Chapter 517: Helplessly, the Flowers Fall

My mom came out before my aunt arrived. This fall of hers resulted in hemiplegia.

Hearing this news was no less than a thunderclap exploding over my head.

My mom couldn't even speak, just looked at me, looking at me quietly. Looking at me until my heart broke, looking at me until I was at a loss.

Mom! You haven't lived a few good days yet!

I shouted in my heart. Mom not only gave me life but also taught me how to be a person! In her life, from a daughter of a wealthy family, she fell into a descendant of a capitalist who was pointed at by thousands of people. After suffering countless grievances, she finally waited for my father who had fought all the way from the north.

My father was a rough man, but in my mom's eyes, he was like a treasure. She warned me since I was a child that a son should not dislike his mother for being ugly, and a dog should not dislike its home for being poor!

No matter how ugly parents are, they are still parents. In this life, except for heaven and earth, one only kneels to parents. There is gold under a man's knees, and a great man has ambitions in all four directions.

Such life philosophies, I could never chew and understand in my whole life.

Mom finally became the kindest grandmother on that small street of ours. Those who had struggled against her in the past would respectfully call her grandmother many years later when they saw her.

And all of this was obtained by my mom's kindness throughout her life.

I held back my tears, came out of the ward, leaned against a corner where no one could see, and cried bitterly.

I hadn't cried for a long time! With this cry, I could no longer control the outpouring of my emotions.

A man does not shed tears easily, it's just that he hasn't reached the point of heartbreak.

I muttered this sentence while crying, slid down along the wall, and leaned against the wall with teary eyes.

Suddenly, my aunt's voice sounded behind me: "Xiao Feng, are you still a man?"

I looked up and saw my aunt biting her lip, looking at me with a blue face.

I nodded and said, "Aunt, let me cry for a while."

My aunt glared at me, reached out to help me wipe the tears falling on my face, and said seriously, "A man, why are you crying? Stand up straight, what are you afraid of!"

I stammered, "I'm not afraid!"

"Since you're not afraid, why are you crying?"

"I'm looking at my mom like this, my heart aches!" I said with a hoarse voice, "Aunt, what should I do!"

My aunt smiled lightly, comforted me, and said, "Xiao Feng, you are the only man in this family now. A man must have the courage to take on his own responsibilities. If the sky falls, you have to hold it up. If the earth sinks, you have to fill it. If you collapse first, what do you want the two women to do?"

My aunt's words hit my heart like a heavy hammer. Yes! At this time, how could I collapse!

"Let's go, let's go back to the ward." My aunt took my hand and held it tightly.

I followed her step by step back to the ward. Mom was still lying there, her eyes empty and lifeless, looking at the ceiling.

My aunt went over and called her, "Sister, are you hungry?"

Mom blinked her eyes and suddenly smiled.

I put my hand into Mom's palm and said, "Mom, shall I go buy you something to eat?"

Mom shook her head with difficulty, looked at me, then at my aunt, the smile spreading from the corners of her eyes to her cheeks, moving her shriveled lips, and wriggled a few times, but didn't make a sound.

My aunt looked at Mom, then at me, and said, "Sister, don't worry! Xiao Feng and I are here!"

I didn't understand what my aunt meant. My aunt said softly, "Don't you see? Your mom is worried about your studies."

I woke up as if from a dream, my heart ached, and I whispered in Mom's ear, "Mom, don't worry. Studies won't be delayed."

Mom smiled contentedly and closed her eyes to rest.

I pulled my aunt's hand and made a gesture to go out and talk.

My aunt followed me out, and we stood at the end of the corridor, unable to find a topic for a long time.

I spoke first, "Aunt, I have an idea, I will give up the training in the province and come back to take care of my mom."

My aunt seemed not to hear clearly and asked me in surprise, "What did you just say?"

I said, "I want to give up the training in the province."

"Nonsense!" My aunt scolded angrily. She suddenly looked like a furious lioness, staring at me fiercely.

I didn't dare to look at her appearance, turned my head, and said, "Aunt, I'm serious. My mom can't do without me now."

"Say it again and see?" My aunt looked like she wanted to eat someone, and said with heartache, "Xiao Feng, why are you becoming more and more useless? Encountering such a small thing, you dare to give up your career. By doing this, who are you sorry for? Your father? Your mom? Or me?"

