You hidden in my heart - Chapter 16.4

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Chapter 16.4
Unexpectedly, the little boy sighed again, held his cheek with his other little hand that was not holding chopsticks, and said sadly and melancholy, “Why can’t Uncle Li be my dad?”
In fact, he also wanted to know who his dad was, but his mother wouldn’t tell him. ‘If Uncle Li is my dad, it would be fine.’
Lu Rongyue smiled and replied, “If Uncle Li is your father, how can you marry a wife?”
After his mother mentioned this, Lu Yuling instantly regained his energy. “Yes, I can’t marry my own sister, so Uncle Li can’t be my dad.” He then smiled and said, “Mom, I will ask my wife to make delicious food for you, just like you are making delicious food for me now, so that I won’t make you cry like my grandparents did.”
Lu Rongyue was particularly touched after hearing this, and her eyes were still a little hot. “Are you willing to let your wife go into the kitchen that is covered with smoke?”
Lu Yuling was very educated. “Okay, I won’t let my wife cook; I will cook for you and my wife.
You eat at home and never go to grandma and grandpa’s house again, okay?”
Lu Rongyue replied with a smile, with some longing in her tone. “Okay, when you marry a wife, mom will never go to grandma and grandpa’s house to celebrate the New Year again. I’ll just celebrate the new year with you.”
Lu Yuling was very happy and nodded vigorously, and the little boy replied in a crisp voice, “Okay!”
However, she would still take her son to see her parents every year on the second day of the lunar new year, and the result every time was the same. Things were thrown out, and the parents scolded her for the shameful things she had done and told her to take the ba*tard and get out.
When Lu Yuling was a child, he didn’t know what “ba*tard” meant. When he grew up, he knew it. He also knew why his mother was kicked out by his grandpa and grandpa—because she gave birth to a child out of wedlock and didn’t tell who the man was.
Although his mother didn’t say a word about that man, Lu Yuling had a hunch that she must know it, but she just didn’t say it. She dug a deep hole in her heart and buried that man in it.
When he was twelve years old, his mother suddenly fainted at home. He found out when he got home from school and immediately called 120. Then he called his uncle, his mother’s elder brother. If Uncle Li was still here, he would definitely call him first. But Uncle Li was gone. He had a car accident two years ago.
On the day Lu Yuling learned that Uncle Li had passed away, his mother and he cried for a long time, and their eyes were swollen from crying. Growing up, apart from his uncle, only Uncle Li was the best to him.
That night, his mother bought incense candles and paper money, took him to the intersection near home, burned paper to pay homage to Uncle Li, and made him kneel on the ground facing north and kowtow three times.
[T’L: “burning fake paper money” is a Chinese ritual to remember and honour the deceased.]
Lu Yuling asked his mother why they didn’t just go to Uncle Li’s funeral.
Mom didn’t say much and only replied with a few short words: “I don’t want to cause trouble.” She didn’t want to see someone, or rather, certain people.
He didn’t understand what his mother meant by this, but he didn’t ask any more questions. He couldn’t find out anything anyway. His mother had many secrets, and no one could pry her open.
After Uncle Li left, the only relative left between the mother and son was his uncle.
That day, the ambulance came and took his mother away, and his uncle soon arrived at the hospital.
Later, his mother was diagnosed with acute leukaemia, but the adults didn’t tell him. He only remembered that his grandma and grandpa came to the hospital and didn’t get angry with his mother for the first time. His grandma sat beside his mother’s bed and cried for a long time.
His uncle told him that as long as he studied hard and got certificates for every exam, his mother would be happy. Once she was happy, her illness would be cured.
He believed his uncle’s words, but later facts proved that his uncle was lying to him.
After his mother left, his grandparents tried their best to be nice to him, as if they wanted to repay him the debt they had owed to their daughter for so many years. Later, he rebelled, fought, and refused to learn well. When his grandparents found out, they did not condemn or criticise him but always protected him.
He couldn’t accept it.
He still couldn’t forgive them for being so ruthless towards his mother, so he never moved in with them. Instead, he lived alone and only went home during holidays; this was his uncle’s request.
Uncle Li also paid for this two-bedroom house for their mother and son, so that he could have a household registration to go to school.
Before he was five years old, his mother and he did not live in Xifu, and it was only after he was five years old that his mother brought him back.
Grandpa and Grandma refused to let them come home. Although his uncle felt sorry for them, he was also in a very embarrassing situation at the time. His company was on the verge of bankruptcy, his enemies were chasing debts, and he was too busy taking care of himself. How could he have any extra energy to take care of the mother and son?
So when they first returned to Xifu, mother and son were still alone. Fortunately, they met Uncle Li.
That year they met Uncle Li in a Western restaurant, and that was also the first time he and Uncle Li met.
End of chapter 16
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