The complex emotions she felt, just thinking about whether or not to call her mom and tell her the truth, put Xie Wanying through an unprecedented tornt.
Tell her mom? The matter had passed for a long ti, it’s impossible to pursue it, just like Aunt Min hesitated, fearing to sprinkle a big pile of salt on her mom’s wounds, making it harder for her heart to heal.
If she doesn’t say anything, wouldn’t it deprive her mom of the right to know the truth? Perhaps her mom always blad only herself for not doing well in the exams back then, which led to her inability to continue her studies.
After lunch, Xie Wanying thought for a mont and decided to make a call ho.
It was her brother who answered the phone.
"Sis, are you looking for mom?" Xie Tianyou, bouncing on the other end upon receiving his sister’s call, told his sister, "Mom said, if you can’t co back for work during this year’s Spring Festival, she’ll take to the Capital to see you. Because Sister Li Xuan said she’s moving to a new house and wants to invite us to visit."
Hearing this from her brother, Xie Wanying suddenly rembered the text ssage her childhood friend had sent before, saying that the two of them had settled the loan for a new house with the help of Senior Cao. She hadn’t had ti to tell her family about buying a house. Wu Lixuan knew she didn’t want her family to know too early, so she might be planning to invite her mom to the Capital during the Spring Festival to handle this matter.
"Sis, is the Capital really cold? Sister Li Xuan said she’s almost freezing to death up north, and several tis wanted to give up and co back to work in our hotown." Xie Tianyou said, "But mom said, she probably won’t co back, thinking she might marry up north."
Her childhood friend had told her mom about having a boyfriend, essentially admitting to her mom that she has feelings for Doctor Yin and might consider marriage. No wonder she’s her mom’s most beloved goddaughter, always telling her mom any matters in her heart rather than her. Xie Wanying smiled as she listened to the information her brother leaked.
"Dad said, marrying up north isn’t good, he said Sister Li Xuan would regret it sooner or later." Xie Tianyou made no effort to keep anything from his distant sister, reporting all family matters, "Dad said n from the north aren’t as good as those from our hotown. n from our hotown are reliable. He said you must co back and marry soone from our hotown."
She understood her dad’s thinking. A son can leave ho to start a business, but a daughter can’t marry far away. If a daughter marries far away, how can she take care of her family? Eventually, they’ll rely on the daughter to take care of aging parents. After all, a daughter-in-law isn’t reliable, and it’s too difficult to ask a son-in-law for money. It must be the son providing money and the daughter making the effort to support her dad.
"Mom argued with dad, saying we could marry any partner we wanted. Dad wasn’t happy after hearing this and moved his stuff to grandpa and grandma’s place for a few days. Mom is chatting next door now. Aunt Wang next door said she knows soone working in the Capital, and said she wants to introduce soone to you. Mom went over to ask about it for you. By the way, sis, do you have a boyfriend? Even Sister Li Xuan has one now."
What was her brother trying to do with his words?
Xie Tianyou revealed his little thoughts: "People say, having a brother-in-law will spoil , give money to spend, and maybe would help with my studies to please you when he’s trying to chase you."
"You have to rely on yourself for studying; when it’s ti for exams, you’re the one who takes them, not soone else." Xie Wanying told her brother to stop fantasizing about pies falling from the sky.
Holding the phone, Xie Tianyou rolled on the sofa at ho, his mischievous nature unchanged, saying, "Sis, can’t I even dream a little? Last ti Sister Li Xuan ca to our house, she brought sothing over, saying it was from her boyfriend for ."
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