“Honey, what’s wrong? Is it not tasty?”

The father asked the mother across the table in a soft voice.

After feeding herself a spoonful of golden oatmeal porridge, Mom kept the spoon in her mouth, staring blankly into space.

“ah?”

Pulled back to reality by her father’s gentle voice, the mother was momentarily stunned. She glanced at her concerned husband in a panic, then turned her gaze away and stared intently at the steaming bowl of oatmeal porridge in front of her. “It’s nothing, I was just thinking about…some things at school.”

Sitting next to my dad, I also turned my gaze to my mom. She looked preoccupied, which made me worry.

However, Xuanman, who was right next to her and directly opposite me, was in a completely different state.

She picked up a whole peeled hard-boiled egg and stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation, her tender cheeks instantly bulging.

“Slow down, Xuanman.”

The father smiled helplessly, looking at his daughter who had a big appetite, but his concerned gaze quickly returned to his absent-minded wife.

“Yes, winter break is coming soon, and it’s exam week. You’re both a student and a teacher, so you must have more things to do than others. Xuan Yu can’t help you, so let Jing Yan and Xuan Man help you more.”

“Dad laughed.”

“Um!”

Mom nodded, her gaze still fixed on the bowl in front of her.

A silver spoon stirred continuously in the bowl, completely crushing the golden oats and submerging them in the thick, white milk…

“Xuanman, what are your plans after breakfast?”

Dad turned to Xuanman and asked.

“I’m going out with my friends later~”

Xuanman finally swallowed the egg in her mouth and mumbled something.

“It’s not Zhao Chenyu, is it?”

I suddenly interjected.

“No! A friend I met in college.”

Xuanman pouted and explained.

Where is Xuanyu?

Dad looked at me.

“I—I also have something to do later.”

I lowered my head and took a vicious bite of the bread, as if it were someone’s flesh.

“Okay, perfect, now it’s just me and your mom left, haha!”

Dad burst into hearty laughter.

“Let’s eat first.”

An unnatural blush instantly spread across Mom’s cheeks.

After breakfast, without saying goodbye to my family, I put on my down jacket and left home.

I drove to another neighborhood and easily entered one of the buildings, an old residential building that holds many memories of my childhood.

I easily unlocked the door with my key, and the warm scene that greeted me instantly brightened my previously dull eyes, and the gloom in my heart dissipated somewhat.

“Eighteen! Nineteen! Twenty…”

The already sparsely furnished living room was meticulously tidied up by Zhao Qingjun until only a single sofa remained.

She covered the slightly dusty old sofa with a soft purple and white velvet blanket, making it look both warm and comfortable.

She herself was exercising on a yoga mat laid out in the spacious area in front of the sofa, to the rhythm of upbeat music.

She was wearing a purple, form-fitting yoga outfit that perfectly showcased her beautiful figure. Her full breasts looked even more magnificent than Aunt Ouyang’s, only slightly smaller than Jingyan’s.

But her waist was even more slender than Jingyan’s, and although her hips weren’t as full and fleshy as Jingyan’s, they were still perky and firm, forming a perfect hourglass figure—how could I compare her to Jingyan? When I came in, she was doing jumping jacks, her full breasts heaving violently with each jump, her breasts swaying under her tight clothes, and her perky buttocks taut with each movement, the flesh trembling slightly, a truly beautiful sight that was hard to look away from.

“Hey~ Xuanyu!”

When Zhao Qingjun saw me, a sweet smile appeared on her pretty face, which was flushed, and her eyes sparkled with surprise. She stopped exercising and, panting, picked up a towel to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

I closed the door and went into the room, skillfully changing into slippers—there were only two pairs of slippers on the shoe rack, one pink and one blue.

“Didn’t you go out to play today since it’s a holiday?”

Zhao Qingjun pushed a movable table out from the wall and placed it to the left of the sofa as a makeshift coffee table.

She picked up the glass teapot and poured two steaming cups of milk tea for herself and me.

