Mu Wanqing smiled bitterly and said weakly: "No... I was too busy and didn't hear the phone ring. I only saw it now."
"Hey!" Aunt Wang immediately sensed that something was wrong with her mood and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? Your voice sounds a little hoarse and you don't have much energy."
"It's okay. I'm too tired from work and haven't had a good rest." She cheered up a little and asked proactively, "Aunt Wang, why are you calling me?"
"What else can there be? Of course it's about your mother." Aunt Wang replied cheerfully. She suddenly paused and hesitated for two seconds before saying, "You... don't want to know this? If you don't want to know, then I will If you don’t say anything anymore, just pretend that I haven’t hit you before.”
Mu Wanqing thought to herself, after all the words were said, everyone was aroused to be curious, how could he pretend that he had never been beaten.
No matter how much she hates that woman, she can't change the fact that they are her biological mother and daughter.
Moreover, fate never plays its cards according to common sense. Sometimes the more you dodge and escape, the more misfortunes will hit you.
She thought that if she understood the situation in advance, she would at least be prepared in her mind. If she suddenly appeared in front of her one day, she would not be at a loss.
"It's okay, Aunt Wang, tell me what you know..."
Aunt Wang actually has a strong desire to talk. When she heard what she said, she immediately became interested and started talking immediately.
"It was in the afternoon... I passed by your house on purpose. When I saw the car still parked, I stood at the door and exchanged a few words. Then your mother came out of the main room and pulled me in to sit there."
"She saw that the house had been tidied up not long ago, so she asked if you were back. I couldn't tell. It was busy farming at that time. No one noticed this. She didn't suspect anything. She just said that she didn't expect that after being away for so many years, you would come back. This look makes me feel really uncomfortable..."
"I followed her words and asked, why did you go out to work, and there was no news as soon as you left... She said that she didn't have any skills when she went out, she could only do the hardest and most tiring work, and she couldn't make much money, so she was embarrassed to come back. Later, by chance, I met a capable person, so I followed him to learn how to do business. I thought I would come back when I made money, but I was tricked again. Not only did I lose all my money, but I also got into debt. I even owe hundreds of thousands to loan sharks. Oh my god, hundreds of thousands, I can’t even think about it just listening to it...how much money that must be!”
As Aunt Wang was talking, she went off topic.
Mu Wanqing felt surprisingly calm after listening to her aunt's words.
When she was a teenager, she would have probably believed this passage verbatim.
But now, she has seen the warmth and coldness of human relationships, knows the harshness of the world, and is even more aware of the ugliness of human nature - she feels that this statement is less than half credible.
Hearing Aunt Wang gradually drifting away, Mu Wanqing pulled her back calmly: "Auntie, she owes a lot of money, and what next? Didn't you say that she drives a luxury car now and takes good care of it?"
"Oh! Yes, she is living a good life now. She said that after being cheated by her partner, she met a nice man who taught her how to do business. She was smart and learned quickly, and she got started quickly. The business got better and better, so I paid back all the money, and gradually I was saving money!"
Aunt Wang was like a storyteller, speaking in a measured tone, "This is such a good life. I can always meet noble people. It's so enviable! However, when I asked her why the man didn't come back together, she smiled and didn't answer. I guess …”
Aunt Wang smiled coquettishly and didn't say anything else, but Mu Wanqing already understood.
When my mother ran away from home to work, she was only in her twenties. She was young and beautiful. With a little dressing up, her image and temperament were no worse than those in the city.
In the colorful world outside, people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. It's normal for a man to fall in love with her beauty.
And she didn't dare to bring him back, probably because he had a family and she was the third party.
This can also explain why she has refused to come back for so many years. She probably feels that she has lost face.
But since you haven’t returned for so many years, why did you suddenly come back recently?
Mu Wanqing expressed her doubts, and Aunt Wang said strangely: "I'm also curious. I asked, and she said... maybe it's because you're old and homesick, and I want to see if you're married and how you're doing. ... She also said that if she can find you and you are willing, she will take you away, saying that she is doing well in her career and can live a good life with you, and you can also help her take care of the business..."
After hearing this, Mu Wanqing roughly understood the reason why the woman suddenly came back to look for her.
He must have encountered some trouble outside. There was no one around him and he was isolated and helpless.
I thought about taking her there and getting an assistant.
In the final analysis, it was for her own good, rather than simply missing her biological daughter and wanting to do the best for her biological daughter.
The pain in her heart increased to a higher level, and she suddenly didn't want to ask anything anymore. She thanked Aunt Wang politely, emphasized again not to reveal her contact information, and hung up the phone.
The headache was so bad she was sure she was sick.
When people encounter happy events, they feel refreshed. On the contrary, when people encounter unlucky events, their bodies also become exhausted.
She developed a high fever at night, and she could resist it at first, but in the middle of the night she felt really uncomfortable. She got up and went downstairs to get some hot water to drink, but she missed her footing and rolled down the road——
Fortunately, the attic was not high, so she rolled around and landed.
But after such a fall, everything was spinning, and he couldn't recover for a long time.
Mu Wanqing was lying on the cold floor, and suddenly she felt that she had no hope of life. At that moment, she felt as if she had been abandoned by the whole world, and her life was no longer bright.
It turns out that living alone is so difficult. No one knows or takes care of her when she is sick. She even pessimistically wondered if she would die of illness here, and her body would smell bad when she was discovered...
The ground was too cold. After lying there for a while, she finally regained consciousness, forced herself to get up, and moved to the sofa.
She had a splitting headache and a burning sore throat. She had just moved here and didn’t have any emergency medicine prepared at home. She took out her mobile phone and wanted to ask a rider to help buy medicine, but it was two o’clock in the morning and there was no 24-hour pharmacy nearby.
After lying on the sofa for a while, she felt like she was going to die in the next second. Originally, it didn't matter if she died, but it was a relief after it was over.
But when she thought of the two children waiting to be fed, and of her daughter lying on her shoulders babbling reluctantly, her heart softened again, and she couldn't even stop crying.
There was nothing she could do, so she called her best friend Ye Huan.
The phone rang for a long time. Just when she thought she couldn't get through, the phone suddenly connected and her best friend's voice came: "Hello, Xiaoqing?"
Ye Huan's tone was somber, obviously he was woken up from his sleep.
Mu Wanqing was very apologetic: "Huanhuan, I'm sorry for disturbing you in the middle of the night..."
