She met his sinister eyes and her heart tightened, but she still gritted her teeth and said cruelly, "I said... I can't continue to date you..."
Guan Shouheng felt his whole head explode with a "buzzing" sound. He couldn't believe how could the woman in front of him be so cruel. He had been waiting for his wish for ten years, but she was planning to run away midway? The hatred he tried so hard to let go of, her
But why do you have to force him to hate her?
"Don't leave!" He waved his hand and pulled her back to her seat.
She stumbled back and hurt her hands and feet, but she had no time to care. She only said hurriedly, "Guan Shouheng, I really have something to do. We can make an appointment next time..."
"Next time? Wait another ten years?" He kicked her hard, with blazing fire burning in his eyes, as if he hated her so much.
Feeling his anger, she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only say in a pleading voice, "Guan Shouheng, I really didn't mean to trick you, I really have something very important..."
"What is so important?" He couldn't help but raise his voice. A feeling of humiliation swept through his heart. Is dating him not important? Is it so indifferent? What he had worked hard for ten years still looked like this in her eyes.
Worthless?
"..." She couldn't answer.
"You have nothing to say? That means there is nothing going on? Or did you want to let me go from the beginning?" He remembered her hesitation before getting in the car in the morning. His sharp eyes were like two sharp swords, piercing her hard.
The suspicion in his eyes made her feel hurt.
"Guan Shouheng, why bother to accuse me? Do you think I am a villain who goes back on my word?"
"You are going back on your word now!" He roared angrily, holding her arm tightly with one hand to prevent her from getting up. With the other hand, he pointed at the little breakfast they had just eaten and said, "If you don't finish these things, you will not be able to finish today."
Don’t even think about leaving here!”
Mint also became popular, "Guan Shouheng, you are crazy! How can you finish eating so much food?"
“You have to eat even if you can’t finish it!”
"You can eat it yourself, I want to leave!" She struggled to leave.
"I told you I couldn't!"
"Guan Shouheng, I'm really in a hurry..."
"Where are you going in a hurry? Who are you in a hurry to see and leave my side?" He almost wanted to overturn the dining table and smash it himself. It would be better than being trampled by this woman!
"Eager to go to prison! Urgent to see my mother!" She shook off his hand, and a plate of exquisite food on the table fell to the ground. The sound of shattering porcelain tiles stung the eardrums of both people at the same time.
Two other hearts were also faintly broken into pieces.
Her mother?
"...She woke up?" His face turned from green to white.
She covered her trembling lips with her hands and did not cry, but the soreness in her throat was uncontrollable.
He slowly slowed down his breathing, calmed down his emotions, and said hoarsely, "It's a good thing to wake up... Why don't you just tell me?"
She turned her head away in embarrassment, not wanting him to see her vulnerability and embarrassment.
"I'll take you there."
She didn't answer.
"Let's go...she must really want to see you after so many years." He advised in a deep voice.
can you?
She expressed doubts.
Facts have proved that she is indeed Shen Mei's daughter, and her guess was absolutely correct.
She doesn't want to see her at all!
"What are you still doing here? Get out of here, you unfilial daughter!" Shen Mei glared angrily when she saw Mint.
"mom……"
"Don't call me mom! I don't have a pickpocketing daughter like you!" Shen Mei slapped her in the face.
"ah--"
"Mint!" Guan Shouheng was startled. He was standing at the door of the ward and couldn't help pushing the door open. "Are you okay?"
He saw five deep fingerprints on her face, and even a slight trace of blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.
"I'm fine, get out!" She covered her face and turned her head in embarrassment.
He hesitated, not trusting her alone, but at this moment, Shen Mei on the hospital bed suddenly spoke up, calling out in disbelief, "Guan Shouheng?"
He slowly turned around and looked at the woman on the hospital bed. After just one glance, he froze in place.
He could hardly recognize that the white-haired woman on the hospital bed actually had a deep eyebrow?
He felt his heart shrink and felt very depressed. Back then, he was looked down upon by Shen Mei. She even hit him with a wine glass and slapped him. It was really hard for him not to blame her, but seeing her like this today, he It's hard not to sympathize with him.
The once-mighty female mayor has become a prisoner. Only ten years have passed, but she has aged more than twenty years!
She was aging rapidly. She was already in her early fifties, and her temples were already turning gray. The traces of time were mercilessly written on her face, with deep wrinkles and her skin becoming withered and dull, no longer as elegant as before.
The only thing that hasn't changed is her sharp eyes, but the sharp and intelligent eyes in the past have now evolved into frantic resentment.
She looked at him and stared at him, as if she wanted to break his bones into pieces.
"Yue..." He found that as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse, and he didn't know what to call her.
She told him ten years ago that he was not qualified to call her mother-in-law, let alone now.
But she called out his name clearly, "Guan Shouheng! You actually have the nerve to come?"
"Mom..." Mint stepped forward to stop her, but once again, Shen Mei pushed her away and scolded her mercilessly, "You called me mom? Do you still think of me as a mom? You When you ran away from home for this man, it was in vain that your father and I had carefully cultivated you for more than ten years! What you gave us in return was a pregnancy out of wedlock and a child who dropped out of school! Not to mention, you would have hurt the whole family in the end! If it hadn't been for you , If it weren’t for this man, would I have become a prisoner? Would I have been lying in this hellish place for ten years?”
"Mom, stop talking, it's all my fault..."
"Of course you are wrong! And you were wrong not just once!" Shen Mei clenched her fists, wanting to slap her again, "You are with him again? Why are you so mean? Is there no other man in the world? ?Have you forgotten how he ruined our family?"
What? Guan Shouheng frowned subconsciously, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Shen Mei's words.