“Here, I made it myself!”

Zhao Qingjun handed it to me as I walked to the sofa.

“If you drink this, all your workout will have been for nothing.”

I took the warm cup, my gaze falling on her neckline.

Sweat soaked through her clothes, giving her fair skin a glistening sheen, and her cleavage was faintly visible, her full breasts trembling slightly with her breath.

“It’s okay~ I was planning to sleep in, but this damn biological clock is acting up!”

Zhao Qingjun hadn’t changed her clothes and was kneeling on the sofa to my right. A scent of a woman’s unique sweat mixed with the sweet aroma of warm milk tea wafted into my nose, miraculously calming my already agitated nerves.

“You still haven’t answered my question.”

“I’m just out having fun! What about you? Why aren’t you home?”

I smiled as I looked at the slender, lively, and beautiful woman next to me, and the gloom and despair I felt yesterday lessened considerably.

Without realizing it… I seem to have come to regard Zhao Qingjun and this place where I briefly spent my childhood as a haven where my wounded soul can find a moment of respite.

If only I still had my mother.

“It’s only a three-day holiday. It will take me one day to get home and another day to get back. I’ll just wait until the Chinese New Year.”

Zhao Qingjun counted on her slender fingers and complained cutely.

Looking at her like this, I couldn’t help but laugh again.

Just then, my phone vibrated in my pocket.

I took it out and saw it was a message from Jingyan.

“Xuanyu! Look!”

“[Photo] (In the photo, Jingyan is wearing a bright green bikini swimsuit. The background is the sparkling sea under the morning light. She is holding a huge coconut in her hands and smiling brightly and sweetly at the camera.)”

Seeing her innocent smile, I couldn’t help but let out a bitter, cold laugh.

Wearing a swimsuit, Jingyan was indeed very sexy and charming. Her full breasts were about to burst out from under the green fabric, and her snow-white and round buttocks perfectly supported the hem of the swimsuit. Her private garden, which was barely covered by her panties, had already been ruthlessly defiled by another man.

What pains me even more is that in the video I saw yesterday, she and her dearest mother were being forced onto the bed and in the bathroom by the same man…

I locked my phone screen expressionlessly and didn’t reply to her.

“What’s wrong, Xuanyu? Is something the matter?”

Zhao Qingjun’s caring words were like a warm breeze, drifting into my right ear and forcefully pulling me out of the icy, bone-chilling sorrow of last night.

“You seem to have something on your mind…”

She added softly, carefully observing my expression.

“It’s nothing. By the way, how’s your internship going?”

I shoved my phone back into my pocket, forced a smile, and awkwardly changed the subject.

“My supervisor hasn’t said anything yet. They said the project is too busy, so I should do an internship to gain experience before the next evaluation… I have no choice now.”

Zhao Qingjun hugged her knees and said.

“Should I go ask for you?” I asked.

“No need. I’m already very happy to have a little place to live here. I can’t rely on you for everything.”

Zhao Qingjun’s words were like an apricot: her tone was soft like the flesh, but her attitude was firm like the pit.

I couldn’t fully understand her inexplicable stubbornness, but amidst my bewilderment, I also felt a genuine sense of admiration.

“Where are we going to play next? I’ll be your little follower!”

Seeing that I was in low spirits, Zhao Qingjun smiled and made another suggestion.

“Phew~”

Holding the milk tea in my hands, I smiled and said, “I don’t want to go anywhere, I’d rather stay home.”

“Well then, could you please work overtime for a bit?”

A mischievous smile appeared on Zhao Qingjun’s face.

“What overtime?”

I frowned.

“Walk!”

Without saying a word, she grabbed my arm and dragged me into the bedroom! What was she going to do? —Inside the bedroom.

“Alright, that’s the step. Got it?”

We sat close together, staring at the computer screen in front of us.

“Oh dear, I don’t understand! It would be great if we had the company’s data, but unfortunately we can’t bring it out.”

