The more she hit the child, the more he cried.
The more the child cried, the more she hit him.
Adding to the anger, Liao Nanxing's near-manic punches and kicks at the sofa made Xu Xiuzhen, who was already furious, even angrier.
Her once-admired professor son has now become a penniless, unemployed vagrant.
She hasn't even had a few years to enjoy her life, and now she's become a mother who has to carry her child on her back at all times and take care of such a large family.
Ultimately, all these misfortunes began after Su Mu, that jinx, married into the family.
She grew angrier the more she thought about it, and turned to walk upstairs.
He took the key to open Su Mu's door, walked a few steps inside, took the child off his back, and tossed him down next to Su Mu in a parabolic trajectory.
The child, lying face down on the bed, was crying his heart out.
Su Mu, who was huddled in the corner of the bed trembling, had a glimmer of light in his dim pupils the moment he saw the child.
She dragged the iron chains on her feet, crawled over, picked up the child, and tears streamed down her face.
"Like begets like! Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and even mice give birth to burrows! Look at what you've given birth to! All you do is cry and cry!"
"I'm this old, why should I take care of your child? From today onwards, I'll raise my own child! Don't count on this old man anymore!"
After saying that, Xu Xiuzhen turned around, went out, locked the door, and went back to her room. She packed up all the child's things and took them to Su Mu's room.
When she came out again and locked the door, the quiet silence made her feel refreshed.
At that moment, Xu Xiuzhen felt as if she had become several years younger.
Raising children is something only those who have experience truly understand; those who raise one child remain silent.
She cries from morning till night, day and night, when she's hot, when she's cold, when she's hungry, when she wets herself, and even when she poops.
He would cry even when he was exhausted from crying, and when he couldn't fall asleep, he would wail loudly.
There's also colic and intestinal gas, which can make a baby cry while spitting up milk.
In short, you can't expect your ears to have a moment of peace and quiet, not even 24 hours a day.
Not to mention those who take care of children, getting more than four hours of sleep is a luxury.
She couldn't sleep or eat properly, and she had to carry her child everywhere, which made her back ache terribly. If she lived like this for even one more day, it would kill her!
Shaking her shoulders, stretching her back, and moving her arms, Xu Xiuzhen felt as if she had come back to life.
Downstairs, in the messy living room, Liao Nanxing sat dejectedly on the sofa.
Xu Xiuzhen's eyes were filled with heartache for the past.
"Son, don't be discouraged, you're the best." She glanced at the time on the wall and changed the subject: "It's almost lunchtime, what do you want to eat? Mom will make it for you."
Liao Nanxing, snapping out of her daze, glanced at the time; it was 11:17.
"I'll go do it." He got up and walked towards the kitchen.
However, when he saw the empty refrigerator, his recently calmed emotions instantly reignited.
He slammed the refrigerator door shut and returned to the living room.
"Mom, there's no food left in the fridge. I'm going to the supermarket to buy some."
Xu Xiuzhen, who was packing her things, quickly chased after him.
"The supermarket is far away, expensive, and you can't bargain. Besides, you don't know how to choose vegetables. Why don't you give me some money and I'll go to the market over there to buy them?"
"OK."
Liao Nanxing picked up her phone, opened WeChat Wallet, and was devastated to find that she only had thirteen yuan left in her balance.
Yes, his bank account was empty a long time ago.
My credit cards are already maxed out.
These thirteen yuan became his last possessions.
He swallowed hard and transferred the thirteen yuan.
"Let's just buy some groceries first. You can't carry too much anyway, I'll drive to buy more later."
"Okay!" Xu Xiuzhen happily went out with her phone in hand.
Looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room, watching the old lady walk away, Liao Nanxing scratched his head in frustration.
I scrolled through my phone's contacts and it took me ages to finally dial a number.
After the beeping sound, the other end hung up immediately.
Just as he was about to dial again, he received a text message.
Sorry, I'm in a meeting right now. I'll call you back after the meeting. Thank you.
"A meeting?"
He dialed another number from his contacts.
As a result, the only response he received was that the phone was switched off.
Liao Nanxing dialed a third number.
However, just like the first one, the call went through but I didn't answer. After hanging up, I sent him a text message saying that I couldn't answer the phone right now and would call him back later.
Undeterred, he dialed the fourth, fifth, and sixth numbers, but none of them were answered.
If you can't get through to two or three people by phone, that's just a coincidence.
But he couldn't get through to anyone on the phone. Even if he was stupid, he knew that they were all avoiding him like the plague.
At this moment, the emotions that had finally been calmed down finally exploded.
He kicked over the floor lamp next to him.
Last time, at least they put on an act.
This time, they've simply given up pretending, haven't they?
"You snobbish fools! I'll make you regret this! I'll make you regret this!"
However, despite his shouting and yelling, eating was the problem he had to solve right now.
After much deliberation, Liao Nanxing finally mustered the courage to call Shao Jiefu.
He thought that even if everyone in the world looked down on him and avoided him, Shao Jiefu would still consider their teacher-student relationship and leave him alone.
After dialing the number, the phone rang with a long waiting tone.
"Hello?"
He recognized the gentle female voice coming from the other end of the phone as Xu Lanxin's.
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