“Your father knelt outside the door for three whole days, saying he knew he was wrong.”
"But what's the use? The family is broken up."
"Later, life had to go on. To pay off the debt, your father left you with me and went out to work on construction sites, working day and night."
"And your mother came back to see you until you were almost three years old."
“Who doesn’t care about their son? Every time she comes back, she buys you little clothes and milk powder. She saves every penny she has outside and spends all her money on you.”
"But she also had to make a living, and later she found someone else and never came back."
“I can understand her, I can understand her very well. Everyone is short of money. You married someone else and your own son can't even afford milk powder, yet you're buying it for your ex-husband's child. Who are you really living with?”
"Anyone would want to be in this situation, but she had no other choice."
"So I really don't hate your mother for abandoning you; she was forced into a corner."
"Blame your dad. If it weren't for him, your mom wouldn't have left him and abandoned you."
“I’ve always told you that your mother is a good person, and you shouldn’t hold a grudge against her. These are my true feelings, and they are indeed true.”
As Grandpa Lin Nian spoke, he became increasingly angry at Lin Tiegang, who was sitting on the ground. He picked up his pipe and started beating him, cursing as he did so.
"You son of a bitch, you ruined a perfectly good family. Why didn't he just kill you? If he had, I would have had a much easier time. You son of a bitch!"
The copper pipe made Lin Tiegang's body ache, but he didn't dare to resist, only grimacing as he tried to defend himself.
If he could do it all over again, he would never have gambled with those people back then. He even wants to grab his past self who was at the gambling table and slap him twice.
Grandpa Lin Nian's anger subsided after a while, and he sat back down.
"Later, your mother still missed you and got in touch with your father one time."
“Tell him that if the children ever ask why they got divorced, he should say it’s all her fault.”
"Don't tell you the truth. Mom can't go back now. Don't let her resent your only father anymore."
"That's why we haven't told you the truth, but I can't bear to lie. It's clearly not her fault, so how can we blame her for everything?"
"That's why I keep saying it's all your dad's fault, and your mom is a good mother."
Grandpa Lin pressed the tobacco into his pipe and sighed.
"Then why won't you tell me the truth no matter how many times I ask you?" Lin Nian looked at his father, who had collapsed to the ground, and was so angry that he didn't even want to look at him.
"He doesn't have the nerve. Ask him, do you think he'd have the heart to tell you the truth?"
"Now you know it's shameful? Where the hell were you before? You son of a bitch!" Grandpa Lin answered the question for him.
“Lin Nian, I’m not forcing you to accept your mother, but I want to tell you that your mother is not as bad as you think. She’s a good daughter-in-law.”
"Don't make things too awkward with her, she's upset too. As for the money... it's up to you whether you want to lend it to her or not. We won't force you, nor will we refuse."
Grandpa Lin lit his pipe and said.
Upon hearing this, Lin Nian was overwhelmed with mixed emotions. He never imagined that what happened back then would end up like this.
Lin Tiegang felt guilty, so for many years he never dared to tell Lin Nian the truth.
Shufen also felt guilty, so she hadn't dared to visit Lin Nian for so many years after their marriage.
One guilty pang after another has led to the situation we see today.
Lin Nian took his cigarettes and lighter back to his room, leaned against his bed, and stared blankly into space.
Only after Lin Nian left did Lin Tiegang dare to sit up from the ground.
"You won't resent me after the Little New Year, will you?" Lin Tiegang asked with worry in his eyes.
"You deserve to be blamed. Tell me what you did before. You were not a human being. Your wife was several months pregnant and still had to work and buy groceries for her. You were out there having a good time and didn't even look at her."
"How can you bear to keep playing like this? Don't you have a heart at all?" Grandpa Lin said irritably.
"Didn't I realize I was wrong later?" Lin Tiegang said regretfully.
"What's the use of knowing? Can the past be undone? You've broken up a perfectly good family. Go to hell."
Grandpa Lin couldn't talk about this; it made his heart pound with anger.
He flicked his sleeve and went back to his room to lie down, leaving Lin Tiegang with a face full of regret.
Lin Nian didn't know how many hours he had been sitting there. When he picked up his phone again, it was already past midnight.
He found Shufen's WeChat account, hesitated for a moment, and then typed a few words to her.
"I know what happened back then. Let bygones be bygones."
"You can pay me back whenever you have the money. If you don't, then forget about it."
"If you want to come back and visit in the future, just come back. If you don't want to come back, that's fine too. Every family has its own problems."
After typing these words, Lin Nian transferred 120,000 yuan.
After doing all this, Lin Nian closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
By now, he no longer knows who to blame.
Is it the gambling-addicted father or the mother who abandoned him that he resents?
If you have to blame someone, blame yourself...
Shufen sat on the hospital bed, looking at her seriously ill son, while thinking about another son.
She's such a terrible mother. She abandoned her first son for the sake of making a living, and now she has to watch her second son die in a hospital bed.
If there's a next life, I'd rather not be a mother.
Just then, her phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was a WeChat message from Lin Nian. She quickly opened the interface to see what Lin Nian had said.
Even if Lin Nian scolds her now, it will make her feel better than if he ignores her.
When she saw Lin Nian's message, tears welled up in her eyes instantly. She covered her mouth tightly to stop herself from crying out loud.
The transfer of 120,000 yuan seemed incredibly glaring.
She only asked for 100,000, but Lin Nian transferred 120,000 directly. This was obviously because he was afraid that she wouldn't have enough money and would have to go out and suffer doing odd jobs, so he transferred more money to her.
When she was about to give up, she grabbed her phone, ran into the hospital corridor, and burst into tears.
After a long while, she finally picked up her phone and typed a few words with trembling hands.
"Lin Nian, thank you. I'm sorry. Once he's better, I'll definitely take him to thank you. I'll make sure he pays you back the money."
Lin Nian, who was lying on his side, heard his phone ring. He picked it up and glanced at it. He stared at the text for a long time before finally replying.
"Um."
He put down his phone and closed his eyes. In any case, this could be considered a relief for Lin Nian.
Let's talk about the future later.
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