Zhao Qingjun scratched her head in frustration, staring at the shell script on the screen. She wasn’t sure if she had understood the steps I had just taken. It wasn’t that she was stupid; she just lacked project experience.

I gave her a disdainful look, but I felt a strange sense of relief inside.

All morning, I was still in a daze from the moment she pulled me into the bedroom and pressed me right in front of her computer screen.

Just when I thought something terrible was about to happen, she opened some backend course software she had bought online and took out her notebook to show me a whole page of questions.

Good, good, good—so this is the diligent and studious Zhao Qingjun you are.

“Gurgle…”

My stomach and Zhao Qingjun’s stomach both started rumbling almost simultaneously, as if in protest.

“Since things have come to this, let’s eat first.”

I said helplessly.

“I’ll do it! Thanks for your hard work, junior!”

She immediately jumped up from her chair and ran to the kitchen.

I had lunch with Zhao Qingjun.

During this time, Jingyan messaged me asking what I was doing, and I only replied, “Eating out.”

When I saw her and Aunt Ouyang post yet another intimate mother-daughter photo on their WeChat Moments, the crazy idea in my mind became even more resolute.

In the afternoon, I watched a movie with Zhao Qingjun. She brought out her own small projector from her room, and the screen was the clean, empty white wall.

To my surprise, she didn’t choose the horror or romance movies that most girls like, but instead showed a hardcore science fiction film.

The living room curtains were drawn, making it dark. Projected light flickered on the wall, and the air was filled with the aroma of snacks and her own scent. I leaned against the far left of the sofa, while she sat in the middle, covered with a soft blanket.

Although there was a little space between us, we were truly sharing warmth in the same “bed”.

In the dimly lit living room, only the projector’s light flickered, illuminating her faintly flushed cheeks. The indoor heating made the air somewhat warm and dry, and a certain ambiguous yet comfortable emotion was quietly fermenting in this warm darkness.

As the movie was nearing its end, Zhao Qingjun suddenly leaned towards me and reached for the snack bag on the small coffee table.

A fragrance, a blend of light perfume and feminine scent, wafted over me, making me feel a little fluttery.

She didn’t seem to notice where my feet were. When she stood up, she tripped over my ankle, lost her balance, and cried out as she lunged at me.

“ah!”

Suddenly, an incredibly soft and warm touch pressed heavily against my face.

Zhao Qingjun was stunned, and so was I.

“ah……”

Zhao Qingjun let out a shy, soft gasp, her warm breath falling on my head and sending a tingling sensation through me.

She tried to sit up, but the way her hands pressed against my chest made her body press even closer together, and I could feel her heart pounding.

I instantly stretched out my arms and wrapped them around her slender waist, my palms touching her warm skin beneath her clothes. Her body visibly trembled in my embrace.

“Just like that… don’t move…”

I buried my face in the softness, my voice low and hoarse, carrying a plea I myself didn’t even realize.

“……Um.”

Zhao Qingjun was silent for a few seconds, then let out a soft hum from her throat. I heard a clear sound of swallowing, and then a soft hand gently stroked the back of my head.

“Xuanyu…I know you have something on your mind.”

It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it.

Her voice sounded especially gentle and moving in the dim light, and her warm breath brushed against my head and ears, “As long as it can make you… make you feel a little more relaxed and happy.”

Her words were like a warm current, instantly piercing through all my pretenses.

My body began to tremble uncontrollably.

I took a deep breath, and a warm aroma mixed with the sweet scent of sweat and milk tea filled my nostrils.

At that moment, I couldn’t care about anything else. I just held her slender waist tightly and rubbed my face against the softness that could devour everything in front of me, frantically rubbing against her.

Just like when I was a child, after suffering a great injustice, I would run into my mother’s arms.

It’s so heartwarming…

“Hmm… Hmph~”

Zhao Qingjun’s light, breathy breathing echoed in my ears.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

I slowly loosened my grip on her hands, and Zhao Qingjun slowly sat up. Her clothes were a little disheveled, and her purple yoga clothes were already a mess, covered with my tears and snot.

