Chapter 56 Mom, I'm back
Shen Ci cried and shook her head: "I was wrong, I'm sorry, Mom, can you forgive me?"
Shen Jingjing choked up and said, "Aci, you are not wrong. It is my mother's fault. I understand that you blame my mother."
Hearing this, Shen Ci raised her hand and gently wiped the tears from her mother's cheeks, and said seriously: "Mom, I don't blame you anymore. I haven't blamed you for a long time. HKUST is very good. I am very happy and satisfied at HKUST."
In the college entrance examination that year, Chen Ci scored over 700 points and was able to apply to the Department of Astronomy at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which she most desired.
Unexpectedly, the admissions office of the University of Science and Technology traveled thousands of miles to Shenzhen and Hong Kong to personally recruit students with full sincerity, and promised a special recruitment bonus of 200,000 yuan.
At that time, 200,000 yuan was undoubtedly a solid guarantee for Shen Jingjing, who was raising three children alone and wanted all three children to go to college and become successful.
With two high school students, a college student, and a second daughter who also wants to take the art exam, the energy and money required for many years are really too much for Shen Jingjing to afford, and the two hundred thousand yuan gave her hope for the future.
At that time, Shen Ci did not understand why her mother asked her to make sacrifices. It was not until many years later that she understood the difficulties and hardships her mother had gone through.
People always have to grow up before they can understand some truths. Their original paranoia and selfishness have no other meaning except bringing endless pain to their loved ones.
So now Chen Ci just feels fortunate. She is fortunate that God has given her another chance. This time she must personally apologize to her mother, tell her that she understands her, and tell her that she is still very happy after going to HKUST.
Shen Jingjing looked at her daughter and nodded with satisfaction. Then she reacted and pulled her daughter into the house: "You said you were coming back but you didn't tell me in advance so that I could prepare some of your favorite food for you. I'll go to the market early tomorrow morning and buy your favorite white-cut chicken."
Shen Ci burst into laughter and said, "I want to give you a surprise."
With this smile, the knot between mother and daughter finally dissipated.
The small house of less than 80 square meters was familiar to Chen Ci even to every corner. Sitting on the sofa, she seemed to be back in her childhood, when she would look forward to her mother coming home from get off work every day after school to bring her sweet roasted sweet potatoes.
"Are you hungry? There are some wontons that Mom made in the fridge. How about I make you some?"
Shen Ci shook her head, patted the sofa and said, "I ate on the plane, Mom, please sit down, I want to talk to you."
Upon hearing this, Shen Jingjing sat down next to her daughter. After not seeing her for a year, her daughter seemed to have lost some weight, but her complexion was very good. She couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
"It's not a festival, why are you back? Did you ask for leave from school?"
“Yes.” Shen Ci nodded: “Please wait until the National Day holiday, so that you can stay at home for a few more days.”
My daughter hasn't been home for a year, so Shen Jingjing is happy to stay at home for a few more days.
"Where's Xingxing? It's almost ten o'clock, and he hasn't come back yet?" Chen Ci realized that his brother was not at home.
"He's in evening self-study and will be back soon." Shen Jingjing said, sighing inadvertently.
Chen Ci keenly noticed her mother's abnormality and asked with a puzzled look on her face: "What's wrong, Mom? Is there something wrong with Xingxing's studies?"
Growing up, the three siblings had never caused their mother any worries about their studies, so she was a little surprised when she saw her mother sighing silently when she mentioned the stars.
She herself scored over 700 points in the college entrance examination, so her results were beyond doubt.
Although my sister is an art exam candidate, she has been both good in character and academics since childhood.
Compared with his two outstanding sisters, his younger brother Shen Xing is even better than them. He has always been the top student in his grade from elementary school to high school, and he even ranked first in the city in the high school entrance examination.
Precisely because all three children are outstanding, Shen Jingjing will do everything she can to support them all to become college students. She believes that her children will all become successful in the future.
"Xingxing, he's been addicted to playing games lately."
"What?" Shen Ci was shocked when he heard that and actually jumped up from the sofa.
Seeing her daughter's big reaction, Shen Jingjing quickly added, "But it didn't have much of an impact on his studies. He still ranked second in the grade on the initial test."
Second in the grade?
He has always been the top student in the grade!
The reason why Chen Ci was so excited was that his younger brother in the previous life also ruined his life because of games. In college, he even abandoned his studies to participate in some e-sports youth training competition, wanting to become a professional player.
But those were things that happened after he was admitted to a key university. Unexpectedly, this time it happened at an important juncture before his college entrance examination.
After recovering from the shock, Shen Ci sat down again, gently held her mother's hand and said, "Don't worry, Mom. I will talk to him about Xingxing."
Shen Jingjing nodded quickly when she heard this: "He has always listened to you since he was a child. Your advice to him will definitely work. He is in adolescence now, and some of my words may backfire if I say them too harshly. Maybe he will listen to you."
"You know, Mom never wants you to focus solely on studying. It's good to have a balance between work and rest, but he has less than a year left before the college entrance exam, so this period of time is crucial!"
"I know, Mom, don't worry, leave this matter to me."
It was not until after midnight that the sound of the lock turning was heard at the door.
Shen Xing peeked in stealthily. Only a desk lamp was on in the living room. Chen Ci sat in the shadows with a gloomy look on his face, looking as creepy as a midnight ghost.
“Uhh—”
Shen Xing was startled, but when he saw the other person's face clearly, his shocked expression turned into excitement and joy: "Sister!"
Chen Ci, who was originally full of anger, lost all his temper at this moment, but still pretended to be displeased and scolded: "Stinky boy, what time is it that you come back?"
Shen Xing ignored her sister's words and rushed over to hug her: "Sister, you are finally back. I missed you so much!"
I haven't seen my younger brother for a year. He has grown a lot taller and looks almost 1.8 meters tall.
Shen Ci pretended to be angry and pushed him away, then asked coldly, "I'm asking you a question, why did you go out and come back so late?"
Shen Xing pursed her lips and chuckled, whispering timidly, "I went to the internet cafe to play games for a while, ah—it hurts!"
With a cry of pain, Shen Xing raised her hand to cover the head that had been hit by her sister, shrinking her neck in grievance: "I was wrong, sister!"
"You still know you're wrong?" Chen Ci glared at him and said, "You refused to go to the internet cafe when your classmates dragged you there before, but now that the college entrance exam is almost here, you're the latecomer and you're the one who takes over. You're always good at picking the right time!"
"Senior year is too stressful, so I'll just go and relax. It won't affect my grades." Shen Xing said with a pout.
Shen Ci pretended to raise his hand, scaring Shen Xing so much that he huddled up again, but Shen Ci couldn't bear to hit him a second time.
"Mom is asleep now. I won't bother her. Come home on time after school tomorrow and I'll have a good talk with you."
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I was really moved to tears by my own stupidity. I rewrote this chapter, but it obviously wasn't as good as the first time. When I wrote it the first time, I was completely immersed in the plot, but when I rewrote it, I just couldn't get into it at all. Alas.
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