This was the first time Ruan Bai was called "Mom"...
For ordinary people, these are two very common and everyday words, a title that probably everyone will pronounce after birth.
But the word "mother" is unfamiliar and luxurious to Ruan Bai.
Strange because she has never said these two words since she was sensible and able to speak. For twenty-four years, she has not had the chance to call anyone mom.
Later, she became pregnant at the age of eighteen, gave birth to a child at the age of nineteen, and her flesh and blood were separated.
During the years when he went to study abroad, Ruan Bai met many young mothers, including single mothers and happy young mothers holding their husbands' arms. They all led little girls or boys at their hands, with innocent and childish voices, in Chinese.
, English, kept calling them "Mom".
Countless times when Ruan Bai walked on the street and saw such a scene, he would think of his children.
I wonder if my children are like me when I was a child. Ever since I learned that others have "mothers", I have never had the opportunity to call them mother like other children...
No matter the season, on countless different streets and roads, there is a lonely figure of Ruan Bai frowning and lost, lonely and confused.
At that time, Ruan Bai was curious about where his children were and what kind of life they were living; just like when he was a child to the age of seventeen, he was curious about where his mother was and what kind of life she was living. The two states of mind overlapped.
Later, after experiencing his father's serious illness and bowing to the cruel reality, Ruan Bai slowly forgot about his mother.
Anyway, life has already been like this, so why do you still hope for maternal love and family affection?
You can't even give your child maternal love.
Now, suddenly hearing Ruan Ruan call "Mom" in a low voice, Ruan Bai was caught off guard, pursed his lips, and hugged Ruan Ruan tightly.
The car was silent for a moment without any sound.
Mu Shaoling's eyes were heavy and he glanced at his daughter who was clinging to Ruan Bai in the rearview mirror.
It was as if the daughter called Ruan Bai "Mom", and his biological father, who was related by blood, was indirectly corrected.
What does it mean to be proud? This is probably it.
Ruan Bai's eye circles gradually turned red, and it quickly spread to the area around his eyes.
"Auntie Xiaobai, what's wrong with you? Don't you like me calling you like this?" Ruanruan raised her head, blinking her big clear black eyes, her small mouth was pink, and her facial features looked more and more like Ruan Bai.
"No, how could I not like it?" Ruan Bai stared blankly at the soft thing in his arms. It was a piece of flesh that fell from her body. It was cute and could move.
Ruanruan was so confused that she didn't know what happened to Aunt Xiaobai, and she was crying.
When a small fleshy hand touched Ruan Bai's eyes, Ruan Bai's cell phone rang.
"Ruanruan, go back and sit down first." Mu Shaoling didn't smile very much, and when he turned back to talk to his daughter, it made people think that his expression was too stern.
Sit softly and obediently.
Ruan Bai answered the call from his aunt Ruan Manwei: "Auntie."
Ruan Manwei: "You are in a small town, right? There will be another transfer to your account this afternoon."
"I'm in City A." Ruan Bai said truthfully: "Auntie, you transferred so much to me, I..."
Ruan Manwei interrupted: "What's wrong with your voice? It doesn't sound right."
"No, I just have a cold..."
"Since you are in City A, let's meet. If you have any concerns, you can tell me in person." Ruan Manwei invited.
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ruan Bai met Ruan Manwei at a restaurant on the fifth floor of a shopping mall.
Ruan Manwei sat on the brown fabric sofa in the restaurant, picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, raised her head and said: "Auntie didn't hide it from you from the beginning. I don't have children. My father is old and my brother is seriously ill. This brother has no children."
When you were sick, you still only obeyed your wife. I heard from your grandfather that your stepmother is not a kind person and she bullied you a lot."
"Fortunately, it's all over." Ruan Bai didn't want to mention the bad days of living under someone else's roof.
"So, my aunt is the only relative in this world who has labor and mobility. Who will give it to you if she doesn't give it to you?" Ruan Manwei said.
Ruan Bai still couldn't accept it.
The woman sitting opposite him is not old, has beautiful appearance, good taste, outstanding academic qualifications, and was originally happily married.
But for such a woman with a perfect life, why did God let her suffer from an incurable disease?
That day in the small town, before leaving, Ruan Manwei had a showdown with Ruan Bai about his illness and life span.
Only then did Ruan Bai understand why his always filial aunt would suddenly send someone to take his grandfather back to the small town, and then disappear without a care and no one could contact him.
After learning about her illness, my little aunt must have truly experienced the fear and pain of earth-shattering.
"If you feel that this money has become a pressure on you, then my aunt can give you an idea. Aren't you studying design? Take this money and open an independent design studio by yourself. My aunt has several
My classmate is also involved in this industry and can guide you." Ruan Manwei said helplessly.
Ruan Bai still can't accept it...
"Just think of yourself as working for your aunt. It's better than working overtime and staying up all night on a business trip now. You don't have time to spend time with your grandfather and father. When you first get into this industry, no one will guide you, so you just draw pictures all day long. How can you accomplish anything?"
Dream opportunity? Will your company recognize your design as a newcomer?" Ruan Manwei's words directly touched Ruan Bai's weakness.
Everyone who studies design probably joins it because of their passion, but after graduation, there are a few who are lucky enough to be promoted and stand out.
Without a background, I can only immerse myself in drawing pictures in the office, start drawing, draw pictures, start drawing, and draw pictures all day long, and everyone who has endured it is finished...
Ruan Manwei felt that Ruan Bai was stubborn and difficult to enlighten, so after drinking coffee, she took Ruan Bai to the mall...
Ruan Bai said she doesn't lack any skin care products or anything else.
Finally, Ruan Manwei took Ruan Bai to the counter selling women's underwear.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Ruan Manwei walked towards a collection of underwear and turned around to ask her niece, who was dressed in a conservative style.
"Well, I guess..." Ruan Bai didn't know how to explain his complicated situation.
Ruan Manwei muttered: "What does it mean to have it? Do you have a crush on the other person, or the other person is too popular and you don't have confidence."
Ruan Bai said nothing.
"A woman must be feminine. Look at what you are wearing. I can tell from the way you dress outside that the underwear you are wearing underneath cannot be sexy."
Ruan Manwei picked three sets for Ruan Bai.
"This kind of silk, lace, and clinging to women's curves is the most beautiful... the most sexy... No man would not like this kind of delicate, extremely feminine thing..."
Ruan Bai's face heated up when his little aunt said that.
But these sets of underwear are really too revealing and the styles are too bold.
In his mind, he fantasized about wearing these, and one day he might be seen by Mu Shaoling, and Ruan Bai flinched when he touched him...