I looked up and gazed at her, noticing that her eyes were slightly red, her cheeks were flushed like the sunset, and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears.

Realizing my lapse in composure, I quickly apologized, “I’m sorry~”

“It’s nothing,” Zhao Qingjun shook her head, her voice choked with emotion. “I’m not crying because you treated me like that… I just think you… you look so heartbroken.”

Her words once again deeply touched the softest part of my heart. In this dimly lit room, the distance between us seemed closer than ever before.

In the afternoon, I left Zhao Qingjun’s house.

The brief warmth in that room was like a thin layer of icing sugar, which was blown away by the cold wind the moment I stepped out, revealing the still cold and hard reality underneath.

Without a second thought, before night fell, I drove straight to a rabble of all sorts of people.

As soon as I opened the door, a wave of foul air mixed with tobacco, perfume, and alcohol hit me, and deafening music pounded at my heart like a hammer.

I walked through the men and women dancing wildly on the dance floor and went straight to a corner.

Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone in the booth, my eyes landed precisely on a man in the corner who looked restrained and somewhat out of place.

“Qian Ming! Come with me!”

My voice wasn’t loud, but it was clear enough.

“Who the hell are you! Can’t you see I’m in the middle of a business meeting?”

The tattooed man, sitting in the middle of the booth and surrounded by two blond girls, immediately glared at me.

I didn’t even bother to look at him, but after calling Qian Ming, I suddenly caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye that the woman sitting to the left of the tattooed man was actually the “friend” that Zhao Qingjun had brought with her when they first had dinner together.

Qian Ming froze upon hearing my voice, but the thugs beside him were already poised to surround him, their eyes filled with hostility.

He squinted and stared at me intently in the dim light several times. Then, a look of panic appeared on his face. He hurriedly and fearfully said to the people around him, “It’s okay, it’s okay,” and then quickly squeezed out of the booth, pulling me away as we walked away.

We walked to a dark, deserted corner near the back door of the bar, where there were still traces of dried liquid on the ground. I turned around and looked directly at him.

“Lin…Lin Xuanyu? Long time no see.”

Qian Ming rubbed his hands together, just as he had in front of the tattooed man, filled with timidity.

“Yes, I haven’t seen him since graduating from junior high school,”

I looked him up and down, noticing the scuffed cuffs of his down jacket, and said sarcastically, “I heard you were doing well with some big shot, how come you’ve ended up like this?”

“Hey, don’t even mention it, you’re doing pretty well…”

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he didn’t say anything, only pursing his dry, cracked lips tightly.

“Because of your mother’s illness, right?”

I called him out on it directly.

How did you know?

Now it was his turn to be surprised.

“You posted about Yudip Crowdfunding on your WeChat Moments before, and I casually inquired about it after seeing it.”

I heard that your former boss kicked you out because he thought you were bad luck, right?

I deliberately spoke harshly, like a knife stabbing into his sore spot.

He fell silent, head bowed, showing not a trace of anger.

“You’re looking for this guy named Black Tiger to borrow money?”

I gestured with my chin in the direction we came from, meaning to the tattooed man, “You know that guy’s a loan shark.”

“What exactly do you want from me today?”

He seemed a little impatient with what I said, and tried to remain calm as he asked.

“Here’s a chance to make money, are you in?”

I’ll be blunt.

“what?”

His eyes lit up instantly.

“Help me cripple someone.”

My tone was very calm, as if I were talking about something trivial.

“who?”

He immediately became alert.

“Don’t worry, he’s just a stupid college student.”

He visibly relaxed when he heard me say that.

“It would be best to kill them.”

I added, “Even if he doesn’t die, it would be best to cripple his manhood.”

“How much…are you planning to offer?”

His back finally straightened a little.

One million.

As soon as I finished speaking, he gasped sharply, his breath catching in his throat.

“Who dared to provoke you like this…”

Qian Ming murmured.

