Life After Marriage - Chapter 23.1

Chapter 23.1

Living With The Little Guy

Mother: I know that you like to admire beautiful men so I sent you one for you to play with! Happy? Excited? Love me?

After July passed, the sweltering hot August came . The scorching passionate Grandpa Sun was diligently on duty up in the sky making everyone hate and love it .  

Mentioning August, I couldn’t help but connect it to summer vacation, a distant happy time far from me .

But this year relying on my mother’s luck from running away from home, I had the luck to sniff the scent of summer vacation . The reason being was that I had to take care of a little guy who just got off for summer vacation .

First, I need to explain a little about the relationship and feelings between my mother and I .

Everyone should know that when I ascended to high school, my mother left home . But this didn’t mean that the relationship between us became cold . In fact, it was the opposite, the further we were apart, the better our feelings were . Don’t ask me why because till this day, I don’t know the reason why either .

Although we weren’t by each other’s side, she understands that I like to admire beautiful men just like how I understand that she enjoys being chased by dad, this evil taste .

Our relationship was more like friends or sisters than mother and daughter . There was absolutely no generation gap, blockage of thoughts and uncoordinated communication .

Hence why father came to an incisive conclusion: Xia Ying was a child that was suited to be raised freereined .

On the topic of the “interlinked thoughts” between my mother and I, everyone shouldn’t think that we really had just relied on that . Although she was my biological mother and I was her biological daughter, blood thicker than water, but how was this possible? We were miles apart, so no matter how interlinked we were, there’s bound to be gaps . Therefore, we relied on modern technology — the computer as well as the phone to communicate and to understand the other party as well as to grasp their movements .

For example, my mother learned of my marriage through email, this shocking news . Through QQ video chat, mom and Han Lei managed to pull off ‘ugly son-in-law paying respects to his mother-in-law’ in a way . Through phone call, I learned of my mother’s whereabouts and was assured of her safety .

After so many years had passed, my mother was still unrestrainedly wandering around different countries and cities . The only thing that didn’t change was that we would call each other three to four times every month . At least one phone call a week every month . After ensuring that the other party was still alive, we would tease each other and gossip .

Thus, on the first evening of August, my phone timely rang . After letting it ring for three seconds, I answered the call without hesitation and didn’t even look at the display caller .

“Ying darling! Did you miss mom? Were you looking forward to mom’s call?” The phone transmitted mother’s unique style voice full of abnormal vigor .

“Frankly,” I said calmly, “during the first year you left, even if we phoned each other every day, I was always looking forward to it . But after so many years, I’m sorry to tell you that I don’t look forward to it anymore . Furthermore, I suggest that we should just phone each other once every month . ”

“What a hateful child!” Mother complained on the phone but her voice completely lacked that kind of meaning . It was more like she was throwing a tantrum .

“This time I’m finding you because it benefits you,” Mother said in a pleased tone, “Go to the airport tomorrow to pick up a man named Ouyang Shuai (shuai means handsome) . He will live with you guys and you have to take care of him for a month .  Hehe, I know that you have a heavy taste . This time’s goods will definitely be to your liking!”

Wrongly accused ah wrongly accused! What did she mean I had a heavy taste ah? I just like to admire beautiful men that’s all . How come she said it as if I was a perverted person? Furthermore, to let a woman who was already married and has a man, to take care of another man? Unfathomable .

Moreover, a man that needed someone to take care of, he was either crippled, disabled, retarded or what else?