During the few days of Chinese New Year, Xi Yun lived with Liu Kaiyan, Liu Kaiyan sent Xi Yun to the door of Su Tian's house, and knocked on them.
It was neither Su Tian nor He Qingwan who opened the door, but a strange woman.
Seeing Xi Yun, the woman's eyes turned red, and before Xi Yun could speak, she hugged him into her arms, tears streaming down her face, and she shouted tremblingly: "Xiaoyun... Xiaoyun...you've grown up so much..."
Xi Yun was dazed, the woman's embrace was soft and warm, with a smell similar to Aunt He's.
Su Tian and He Qingwan stood in the living room watching, without speaking.
Liu Kaiyan nodded to the mother and daughter, turned and left.
After Yan Baozhen had hugged her enough, He Qingwan said, "Sit down and talk."
Yan Baozhen quickly wiped away his tears, smiled embarrassedly at He Qingwan and Su Tian, and said, "I'm a little excited, Xiaoyun is thanks to you for taking care of me..."
He Qingwan: "Xiaoyun is such an obedient child, he should. Sit down quickly."
Yan Baozhen pulled Xi Yun to sit down, looked at him without blinking, and asked him if he still remembered his mother.
Xi Yun's reaction was calmer than everyone guessed. He looked at Yan Baozhen and shook his head silently.
He really didn't remember, when Yan Baozhen left, he was only five years old, and he secretly hid a photo of Yan Baozhen, but Xi Zhiqiang found out and threw it away.
If he met on the road, he might not even take a second look.
However, this woman is his own mother.
Yan Baozhen almost cried again.
She choked up and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Xiaoyun, my mother didn't leave you on purpose, I ran out, I don't know if I can support myself, if I leave you, at least I won't starve to death with me..."
She thought that Xi Yun was Xi Zhiqiang's biological son after all, and that Tiger Poison would not eat a child, and Xi Zhiqiang would not treat Xi Yun too badly, who knows...
Thinking of the simple words from Su Tian just now, she regretted so much.
Xi Yun looked at her and said nothing.
After the new year, he will be thirteen years old. In a general sense, thirteen years old is no longer a child, but a young boy.
He looked at Yan Baozhen, his eyes were surprisingly calm, without any waves.
Yan Baozhen finally realized that something was wrong, grabbed Xi Yun's hand firmly and said, "Xiaoyun, are you still blaming mom?"
When Xi Yun didn't answer, Yan Baozhen dragged him to keep asking and explaining.
He Qingwan frowned, she was too excited and would scare Xiaoyun.
Su Tian poured a glass of water and handed it over, "Auntie, why don't you drink a cup of tea first, Xiaoyun hasn't reacted yet, please let him calm down."
Only then did Yan Baozhen let go of Xi Yun's hand and took the water glass, but his eyes were still firmly locked on Xi Yun.
Xi Yun lowered his head, looking at the red mark on his palm.
Yan Baozhen followed his gaze, only to realize that she had hurt her son again, and quickly put down the water glass, "Xiaoyun, I'm sorry, mom didn't mean it..."
She reached out to pull Xi Yun, but the young boy sideways avoided her.
Yan Baozhen froze in place.
Her hand stopped in mid-air, and she lost her voice: "Xiaoyun..."
Xi Yun raised his eyes, and his eyes turned slightly cold.
"Why didn't you come back to me?" he asked.
In the past years, he asked more than once why his mother didn't come back to him after she left.
Before Xi Zhiqiang was arrested, Xi Yun always thought about it every time he was beaten.
Why didn't my mother take him with me when she left? Is it because he was not good enough, sensible enough, and obedient enough, so my mother didn't like him, so she left him.
He studied crazily for a while, and he was the most serious and deep-rooted one in the class, and he won the first place in every exam.
He thought that if his mother saw it, she might like him.
But it didn't work.
He goes to class every day with injuries, without enough food and warm clothes.
The classmate who got the second place went out to the restaurant with his parents to celebrate, but he had to cook for Xi Zhiqiang when he returned home.
Mom doesn't want him anymore.
