However, I still felt embarrassed. After all, Uncle He was just my mother's former classmate, and he had taken too much care of their family over the past few years.
It wasn't that she couldn't see Uncle He's feelings for her mother; Uncle He had been divorced several years ago and was a good person, but her mother always ignored his good intentions.
As her child, she was indeed embarrassed to bring it up herself.
He knocked on the passenger window, and the man next to him stubbed out his cigarette, opened the door, and got out.
"Uncle He," she greeted him first.
"Wow, you're here so quickly."
He Chengzheng saw the suitcase Su Xun was pulling and hurried over to take it, but was refused as soon as his hand touched the handle.
"These are all light summer clothes, I can put them in the back seat." As she spoke, she opened the back door of the car and placed the small suitcase upside down in the aisle.
It wasn't a big item to begin with, but opening the trunk was actually a bit of a hassle.
After the car door closed, the two got in, the headlights flashed twice, and the car drove off the campus.
Her mother had already prepared a table full of dishes. As soon as she opened the door, she smelled the familiar aroma of food. Since starting university, she had fewer and fewer opportunities to taste home-cooked meals. Her appetite was whetted as soon as she entered the door.
Su Mu is a high school student and can only come home on Sundays, so there are only three people in the family right now.
"The dishes are all served now. Let's wash our hands and eat."
The group sat down and had a meal together. During the meal, the mother asked many questions about school, and she answered some of the more interesting ones. The whole time was quite warm and cozy.
Uncle He was quite busy; he had work to do after the meal, so he left immediately.
In her memory, Uncle He seemed to come to her house for meals often, unwittingly taking the place of her father. To be honest, Su Xun didn't mind.
Mom was still busy in the kitchen, cleaning up the mess, the sound of running water echoing in the cramped space.
After finishing his meal, Su Xun continued to sit at the dining table, resting his chin on his hand, watching his mother's busy figure.
She slowly said, "Mom, I actually think Uncle He is a good person. Why don't you consider starting a new life?"
The hands that were washing the dishes suddenly stopped, leaving only the abrupt sound of running water.
"Why should a child worry about so much?" Her voice sounded somewhat unnatural.
“I’m saying this from your daughter’s perspective, and I genuinely think you could give it a try.”
"Your father isn't back yet. What, you still want me to cheat on you during our marriage?" She suddenly changed her tone, and the atmosphere immediately became more relaxed.
Su Xun knew that her mother had always been against it. Although she had never mentioned it before, she could sense it. Every time Uncle He hinted at something, she could understand it, but her mother would always subtly change the subject.
After a long while, Su's mother finally spoke again.
"Do you remember the regret I told you a few years ago? My teenage crush was actually you, Uncle He."
Su Xun suddenly sat up straight and looked at the people in the kitchen.
She had never imagined that Uncle He was that man. Her mother had never mentioned it to her. She had always thought that Uncle He was just an ordinary junior high school classmate who took pity on her mother, who was also alone, and that the two of them had the idea of taking care of each other.
"But Xiao Xun, sometimes life isn't just about love, it's also about responsibility. Your father caused such a huge mess back then, and in the end, he left this mess to us. But I can't abandon him, do you understand?"
“When I married your father, we were bound by marriage and became one. He is still missing and may be suffering somewhere. I can’t abandon him, which is why I go back to Huaicheng every year.”
His tone was calm, without a trace of dissatisfaction or resentment. Perhaps those intense hatreds had long been worn away by years of hard work.
But what if he hides from us for the rest of his life? What if he never comes back?
Seeing her mother's calm yet resolute expression, Su Xun ultimately did not voice her thoughts.
Everyone has their own principles and choices. Waiting for Dad to come back might be Mom's choice. She is willing to give up the initial excitement of her youth and is willing to spend her time and youth to wait for a possibility with a very low probability.
I suddenly feel a little sentimental.
If she hadn't gotten into S University and hadn't gone to find Pei Ke, would the two of them have become parallel lines, missing each other forever? If they met again years later, both of them would have their own families, and regardless of whether they were happy or not, they could never go back to the way things were.
Fortunately, she mustered up the courage to go find him.
Fortunately, he was still waiting for her.
Fortunately, even when they were separated, they still thought of each other throughout the long years.
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