You hidden in my heart - Chapter 16.1

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Chapter 16.1
Lu Yuling didn’t usually stay at his uncle’s house. He was living by himself in a house that his mother had left him. Although his uncle wanted him to live with them, he rarely went there because he was still angry at his grandma and grandpa.
Grandma and Grandpa were very old and currently live together with their uncle. The elderly couple was now being nice to him and looking after him. They would consider him the first choice when there was something good. When they shop for him, they also choose top-quality items for him. But this happened after his mom passed away, and before she passed away, his grandparents didn’t allow the mother and son to enter the house and didn’t even acknowledge them, treating them as if they were a disgrace.
Lu Yuling could still recall the spring festival that happened eleven years ago. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it snowed a lot, and the snowflakes falling from the sky were very thick.
He was seven years old that particular year.
It kept snowing throughout the day and night, and the streets and small paths of Nifu City had a thick layer of snow on them.
In the early morning of the second grade of junior high school, his mother took him to see his grandparents. As soon as he went out, he was attracted by the ice and snow in front of him. He always wanted to play with snowballs and even wanted to roll in the snow, but his mother wouldn’t let him. But if he had any tendency to be naughty, his mother would hold his little hand tightly and drag him forward without any explanation.
Actually, he had never liked his grandma and grandpa for as long as he could remember because they were very mean. When they looked at him, they would stare like he was a naughty boy, but he was actually not naughty at all. At the end of the semester, he received a certificate for being one of the top three students, but his grandma and grandpa still didn’t like him, so he didn’t want to go visit his grandparents for New Year’s. However, he wanted to go to Uncle Li because Uncle Li was really nice to him. Whenever he visited, he always brought lots of toys and snacks for him.
“Mum, I don’t want to visit grandma and grandpa.” He had on blue gloves filled with feathers and a design of Donald Duck on them. Uncle Li brought them for him from Disneyland in America. He really enjoyed these gloves. In order to remove his mother’s grip, he pulled his hand back towards the glove, saying, “Grandma and grandpa don’t like me anyway.”
“That’s not true.” His mother held his hand tightly, preventing him from getting away, and then looked at him intensively. “Why don’t your grandparents like you?”
Lu Yuling said confidently, “They just don’t like me, and they don’t like you either. They scold you every time, saying that you are a shame to the family.”
He was only seven years old at the time, and he didn’t understand why his grandparents were blaming his mother like that. So he only repeated the curses that grandma and grandpa said word for word.
He was young, so he could not capture the deep pain that flashed in his mother’s eyes after hearing those words.
Lu Yuling’s mother froze in place, took a deep breath, then looked into his eyes intently and said it in a gentle yet serious tone. “Yuling, you can’t say that to grandma and grandpa. It’s not that grandma doesn’t like you. It’s not that they don’t like mom; it’s mom who made a mistake, so they were angry.”
Lu Yuling asked, “What mistake did you make?”
In fact, he has asked this question many times.
He had heard it many times before, but his mother never told him the answer. She would only tell him, “I won’t tell you until you grow up.” It was the same this time.
After the little boy heard his mother’s response, he felt sad and down because he knew his mother wouldn’t change her decision. He was supposed to visit his grandma and grandpa today, but he really didn’t want to see them.
His mother was worried that he might get sick when he went outside. So she made him wear warm clothes like sweaters, jackets, gloves, scarves, and hats. At last, a small and fragile person was wrapped up in a soft and fluffy one, and together with his sad expression, he appeared like a frozen and damaged eggplant.
The mother felt like laughing when she saw her son behaving like this. “Are you sad again? I have told you many times that a man should not get angry without reason, or else he will look weak and not attractive, and it will be difficult for him to find a wife in the future. You will be a bachelor.”
However, Lu Yuling retorted to his mother with confidence. “No, Uncle Li said that he will marry his daughter to me in the future, so I won’t be a bachelor.”
When Uncle Li once came to his home, he was naughty and cracked all the eggs in the refrigerator. His mother caught him. He expected to be beaten, so he squealed and hid behind Uncle Li. Although he couldn’t cry, his acting skills were spot on. He was full of emotions, and he even took some saliva from his mouth with his hand and smeared it on his face. It looked more real than crying, so Uncle Li stopped him from getting a beating.
His mom wanted to beat him, but she couldn’t. She was really mad and gave him a mean look while Lu Yuling was hiding behind Uncle Li. She told him, “You are a troublemaker and always cause trouble, and you cry for any little thing that happens. You are similar to a young girl. Can you marry someone in the future like this?”
In order to lighten the atmosphere, Uncle Li replied with a smile. “It’s okay; it’s okay. If you can’t marry someone, I will marry my daughter to him.”
Lu Yuling, who was only six years old at that time, took these words to heart.
The mom laughed really hard when she heard her son say that. “Hahahaha, if Uncle Li hears this, he will actually hit you.”
The little boy was unsure. “But Uncle Li said that.”
His mom said, “He was just being nice to you, and you thought he was serious.”
Lu Yuling replied, “Why not take it seriously? Is Uncle Li lying? The teacher said, You are not a good boy if you lie to others.”
Mom was still laughing. “You want to marry someone before you’ve even met them? What if they don’t want to marry you?”
Lu Yuling was unconvinced. “Wow, how could she possibly do that if I’m so handsome? Won’t she marry me?”
Mom was speechless. “Oh, why are you so narcissistic?”
Lu Yuling: “I’m not narcissistic. Many girls in our class say I’m handsome, and they all like me.”
Mom suddenly became interested in gossip; she asked in a deceptive way. “Then do you have any little girls you like?”
Lu Yuling shook his head. “No, I don’t like them. They are not beautiful, and the beautiful ones are not good at studying.”
‘Beautiful and well-educated? Boy, you don’t have low standards!’ Mom was angry and laughing. “If you keep such high standards, you will definitely not be able to marry a wife in the future.”
Lu Yuling: “How is that possible? Uncle Li even said he would marry his daughter to me.”
The mother asks, “What if Uncle Li’s daughter is not beautiful or does not study well?”
Lu Yuling: “No, I asked Uncle Li, and Uncle Li said that his daughter is very beautiful, and he also said that she studies very well.” Finally, he added, “Better than me in studying.”
‘You’ve asked everything that needs to be asked; what else can your mother say?’ Mom could only reply. “Okay, I hope you can continue to keep your handsomeness and grades, so that others will not look down on you in the future.”
After hearing this, Lu Yuling nodded heavily. “Okay!”
Mom sighed, ‘You are really not afraid of Uncle Li beating you up.’
While talking, mother and son walked to the bus stop.
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