I said with an indifferent look, "I'm sorry for all of you, but I must also be sorry for myself, sorry for my conscience. I want to take care of my mom!"

"Your mom can't do without you?"

"Can't!"

"What about me?"

I was startled and looked up at my aunt. My aunt was already teary-eyed, I don't know if she was moved by me or moved by herself. Her eyes were filled with tears, and as her eyes turned, her face was immediately covered in tears.

I rarely saw my aunt cry. Since I was a child, no matter what grievances she suffered, I almost never saw her shed tears. The only time was when she broke up with her first boyfriend, she cried bitterly.

"I'm here!" My aunt said firmly, "Xiao Feng, go study well. Only when you have a future will it be the greatest reward for your mom. Understand?"

I nodded vaguely, but my heart couldn't turn the corner.

I knew that there is no filial son before a long-term illness! Not to mention that my aunt had no blood relationship with my mom. She had no responsibility or morality to bear it.

"You can't!" I said arrogantly. Actually, I wanted to use my arrogance to dispel my aunt's idea. A disease like my mom's was not a matter of one or two days, or three or five months. She would never be able to sit, stand, or walk like a normal person in her life again. Her body had betrayed her, and she could no longer take care of herself.

My mom was a very clean old lady all her life. If she were allowed to live in filth, she would rather die.

And to be able to let her live with dignity, except for me, her own son, no one else could be found.

"How do you know I can't?" My aunt looked at me with a half-smile, suddenly reached out her finger and knocked on my forehead, saying, "You, a man, how can you take care of an old lady? Stop talking nonsense, that's it. I'll arrange your mom."

I opened my mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

In my heart, there had always been a little me jumping. I knew that if I gave up this training, my future would vanish from then on. I was already a person who had resigned and was idle, giving up this opportunity, what awaited me was to be an idle person forever.

I was not willing to be an idle person!

But I had no choice now!

The reason I didn't think of Huang Weiwei was because I was still very sensible.

Because even if Huang Weiwei took on the task of taking care of my mom without complaint, her mother Chen Yazhi would never agree. She could let her daughter marry a penniless me, but she would not let her daughter take care of a paralyzed old woman.

"There is one more thing, what do you think?" My aunt asked me hesitantly.

"What thing?"

"Originally, your wedding was set for tomorrow, everything was arranged, but now it's like this, can it still be held?" My aunt asked me.

"Cancel it!" I sighed and said, "Weiwei is also in the hospital, and my mom is also in the hospital, what to do, don't hold it."

"Even if you don't hold it, you have to communicate with others." My aunt pursed her lips at me and said, "Aren't you going to see Weiwei?"

Only then did I remember Huang Weiwei. Since she returned to the ward from the emergency room, I hadn't been there.

"I'll go see." I left my aunt and walked away.

My aunt shouted behind me, "Xiao Feng, speak well!"

I said "Um," turned around, and went upstairs.

Huang Weiwei was not on the same floor as my mom. She went to the high-level ward.

Her going to the high-level ward was arranged by Chen Yazhi. Originally, I had handled the ordinary hospitalization procedures for her. Who knew that after Chen Yazhi came, she found the hospital president, and the hospital president, hearing that it was Minister Huang's daughter who was ill, didn't dare to neglect at all and immediately arranged the best high-level ward.

My mom didn't have this treatment. My rank was not enough, and my mom was even less so. She was an ordinary commoner, and couldn't even touch the edge of the high-level ward.

After asking around upstairs, I learned that the high-level ward was no longer in this building and had moved to another independent small courtyard.

I asked for the route clearly and went downstairs to the high-level building.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly remembered Gan Lu, so I took out my phone and called her, saying, "Division Chief Gan, I can't go back with you this time. I can't return to the Party School for the time being."

Gan Lu asked me in surprise on the phone, "What happened?"

I smiled lightly and said, "Nothing. A small matter, might be delayed for a while."

Gan Lu was obviously very worried and asked me, "Can't you say?"

I said, "Nothing to say. I'm sorry!"

After hanging up Gan Lu's phone, I made up my mind in my heart that no matter how my aunt threatened or lured me, I would definitely not leave my mom, I wanted to fulfill my filial piety and fulfill my responsibility as a son. ===== CHAPTER 518 =====