The morning sun was bright and warm .
The moment Pei Ge entered the ward, she spotted her mother being bathed in the sun’s golden glow; this made her pale face appear healthier .
“Mom, how do you feel today?”
“I feel very good . Rather, Ge Ge, you have suffered the past few years . ”
After talking to her mother about these past five years’ events, she realized that, while her mother had been in a coma, she was still cognizant of her surroundings . She might be unable to see everything herself, but she could still hear people’s conversations .
“Mom, I’ve made you worry all along… haven’t I?”
Her eyes reddened, not having expected her mother to know about her sufferings and struggles .
“Yes, lass… you’ve truly suffered . ”
Her mother placed her hands against her face . Although they were boney and slightly cold, they warmed her heart .
At that moment, she felt safe and secure .
Even though she was already a successful business woman, she still felt like a fragile child before her mother .
“I didn’t suffer . Everything is worth it as long as you are with me . ”
She pressed her lips together, trying hard to prevent her tears from falling . Still, despite her attempts, she was unable to stop them .
“…Mom knows how tired and sad you are . Cry . You’ll feel better afterward . ”
Zhang Manhua comfortingly patted her daughter’s back, just like before when the latter was young .
Although she was in a coma these past few years, she was still cognizant of all that had happened to her daughter .
She truly wanted to wake up from her coma and help out her daughter but was unable to do so .
That was until…
At this point, an abnormal look flashed past her eyes .
“Mom, I’m all right now . With you awake and me having those two kids, I am already very happy . ”
Pei Ge wiped her tears away while smiling at her mother .
She was past the most painful period of her life . From here on, everything that happened would be full of happiness…
Things would get better from here on…
“That’s right . We now have those two kids…”
The mention of her grandchildren made the other smile .
“They’re truly very adorable . Ran Ran looks exactly like you when you were young . It’s just that An An doesn’t look much like his fath—”
Zhang Manhua stopped herself midway, seemingly having realized that she had trodden on forbidden territory .
“It’s fine, mom . I’m already over him . ”
Her daughter amusedly waved her hands at her .
‘Luckily, my son doesn’t look much like him . It will be pretty troublesome otherwise . ”
She sighed in lament .
Who knew that, after she woke up from her coma, her would-be son-in-law turned out to be a jerk?
Meanwhile, her daughter had become a single mother of twins .
“Is there a misunderstanding between you and Xiao Ji? I don’t see him as someone irresponsible . ”
Pei Ge’s smile froze at this .
“Let’s not bring him up and just talk about Mr . Charles!”
She blinked and grinned teasingly at her mother .
This made her mother roll her eyes .
“You stupid lass, how dare you tease your mother?”
“How am I teasing you? I’m merely concerned about you!” She grinned and hugged her arm . “To be honest, I think that he’s not too bad . ”
A person’s heart was soft in nature, after all . Although she knew that that man’s background was complicated, he was truly sincere toward her mother .
He came every day . Even if her mother and she herself did not show him a good attitude, he was like a dog-skin plaster as he refused to stop pestering her mother .
He did not look at all like the imposing and domineering man he was when she first saw him .
He appeared to be a totally different person right now!
“Mom, tell me; what do you think of him?”
At her relentless questioning, her mother sighed softly again .
“I won’t lie to you . I felt very lonely here . Other than the nurse who came to inject me with medicine and clean my body, I was mostly alone . I lay here by myself…”
At this point, Pei Ge felt a sharp pain in her heart . Her eyes then shone with regret and guilt .
I actually let mom lie here alone… Before, how lonely and awful she must’ve felt…
“I don’t know since when, but a man suddenly appeared in my room . He was an English-speaking man . Although I don’t understand English, I know that he was speaking to me . Every day, he would call me Hua…”
At this point, she smiled .
The guilt on her face dimmed at her mother’s smile .
“It was truly my first time being called a flower[1] by someone,” she lamented, continuing to speak about the man thereafter . “While he couldn’t speak in Chinese, his voice made me feel less lonely . He’s truly very interesting . I don’t know when, but he actually started learning Chinese in my room, and all he said was I…” Like you .
Zhang Manhua’s cheeks were dyed red at this point .
Sigh… What am I even telling my daughter?
“I understand . Actually, I am quite supportive of you dating him . ”
Pei Ge, who was initially against that elderly man wooing her mother, was touched by his sincerity after hearing her mother’s account .
That man clearly liked her mother .
If he were by her mother’s side, she would feel more at ease .
[1] Hua is the Chinese word for flower .
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