Making a living in Dongguan, her fiery red lips offer me tenderness.

"I had it done. They made a few holes in my arm and put in a few steel nails. It was a minimally invasive procedure. The doctor said the surgery went very smoothly and I can be discharged in a while."

"That's good!"

"Sister, I miss you."

"Baby, I miss you too."

"Sis, there's something I need to tell you, it might be a long story."

"It's okay, take your time, I'll just sit on the sofa."

"Sis, Mom's back."

"what……"

"Haven't seen you for over a decade, and now you've come back to find me?"

"Um!"

"It really shocked me. In my memory, she was already very blurry, and I didn't recognize her at all at the time."

"Hehe, actually this is a good thing! Have you reunited with her? Do you blame her?"

"To be honest, I really want to curse at her, and even hit her. I've been holding back a lot of resentment all these years, after all, she's the one who abandoned me."

"But I didn't say it out loud. I chose to forgive her and even advised my grandfather not to give her a hard time."

"Thinking about it carefully, it wasn't easy for her as a woman. My father is gone, and it's impossible to leave her to be a widow. That's not realistic. Life was already difficult in those days, so why make things harder for a woman?"

"Honey, you did the right thing. No mother wants to abandon her child. She must have had her own reasons."

"Actually, it might not be a bad thing that she left you with your grandparents. If she had taken you with her and found you a stepfather, you might not be doing as well as you are now."

"Yes, that's what I think too. I told my grandfather the same thing, so he let it go and chose to forgive me."

"Yeah, that's more like a man."

"Oh, honey, what has your mom been doing all these years?"

"I started working in Shenzhen, earning three or four hundred yuan a month. Later, I was tricked by a swindler and illegally immigrated to the United States. I suffered all the way and ended up washing dishes in a restaurant."

"Later, I opened a tea restaurant in Chinatown, New York."

Has she remarried?

"Yes, but I haven't had any more children."

"Will she go back to the US?"

"Yes, she replied, but she wanted to come to Shenzhen for a few days and see you. I told her about us."

"real?"

"Of course, come back to Shenzhen with me tomorrow."

"Alright, I'd like to meet her too."

"Sis, my mom's come to Shenzhen. I think I'll book her a hotel room."

"No, you can't send her to a hotel. Your mother will be unhappy. Besides, that's not how you treat a guest."

"This isn't just any relative, it's your own mother. Now that you've acknowledged her as your mother-in-law, she's my mother-in-law, and I can't let her stay in a hotel alone."

"All right!"

"Sister, is Wang Chan still home?"

"No, she accompanied me to the hospital this morning and then went back. How could I ask her to accompany me every day? She doesn't have that much time."

"oh!"

"Sis, go to sleep early, I'm going to bed now."

"Okay, then drive carefully tomorrow."

"Um!"

The next morning, Ding Yang packed his luggage.

Just a few months ago, he was carrying a canvas bag to Dongguan to make a living, and now he's carrying a Hermes bag. It's fucking ironic.

"Grandpa and Grandma, please take good care of yourselves."

"rest assured!"

"Grandpa, there's no rush to build the house. The money should have arrived by now. You must take care to rest and not do everything yourself."

"Don't worry, Grandpa knows."

Wenxiu hugged her grandmother.

"Grandma, you must take good care of yourself."

"Wenxiu, you're the same. No matter what, you'll always be my daughter-in-law in my heart."

"Thank you, Grandma!"

Goodbye, Grandpa!

"goodbye!"

The mother and son got into the car and headed to Huangniwan to pick up Qinghe.

"Mom, I'll take you to Lingshan Town later. You can take a motorcycle to your uncle's house to get your luggage. I'll wait for you in town, so I won't go to your uncle's house."

"What's wrong?"

"Mom, I don't have much contact with my two uncles, and they haven't visited me in all these years. If I just barge in, it will only make things awkward for everyone."

"They've never come to see you even once?"

"No!"

"You beast, I wrote to them when I was in America, asking them to come see you and ask how you look. They wrote back saying how good you are. I had no idea they hadn't come to see you."

"I even sent them money."

"Mom, people's hearts are unpredictable. They're probably afraid that I'll become attached to him and become a burden to them. It's all in the past, there's no need to dwell on it anymore. As for relatives and friends, if you get along, stay in touch; if you don't, don't bother with them."

"If I drove my Mercedes G-Class with you, do you believe they would come looking for me again, and I would become their good nephew again?"

"Alright, Mom knows. Call Grandma and tell her I put 1 yuan under her pillow. I'm giving it to her because I'm afraid she won't accept it."

"oh!"

Before long, they arrived at Huangniwan.

"Mom, please don't get off the bus."

Ding Yang got off the bus.

"Uncle, Aunt!"

"Xiaoyang, haven't you had breakfast yet?"

"have eaten."

"Qinghe, are you ready?"

"alright!"

Ding Yang took Qinghe's luggage and put it in the trunk.

"Uncle and Aunt, we're leaving."

"Okay, drive carefully on the road."

"good!"

Qinghe got on the bus.

"Qinghe, this is my mother."

"Hello, Auntie!"

"Hello!"

Ding Yang drove off in a flash.

In fact, Qinghe heard from his parents yesterday that Xiaoyang's mother had returned.

Wenxiu asked, "Qinghe, how old are you?"

"19 years old."

Qinghe blushed slightly.

"oh!"

When Wenxiu saw this expression, she smiled, as if she understood something.

Not long after, Ding Yang drove to Lingshan Town.

"Mom, go take your motorcycle. Don't take too long. I'll wait for you here."

"OK!"

Wenxiu got off the bus and took a motorcycle taxi to her uncle's house.

"Brother, why is your mother back?"

"Sigh, it's Grandma's birthday. She knew I would come back, and she wanted to see me, so she rushed back from America."

"You haven't seen her for so many years, don't you resent her?"

"Of course I have, but thinking about it makes me feel better."

"Too!"

"Qinghe, is it still hurting today?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Brother, could you please be gentler next time? Don't be so rough."

Speechless!

"Your parents didn't say anything, did they?"

"Brother, my mom has already noticed. She said something's wrong with me."

"What's wrong?"

"Let's walk."

"You can tell from that? Your mother is Wang Qianniang?"

"I came back in so much pain that day, I could barely walk, so she became suspicious, but I didn't admit it."

"Qinghe, I'm so sorry."

"It's okay, brother. It was my own choice. I like you."

"Brother, it's already 10 pm. Will we still be able to get to Shenzhen tonight?"

"We'll definitely get there, but it'll be too tiring. We'll see how it goes. If it really doesn't work, we'll stay overnight on the road."

"Brother, I'm staying with you tonight. I'm not sleeping with your mom."

"Hehe, aren't you afraid of getting hurt?"

"It shouldn't hurt anymore, right?"

"Hehe, that's hard to say."

"Ugh, can't you be a little gentler? I'm your girlfriend, not your enemy."

"Aren't you afraid my mom will find out we're sleeping together?"

"Don't worry, we'll find out sooner or later."