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll send you the person’s information.”

But there’s one condition: he must do it when he’s alone.

I said.

“Understood.”

He nodded immediately.

I took a card out of my pocket and handed it to him: “This is a deposit of 200,000 yuan, not included in the one million.”

The remaining million depends on how well you handle things.

“Okay!” He took the card without hesitation.

After that, I told him all of Zhao Chenyu’s details.

When I said, “He is my sister’s current boyfriend,” a hint of hesitation flashed across Qian Ming’s face.

After I added another 300,000 to the price with a blank expression, the hesitation in his eyes completely disappeared, leaving only determination.

“call–”

After parting ways with Qian Ming, I suddenly felt a sense of relief. I looked up at the sky and saw that the rolling dark clouds had been blown away by the night wind, revealing the cold yet clear starry sky behind them.

…In the tense wait, time slipped into the end of January, and the winter vacation was just around the corner.

I sent a message to Qian Ming with some anxiety.

“Boss, haven’t the melons been picked yet?”

Qian Ming quickly replied: “There are melon farmers next to the melons, so they can’t be stolen.”

I couldn’t help but frown. I wondered if Zhao Chenyu had sensed some danger, because he had been sticking close to Xuanman and her mother lately, which meant that Qian Ming had no chance to make a move.

I once tried to use a secondary account to arrange a meeting with Zhao Chenyu, but he simply replied “No.”

As for myself, the intense work at the company and the upcoming final exam week have exhausted my excess energy.

The previous plan to have Lin Shuyue and Xia Rong seduce Zhao Chenyu ultimately failed, and even aroused Xuanman’s vigilance and targeting, directly causing Lin Shuyue to fail the final assessment of the student council.

But the information they conveyed to me indicated that Zhao Chenyu still went to his mother’s staff dormitory every day at noon while at school, sometimes with Xuanman, and sometimes even with Aunt Ouyang or Jingyan present. He even dared to show up shamelessly when his father was there.

To me, all of this seemed like a disgusting performance.

He was just constantly trying to win over my mother, using this method to get her and our whole family to completely accept him as our “future son-in-law”.

After all, time is the necessary catalyst for change.

“Xuanyu~ Winter vacation has started, where should we go?”

In my bedroom, Jingyan and Aunt Ouyang, a mother and daughter, were lying casually on my bed.

Jingyan was wearing a loose white nightgown, while Aunt Ouyang was wearing a silk nightgown. The mother and daughter embraced tightly, their full breasts pressed together, appearing particularly intimate under the soft light.

Just like a long time ago, just like they never had any conflicts.

“I still have to go to work…”

I said this quietly as I sat in the chair.

Looking at this heartwarming scene, I felt a mix of emotions.

Although I watched the video of Aunt Ouyang and her daughter Jingyan with Zhao Chenyu; and although Aunt Ouyang and Jingyan had played together again during this period, in front of me, Jingyan’s “performance” was so flawless that I felt she wasn’t “performing” at all.

Does she love me? Yes, she loves me.

But that woman wearing a green heart-shaped anal plug, bending over in bed with her mother, craving her non-boyfriend’s penis to be thrust into her hard, was also her.

The fortunate warmth was like a candle, enveloping me and giving me a sliver of fragile comfort, but more than that, it was a chilling, two-faced cold that surrounded me.

“What! You still have to go to work? Isn’t this an internship? Don’t you get winter break?”

Jingyan sat up straight in surprise, the sudden movement causing her large D-cup breasts to tremble violently.

“Don’t worry! Your husband’s a working man now!”

Aunt Ouyang patted Jingyan’s back to comfort her while smiling.

“snort!”

Jingyan pouted, looking unhappy.

“Your Aunt Liu and I are planning to go to Hawaii. Do you want to come?”

Aunt Ouyang suddenly said.

“Hawaii? Why do I suddenly want to go there?”

I was a little surprised.

“Your mom said she’s going out for a stroll and to enjoy the scenery, so I’m going with her.”

