We didn't speak all the way.
It's impossible for me to walk with Han Mingyao. If he's a firework on the sea, then I'm a foam on the waves. His light lit up a moment in my life, but it can't be a lifetime.
When I was nineteen, I thought that meeting Han Mingyao was the same as meeting the blissful life Han Mingyao. Just like when I grabbed a cicada under the parasol tree in the orphanage, I thought I'd caught the whole summer.
There were thousands of possibilities between us, even if I never stopped loving him.
When we were almost home, Han Mingyao slowed down his pace and asked, "Ziqian, are you happy? What kind of person is he?" His voice was low and sad.
I lowered my head, tears streaming down my face. "Zhengyang treats me very well, treats me like a family member, and Grandma treats me very well. Tongtong isn't my biological child, but she was raised by my own hands, she's no different from my biological child."
Han Mingyao sneered and grabbed my wrist, "Stop lying to yourself, okay? How many years has it been since he last touched you? I couldn't believe it. It took me a long time to find out it was you. The woman I'm looking for is actually alive right under my nose. Zhen Ziqian, you're really vicious! "
I was in the wrong when I left without a word.
But that was for Han Mingyao's own good. Like his mother had said, what could an orphan like him give? Other than a pretty face and a good college degree, what else could I offer? Besides, it's not unusual for me to give him anything that I can. Any woman would give it to him.
He was destined to be a brilliant galaxy, and I was just a wild weed in the wilderness.
"The son that I have painstakingly raised is not for the glory of a bastard like you!" When Han Mingyao's mother poured tea on my face, I still remember what she said.
Han Mingyao said that I was heartless, but he didn't know how much pain I had suffered in the past!
Before getting off the car, Han Mingyao took out a gold card from his wallet.
"Take it. Wait for me in this room every night, otherwise …" He didn't say it out loud, otherwise, other than us orphans and widows, what else can he do?!
My hands trembled as I held the golden card, "Is there any difference between what you're doing now and Hu Lihua?"
Han Mingyao stared at me, smiling playfully. "I'm different from them. They want money, but I only want your people!" If you don't show up now and then, you know what the consequences will be! "
Annoyed, I opened the door and headed home.
When I turned into the alley, I saw my mother-in-law sitting at the door with Tongtong in her arms, waiting for me. It was such a cold day … When Tongtong saw me, she ran over shakily and shouted, "Mommy, Mommy …"
At that moment my eyes filled with tears, I think that HuLihua will eventually regret, give up her love of Zhengyang brother and lovely Tongtong, is one of the biggest losses of her life.
I bent down to hold Tongtong in my arms, but there was a sharp pain coming from my lower body, so I could only hold Tongtong's hand.
Nanny prepared dinner, she carefully asked me, "How was today?"
I smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. The developers said that everything will be done in accordance with the contract. Although Zhengyang is no longer here, the house should be given back."
After Zhengyang passed away, Grandma suddenly aged a lot. Fortunately, there was still Tongtong. Otherwise, I was really worried that she would not be able to hold on.
As we were eating, her mother burst through the door with a smile, and she trembled with anger at the sight of her.
The Hu Lihua mother and daughter duo seemed to have been carved from the same mold. As soon as she walked in, she mocked, "Zhen Ziqian, I heard that you went to discuss compensation with the developers today? If you and Zhengyang are married, this will affect the old society. Even if you were a concubine, you didn't have a son, so you were born in a concubine. How would you have the right to split the property?
The old granny's lips were trembling, she could not utter a single word, her fingers trembling as she pointed at Hu Lihua's mean mother.
Hu Lihua's mother became even more arrogant: "What the f * ck are you talking about? Zhengyang that disgraceful death, my Lihua is the head of the family. I have the final say in this family. And you, Zhen Ziqian, who do you think you are? Even if you die, you can only go down to our Lihua's place and be our little girl! "
Grandma hugged Tongtong and the two of them cried together.
I stood up, threw the chopsticks in my hand and chased Mother HuLihua out. "You seem to have forgotten that HuLihua divorced Zhengyang a long time ago! What right do you have to criticize this place? Today, Hu Lihua dug up Zhengyang's tomb and scattered his ashes everywhere. I have yet to settle this score with you all! If I don't take revenge for this, then my surname will not be Zhen! "
I had to live like a shrew to protect my family.
When Mother Hulihua saw me angry, she didn't feel angry either.
On the contrary, she wanted to pull my hand with tears in her eyes, but she pretended to be pained and said, "Zhen Ziqian, you are still young and have no children. Why are you dragging on the two of them?
I sneered, "What should I do? Hungry people don't die, they don't die. Grandma is still young, and I still have a head. They are my family, so I definitely won't abandon them. "I'm worried for you. Are you old? Will your precious daughter serve you by the bed, or will she continue to follow her lover to the mahjong hall?"
The middle-aged woman's eyes turned the color of a pig's liver, her crafty little eyes narrowed into slits, "Zhen Ziqian, you are stubbornly refusing to leave. You are trying to obtain a house, aren't you? With this old lady here, you won't be able to get even a single cent! "
I picked up my broom and was about to hit her when she finally left me, crestfallen.
Grandma tightly held my hand: "I wronged you, Ziqian."
I shook my head. "Mom, you're being nice to me! "In the two years I've been married to Zhengyang, I already have a family. I'm very happy and satisfied. Zhengyang is no longer here, so don't be afraid. With me here, I'll take good care of you and Tongtong."
The mother-in-law said with red eyes, "Ziqian, my family has let you down. I'll be the one to leave first, but I can't stop worrying. You have to remarry in the future. As long as the people there are good, Mom won't stop you. In a hundred years, you will take good care of Tongtong for me. "
I choked with sobs. "Mom, only with you and Tongtong here can I have a home. After meeting you two did I know what life feels like. Only then did I feel that it was interesting to be alive!"
The three of us hugged and cried together.
Right now, my mother-in-law and I are most worried that HuLihua will come and snatch Tongtong's custody rights. After all, she is Tongtong's mother. If she really wants to return the custody rights, then as a stepmother, I really can't do anything about it.