Xu Wan knew that since it was her mother's first time calling her, she should talk about something cheerful.
But she simply couldn't lie to her mother.
“Mom…actually, I wasn’t paying much attention recently and I accidentally miscarried.” Xu Wan finished speaking and quickly added, “But I’m currently in the rising phase of my career and don’t plan to have a child so early. Maybe the baby in my belly also wants me to focus on my career and has decided to come and meet us later.”
"Daughter, I'm so sorry that I haven't been by your side all these years, not even when you were pregnant and had a miscarriage..."
Xu Pingrong still felt extremely guilty.
As a mother, I was not by my daughter's side during the most important years of her life.
"Mom, I don't blame you. If it weren't for you, I might have been beaten to death by my dad long ago. In my heart, you have never been a murderer. You are the great hero who saved me."
Xu Wan said in a light tone, "Mom, I'm doing great now. I have a job I love, a loving husband, an understanding mother-in-law, and my maternal grandmother is staying with my aunt. Everyone is doing well. Once you get out of prison, we'll all be reunited, and everything will be alright."
Having spent so many years in prison, Xu Pingrong had long since lost any hope for the future.
He just hopes that he won't be a burden to his daughter after he gets out of prison.
She also thought that if others looked down on her daughter because of her status as a murderer, then she would live alone.
Hearing Xu Wan say these words, tears streamed down her face on the other end of the phone.
Hearing her mother cry, Xu Wan also felt a surge of emotion and wanted to cry, but she held back and tried to suppress her nasal voice. "Mom, don't worry, everything will be alright once you come out. Don't worry!"
"well……"
Xu Pingrong couldn't say anything either.
The call time in the prison was limited, and soon a prison guard came to inform them that the call time was about to end.
Although Xu Pingrong was extremely reluctant, he still hung up the phone with his daughter.
Xu Wan then went to the restroom alone, stood in the corner, and let her tears fall.
She really misses her mother.
Although her father often beat her when she was a child and life was very hard, she felt that life was still sweet because of her mother.
She can sleep in her mother's arms and act coquettishly towards her mother.
Sometimes, if I do well on a test, my mom will buy me popping candy as a reward.
What other children didn't care about back then, a pack of popping candy that cost five cents a bag was the most delicious and fun thing in the world to her.
After a brief moment of sadness, Xu Wan had to wipe away her tears and continue working.
She wants to help Xu Pingshan get a smooth divorce so that everyone can reunite happily.
Xu Wan returned to her desk and found an unread message on her phone.
From Jiang Tingzhou.
Jiang Tingzhou: [I'll pick you up tonight, I'll be there soon. If you're working overtime, let me know, I'll wait for you upstairs.]
Xu Wan glanced at the divorce agreement she had almost finished writing and quickly replied: "I'm not working overtime today; I'll be home after work."
The law firm closes at 6 PM.
With the end of the workday approaching, Xu Wan had already packed her laptop and several books she would need into her bag.
Su Qiong passed by and saw her like this, and laughed, "I've never seen you pack your bag so eagerly before. Are you going on a date tonight?"
Xu Wan shook her head with a smile: "No, but there are other things."
"Okay, then you can go now, you don't need to stay until the end of the workday."
"Thank you, Attorney Su!"
Xu Wan thanked them and ran downstairs with her bag.
As soon as Jiang Tingzhou's car pulled up in front of Tianyuan Law Firm, he saw Xu Wan hopping out of the firm like a happy little deer.
He had known her for so long, and it seemed he had never seen her like this before.
It was as if the joy in my heart could no longer be contained and was about to overflow.
After Xu got into the car that evening, Jiang Tingzhou put her bag in the back seat before asking, "What made you so happy?"
Xu Wan tried to calm herself down and said to Jiang Tingzhou, "Honey, my mother's sentence reduction has been approved. This time, her sentence has been reduced by four months, so she'll be released in about a month!"
Jiang Tingzhou was infected by the woman's joy, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. "This is a good thing."
Xu Wan said with a smile, "I want to go shopping today to buy some clothes and daily necessities for my mother. Prices have skyrocketed during the ten years she was in prison. I'm afraid that when she gets out, everything will be so expensive that she won't be able to afford it."
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