DF Chapter 36
by VolareChapter 36 She Was Extremely Afraid of Sheng Jia Dying.
Everything seemed to be back on track.
The truth about Wang Ba’s affair was quickly uncovered. Although he was lying in the hospital, he was already under police surveillance. Once his injuries healed, he would face prosecution.
His brother had also become a target for arrest.
The black underground casino was raided by Liu Qing’s team with lightning speed. Following the information found inside, it was discovered that Wang Laosan was actually one of the key managers. Even Wang Ba’s debts were partly manipulated by Wang Laosan behind the scenes.
In short—he cheated Wang Ba. A large part of the high-interest loans Wang Ba took out were from his own brother. At the same time, in order to help Wang Ba repay the money, he incited Wang Ba to seize Sheng Huaiying’s house, attempting to regain ownership through threats and intimidation.
The Wang family was basically dealt with completely. Sheng Jia didn’t consider whether the family members of these two would cause trouble. Perhaps, it should be said that these kinds of scumbags who could do such heinous things for money might not be that good to their families. Maybe their future imprisonment would be a relief for their relatives?
Sheng Jia wasn’t afraid of being bothered, but no one came to bother her and Sheng Huaiying. Their lives quickly returned to normal.
Sheng Huaiying wasn’t really going on a trip; she just lived in a neighboring city for almost half a month.
She had a vague understanding of Sheng Jia’s plan. At first, she was reluctant, but later she was forcibly put on the train by Sheng Jia. This week, she felt uneasy, calling Sheng Jia every night to make sure she was safe.
She wasn’t as smart as Sheng Jia. Sheng Jia only told her that there was a way to deal with the Wang family and that she would be fine, but she didn’t know how it would be resolved. It wasn’t until the police station called her to explain the whole process that she felt a burst of palpitations.
She rushed back that very night.
She didn’t know what kind of mood she was in when she opened the door, but when she saw Sheng Jia, pale and smelling of alcohol, lying on the sofa, she was truly relieved.
Sheng Jia was a capable child. She had been unbelievably self-disciplined since she was little. She had rarely seen Sheng Jia so unrestrained.
That night, she sat beside Sheng Jia and thought a lot, for a long time.
She and Sheng Jia didn’t have a normal mother-daughter relationship. Most of the time, she didn’t act like a mother. Instead, Sheng Jia took care of her more.
So at this time, she couldn’t be like a normal high school student’s mother, feeling sorry and blaming Sheng Jia at the same time for how she could drink alcohol?
She didn’t have the right.
She had rarely even helped Sheng Jia wipe her hands and face.
Some time ago, Sheng Jia had gotten injured in the marathon race and hadn’t fully recovered. This time, her neck and legs were also scratched. It was obvious that they had been properly bandaged, only her neck was red.
Sheng Huaiying remembered Officer Liu Qing telling her that Sheng Jia had almost been strangled to death by Wang Ba. At that moment, she was so scared that she could barely hold her phone.
She was extremely afraid of Sheng Jia dying.
When Sheng Jia was a child, she was also weak and sickly for a period of time. At that time, she was already very unfortunate, but she still couldn’t help but hold her in her palm at all times. At that time, she was extremely afraid of Sheng Jia dying.
Because this was the only person in the world who was connected to her by blood, the child she had personally conceived. They had the closest connection.
She no longer remembered when she started to distance herself from her. She was afraid of seeing Sheng Jia’s dependent eyes, because she couldn’t give her support. She was an incompetent and cowardly mother. She couldn’t protect her child at all. She felt fear in every act of violence and was even more afraid of bringing such pain to Sheng Jia—the only thing that hadn’t changed was that she was still extremely afraid of Sheng Jia dying.
Unconsciously, Sheng Huaiying’s eyes turned red.
In her half-dreaming and half-awake state, Sheng Jia felt someone gently wiping her face and limbs with a warm towel. She tried to open her eyes, but she had drunk too much with Song Ji’an and Xu Lijing by the sea. Her eyelids were so heavy that she could only feel someone holding her tightly again, her voice choked.
She wanted to listen carefully, which made her frown slightly.
Because she heard Sheng Huaiying’s voice.
“Sheng Jia, I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she heard Sheng Huaiying crying and saying, “Mom will definitely protect you in the future.”
Huh?
Did the sun rise from the west?
Would Sheng Huaiying also say such a thing?
Is a person’s character already fixed? Can someone in their forties continue to grow?
Thinking like this, she even smiled, but no matter what, this hug was very warm, it was the feeling of a mother she had imagined. She tilted her head and rubbed against Sheng Huaiying’s arms, finding a more comfortable position, and let out a sigh.
“Yi Yi, Mom is very sorry for you. I will try my best to be a good mother in the future.”
There were cold drops of water on Sheng Jia’s forehead. She nodded haphazardly, “Okay, but I want to sleep.”
She seemed to have a nickname called Yi Yi. She had asked Sheng Huaiying why she gave her this name, and at that time, the other person seemed to say impatiently that it was just a random name and there was no reason.
