In the original owner’s memories, his mother hadn’t appeared for a long time, or rather, ever since the original owner’s mother had remarried, she had never contacted the original owner; thus, in the original owner’s memories, the image of his mother was almost a blur.
And now, He Yishu unexpectedly received a communication request from this person.
“Xiao Shu, it’s mom.” When He Yishu heard these words, his mind went blank for a few seconds.
Of course, it wasn’t because of too much shock or excitement; it was simply because He Yishu hadn’t been able to find anyone who could match up for a moment, so he was a little confused.
The original owner’s mother was somewhat unfamiliar to the original owner, let alone to He Yishu.
Therefore, after a brief few seconds of confusion, He Yishu didn’t rush to speak, as he had no idea how he should answer.
The other also fell silent for a while.
Seeing that there was no intention of speaking on this side, the woman on the other side spoke up again: “Xiao Shu, it was Mom who didn’t take good care of you; that’s why you suffered so much. It’s Mom who is sorry for you.”
He Yishu still didn’t say anything because he felt very dissatisfied with this woman’s words. Leaving aside how coincidental the timing of this woman’s appearance was, her completely irresponsible behavior towards the original owner was enough to make He Yishu very dissatisfied with this person.
A person who never cared about how the original owner’s life was going and never even took the initiative to contact the original owner, how did she deserve to be the original owner’s mother?
After a moment of silence again, the woman’s voice took on a slightly teary undertone: “Xiao Shu, are you still blaming Mom? Mom knows I shouldn’t have left you directly in the first place, but Mom was also helpless. After your father did something like that, Mom couldn’t continue to live with him, so Mom was also forced.”
Facing the woman’s confessions and explanations, He Yishu’s heart didn’t fluctuate in any way, and he even wanted to laugh a little; of course, it was a sneer kind of laugh.
However, out of the most basic courtesy, He Yishu didn’t directly laugh out loud but politely asked, “Hello, may I ask who you are?”
The woman’s voice suddenly stopped, and after a moment, another aggrieved inquiry came: “Xiao Shu, do you… don’t you remember mother?”
This aggrieved tone made He Yishu feel even more ridiculous. If the original owner really didn’t remember her, it was because this woman hadn’t contacted the original owner and hadn’t cared about his life at all, which led to the original owner not remembering her. As a mother, what right did she have to feel aggrieved about this kind of thing?
The coldness in He Yishu’s voice grew thicker: “I’m sorry, I really don’t know who you are. Could you please introduce yourself first?”
The woman was choked for a moment, then spoke in an even more aggravated tone: “Xiao Shu, I am your mother; you loved to sleep in my arms when you were small; have you forgotten?”
“That was probably a very long time ago, because I don’t remember this at all.” He Yishu responded coldly, sarcastically saying in passing, “I never knew that the role of a mother still existed in my life, because no one ever told me who my mother was or where she was. So, of course, my mother never existed.”
But although He Yishu said this, the facts didn’t match what he described.
At the time when the original owner’s mother and He Chengkun divorced, the original owner was already eight years old, and a child of that age would definitely have memories.
Therefore, the original owner actually occasionally thought of his own mother, and he would wonder where the mother who had once given him little warmth had gone. Why had she never appeared anymore?
In those lonely and helpless years, such a tiny warmth that only existed in his memory had allowed the original owner to find some small hope, but it also made him more and more desperate.
Even if He Yishu wasn’t the original owner, he knew what kind of state of mind he was in at that time: the person he wanted to wait for would never appear, and the warmth he wanted to get would never exist. He was so helpless and desperate until the end of his life.
He Yishu sighed heavily in his heart, then asked once again in a cold tone, “Are you really not going to introduce yourself? If that’s the case, then I’m afraid I don’t have time to chat with you.”
The woman in the communication had no choice but to give her name: “Xiao Shu, I’m Chen Xiuzhen, your mom; you can’t have really forgotten me, right? You’re just blaming me for leaving you behind; that’s why you’re saying this on purpose, right?”
He Yishu didn’t answer Chen Xiuzhen and said somewhat impatiently, “Assuming that you’re really my real mother, then what’s the matter with you contacting me? After so many years of your absence, I’ve already forgotten about your existence, yet you’ve taken the initiative to contact me. It can’t be to tell me that you’re my mother, right?”
He Yishu’s attitude made Chen Xiuzhen feel helpless, but over the years, it was indeed she who had neglected this son, allowing him to never be able to experience a mother’s love, so Chen Xiuzhen could only sigh helplessly, “Xiao Shu, I know you blame me for abandoning you, and since I already know that I was wrong, can you give me a chance to make it up to you?”
