Chapter 193: Separate beds.

Shu Maomao had just put the spoon into her mouth, with the cream still on the edge of her mouth, and was stunned: "Why?"

"Because you've grown up. We can separate and each have our own bed and room. This way, Mommy won't kick your quilt under the bed anymore."

Shu Maomao frowned: "No."

Shu Lan said, "Of course you want to be an adult. You see, the adults in the base all sleep by themselves."

"don't want."

Shu Lan thought about it and changed her approach: "Try it first. Maybe you will like the feeling of having a private space."

Shu Maomao lowered his head and poked the cake, not in the mood to eat: "I don't like it."

Shu Lan frowned, "Shu Maomao! This is a necessary stage of growth. No one will sleep with mom forever. You have to learn to be independent!"

Shu Maomao said, "I changed my name to Nobody."

Shu Lan: "...Look how clever you are. We'll go decorate your new room later, just the way you like it, okay?"

"not good."

"Protests are useless. You promised to be the most obedient child in the universe."

"You also said you wouldn't force me to do anything I didn't want to do."

"Okay, you're grown up now. I can't convince you, so I won't tell you. I'll put your pillow next door, and you're not allowed to enter my door tonight."

Shu Maomao slammed the table and raised his voice: "Mom! You can't do this."

Shu Lan slowly shook her head: "I have made up my mind and there is no room for negotiation."

Shu Maomao stared at her, his face gradually darkening.

"Big Mouth, remove the other rooms on the second floor, leaving only one bedroom."

"Good host."

Shu Lan said, "Big Mouth, don't leave. Stay here."

"yes……"

"Withdraw!"

"No."

Big Mouth's eyes turned into an awkward "eight" shape. Should it retreat or not?

Shu Maomao pushed the cake away angrily: "I don't want to eat it!"

Shu Lan sighed. She knew it would be like this. The closer they were before, the more they resisted separation now.

Shu Maomao must understand the reason, he just feels unhappy.

Shu Lan cleaned up the table: "Then I'll pack it up and go out to distribute it to others later."

"I'm not going out."

"Okay, we'll stay in this space all day today."

Shu Lan put the remaining cake in the refrigerator and asked him if he wanted to eat meat pie.

“No!”

Shu Lan sighed helplessly, closed the refrigerator door, went back to the living room, took out the photo album, and sat on the carpet to organize the photos alone.

Shu Maomao sat at the dining table, stared at her for a while, then walked closer without saying a word, took a book and sat next to her to read.

Shu Lan asked, "Try it?"

Shu Maomao remained decisive: "Don't try."

In order to fully express how angry he was, he almost always included the word "no" in his words.

Even so, after he finished taking a shower, Shu Lan pointed to the door of the next room and said, "Go there."

Shu Maomao emerged from the shadows behind her and climbed to his position as usual.

Shu Lan stepped forward and walked out of the room, waving at him: "Good night, son. Mommy will go to sleep next door."

Before she left, she turned off the lights and closed the door. Shu Maomao sat up from the bed and stared at the door blankly. He heard her walk into the next room, lift the quilt and lie down. He felt more confused than angry.

Why was she so determined to break up? Didn't she love him anymore?

Shu Maomao lay down, his fingers tightly gripping the edge of the quilt, staring at the empty pillow next to him.

About an hour later, he got up, grabbed his pillow, put on his shoes, and opened both doors. With his unobstructed vision at night, he quietly looked at the bulging figure on the bed. It was a long time before he spoke.

"Mom, can I turn into a little parrot and sleep with you?"

Shu Lan, who had persisted for a whole day and still couldn't fall asleep, had her last line of defense broken by these words.

She sat up, sighed deeply, and said, "Shu Maomao, let's each take a step back and break through this wall in the middle."

"Or separate beds?"

"Um."

Shu Maomao fell silent again, and Shu Lan also did not speak, waiting for him to finish preparing himself mentally.

"good."

Although the ultimate goal was not achieved directly, changes were made.

That night, every time Shu Lan felt that there was no one beside her in her sleep, she would suddenly wake up as if she had a nightmare. It took her a long time to realize that she and her son were not sleeping in the same bed, but he was lying on the bed opposite her.

It's not just Shu Maomao who is anxious, she is also anxious, otherwise she wouldn't have indulged him until he was nine years old before making up her mind to bring up this matter.

Shu Lan suppressed her panic and insomnia, and told herself to get used to it. Many things that you thought you couldn't do can be achieved by taking the first step and slowly getting used to them.

She wanted Shu Maomao to grow up to be an independent and healthy child. If he couldn't even get used to sleeping in a separate bed, she couldn't imagine how hard it would be for Shu Maomao to accept if she passed away first one day.

Shu Maomao also looked listless the next day. Shu Lan had no appetite to make breakfast, so the mother and son sat facing each other at the cafeteria table, yawning.

Shu Maomao asked unwillingly, "Mom, does it have to be like this?"

Shu Lan broke off half of the bun and gave it to him: "Yes, son, this is what you must do."

Shu Maomao bit his steamed bun and thought dejectedly that growing up was not as good as he thought.

Every summer, Shu Lan would make an appointment with Li Yanli to go to Yueya Bay, where they had sworn brotherhood, to conduct "transactions", which was the exchange of letters, photos, and videos between the relatives of both sides.

With the help of two people who could swim, Shu Lan successfully learned to swim in just one hour. After she was tired of swimming, she asked Shu Maomao to help her dry the water on her body, and then she fell asleep while sitting on the beach chair.

Shu Maomao took out a badminton racket and asked Li Yanli, "Do you want to play?"

Li Yanli nodded: "Hit, I'll also teach you the correct serving posture."

The two played ball in the yard for a while. It was almost dusk, but Shu Lan still didn't wake up.

Li Yanli stopped and said, "She slept for a long time. Is she sick?"

"No, she didn't sleep well last night."

"Why?"

Shu Maomao got used to sleeping in separate beds in just a few days, but he didn't expect Shu Lan to suffer from insomnia for so long.

Why break up then? I really don't understand her.

Shu Maomao curled her lips and asked Li Yanli, "When did you sleep in a separate bed from your mother?"

"I?"

Li Yanli thought about it for a moment and figured out why he asked that. She deliberately said, "I started sleeping alone when I was four. Are there any children who still sleep with their mothers?"

Shu Maomao snorted softly: "No, I didn't. We separated a long time ago."

It's just missing a wall.

After returning this time, Shu Maomao took the initiative to ask, "Mom, do you want to seal the middle wall?"

Shu Lan looked at him in surprise, then smiled with relief: "Okay."

After the separation, Shu Lan's insomnia became more serious, but after a period of time, when she completely overcame her psychological barriers, the situation miraculously improved.

Shu Maomao needs to grow up, and she needs to grow up too. She wants to hold him up instead of keeping him hidden by her side.