He was a man with principles. After leaving his wife, Noah searched for his mother near the hotel. Luckily, he found her. His mother was staying in a small motel that cost only twenty dollars a night. “Mother, you’re so capable. You can ride the bus all the way to South City alone, and you can even find me.” Noah hugged his mother, tears flowing down his cheeks.His mother laughed. “Silly child! I’m only in my fifties, I’m not that old. I have a hunched back, that’s all, and some white hair. You can’t even call women my age living here in the city as old ladies! I’m literate too. I used the money you sent me and first went to town, then I rode the bus to the county town, and then took a taxi to the railway station. Just like that, step by step. You don’t think I can make my way to the big city?”Noah looked at his mother sadly. His old mother must have used her entire life’s wisdom. She had never left the mountains. The letters she knew, she learned together with him when he was in
Noah greeted his father-in-law then mentioned the divorce. However, at that moment, his mother opened her mouth. “Noah, you’re wrong for requesting a divorce when your wife is pregnant. Apologize to your father-in-law and follow him home!”Even though his mother had never left the mountains her entire life, she was still an understanding woman. She knew to value peace and harmony above everything else. The moment his mother’s words left her mouth, his father-in-law started reprimanding him too. “You rascal! How could you do this! It’s normal for couples to argue, how could you ask for a divorce just because of an argument? Requesting for a divorce from the woman who is carrying your child! Are you even human!”Noah knew he was at fault, so he lowered his head and apologized. “I’m sorry.” “Go home!” His father-in-law ordered. Noah did not move. His father-in-law continued, “Since your mother is here, invite her home with us. I think your mother should just stay. After all, Willo
A month passed. Willow was getting along in her pregnancy, so Noah’s mother cleaned the house and did the housework, and she remained unpaid. Every time that happened, Noah looked at his mother, and felt as if knives were stabbing into his chest. But Willow’s belly grew bigger and bigger, so Noah could no longer voice out against his wife. Pregnancy was a nine-month-long process, however, giving birth only took a day. Willow gave birth to a little boy. The boy took his mother’s name. Both families were delighted to see Willow give birth to a boy. However, someone was fairly unhappy, and that was his four-year-old brother. His elder brother greatly disliked his younger brother’s arrival, always beating him up when the adults were distracted. Noah saw this many times, but as his stepfather, Noah could not reprimand him too much. Hence, he told Willow about this. However, Willow only hugged her eldest son and said happily, “Our eldest prince is a brave warrior. He will be his father
Noah’s son performed well in school, was obedient, sensible, and had a good temper. He was very different from their eldest son. Their eldest son was three and a half years older than his younger brother. After graduating from junior high school, he had dropped out of school and started mixing with the wrong crowd. Noah wanted to discipline him strictly, but every time, he was stopped by his wife. Even so, his eldest son always thought that his entire family preferred his younger brother. His paternal grandmother always regarded his younger brother as her precious treasure. Meanwhile, his maternal grandparents also complimented his brother for his good academic results whenever they were in public. Even his mother, who always preferred him, was proud of his brother. The eighteen, nineteen-year-old teenager was at his most rebellious age. The next day after his brother got into the best high school in South City, he lifted a knife and stabbed his brother more than ten times. When the
He still had to pay compensation to his ex-wife. He was sentenced to eight months in prison, and because he had to compensate her for her loss, the little money he saved up for his mother, and the five thousand dollars she saved for more than ten years were all given to his ex-wife. In his eight months in prison, his mother wandered around outside prison, living off of the goodwill of strangers, often starving for days. After enduring such a life for eight months, when Noah was released from prison. His mother weighed less than eighty pounds then. Both mother and son were completely broke, without a single penny to their names. Most importantly, no one was willing to hire Noah even when he went job hunting, saying he was a murderer who caused his two sons’ deaths, and a scumbag who hit his wife. Just like that, after being released from prison, Noah and his mother starved for three days without a single bite to eat. Later, he ran into his ex-wife. His handicapped wife started hitti
Noah couldn’t believe his ears. “Real-really?” Actually, he did not harbor other intentions. He just thought a woman like her would not be able to survive alone in the mountains and he did not want anything to happen to her. But Jane felt warm. She had been thoroughly hurt by Alex. Now all she wanted was a quiet and peaceful life, no matter how poor and simple it was.She said gently, “I…Since I was a child, my parents didn’t want me. I always wanted a mother to love me, from now on I’ll acknowledge you as my godmother. When we’re back in the north, I’ll find a job, even dishwashing will do. I’ll take care of you.”“Oh, my dear girl…” The old lady was delighted. Life had been tough for her. Especially after she went to South City, she was forced to labor and even bottled up her anger. But in the end, she lost her only grandchild. The old woman had lost her meaning and purpose in life. But at the thought of her son, she knew she had to survive. And now, luckily, she got a daughter.
He had nothing to say. At that moment, all he did was murmur to himself. “I’ve swept through the entire mountain, but she was nowhere to be found. She must have been lying when she said she was on the mountain!”Sabrina laughed coldly. “Jane will never lie. If she said she’s on the mountain, then she’s definitely on the mountain. It’s just that she decided to move away the moment she heard you say you wanted to find her.”Alex sighed. Subconsciously, he choked on a sob. He felt a sense of despair in his chest. He never expected he would feel this way. He always thought he had no feelings for Jane, what's more love. They were just co-workers who were very compatible with each other. Jane said it herself, the day his true girlfriend came back, she would disappear willingly. Now that his true girlfriend was back, and true to her word, she disappeared. But his entire life was a mess. He was going to go crazy.Right at that moment, someone called him. Alex thought it was news from the me
On the other end, Marcus sounded confused, “Who are you?”Lily answered, “I’m Old Master Shaw’s friend. How are the Old Master’s affairs going?”For the past few weeks, Lily was busy trying to reconcile with Alex. He even went to the top of the mountain to deal with Jane. So, even though she was in South City, she did not pay much attention to Old Master Shaw.Right until now, Lily still remembered what Emma told her when she asked her to come home. She said there was a foul-smelling force in South City that required the cooperation of both Old Master Shaw and herself to remove.Now she wondered how Old Master Shaw was doing? Emma did not even answer her calls. These people! They called her back but now all of them were retreating like cowards. Was it public information that she had been dumped by Alex? With Old Master Poole’s support and approval, Alex would have a hard time getting rid of her! On the other end, Marcus asked her impatiently, his tone exhibiting his annoyance, “W