FSC [QT] Chapter 55.2

In fact, she knew in her heart that her stepfather and stepbrother were both good people, but it was difficult for her to face them with a normal heart.

As a result, after three years of getting along, her stepfather and stepbrother gradually lost their confidence in her, and they only got along with each other politely and distantly.

Under such circumstances, ‘Qiu Wu’ was even more reluctant to use the tuition and living expenses given by her stepfather.

Her grades were very good, so she quickly found three part-time tutoring jobs with good hourly wages. She had her living expenses covered and even had some savings to reserve for future tuition fees.

But correspondingly, her time had become more valuable. She didn’t dare to waste a single minute for fear of not being able to balance work and study.

During the four years of college, she did not use a penny of the money in the card given by her mother. After graduation, she quickly found a good job because of her excellent grades.

She went home with the news full of expectations, but what was waiting for her was her mother’s increasingly indifferent attitude.

“You have graduated, so my responsibility for you is over.”

When saying this, ‘Qiu Wu’ saw relief in her mother’s eyes. At that moment, she felt like a burden.

Her mother was happy to get rid of a burden, but as a burden, she felt that she had no destination at the moment she was thrown away.

At that time, she felt that maybe she was still not good enough.

So, she worked harder.

Even after marrying a man with similar conditions, she still focused all her attention on her career, so much so that she ignored her husband and family.

Finally, when she was thirty-two years old, she became an executive with an annual salary of one million.

Then, she took a real estate certificate with her mother’s name on it and went home to see her.

At that time, her mother was helping her stepbrother and sister-in-law take care of the children.

“This is the pension you deposited into my bank card over the years. I haven’t spent a penny. It is my responsibility to raise you up. Apart from this responsibility, there is no need for us to have any involvement.”

Just as ‘Qiu Wu’ didn’t spend a penny of Feng Chenghai’s living expenses back then, the money she transferred to her mother Qiu Xia’s bank card on a monthly basis over the years of working had not been used.

When she took the real estate certificate and plucked up the courage to come to the door, the money was returned to her.

‘Qiu Wu’ completely felt that she was just an abandoned person.

She looked at her mother Qiu Xia holding her stepbrother’s daughter. The expression on her face was the kind of love she had never seen before.

She finally gave up!

From that day on, she never went home again and never saw her mother.

When they met again after eight years when she was sixteen, Jiang Baobei’s mood was indescribably complicated.

“You are Qiu Wu’s classmate, right?”

Qiu Xia went out to take out the trash. When she saw Jiang Baobei standing hesitantly at the door, she said with a gentle expression.

“Come in quickly. Qiu Wu is waiting for you in the room. You will be able to eat soon. Little girl, do you have any dietary restrictions? For example, onions, ginger, garlic, etc. I will pay attention to them when I add the seasoning later.”

Qiu Xia was always so gentle to people other than her daughter Qiu Wu. Jiang Baobei never expected that the mother’s smile that she had always longed for could actually be felt in someone else’s body.

“Thank you, Auntie, I don’t eat ginger.”

Jiang Baobei bowed politely.

“This is the same as Qiu Wu.”

Qiu Xia couldn’t help but look at Jiang Baobei more. Her daughter’s friend had similar eating habits to her.

Feng Chenghai went to pick up the birthday cake that he had ordered before. So, there were only two people in the house, Qiu Wu and Qiu Xia.

Qiu Xia took Jiang Baobei to Qiu Wu’s room and then went to the kitchen to prepare today’s meal.

“How is it? Is my mother very gentle? It’s just that she is always cold to me, but I can feel her love for me.”

Ah Wu pulled Jiang Baobei to lie on the bed. The bed was very spacious, enough for two people to lie down without feeling crowded.

She held Jiang Baobei’s hand. The warmth from her palm kept Jiang Baobei from feeling cold.

Did she, at the age of sixteen, think so naively that her mother loved her?

Yes, she always seemed to be so naive, so that after being disappointed again and again, she still mustered up her courage again and again.

‘Qiu Wu’ thought of the time when Dong Leilei first spread those words. She endured her grief and ran home to ask her mother Qiu Xia.

She shouldn’t be the rapist’s daughter, and her mother shouldn’t be the unruly woman in Dong Leilei’s mouth.

‘Qiu Wu’ just wanted comfort from her mother when she was insulted and laughed at by her classmates.

“You are the rapist’s daughter!”

Her mother Qiu Xia looked at her with an indifferent look that she had never seen before and then used extremely cold words to completely condemn her to death on the pillar of shame.

It was not until later, when ‘Qiu Wu’ had a little more life experience, that she understood her mother’s state of mind when she said these words, and also vaguely understood the reason why she had ignored herself for so many years.

But precisely because she guessed it, she became more and more aware that she really was not worthy of being loved.

Because some people were born with original sin!

 

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Translator’s Comment:

Woo, woo, woo…

These two people are so miserable!

 

 

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