"Mom, it's not his fault..."
"Is it my fault?" Shen Mei raised his voice sharply and yelled hysterically, "Back then, I planned everything and prepared to go to Canada first to escape. I had two copies of the ticket. I gave the real one to you. , the fake one took off to Moscow at the same time. I even bribed the security personnel at the airport. I was sure that my plan was foolproof. As long as we arrived in Canada smoothly and slowly raised funds, the billions would be available soon. Come on! Even if I can no longer be the mayor, I will never become what I am today!
"But what happened? When we arrived at the airport, the police were already ambushing us there. I was like a clown who jumped out of the trap! And all of that was thanks to you! There were only a few of us in the ward at that time. You said... Who saw the ticket and reported it? It was him! It was Guan Shouheng! It was the poor boy you chose! He is the culprit!"
"..." He trembled heavily, how could it be possible? He has never done it!
Shen Mei didn't give him a chance to explain, and continued to yell like crazy, "Guan Shouheng! You still have the guts to come? You robbed my daughter and ruined her life, and you also harmed our whole family! I will follow you today If you fight hard, the worst thing you can do is perish together! It's better than me continuing to live a life that is worse than death!"
As she said that, she got up from the hospital bed, rushed towards him hysterically, and punched and kicked him.
"Mom... don't... Mom, stop!" Mint tried his best to stop her, for fear that she would hurt someone and even herself.
"Get out of my way! Otherwise, I'll beat you too! You're no longer my daughter, and I won't be polite to you!"
"Mom..." Mint was unable to stop her mother, so she had to beg him, "Guan Shouheng, go! Go! I beg you, go quickly!"
He was almost chased by Shen Mei and pushed hard by Mint before he staggered out of the ward. After reaching the corridor, the prison guards outside rushed into the ward and subdued Shen Mei, and then a nurse injected her with diazepam. , he still couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
He deliberately read the old news two days ago, and he also understood some of the situation back then. Although it was wrong to say that Shen Mei embezzled public funds, what she just said made sense. If their family could go to Canada back then, they would indeed be able to spend their money slowly. Slower comes later, and according to the extradition regulations between countries, Shen Mei will not end up where he is today.
Mint's father is a diplomat. Although he was kidnapped by terrorists as a Chinese businessman, to a certain extent, he died in the line of duty. To save her husband, Shen Mei misappropriated public funds to save others, which is not so blameless. Forgive me, if she pays back the money later, she will definitely get a lighter sentence and will never end up like this.
However, he really never reported it.
He didn't understand why Shen Mei thought that? Why did she think he had reported her?
He really hadn't done it, but what Shen Mei said was true. They were the only people in the ward at that time, and no one else was suspected except him.
So, who else could it be?
Who wants to kill their whole family, add insult to injury, and put them to death?
He frowned subconsciously.
The door to the ward opened gently, and Mint walked out exhausted, with pain and helplessness on his face.
The mother was injected with drugs and finally fell asleep peacefully. However, the next time she woke up, she didn't know how earth-shattering it would be.
"You saw it, that's why I don't want you to know." She said tiredly.
His heartstrings trembled heavily and he asked hoarsely, "Did you already know that she would be like this?"
She nodded with a wry smile, "Ten years ago, when I went to see her when she was detained by the police, this is what she said. She said you were the culprit, and of course I was. She insisted to the death that she would never forgive me. Even... he died to prove his ambition. Fortunately, he was discovered in time and saved his life, but he lay there for ten years."
He held his breath and didn't know what to say. He felt that everything he said was wrong. What he went through by forgiving her was ten times, a hundred times more painful than what he knew or imagined.
His heart ached tightly. How had she survived all these years?
Her biological mother actually punished her in this way. No wonder she told him that day that if she could do it all over again, she would rather she had never known him or married him.
In this world, her closest and dearest relatives died and were injured, leaving her alone to bear the loneliness and sorrow. How could she still want to love him again?
"You...haven't you ever doubted me? Have you never thought that it was me who reported you?" he asked worriedly.
She shook her head lightly, "I know you are not that kind of person, and you have no idea what happened in my family at that time."
have no idea……
It was because he didn't know that he left her so resolutely!
He regretted it so much. If he had not left at that time, she would not have lived in such pain in the past ten years. Even if she was down and out and had no money, at least she would still have him!
But he left her when she was at her hardest, most helpless, and most desperate!
Moreover, I still hate her for leaving!
She seemed to see through his thoughts, and shook her head lightly, with a layer of melancholy relief appearing in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, "You don't have to think too much. Back then, when things got to that point, love already seemed too insignificant. Even if you stayed by my side,
So what? Can we still love without hesitation like we did at the beginning? Impossible.
"When I insisted on marrying you and ran away from home, my mother said that I was too naive. I still didn't believe it. But it wasn't until something happened to my father, until she went around raising money, and until everything happened... that I really understood.
, it turns out that love is only a small part of life.
"I used to feel that my parents didn't love me enough. They didn't know what I needed most. But after the accident, I realized that I was actually very willful. Although my father rarely had time to accompany me, he always gave me gifts.
I have a lot of gifts, and every time I go abroad, I bring souvenirs back. He actually wants to compensate me in that way, which is also his love. Although my mother has always been very strict with me, she kicked me out of the house when I got married, and she also
She ignored me, but when she wanted to escape to Canada, she didn't leave me behind. She helped me prepare a ticket...
"So, no matter how she blamed me, scolded me or hit me, I would not complain at all.
"If I could go back in time, I think I would choose to be a good daughter and never do anything to make her angry again. I would never force her to commit suicide to punish me."
In other words, she would never choose to be with him again.