With his eldest son crippled and his youngest daughter taken away, Old Li suddenly remembered that he had another young son.
After making numerous inquiries, he finally obtained Lin Jingyue's phone number. He didn't know where she was, but he could continue making harassing calls.
The son is his; why should this woman take him away?
The eldest son is useless, but the younger son is not. If we take him back and raise him, then this timid younger son can take care of him in his old age, right?
His idea was beautiful, but Lin Jingyue had no intention of giving him that hope. After all these years of neglect, even causing her son to develop social anxiety, now she wanted to reap the benefits? Too late!
"Mom, has my biological father put you in a difficult position? If you feel that's difficult, I'll handle it."
As Li Chengyi grew up, he came to understand his mother's hardships even more. When he was young, his mother was often subjected to domestic violence, and no matter who she sought help from, no one would come to her aid.
Even when the police were called, they only issued a warning and did not impose any real punishment. So, afterwards, the mother faced an even more severe reaction from the father.
Those memories were actually quite blurry, but when he was a child living at his father's house, he could only rely on them to survive. So he reliveed them again and again, and eventually he could never forget them.
Women have always been a vulnerable group in marriage. If the father had cheated on his wife, the marriage might have continued. Fortunately, he was willing to divorce her, so the mother escaped her confinement.
Later, his mother returned and took him away. She raised him by her side, always speaking softly to him and never raising her voice in anger. From then on, life was filled with sweetness, and bitterness was no longer a thing.
Later, he had a new father. His new father treated him very well, respected his ideas, and respected everything about his mother.
He thought that life would continue to be wonderful as always. But to his surprise, his biological father contacted him.
Lin Jingyue rubbed her temples. "What you need to do right now is study hard at school. You don't need to worry about anything else. Besides, don't you have to attend extracurricular classes? Just take care of your own things. I'll handle things with your dad."
Now that the child is older, she's not worried about losing custody. At worst, she can move the child's household registration out of the city in a year, and he'll have his own household registration booklet from then on.
Besides, he's not a child and lacks independence; the law will only respect his wishes. As long as he doesn't want to go back to his biological father, no one can force him.
She wasn't afraid of losing custody; she was afraid that seeing her child's father would remind him of the past and cause him to revert to his previous withdrawn state. What would all her years of companionship amount to then? Would it all be for nothing?
"Mom, I can handle it too, please trust me." Li Chengyi didn't want his mother to suffer so much. He was almost an adult and should take on some responsibilities.
"No need, your biological father, that idiot, can't do anything to me. This is nothing. But you, I feel like you've lost some weight lately? Haven't you been eating enough at school?"
She genuinely felt that the idiot wasn't a problem, as long as Lao Li couldn't get close to Li Chengyi.
"I eat well, it's just that the food in the school cafeteria isn't very good."
Although he is a day student, he still eats lunch at the school cafeteria. This way, he doesn't have to waste time going back and forth.
But how could the food in the cafeteria compare to my mother's cooking?
"Your cooking has been so delicious over the years that it has spoiled my palate."
"Get lost, I'm watching a show. Go back to your room and don't bother me."
Lin Jingyue gave him a disdainful look.
I haven't cooked much in the past few years. Tang Yun cooks when she has time to come home, or we order takeout. Luckily, we're well-off, otherwise we really couldn't afford it.
The food in school cafeterias is notoriously bad; it's practically become a given that no student would say the cafeteria food is good. Aside from students whose home cooking isn't particularly good, many gain over 20 pounds after starting school.
Lin Jingyue didn't take Lao Li seriously because the two cities were too far apart, and he lived in a small county town. It would definitely take a lot of time to find him.
Furthermore, he didn't know where they lived; he knew nothing except a phone number. Even if he suddenly came over, he wouldn't be able to find them.
Furthermore, she has few friends, and none of them know where she lives. The original owner's friends weren't in this city either, so there's not much to worry about; just let things take their course.
The child has grown up, and it's time for her to let go. She can't keep the child in her protective circle forever.
But a few days later, she received another call.
I thought it was Lao Li, but it turned out to be a relatively young voice, a bit hoarse, like someone who had eaten too much spicy snack.
"Mom, I'm your eldest son. Don't you miss me?"
Lin Jingyue felt something dirty get into her ear for a moment, and it took her a while to remember what was going on with her eldest son.
"Is there something you need?" Her tone was slightly cold.
The person on the other end of the phone chuckled, "Mom, I know you have money. Could you transfer me 10,000 yuan? I want to buy a motorcycle."
Picking up girls while driving a ghost fire truck should be a pretty good thing.
"No." If you want to buy a car, go buy dog poop.
Lin Jingyue felt deep down that this person wasn't her child. So, all these years, she hadn't actually sent any child support payments.
The eldest son basically occupies all of the Li family's resources, so she can't be bothered to pay child support. She'd rather raise a dog than support this useless son.
"Mom, I'm your son too. You can raise your younger son, but how can you neglect your older son? Besides, you haven't visited me in all these years. All I want is to buy a motorcycle. You don't have to be so stingy."
"It's just a few hits, Mom, don't be so dramatic. Dad said, what woman in this world hasn't been hit?"
'Mom, what are you pretending for? If Dad didn't support you, how could you be eating, drinking, and having fun at home?'
The voices from my childhood seemed to overlap with mine at this moment.
Lin Jingyue couldn't help but laugh out loud, "I said I have no money and I have no money. Tell your dad not to try to scheme against me. I'm not someone he can scheme against."
"Mom! How can you be like this? I'm your son, not your enemy! You've raised my younger brother for so many years, why can't you raise me? My dad is so old, can't you understand how hard he's worked? You're too vengeful. I only hit you a few times back then, and you still hold a grudge! Dad had a hard time back then too, why don't you think about your own problems?"
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