Aunt Ouyang said.

“I’m not going. Xuanyu has to go to work. I want him to see his wife waiting for him at home every day when he gets off work.”

Jingyan cupped her face in her hands and looked at me with the blissful, infatuated expression of a happy little woman.

I smiled, but my heart ached. Now, every time Jingyan shows her love for me, I feel a heart-wrenching sadness.

“Just the two of you, Aunt Ouyang?”

I asked.

“Yes, your dad and your Uncle Qin are both busy, and Xuanman is also attending winter camp, so they don’t have any time.”

Aunt Ouyang said calmly.

Her words stirred a surge of excitement within me—Qian Ming had a chance! Outside the window, snowflakes began to fall.

As the school gates gradually became quieter and less crowded, the calendar quickly turned to January 25th, and winter vacation finally arrived.

On the night of the 25th, in my parents’ bedroom.

“Mom, are you really going to Hawaii?”

My mother, dressed in loose pajamas, moved back and forth in front of me. The thin fabric could not completely cover her F-cup breasts and plump buttocks. As she moved, the mature outline of her body was faintly visible. She kept putting clothes into the suitcase with its open black “mouth” in front of me.

“Yeah, I asked your dad to come with me, but he wouldn’t go.”

As Mom spoke, her almond-shaped eyes glanced coquettishly at Dad, who was sprawled out on the bed scrolling through his phone.

“I really can’t go, but it’s okay during the Chinese New Year.”

Dad answered Mom verbally, but his eyes remained glued to his phone screen.

“Forget about Chinese New Year; it’s better for the whole family to be at home during that time.”

Mom smiled and put another pair of sweatpants in the suitcase.

“Mom, aren’t you going to the beach? Why are you wearing long sleeves and pants?” I asked.

“Go around more, you can’t wear a swimsuit all the time.”

As my mother spoke, she squatted down in front of me and began to organize the inner layers of the suitcase.

The neckline of the pajamas opened even wider at this angle, and through it, I could see large, snow-white breasts tinged with pink being squeezed together by gravity, creating a deep, knife-like cleavage. This cleavage swayed from side to side with the movement of my mother’s arms, its tight elasticity seemingly capable of trapping one’s soul within it at any moment.

“Just you and Aunt Ouyang?”

I tried to control my voice and secretly swallowed.

“Yes.”

My mother didn’t even realize that she had accidentally exposed herself. When she squatted down, she subconsciously clamped her nightgown between her legs to prevent it from riding up. But this caused a small piece of the skirt to droop down between her thighs, barely covering her most private parts. And through the gap in the swaying skirt, I think I could see her camel toes, which were unusually full and clear because of her squatting posture and the tightness of her underwear. They looked like two halves of a steamed bun, squeezing a little bit of fabric into the gap that “shouldn’t exist”.

“All right……”

“Buzz!”

Just as I was about to help my mother close her suitcase, her phone suddenly vibrated on the bedside table.

Mom quickly picked up her phone, glanced at Dad and me instinctively, then immediately turned around, her back to us, and started typing rapidly on her phone. We didn’t know who she was chatting with.

When Mom turned her face back, a faint blush appeared on her fair cheeks under the bedroom light.

the next day.

I watched Aunt Ouyang and my mother walk into the airport.

Once their figures disappeared at the lobby entrance, I quickly took out my phone to urge Qian Ming.

“Boss, hurry up and get the melons.”

Qian Ming did not reply.

But when evening came, Qian Ming said that he couldn’t find Zhao Chenyu.

Can’t find him? Where could this guy have gone? Did he go back to his hometown early? I’ll send Qian Ming to check with Zhao Chenyu’s hometown. If he’s really there, that would be even better. In a place where you can’t call for help, it would be easier to take action.

Instead of receiving any news from Qian Ming, I received a video call from my mother one afternoon.

The video started off a little shaky, accompanied by the mother Liu Wanyi’s cheerful voice: “Son, look! We’ve arrived in Waikiki!”

