Chen Yubing smiled and said, "Maybe I was born with a hard life, but fortunately I have a few obedient children."
"Yes, your children are all well behaved." Another neighbor praised.
Then he asked, "This kid has always had good grades. It's been a few days since he took the exam. How did he do? He should be able to get into college, right?"
"Right after she finished her exams, her family received a call from the police saying that their child was stolen and swapped. The child was already under a lot of pressure, so she didn't ask." Chen Yubing took off her apron while responding.
"After all, the exam is over. We'll know whether we can pass it after a while."
After Chen Yubing finished speaking, she borrowed a bicycle from two neighbors. "Xinyi is coming home for the first time. I thought my family would buy some meat, but I didn't expect her grandmother to do something like this. I want to take her to a state-owned restaurant for a good meal."
Chen Yubing promised to ride the bike back before everyone went to work in the afternoon.
In the past, people might not be willing to lend a hand, but today, whether it is Chen Yubing or Qiao Xinyi, both mother and daughter are people that everyone likes, so everyone is very generous at this moment.
Even Aunt Zhang Hua, who was usually so stingy that she couldn't even get a mouthful of food from her family, took the initiative to bring the key.
Chen Yubing borrowed two bicycles. She took Qiao Xinyi on board, while Qiao Bohe took Qiao Yunbai on board. The four of them left the family compound and headed towards the state-owned hotel.
It was already late when the four of them arrived at the restaurant, and there were not many customers in the restaurant.
But luckily, there was still one meat dish left.
Chen Yubing didn't care about the money and tickets at all. She bought meat, eggs, and a fish.
Including other side dishes, the four of them had five dishes and a soup. The waiter even glanced at Chen Yubing who was paying.
The four of them found an empty seat and sat down. Chen Yubing asked Qiao Xinyi in a low voice whether she was hot or uncomfortable.
Qiao Xinyi shook her head, but finally found a chance to ask about the doubts that had been bothering her all the way.
"Mom, it's been so many years, why don't you divorce Qiao Laiwang?"
Qiao Xinyi had called people like this when she was in the family compound, and on the way back, Qiao Xinyi clearly expressed her dislike for her biological father Qiao Laiwang, so Chen Yubing did not deliberately correct Qiao Xinyi.
Hearing Qiao Xinyi's question, Chen Yubing explained in a low voice.
"It's not that I haven't thought about divorce. The first time I thought about divorce was when Yunsong disappeared. At that time, I really felt that my life was coming to an end. I would feel suffocated if I stayed in that house for another day."
Chen Yubing's tone was always calm when he talked about the past, except when he talked about Qiao Yunsong's disappearance, his expression was filled with sadness and hatred.
"But at that time, Wang He and Yun Bai were still very young. I had a cousin on my mother's side whose husband passed away unexpectedly. Her two children were about the same age as Wang He and Yun Song."
"She was working and renting a house with her two children. She never expected that hooligans would break into her house in the middle of the night."
It was clear what the gangsters could do by breaking into the room of an orphan and a widow in the middle of the night, so Chen Yubing did not say anything.
"Later, my cousin took her two children and jumped into the river." Chen Yubing still feels horrified when he mentions this incident.
If Chen Yubing got divorced, she couldn't go back to her parents' home. After the divorce, she could only rent a house outside with her children. After her cousin's incident, she gritted her teeth and continued to endure it in the Qiao family.
"The second time I thought about divorce was after I dropped out of school and went back to school."
Chen Yubing said, "At that time, I thought that no matter how big the difficulties were, I could handle them by myself. I couldn't count on Qiao Laiwang or the Xiao family, so I might as well get a divorce and raise the children by myself."
"While I was hesitating, a divorced woman with a child moved into the street and lived alone."
"Even though others avoided her like the plague and cursed her behind her back, I still took the initiative to make friends with her, just to learn from her."
Chen Yubing not only had the idea of divorce twice, she really wanted to do it.
"Being close to her naturally made me close to her children, and that's how I learned that her children were badly bullied."
"People on the street openly and secretly called the child a bastard, a bastard, and said some ugly things like 'born by a mother but not raised by a father'.
That’s not all. The child often came home with bruises on his face and nose. When asked, we found out that he was beaten by other children. ”
Chen Yubing sighed lightly when he said this.
"Whether at school or near home, there are bad people everywhere who bully this fatherless child. The child doesn't even like to go to school. He stays at home alone and doesn't like to talk. He is very introverted and sensitive. It's heartbreaking to see him."
Seeing the child's living environment, Chen Yubing didn't dare to divorce.
She was afraid that her child would become like that.
She can live a hard and tiring life alone, but she hopes that her children can live a happier life and not be bullied.
Qiao He still remembers the aunt and brother that Chen Yubing mentioned.
"Later, Aunt Zhang moved with my little brother again because there were always bad guys who bullied him because he didn't have a father. Aunt Zhang moved with my little brother again and again, from one city to another."
"At first, my mother and Aunt Zhang kept in touch through letters, but after a few years, I couldn't contact Aunt Zhang anymore. My mother even asked someone to go to Aunt Zhang's later workplace to inquire about her. Only then did she find out that Aunt Zhang had moved to another city with my brother."
Chen Yubing nodded gently, "Yes, so I am really afraid, and when I think about the fact that I am getting divorced and there is a high possibility that I will not even have my children, I am even more afraid."
"There's another reason why I don't dare to leave. Yunsong was already able to remember things when he disappeared. I'm afraid he won't be able to find me if he returns home one day."
"I have been asking about Yunsong's whereabouts for many years, and all I got was the address of the family compound. I was also afraid that if they had any news, they wouldn't be able to pass it on to me."
Chen Ju's character, plus Qiao Laiwang is not much better.
If they really got divorced, no one from the Qiao family would tell her about Qiao Yunsong.
Chen Yubing didn't even doubt that if Chen Ju spent money to find out about Qiao Yunsong's whereabouts, she would definitely not give him money, and would even stop Qiao Laiwang.
So Chen Yubing has been enduring it all these years.
Qiao Xinyi immediately understood Chen Yubing's predicament and indifference in the Qiao family.
Deal with the unreasonable mother-in-law Chen Ju coldly, don't argue, and don't pay any attention.
He turned a blind eye and was indifferent to Qiao Laiwang's clueless behavior.
Because Chen Yubing has already spent a lot of energy just going to work and making money every day.
The remaining energy was used to take care of the children's food, clothing and daily life, and to search for the missing Qiao Yunsong.
These things have made Chen Yubing exhausted.
These things have squeezed Chen Yubing so much that he has no energy to do what he wants.
She can't collapse, and she dare not collapse.
This was the only way she could hold on, barely survive, and try her best to be a good mother.
This is the only identity she can still maintain in this world.
A mother who wants to support her children.
In this day and age, some people have used up all their energy just to survive.
Therefore, she could not blame Chen Yubing for not living freely or perfectly enough.
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