Chapter 5

My grades started to decline steadily from the middle of this semester, which made my mother very anxious. In my daily life, I also showed my rejection of her. It wasn’t long before my mother talked to me.

By the bed in my room, my mother held my hand and asked me carefully how I ate and slept at school.

I answered them one by one indifferently.

After seeing my attitude, I realized that she was really anxious. She thought that her cultural level was not high and was afraid of saying something wrong and hurting my feelings.

“Son, are you tired of studying...”

Seeing how cautious she was, I thought I should make things clear.

“Mother!”

I interrupted her question.

“Hold me, please!”

My mother didn’t know why, but she still opened her arms and hugged me.

I lay in her arms and gently told her, “Mom, please don’t abandon me.”

My mother obviously didn’t understand what I meant. She said to me, “How could I abandon you?”

“Then if you get together with that uncle and start a family with her, does that mean you don’t love me anymore?”

Then my mother suddenly realized that my so-called “depression” was actually caused by that incident.

After understanding the reason for my depression, my mother seemed much more relaxed. She comforted me: “Silly son, how could I not love you? No matter what time, I love you the most.”

“But if mom is with that uncle, she will give some of her love to him. If you get married and have children, I will just be your ex-husband’s child.”

When my mother heard what I said, she was speechless. She didn’t expect that her son would think so much and worry so much.

She wanted to say that she and the uncle were only together temporarily, but her son was right, and she couldn’t completely guarantee that she was only together with that man temporarily. After all, she had thought about finding another partner.

“Before my son takes the college entrance examination, I’d better stop paying attention to other people introducing me to potential partners,” she thought.