The background sounds of my mother’s voice were the crashing waves and the faint sounds of people chatting.

As the camera stabilizes, the first thing that catches the eye is the vast sea bathed in golden afterglow and the iconic silhouette of Diamond Head.

The camera slowly rotates, capturing the sky dyed orange-pink by the setting sun.

The camera suddenly flipped, focusing on two stunningly beautiful mature women walking side by side on the edge of the wet beach. My mother, Liu Wanyi, was taking a selfie with her phone, her radiant smile occupying the left half of the screen. The sea breeze was blowing her slightly messy hair and her brightly colored bohemian dress. Although not a glimpse of her cleavage was visible, her full breasts stretched the fabric of the dress so tightly that it seemed about to fall, creating several folds between her breasts, making her look particularly eye-catching.

A sea breeze swept by, causing her long dress to cling to her thighs and accentuate her voluptuous waist and hips. Barefoot, she stepped on the edge of the waves, sand clinging to her ankles, her voice carrying a hint of excitement and joy I didn’t recognize: “And your Aunt Ouyang, isn’t she beautiful?”

As soon as the mother finished speaking, the camera immediately panned to the right and focused on Aunt Ouyang.

She was standing with her arms outstretched towards the sea, as if embracing the entire sunset. Her sheer lace cardigan was casually open, revealing a sexy black bikini underneath that perfectly showcased her toned and shapely figure. Hearing the compliment, she turned her head and winked at the camera, then casually brushed a strand of hair that had been blown across her face by the wind. Every move she made exuded charm and allure.

“Let’s go take a look around first~”

The camera panned back to my mother, who waved to me, her chest still swaying from side to side, and then the video ended.

As I watched the video freeze on my mother’s bright smile at the end, I understood why she wanted to go to Hawaii. That smile really reminded me of Jingyan… It seems that a long-lost girl still lives in my mother’s heart.

Another day passed, and I received another sharing from my mother.

When you open the video, the picture is relatively stable at first, but you can hear a lot of wind and engine noise.

The camera was pointed at the vast blue sea, and the mother’s excited voice rang out, even drowning out the sound of the wind: “A whale is about to come out!”

The camera pans down and first captures the mother leaning against the boat railing. She is wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and a comfortable printed sun-protective shirt, with one or two buttons undone, revealing the camisole underneath.

The capri pants hugged the curves of her full hips and thighs.

She held her hat with one hand and gripped the railing tightly with the other, her face flushed with excitement as she gazed at the sea.

Suddenly, not far in front of the camera, a huge humpback whale burst through the sea, its massive body leaping out of the water like a high jumper clearing a hurdle. Seawater cascaded down its body like a waterfall, reflecting a dazzling light in the sunlight.

“Ah… Lanlan, look! I got a picture! Oh my god~”

“Got it! Got it! Hope the waves won’t come crashing in!”

The entire video was instantly filled with the uncontrollable cheers of the mother and Aunt Ouyang.

“Boom—” The whale’s massive body crashed back into the sea, creating towering waves. The camera was still trying to capture a churning expanse of white foam on the surface of the ocean.

After a violent shaking, the image froze on a blurry image of the ship’s hull.

I shook my head, a sense of relief rising within me. It felt like ages since I’d heard my mother and her screams.

This word is linked together.

That’s fine, let Mom have some relief.

For the next few days, I received a video call from my mother every day, except for the last two days.

A week later, on the evening of February 2nd, after I got off work, I got on the back of Zhao Qingjun’s electric scooter and rushed home.

Because Mom came back.

As soon as I entered, Jingyan immediately came to greet me, helped me take off my coat, and put on slippers.

For the past week, Jingyan has been playing the role of an impeccable wife at home, just like her mother did back then.

“Where’s Mom?” I asked Jingyan.

“Mom is in the study. I don’t know what’s wrong, but she’s been acting strangely ever since she came back this time.” Jingyan’s lips turned down slightly.

