Capítulo 1299: Chapter 1299: Hostility
Wei Ming sat in the car, but didn’t start the engine.
His feelings were complex. Over the years, he got married and divorced.
The house and savings at home were given to his ex-wife.
He himself didn’t have any children.
He always felt that even if a man has nothing, he’s still better off than a woman.
But now, seeing Liu Hong again, for the first time, he had an urge to kill someone. Li Shuanzhu was really a bastard.
To act like this, living off someone else’s money at this level.
It was really something.
He had already helped as much as he could.
The rest was up to Liu Hong herself.
Suddenly, he saw Liu Hong running downstairs and knocking on his car window.
He rolled down the window.
“Brother Wei, sorry to trouble you, but could you take me to the police station at the front of the train station?”
Liu Hong was so anxious that tears were about to fall.
“Hurry, get in the car.”
Wei Ming rolled down the window.
Liu Hong opened the car door and wiped her tears away.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, she realized her urgency made her forget she wasn’t that familiar with Wei Ming.
“What’s going on? What happened?”
Wei Ming skillfully maneuvered the steering wheel, and the car had already slipped out of the lane, heading towards the train station.
“The police station at the front of the station just called saying my youngest daughter is now at their station.”
Liu Hong explained weakly. How did Li Hao end up at the station in the provincial city? The police officer’s tone on the phone was terrible, they clearly regarded her as an extremely irresponsible mother. Just thinking of Li Hao traveling thousands of kilometers alone by train to return.
She wants to cry.
And feels guilty.
Li Hao is only six years old.
A six-year-old needs parental care, yet what have they given them now?
“Don’t cry, as long as the child is okay, it’s fine.”
Wei Ming understood the situation and felt exasperated.
This brat dared to climb on a train all by himself.
“I’m just blaming myself, it’s all my fault, had I been by her side! It wouldn’t have led to her returning alone from such a distance.”
In Liu Hong’s heart and eyes, there was only her child.
Wei Ming’s heart stirred, “Liu Hong, I must remind you, you are already preparing for divorce, and if you can’t let go of your child, then the greatest possibility is that Li Shuanzhu will still use the child as a bargaining chip to negotiate with you. Then everything you’ve done would be meaningless.
A child is everything to a parent, that’s true, but do you still want to go back to the life you’ve known? Is that what you want? The children are distant with you, do you want them to continue like this?”
He certainly didn’t mean any harm, but was discussing the matter as it was. Liu Hong’s tragedy was precisely because she loved her child too much, becoming tangled and restrained, but ended up gaining nothing! The children did not understand!
Such young children are easily influenced, and easily deceived.
“I know, I understand, just because I understand, my heart aches even more, because as a mother I am also choosing the option that benefits me most. Actually, I am selfish, I can abandon everything for my happiness.”
There was bitterness in Liu Hong’s words.
People are just so contradictory.
“It’s okay, I must also remind you, with what the police station said, the most likely situation is that the child ran away from home. In this case, would Li Shuanzhu return ahead of schedule! Wouldn’t you have to speed up everything you’re doing?”
Compared to Liu Hong, Wei Ming was more rational, probably because it wasn’t his own matter, so as an onlooker he was clearer and more rational.
Liu Hong paused, this had slipped her mind.
“What should I do then? If Li Shuanzhu comes back, transferring these things might not be easy.”
“How about this, first get the child back, then find out the full story, if it’s really impossible, give Li Shuanzhu a call telling him the child is back. I assume this could stabilize him, as long as you can delay for about a week! I believe it’s enough to get everything done.”
Wei Ming parked the car in the lot in front of the station.
“Okay!”
Liu Hong got out of the car and didn’t bother with Wei Ming, she rushed to the police station like an arrow released from a bow.
“Officer, I’m Li Hao’s mom!”
A crisp voice sounded, and looking towards the sound, it was indeed Li Hao.
“Mom!”
Seeing Liu Hong come in, a small figure immediately leapt into her arms, snuggling her belly with a little head.
Liu Hong caught her and hugged her tightly, finally at ease.
This little one didn’t seem to have suffered, looking clean and neat, it was obvious someone took care of her on the way.
A female officer followed Li Hao, seeing Liu Hong she asked, “Are you Li Hao’s mom?”
“What kind of mom lets a child take a train alone? If it weren’t for kind people seeing her and informing the conductor, who knows, she could have been deceived by traffickers.”
Facing the officers’ criticism, Liu Hong couldn’t deny it. She expressed gratitude and apologized before finally taking Li Hao out.
Leaving the police station, Li Hao timidly held Liu Hong’s hand, “Mom, are you upset?”
Liu Hong sighed. Seeing Li Hao like this, she understood that a six-year-old child traveling alone by train, traversing thousands of miles to get here, was likely filled with fear and loneliness. The fact that she ended up on the right train and wasn’t sent to an unknown place was already fortunate.
How could she blame this child?
“Liu Hong, is this Li Hao?”
Wei Ming stood in front of the car and watched the large and small figures — a close-knit mother and daughter. Li Hao looks very much like Liu Hong’s younger self, almost a mini version of Liu Hong.
“Oh, Brother Wei! This is my daughter Li Hao. Li Hao, say hello to Uncle Wei.”
Liu Hong felt a little embarrassed; she’d almost forgotten about Wei Ming.
It felt a bit like burning the bridge before even crossing it.
Li Hao’s imagined polite greeting never came; Wei Ming sensitively noticed Li Hao’s wary gaze and deep hostility.
Wei Ming was thoughtful.
“Who are you? You’re that lover, aren’t you?”
“Lover”?!
Wei Ming looked at Li Hao with an ambiguous smile. What does a six-year-old know? This kind of talk must have been taught by adults, to come out so casually, who would believe otherwise.
Liu Hong blushed, her daughter’s words made her feel humiliated.
“Li Hao, what nonsense are you talking? This is Uncle Wei, a friend of Mom’s.”
Having been embarrassed in front of someone by her daughter, Liu Hong felt a bit overwhelmed.
Li Hao stomped her foot, “Yes, lover! My dad was right, you’re not my mom! I really regret coming back to find you.”
These words were terribly hurtful, Liu Hong slapped her hard.
Li Hao was knocked to the ground.
Holding her face, she looked at Liu Hong in disbelief. In her heart, Liu Hong was always the patient, forgiving person who wouldn’t retaliate against insults. For the first time, her mother’s hand struck her, and it was so ruthless.
“Let me tell you, I am your mom, you are my daughter, I gave birth to you, but now I haven’t taught you properly, and starting now I will discipline you well. Your first lesson is to know what respect is.
If you can’t remember, next time will be even tougher. If you refuse to submit, I can send you to your aunt’s house, or your uncle’s place, it’s up to you. But letting you scold me is absolutely impossible.
I haven’t done anything to let you down, maybe I’ve let everyone else in the world down, but I definitely haven’t let you down. I don’t owe you anything, if you don’t want me as your mom, you can choose not to. But as long as I’m your mom, you must listen to me.”
Liu Hong’s chest heaved. For the first time, she felt like a mom.
Days of not daring to hit or scold, it didn’t feel like a relationship with her children, it felt like dealing with her masters.
Now she was a freed person breaking out of a cage.