Chapter 1714: The Biological Mother and Adoptive Mother Have Collided

As long as there were no errors of principle, whether she liked it or not was unimportant; what mattered was that her son liked it, so she let it go.

However, she had heard that her son's allowance was not as high as Su Qiangying's, and she felt very uncomfortable inside; both were graduate students, and her son could not be outdone by his girlfriend.

That was why she had given the gold card today.

Hearing her mother say this, Moli accepted it: "Thank you, Mom."

The mother and son talked for a while, and Jian Yixin asked, "Why hasn't your girlfriend come yet?"

Moli checked his watch and also felt it was strange: "That's right, she should have arrived by now even if she had something to do; I'll ask."

He took out his phone, but his mother wouldn't let him ask.

Jian Yixin was dissatisfied: "Really, what could be more important than a boyfriend's birthday? I don't think this girlfriend of yours is a good one either; she's too overbearing, insisting on having the final say in everything—she doesn't look like a woman at all..."

Moli was speechless.

Moli thought to himself: "Aren't you the same kind of person?"

Thinking it was one thing, but he couldn't say it out loud.

If he said it, his mother would argue back, determined to fight until he changed his mind.

He used a more tactful way to say: "Have you noticed that, in reality, A-Ying's personality is very much like yours?"

"Nonsense, how could she be like me?"

Even using a tactful approach, his mother still argued unhappily: "I am so virtuous, considerate and gentle toward your father, and I take care of you with the utmost meticulousness; I have broken my heart for this family... She is so domineering, hitting a child if she says so without even saying a word."

Jian Yixin was still holding a grudge about what happened last time.

Fortunately, she didn't go on and on this time; she stopped after just a few sentences. Today was her son's birthday, and Jian Yixin couldn't bear to make things difficult for him.

She changed the subject and said to her son: "Call A-Ying and ask why she isn't here yet."

Just as she finished speaking, Su Qiangying pushed the door open and walked in.

Su Qiangying had originally been wearing a smile, but the moment she saw Jian Yixin, the smile froze on her face and stiffened.

At the same time, the smile on Jian Yixin's face also froze, because she saw Shi Yuke behind Su Qiangying!

All four people were stunned at the same time; no one had expected this.

Jian Yixin and Moli had not expected Shi Yuke to come!

Shi Yuke and Su Qiangying had not expected Jian Yixin to appear here either!

Shi Yuke had specifically asked on the way, who would be there today?

Su Qiangying said, only the three of us, no one else.

But now "someone else" had suddenly appeared, making everyone very awkward.

Shi Yuke was the first to react, and she explained stammeringly: "That, um, I was just passing by here, happened to run into them, and came in to say hello before leaving."

"I'm leaving, goodbye!"

She turned to leave, but Su Qiangying grabbed her hand, ignoring the eye signals Moli was giving her, and said: "Auntie was invited by me; Moli, this is the surprise I told you about."

Moli:...

He kept signaling his girlfriend with his eyes, meaning for her to stop talking and not to add fuel to the fire.

Because his mother's expression was already very ugly; this was the precursor to her getting angry!

If Jian Yixin got angry, there would inevitably be a result, and this result would definitely not be what he wanted.

He didn't want his girlfriend to continue, but Su Qiangying insisted on talking incessantly: "Since everyone is an acquaintance, there's no need for me to introduce you, right? Everyone sit down. Moli, today is your birthday; your biological mother and adoptive mother are gathered together, it's just right to have a perfect birthday..."

Hearing this, Jian Yixin could no longer endure it.

She got up and left.

Moli got up and chased after her: "Mom, Mom, don't go, listen to my explanation..."

Su Qiangying grabbed his arm to stop him: "What are you doing? Your biological mother is still sitting here; if she wants to leave, let her leave, she doesn't know what's good for her."

"I think you're the one who doesn't know what's good for you."

Moli shook her off and took off running after her.

He chased her to the main entrance and finally caught up to his mother.

He grabbed his mother's arm and continued to explain: "I really didn't know about this. This morning she said she wanted to give me a surprise, and I thought you two had made up. Who knew the surprise she meant was that woman?"

"You have to believe me, I really have no contact with that woman at all. Oh, A-Ying has really screwed me over!"

Moli was anxious; he knew exactly what his mother cared about most.

The relationship between his girlfriend and his mother was already bad, and now the grudge had grown even deeper.

Jian Yixin felt a little better after hearing her son's words.

Just as her son understood her, she also understood her son. Moli was so nervous he was incoherent, so she believed that what her son said was true—Moli and Shi Yuke really had no contact, and all of this was the work of that woman, Su Qiangying!

Although she wasn't angry at her son, she still didn't give him a good look: "Don't call me Mom; the one sitting in the room is your biological mother. You recognizing her isn't wrong either; no one could say you were wrong..."

A classic case of saying the opposite of what she felt.

She couldn't help but let her tears fall; she hadn't cried in many years, and she had finally tasted the feeling of heartbreak once again.

Heartbroken, nothing more than this.

"Mom, you are my mom, I only have you as my mom!"

"If you hadn't adopted me back then, I would have died long ago. I really didn't know she would come; if I had known, I wouldn't have let you meet. No... that's not what I meant!" The more anxious he was, the less clearly he could speak.

Jian Yixin was unrelenting: "Explain what? You don't need to explain anything. I have never said you couldn't recognize her, and I have never stopped you, but why bring her in front of me to provoke me? Do you know that she is stabbing a knife into my heart?"

"You say you didn't know about this, but how did Su Qiangying know that such a person existed? If you didn't tell her, could it be that I did?"

Moli was being pushed into a corner by his mother, and just then, his phone rang.

It was Su Qiangying calling; if he answered now, it would be adding fuel to the fire, so he hung up.

But the phone rang again, over and over, as if it would never tire.

Moli turned off his phone, and it was finally quiet.

He still wanted to explain, but Jian Yixin told her son at this moment: "No need to explain, I believe you, but you must break up with that Su Qiangying immediately, and cut off all contact from now on."

"With her standing between us mother and son, nothing good will come of it; this woman is a disaster. If you don't want to break up, that's fine too, just sever our mother-son relationship. Between the two of us, you can only choose one."

Moli did not bargain and his attitude was clear, stating: "I choose Mom. Without you, there would be no me. I will never forget you for the sake of a wife."

Her son's words made her very satisfied.

Jian Yixin said to her son: "I am not that kind of unreasonable mother, but what Su Qiangying did was too excessive; she wants to separate us mother and son."

"Between her and me, only one can remain. Otherwise, if we really become one family, you will be the one caught in the middle later on, so a long-term pain is worse than a short-term one..."