“Huh? What’s going on?” A sense of unease rose in my heart.

“I don’t know, my mom won’t tell me either.” Jingyan’s eyes looked at the closed door of the study.

I walked to the study door and knocked gently.

“Who is it?” came her mother’s slightly hoarse voice from inside.

“I’m going in, Mom.”

“Wait a minute—” Before my mother could finish speaking, I turned the doorknob.

Upon entering the study, I noticed that the main ceiling light was off, with only a small lamp on the desk lit. My mother was sitting at the desk, and the warm white light made her face appear even whiter and more delicate, but that wasn’t what caught my attention.

My mother’s eyes were red, and she was still tightly clutching a wad of toilet paper that had been crumpled beyond recognition.

Mom cried! I rushed to her side.

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

I hurried over to my mother’s side.

“It’s okay~”

The mother forced a smile, but the redness and swelling in her eyes betrayed her emotions.

“But you—”

“Okay, I’m fine, really fine. How’s work? Why are you working overtime again?”

My mother reached out and gently removed my hand from her arm.

Just as I was about to ask more questions…

“Creak—”

The doorbell rang again, and when I turned around, it was my dad.

“Xuanyu is back?”

Dad walked in with a smile, wearing his pajamas.

“Dad~”

I called out.

“Hmm~ You go and keep Jingyan company first, I’ll talk to your mother.”

Dad patted my shoulder gently.

I nodded, turned around, and walked out of the study.

But I didn’t close the door completely; I left a narrow crack in it.

I leaned against the wall by the door, turned my head, and peered through the crack into the room.

I saw my dad and mom squeezed together in that not-so-big desk and chair.

Dad chased after Mom’s lips like a young man, while Mom dodged left and right like a girl in love, almost falling off her chair.

“Oh my…husband~”

Mom tilted her head, avoiding Dad’s eyes, her face slightly flushed.

I clearly heard that when she called out “husband,” she paused for a moment.

“Okay, honey~ don’t be sad~ let’s travel together next time~”

The father’s voice was full of doting affection. He wrapped one arm around the mother’s back, and the mother’s breasts were squeezed against the father’s chest, instantly deforming and overflowing with amazing fleshiness.

I then realized that Mom was angry with Dad. If that’s the case, watching Mom and Dad flirt and banter, and Mom crying because of jealousy, is actually quite interesting.

I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself.

“no……”

Mom tilted her head, still not looking at Dad, and muttered to herself.

Cheer up~ I haven’t seen you in so long, I’ve missed you so much, give me a kiss~

Dad leaned in and made a move to kiss Mom’s lips.

“No, please—”

Suddenly, as if provoked, Mom abruptly raised her hand and tightly covered Dad’s mouth.

Dad was stunned.

Mom was stunned.

I was stunned, even standing outside the door.

“Um…I’m so…sorry, honey~”

As if realizing her lapse in composure, Mom quickly lowered her hand, her eyes sweeping briefly across Dad’s face before abruptly looking away in alarm.

But I always have this feeling that Mom is “sorry”.

After saying those three words, my body wasn’t as tense as before.

That apology didn’t sound like an apology for the lapse in behavior just now.

“Xuanyu! Stop peeking!”

But Dad didn’t notice Mom’s unusual behavior. Instead, he suddenly shouted towards the door.

I was startled by my dad’s shout, so I quickly closed the door and ran away.

What happened to Mom? What exactly happened in Hawaii? These two questions were like two invisible hands gripping my throat, making me restless for the next two whole days.

But another piece of news came suddenly, instantly dispelling the doubts in my heart with joy and tension.

Qian Ming: “Boss, the watermelon you ordered fell on the ground. It’s split into seven pieces in the middle, and the flesh is showing. What do you think?”

The watermelon fell… it cracked into seven or eight pieces… the flesh was all exposed… I took a deep breath, slowly exhaled the air in my chest that was a mixture of excitement and chill, and then replied to him without any emotion.

“I’ll talk about it after I receive the melon.”

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