"I'm not angry about this. I'm angry that you didn't tell me." Su Jiayi lowered his head and gently rubbed his forehead against the back of her hand. "I'm grown up and an adult now. You can try to rely on me. And my grades are pretty good, so don't worry about affecting me. Don't you know what your son's temper is like?"

His tone was full of pleading, an attitude he didn't have.

"My son is the best. He has never given me any worries since he was a child." Mother Su raised her hand and touched his face. When she touched the wet spot, tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of her eyes.

He cried.

He had never cried since he was a child. Even when he was beaten and scolded by his drunken father, bullied by others, and beaten by debt collectors, he never shed a tear, not even once.

"Mom, I'm scared." He spoke tremblingly, his voice low and hoarse.

"If you're gone, I, I don't know what the meaning of my life is. You are my only family in this world, I only have you. If you leave, then I, then I..."

"What should I do..."

I gritted my teeth and persevered until now, all for the thought deep in my heart. That is to escape from here with my mother, live in a big city, and change my life.

But things suddenly turned out like this and he didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry, baby. It's mom who's sorry for you."

He shook his head desperately, as if to vent all his resentment. He just knelt beside the bed and actively held her hand that was pressed against his face.

"You've never done anything wrong to me. You raised me in such a dysfunctional family. You're a great mother." He said what he usually kept in his heart, "You're the greatest mother in the world. It's my fault. I made you angry because I was ignorant. I didn't care about you enough. Otherwise, I wouldn't have realized it so late..."

Su's mother just gently wiped his tears. She had a lot to say, but it was stuck in her throat.

"Mom, please don't leave me, okay? Hold on a little longer, we'll have a better life soon." His tone was full of pleading, "I'm begging you, okay?"

"Okay, Mommy is waiting for my baby to take me to the big city. Mommy also wants to see my baby get married and have children."

But she did not keep her promise. 41 days before the college entrance examination, she died.

Just two days before the school was to be closed.

During Su's mother's illness, he took care of her at home the whole time. He was busy with his studies and work, and he slept very little every day. He was visibly thinner. This woman must have felt sorry for him, so she went there early. She considered everything for him.

Since her mother's diagnosis, she had called her father more than once or twice, but neither of them answered. He also didn't show up until after her funeral. Su Jiayi hated him, but felt it was unnecessary. There was no relationship between them from then on.

There weren't many people at the funeral. Because of Su's father's gambling addiction, his family had long since stopped communicating. Only a few people from Su's mother's family were present, along with Ji Xia, who had always been by his side.

"Mom, do you prefer Medical University or Political Science and Law University?"

"As long as it's your choice, Mom likes it."

This was the agreement between mother and son. After these matters were dealt with, he would return to school.

He wants to take the college entrance examination and see the world for his mother.