He looked in the direction the sound came from, and sure enough, Su Jialiang saw a familiar figure sitting on the sofa.
That was none other than his mother, Xiao Qin.
To his surprise, his mother wasn't holding a phone!
Since she wasn't holding her phone, she couldn't possibly be on a call with anyone.
Who was she talking to? There was no one on the sofa she was facing.
She couldn't possibly be talking to herself, could she?
At the time, Su Jialiang hadn't realized something was wrong. He stupidly called out to Xiao Qin, asking, "Mom, what are you doing?"
At this moment, Xiao Qin, who heard his voice, suddenly stopped talking and turned around very slowly to look at Su Jialiang beside her.
Su Jialiang didn't know the exact time because he hadn't checked his phone.
But judging from the near silence outside the window, it must have been past a little while.
Because there is a street outside their community, and there are usually some vendors setting up roadside stalls on the street. They usually don't close up until around 12 o'clock, but to make sure there is no noise outside, they usually have to linger until almost 1 o'clock past 12 o'clock.
There's practically no sound outside right now; it must be after 1 a.m.
It's so late, and instead of sleeping in her room, his mother is talking to herself in the living room.
That's bad enough, but now they're doing something so bizarre!
What the heck is going on?! What's happening?!
By the light of the streetlamp shining through the window, Su Jialiang could clearly see his mother staring at him silently with a blank expression.
Even though she's his own mother, it's really scary that she just stares at him without saying or doing anything else late at night!
But at the time, Su Jialiang still didn't think about other possibilities. He still believed that his mother was in a bad mood during the day, which was why she stayed up at night and sat on the sofa.
There was one thing he still couldn't understand: what exactly was she saying just now, and who was she talking to?
Seeing that his mother Xiao Qin remained silent, Su Jialiang could only suppress his anxiety and ask again.
This time he was speaking directly to Xiao Qin. Her mother's hearing was fine, and under normal circumstances, she could definitely hear him.
However, this time, Xiao Qin still did not respond at all, maintaining the same posture, turning her body to look at him expressionlessly.
Su Jialiang felt a chill run down his spine, and his voice trembled involuntarily.
"Mom, what's wrong? Don't scare me..."
Xiao Qin seemed completely deaf to his voice. After looking at him for two more seconds, she suddenly got up, turned around, and went back to her bedroom.
Seeing his mother disappear, Su Jialiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly turned around and went back into the house, and told his wife about his mother Xiao Qin's unusual behavior.
After being woken up by Xiao Qin's voice, the wife hadn't actually fallen asleep at all, so she heard everything that had just happened in the living room.
After her husband came in, the couple immediately began to analyze Xiao Qin's behavior.
The reason Xiao Qin acted this way tonight is most likely because she was in a bad mood.
In the unlikely event that it might be sleepwalking?
But let alone Zhao Lan, who had lived with Xiao Qin for several years, even Su Jialiang, who had been Xiao Qin's son for over thirty years, never knew that his mother could sleepwalk!
They did some research and found that sleepwalking is caused by many factors, the most common of which are genetic factors and psychological reasons.
Genetics can be ruled out first, as Su Jialiang is certain that none of his maternal grandmother's relatives have sleepwalking.
As for the psychological reasons, his mother used to be cheerful every day, and he never saw her have any psychological problems.
If I had to pinpoint any psychological distress, it would be today…
So what happened to her today that was so hard for her to process? It not only changed her personality drastically, but also caused her to sleepwalk.
But whether it's because of a bad mood or because of actual sleepwalking symptoms, the underlying cause is always something that happened during the day.
Therefore, the couple secretly resolved to find out what terrible thing happened to their mother, Xiaoqin, during the day!
To find out what was going on, Su Jialiang took half a day off and stayed home with Xiao Qin instead of going to work the next morning.
He planned to spend the morning trying to comfort and reassure Xiao Qin.
As Xiao Qin's biological son, the closest relative she has in the world, he firmly believes that he can pry open his mother's mouth and find out what happened to her yesterday!
When Su Jialiang got up, he found that his mother's bedroom door was still closed. He guessed that she hadn't slept well last night and was still asleep.
So after his wife left for work, he sat on the sofa and waited.
He waited from eight in the morning until almost ten, but there was no sound from his mother's room, and the door was never opened.
Even if she didn't sleep well last night and tried to catch up on her sleep, it's impossible for her to stay in bed until 10 o'clock, right?
Is this normal?
Thinking of his mother's unusual behavior last night, Su Jialiang was suddenly filled with fear, worried that his mother might be having suicidal thoughts or that something might have happened to her in the room!
He suddenly stood up, ran to Xiao Qin's door, and started knocking.
While banging on the door, he shouted, "Mom, are you awake? Are you alright? Open the door!"
After calling out twice without receiving a response, Su Jialiang grew increasingly frightened.
Just as they were about to find something to bang on the door, it suddenly opened, and Xiao Qin, with a cold face, finally came out.
"What are you yelling for? I'm not deaf. It's already past ten o'clock. Why aren't you hurrying to work? What are you still doing at home?"
Su Jialiang no longer cared about his mother's bad attitude. Seeing that she was safe and sound, he was relieved and then explained.
"I took the day off because I saw you were in a bad mood yesterday, so I wanted to talk to you and help you through it."
"Mom, now it's just the two of us at home. If you encounter any trouble, just tell me. I'm your son, and I'll help you no matter what difficulties or troubles you face!"
"Even if you don't care about your own health, think about me at least. Lanlan and I were so worried about you last night that we didn't sleep well all night. Today, I couldn't even concentrate on my work because I was afraid you were still upset."
He thought that since he had been so blunt, his mother would soften and tell him everything.
But he realized he was still wrong.
His mother's attitude remained unchanged, and she repeated what she had said last night, saying that nothing had happened to her yesterday.
After everything that happened last night, Su Jialiang simply couldn't believe his mother when she said those words again.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he begged or pleaded, his mother always dismissed him with "I'm fine."
Su Jialiang talked until his mouth was dry, but still didn't get an answer, and he was on the verge of a breakdown.
But he soon realized that he seemed to have broken down too soon.
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