Chapter 236 Release

As everyone expected, Shu Yang's prognosis was good and he was discharged from the hospital smoothly.

Shuang Xu knew that she couldn't stay idle at home, so he allowed her to come to the company every day, but he didn't allow her to overwork. He sent the imperial envoy Xiao Liao to escort her home at five o'clock every day.

That afternoon, Xiao Liao had just sent Shu Yang away, and Shuang Xu went to Lao Li to get some information. On the way back to the office, he heard the receptionist talking to someone.

"Our General Shuang is inside now. You can hand it over to her in person."

She turned her gaze back and saw a middle-aged man in simple clothes standing at the front desk of the company.

"I won't go in. Please give it to her for me. Thank you." His attitude was so polite that it could be called flattering. He put a brown paper bag at the front desk and left in a hurry.

Shuang Xu only saw a blurry profile.

The receptionist handed her the brown paper bag and said, "The uncle just now asked me to give it to you. He looks very kind, but he refused to let me call you."

Shuang Xu opened the paper bag and found a bank card and a note inside.

【The password is your birthday】

Nothing else was said.

"Boss Shuang, do you know him?"

"We knew each other before." Shuang Xu said.

The card stayed in her office for a few days, and every time she saw it, her eyes would linger on it for a while.

At noon, Shuang Xu was staring at the card in a daze again. Xiao Liao opened the door of the office and called her: "Little Boss, Mr. Shu wants to eat pork chop rice. Let's go eat pork chop rice at noon."

Shuangxu clicked the pen in his hand twice, put it down and said, "You guys go eat. I want to go somewhere."

The weather in Yancheng this year seems to be colder than in previous years. Christmas is approaching, and Christmas trees are placed in front of the shops on the corners of the streets. Colorful lights are wrapped around the trees, shining brightly.

Shuang Xu sat in the restaurant, looking at the street outside.

This restaurant is located opposite the intersection and has an excellent geographical location. Fifteen years have passed and the restaurant has changed several locations and is no longer the same as it was back then.

Through the glass, the street scene outside has changed dramatically and is no longer what it was when I was eight years old.

Shuang Xu stirred the coffee in the cup and waited for a while. Someone sat down across the table.

She looked up and saw a weather-beaten face.

The man was a little restrained, looking at her with a look of deep emotion: "You have grown up."

Shuang Xu has a good memory. She remembers the kindness others have shown her, but also the harm they have done to her.

Fifteen years have passed, not only has she grown up, but her stepfather has also grown old.

Shuang Xu looked at the wrinkles on his face and said in a calm tone that made people feel indifferent: "Why did you come to me suddenly?"

At that time, her mother was forced to leave Song Mianzhi and resign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her identity as a single mother caused her to suffer a lot of criticism and she was rejected by many jobs.

At first, she made a living by doing some private translation work to support herself and her daughter, and later became an English teacher in a public middle school, where she met her future husband.

The other party did not mind her history of having a child out of wedlock, and accepted this daughter who had no blood relationship with him. Although Shuangxu's childhood before she was eight years old was not as wealthy as the Song and Shen families later, it was also rich and happy.

This is also the reason why she was so heartbroken when her mother abandoned her.

"Did I bother you?" The stepfather explained carefully, "Actually, I saw your news a while ago and wanted to go see you, but I was afraid of disturbing your current life. I heard that you were married, and I saw his photo in the news. He is a good match for you."

Shuang Xu took out a brown paper bag from his bag and pushed it across the table: "Take this back."

The stepfather pushed back: "I heard that you got married. I can't do anything for you. This is the savings I have saved over the years. It's not much money. It's a little gift from your mother and me."

"I don't need it." Shuang Xu said, "You haven't remarried in these years, and you don't have any children. You can keep this money. I don't need it."

"Are you still blaming us?" The stepfather rubbed his hands awkwardly. "Your mother had no choice but to send you away. You were still young at the time and didn't know a lot of things. It's also my fault. There was a troublesome student in my class at the time. He climbed over the wall to surf the Internet in the middle of the night. I ran to the Internet cafe to find him, scolded him, and sent him back to school. I didn't expect that he jumped off the building that night."

For a public middle school teacher, this was almost a catastrophe. Regardless of why the student jumped off the building, or whether it was his scolding that killed him, he had to bear the blame.

The parents of the students came to the school and held up banners, crying and shouting that he had forced the students to death and they wanted justice for their children.

In order to keep the peace, the Education Bureau had no choice but to fire him. Meanwhile, he was faced with huge claims from parents.

"Your mother and I had to sell our house and gave them all our savings. Even then, your mother never thought of giving you up."

"Later, she got sick with pancreatic cancer. The doctor said that this type of cancer has a very poor prognosis. Even with surgery, the survival rate is not high. She was afraid that you would be a burden to me after she passed away, so she insisted on sending you back to your biological father."

This is indeed the style of Shuangxu's mother, stubborn and strong-willed. If she had not been running out of time, she would not have sent her back to the Song family if she had chosen to give birth to her out of wedlock at the best age of her twenties.

"When did she leave?" Shuang Xu asked.

"Your mother was very strong and actively received treatment. After the tumor was removed by surgery, she persevered for another three years before she passed away. She always missed you."

The coffee in the cup had already gone cold. Shuang Xu thought she would be relieved knowing that her mother had not abandoned her but was just sick. But it was not until this moment that she realized that she had already been relieved.

She loved her mother very much, and she had hated her during the hopeless waiting day by day, but she no longer hated her anymore.

"Thank you for telling me this."

She stood up and left without taking the paper bag. Her stepfather hurriedly tried to chase her with the paper bag.

Shuang Xu walked a few steps and then stopped, turned around and said, "I'm getting married at the end of next month. If you want to come, you can attend my wedding then."

After coming out of the restaurant, Shuang Xu got into the car. When she passed the intersection where she was picked up by Shen Yu that year, she looked out of the window.

A new green belt has been built there, and it still looks lush green even in winter.

The obstacles that we once thought were insurmountable have now been overcome, and the pain that we once thought was unforgettable has long been smoothed out by the gentle hand of time.

She is living a good life now, many people love her, and she also loves many people.