“Can’t.” He Yishu’s answer was very clean.
“…… ” Feeling that this conversation was really close to going nowhere, Chen Xiuzhen resisted the urge to get angry and continued softly, “Mom contacted you this time; I really just want to make it up to you; if you have anything on your mind, you can say it to mom; if you are free, mom would love to meet with you.”
“A meeting isn’t necessary; I’m worried that at that time, even if the two of us were to stand face to face, we wouldn’t be able to recognize each other.” He Yishu continued with an icy, sarcastic tone. He was very disgusted with this original owner’s mother, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, especially after thinking about the possible purpose of this person’s appearance at this point in time. “If you really just want to make amends and don’t have any other purpose, my suggestion is to continue your current life and leave me alone.”
“Xiao Shu!” Chen Xiuzhen was really exasperated and cried out, “Will it make you feel better if you purposely say such things to irritate mother?”
“It will.” He Yishu nodded seriously, because the truth was indeed like this.
Chen Xiuzhen, who was choked for the third time, simply wanted to hang up and, just like He Yishu said, never contact him again.
But after thinking about it for a while, Chen Xiuzhen ultimately didn’t do so, and she sighed heavily with a sobbing voice: “Xiao Shu, I know you’re still angry with me now, and I won’t blame you for that, but you must believe mom; since mom contacted you this time, I’ll never leave you behind again.”
“So? Do you have normal comprehension skills? I said I don’t want you to bother my life anymore, and at the same time, I don’t need your so-called amends at all. Do you really not understand? What’s the difference between talking to yourself, thinking that you’re doing me a favor, and your behavior of mercilessly abandoning me in the first place? Whether it was back then or now, you never considered my feelings at all but always focused on your own feelings and imposed them on me. Your behavior really makes it difficult for me to understand. Is it not enough to hurt someone once? Do you have to hurt me again before you feel happy?” He Yishu was overwhelmed by Chen Xiuzhen’s attitude; even if she wanted to apologize, she had to first see if the other party was willing to accept it, right?
This kind of forced apology was really ugly, okay?
He Yishu had already made his words clear, but he knew that Chen Xiuzhen would continue to follow her logic and talk to herself, so He Yishu didn’t even give Chen Xiuzhen a chance to open her mouth again and directly went on to say, “I’m having a great time now, and I don’t need you to suddenly take on the role of a mother who will only bring back bad memories for me, so please don’t contact me anymore. Of course, the premise is that you really want to make it up to me, because if you are contacting me for other purposes, I’m sure no matter what I say, you will continue to pester me as if you didn’t hear me. I’ve already made my words very clear, so goodbye.”
After saying these words, He Yishu directly hung up.
Chen Xiuzhen, on the other end, didn’t even have time to say anything; the communication had already ended. She sighed helplessly and looked towards her husband, who was sitting beside her.
Chen Xiuzhen’s husband, Zhao Yan, patted her shoulder and gently said, “Don’t feel bad; Xiao Shu is just unable to accept it for a moment; that’s why he said such excessive words; we can always make him open up.”
Chen Xiuzhen was so moved that she almost burst into tears: “Thank you for comforting me like this, and thank you for agreeing that I should take the initiative to contact Xiao Shu. Don’t worry, I will definitely find a chance to talk to Xiao Shu about Lei Lei’s matter.”
Ever since she got married, Zhao Yan hadn’t allowed her to contact He Yishu. Even though Chen Xiuzhen sometimes thought of this son, she still didn’t contact He Yishu at her husband’s request.
So it really wasn’t that she didn’t want to contact He Yishu, but that she didn’t have the means to contact the other party, so as long as she found a chance to tell him this reason, Xiao Shu would definitely forgive her, right?
Chen Xiuzhen thought but didn’t consider that after so many years, even if her new husband didn’t allow her to contact He Yishu, could she really not find a chance to contact him?
Even if there was no suitable contact opportunity, couldn’t she secretly care about He Yishu’s recent situation or find an opportunity to go over to see him?
To be able to turn her back on her own son for ten years, no matter what the reason was, no matter how many excuses she could find for herself, Chen Xiuzhen’s behavior couldn’t be forgiven.
As for why her husband had suddenly agreed to her contacting He Yishu, Chen Xiuzhen wasn’t unaware of it, but she felt that her husband’s request wasn’t excessive, and so she was grateful rather than irritated by this matter.