Xi Yun, who finally realized this, squatted in the small alley on the way home from school and cried for a long time. When he came out, he no longer missed his mother.
Later, when he met Sister Tiantian and Aunt He, he missed his mother even more.
Eight years later, when he had forgotten what his mother looked like, someone told him that his mother was back.
Mom actually came back.
She also said that she was afraid that she would suffer hardships with her, so she dropped herself.
Well, Xi Yun accepted this explanation.
but…
His eyes fell on Yan Baozhen. The woman was wearing a brand new down jacket, gold bracelets and rings on her hands, her skin was white and tender, and her hair was permed into a fashionable hairstyle.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a person who can't eat enough.
If he was an ordinary child, he might have accepted Yan Baozhen's words, but Xi Yun was not an ordinary child. He grew up in the worst environment and was used to questioning everything.
His first reaction was not to believe Yan Baozhen's words, but to look for loopholes in his heart.
And this loophole really allowed him to find it.
Su Tian sighed silently, and pulled He Qingwan to stand up, "Auntie, you and Xiaoyun talk first, my mother and I will go shopping."
Yan Baozhen's face was flushed, she didn't know whether it was from embarrassment or embarrassment, she hurriedly nodded her thanks.
Su Tian and He Qingwan went out and closed the door, leaving a separate space for the mother and child.
Yan Baozhen made He Qingwan forget even Ji Shaoheng, and as soon as he went out, he pulled Su Tian and asked, "Tiantian, I'm worried about Xiaoyun."
Su Tian smiled: "What are you worried about? His mother is back, and there will only be one more person who loves him in the future."
He Qingwan shook her head, thinking that if she had faced Yan Baozhen's situation back then, she would have kept Tiantian because she was afraid that Tiantian would suffer with her, but as long as she stabilized and could support herself, she couldn't wait a second , I will definitely go back immediately to pick up Tiantian.
But Yan Baozhen did not come back for eight years.
Not for eight days, not for eight months, but for eight full years, she ignored Xi Yun.
Even if you can't come, it's good to make a phone call. But not even a phone.
Su Tian: "Perhaps there are unavoidable difficulties."
"Mom has a last resort."
Yan Baozhen said with tears: "Xiaoyun, when my mother left, she had nothing, ID card, household registration book, and couldn't find a job... Later, I saw that a restaurant was hiring a dishwasher, and I didn't need an ID card, so I found a job."
"The owner of the restaurant is very kind and treats me very well, but I dare not tell him that I sneaked out. I can only say that I went to the city to work. Later... Later I made a false certificate, we got married, and I I always wanted to come back to you, but then I got pregnant again, by the way, Xiaoyun... "
She became excited, pulled Xi Yun and said: "Mom gave birth to a younger brother for you. Didn't you always want a younger brother when you were young? Are you happy?"
Following her words, Xi Yun's eyes became colder.
He said lightly: "Happy."
Yan Baozhen was even happier. When she heard Xi Yun say she was happy, she felt that her son had forgiven her, so she dragged him and said:
"Your brother is five years old this year. Hey, he's not as obedient as you were when you were a child. He's a bully. He throws things and cries when he disagrees..."
Xi Yun listened coldly.
Yan Baozhen stroked the little boy's head and said softly: "Xiaoyun is so obedient, after I go back with me, I will teach my brother well, okay?"
Xi Yun pursed her lips and did not answer, but the corners of her mouth curled up, as if she was smiling.
Yan Baozhen: "The younger brother and the new father are in the hotel, so let's go to the new home with my mother, okay?"
Xi Yun looked up at her, "I want to discuss it with my sister."
Yan Baozhen couldn't accept it, "What are you discussing? I am your mother, and Xi Zhiqiang is in jail. Of course you have to follow me."
Xi Yun was very stubborn: "I want to discuss it with my sister."
Yan Baozhen couldn't resist him, and couldn't help but feel a little cold in her heart. The child she had missed for so long seemed not so close to her.
"Okay, discuss it with them when they come back, I'm going back to the hotel first, your brother won't sleep until someone coaxes you."