou hurriedly dodged, "I know how to eat myself."
"How dare you despise me!" Li Banzhuang refused and insisted on feeding him.
Li Rou had no choice but to eat the cake, but in addition to the special smell of truffles, there was more of Li Banzhuang's unique and fragrant smell, which made the cake sing much more delicious.
Seeing his brother swallowing the cake helplessly, Li Banzhuang tilted his head and smiled, and continued to feed.
One bite at a time, Li Banzhuang fed the rest of the cake to his brother and ate it.
"Let's go." Li Rou looked at the time and asked Li Banzhuang.
Li Banzhuang stood over, took Li Rou's arm, stretched out a finger and wiped his lips, put a little bit of cream in his mouth, and smiled sweetly.
"It's disgusting." Li Rou gritted his teeth.
Li Banzhuang picked up his small fist and hit him, "What do you know? This is called sweetness."
"Okay, the leftovers will be yours to eat."
"How dare you give me leftovers!"
"Sweet!"
"I hate it, let's go, you dare to talk too much, be careful to go home late, Princess Xiu will let you eat leftovers."
After Li Rou finished paying the bill, he and Li Banzhuang left Luoding Gelan under the slightly puzzled eyes of the store manager.
"Is it really my sister?"
"should be."
"Will the younger sister eat the cream off the corner of the older brother's mouth with her fingers?"
"This... It's just a little bit too serious about being in love with a brother." The store manager can understand. He admired his brother a lot when he was a child, but later his brother became too outrageous after puberty. If he had always been a brother like Li Rou, maybe he would There will be such a scene.