The woman looked at him and smiled.
Hair tied into a bun, curved willow-shaped eyebrows, and a mute look in the eyes.
It's that look.
She would give him this look every time she ordered him to play the piano.
At this moment, Su Mingan seemed to have returned to the countless nights when he practiced "Moonlight Sonata"... Dingling, dingling, the grainy piano sound was like falling moonlight. When he looked out the window, he could see the moonlight hidden in the dark clouds. His palms were burning with pain, and he couldn't tell whether the keys were white or red.
When he was a child, he didn't understand why his parents always quarreled about "money". This word seemed to have countless magical powers. Even the most loving couple could not escape this curse. "Money" is a sharp blade that can cut into all the vows of love.
It was not until he saw his mother crying loudly because of a bag of rotten vegetables that he vaguely realized something in his heart, as if a string suddenly broke.
"...He won't come back at all. He will only care about guns, thieves and robbers." She sat among the rotten leaves and hugged him, her chest throbbing:
"He is a great hero, and some people thank him, but what's the point? Can it get him money? Can it make him care about your growth? If he doesn't go home all day, what's the point of that little money?"
"Why do even the vendors in the vegetable market bully me... Before I got married, I was also a little girl whose fingers would never touch water, but now my hands are covered with frostbite..."
"Ming'an, Ming'an, you must not be like him in the future. No one will be grateful to a hero. Even if they are grateful, your efforts and sacrifices can never be recovered... Don't say empty words like "protecting everyone". Even if others are moved for a few months, give you flowers, and sing your praises, your relatives will suffer for the rest of their lives..."
"The most important thing is to survive. If you die, you will have nothing..."
His mother hugged him, her hot tears fell on him, and she spoke those unforgettable words in a hoarse voice. Those were the truths she had learned from her own life and the fruits of her sorrow.
At this moment, what Su Mingan thought in his mind was not "saving others is wrong", but - "marriage is indeed a disaster."
If you are lucky, you will live a comfortable life. If you are unlucky, you may find irreconcilable problems after marriage, which will leave you with a lifetime of trivialities and indelible pain.
So he pulled her sleeve and whispered, "Let's finish it, Mom. Don't go on."
Lin Wangan was born into a family of pianists. Before marriage, she had a beautiful face, a graceful demeanor, and was a master of art. She was always gentle and happy. But for some reason, ever since he was born, she has always had a sad face and a heart full of sadness.
Did he bring it?
...He was her chain, trapping her here. If she left him behind, she might be happier.
He sincerely advised her to leave here, but the words of a child were ineffective. Once any truth reached the mouth of a child, it would become childish and laughable.
Then she suddenly became hysterical, as if she was angered by his words, and slapped him:
"A little kid is actually advising his parents to divorce!"
"You are such an ungrateful bastard! You are such an ungrateful bastard! You are not the one who should butt in on this matter? You are just a little brat, what do you know? Who taught you to say that? Did you watch some bad stuff on the Internet again!? This is the fault of the game!"
He doesn't understand.
All he knew was that she was unhappy at home. He wanted her to be happy. He saw no happiness in this marriage, only a resentful person who cried all day.
But the burning pain on his cheek reminded him that he had said the wrong thing. The only condition for children to judge whether their ideas are correct is whether adults have hit them.
He was beaten, so he was wrong.
But he still wanted to "save" her from the quagmire, even though she said that saving people was wrong.
But before he could say anything, he saw her stand up, walk to the computer desk, and smash the keyboard with an angry look on her face.
“Wow——”
The keycaps fell to the ground like a dark gray snow. The crackling sound was like sharp thorns hitting his heart, and his whole body trembled.
"It's all because of the things on the Internet! You must have made some shady friends who taught you to say such things..." She pointed the finger at people outside the family: "Don't go online in the future. If I hear such things again, I will beat you to death..."
At this moment, looking at the disheveled woman, Su Mingan covered his painful cheek and looked at the photo hanging on the wall - that was a photo of Lin Wangan when he was young.
In the photo, she has a ponytail, long eyebrows, rosy cheeks, beautiful lipstick, a delicate chiffon dress, and a small branded shoulder bag. She looks at the vast sea, walks on the golden beach towards the waves, the night falls, the sky is full of stars, and the light captured in her eyes at that moment seems to be included in the countless sea of stars. She has walked a long way and been to a very far place, just to capture the romantic inspiration of the notes.
That day, she must have seen herself performing on the world stage.
But now, he only saw her crying day and night, and the farthest she went was the vegetable market.
The fire in her eyes went out.
But a new fire was burning in her chest. Su Mingan recognized it, and her teacher had also taught her that the name of that fire was "love".
It turns out that she would rather trap herself in a cocoon because of "love".
She gave up her dream of the stars and the sea, and locked herself in the vegetable market and the kitchen, just staring at his gradually growing height.
Su Mingan couldn't judge whether this was right or wrong. Perhaps everyone had different choices, but she had been so free before, and was not a vassal of anyone... This made him gradually begin to fear the word "love".
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