“Yi Yi is because you are my first child, and also my only child in this life.” Sheng Huaiying seemed to want to say all the things she hadn’t said before in one breath.
She murmured in a low voice: “I was actually very happy when you were born. I couldn’t take my eyes off you every day. I racked my brains to think of a name for you, but in the end, I still felt that this name was the best. I don’t have much education, and I really can’t come up with a good name. I also never had the right to name anything since I was a child, because I didn’t have anything that belonged to me. I came out with nothing, with nothing at all.”
“Only you, you are the only life born from my body. You are not an object, you are alive, a child who can depend on me, and I am the first and only person in this world who is qualified to name you. That beast Wang Jian didn’t even bother to look at you because you were a girl, but I’m so glad, because I was able to name you, your nickname.”
In Sheng Huaiying’s rambling, Sheng Jia gradually woke up from the effects of the alcohol.
She closed her eyes, listening to Sheng Huaiying secretly saying the words that might have been buried in her heart for the rest of her life.
She couldn’t blame Sheng Huaiying, nor could she say that she shouldn’t have had children in the first place since she couldn’t even take care of herself.
Because Sheng Huaiying never had a choice.
Her life had always been drifting along. She had lived such a life since she was a child, born into the worst family, and then almost sold into another even worse family.
Her first resistance to fate was raising a weapon for Sheng Jia.
Sheng Jia had resented her for a long time, but later she had calmed down and couldn’t be bothered to blame Sheng Huaiying for anything.
She didn’t know whether she was pulling Sheng Huaiying forward or whether Sheng Huaiying’s occasional display of maternal love was supporting her.
But there was one thing she was very clear about.
She would never be on guard against Sheng Huaiying in this world, and she didn’t bother to be on guard at all.
She was a very vigilant person, even in her sleep she couldn’t help but tense up. Only Sheng Huaiying, after so many years, had probably gotten used to her aura, or rather, she had already figured out Sheng Huaiying as a person. She wouldn’t hurt her.
Sheng Jia was very tired. Even if she woke up, it was only a brief moment of clarity, and she soon fell asleep again.
She slept until dawn. She smelled the aroma of hot food. Sheng Huaiying, wearing an apron, sat on the sofa watching a variety comedy show. Seeing her come out, she spoke in her usual tone, but said something she would never have said in the past.
“Awake? Then get ready to eat.”
Sheng Jia was slightly stunned. After a long silence, she slowly asked, “What are we eating today?”
Sheng Huaiying replied, “Shrimp and baby bok choy.”
Sheng Jia ate the lunch Sheng Huaiying had prepared for her, and even had a glass of honey tea to relieve her hangover.
To be honest, it wasn’t very tasty or very good to drink. Sheng Huaiying wasn’t good at cooking, but Sheng Jia still ate it all.
Outside the window, there was an old locust tree. It had long passed its flowering season. Recently, it had entered autumn, but its leaves were still green. The sunlight shattered between the leaves and fell onto the dining table, reflecting the outline of the gaps in the leaves.
This Sunday was warm and pleasant.
Neither of them asked why. Sheng Jia didn’t ask why she had suddenly changed her personality, and Sheng Huaiying didn’t ask Sheng Jia why she wasn’t confused.
Or perhaps, just as Sheng Jia understood Sheng Huaiying, Sheng Huaiying also understood Sheng Jia in some unknown way.
She could sense whether her daughter was asleep or awake.
She didn’t want to mention the cheesy words of last night again, nor did she want to repeat her pain to Sheng Jia’s ears again.
So the two of them tacitly shared a lunch.
The next day, Sheng Jia brought the Danggui egg that Sheng Huaiying had cooked for her to school.
Even Xu Lijing, who she happened to meet at the school gate, noticed her difference, teasingly circling around her, “How rare, Sheng Jia, you’re actually eating breakfast today? Who made you break your habit?”
Sheng Jia dodged her serpentine movements and said in a low voice, “My mom.”
“Huh?” Xu Lijing raised her eyebrows when she heard this. She did know a little about Sheng Jia’s family situation. In the past, Sheng Jia couldn’t mention her mother so casually. Coupled with the egg in her hand, if she wasn’t too familiar with her, she would have suspected that Sheng Jia was showing off.
“Then why don’t you hurry up and eat Mom’s loving egg?” Xu Lijing said with a smile.
“Eat it in the classroom.” Sheng Jia didn’t have the habit of eating while walking. The Danggui egg was stuffed into her bag by Sheng Huaiying today. She had a deep impression of yesterday’s lunch and was afraid of eating it on the road and then looking for water everywhere.
As the two were walking, their backpacks were patted a few times from behind. Song Ji’an took advantage of their turning around to walk to Sheng Jia’s side. By the time Xu Lijing noticed her, she had already leisurely taken out her small snacks that she carried with her and handed them to the two of them.
“Auntie Zhou made something delicious today…” She only said half a sentence when she saw the egg in Sheng Jia’s hand and was immediately attracted to it. “Did the sun rise from the west today?”
Xu Lijing laughed and explained for Sheng Jia, “Her mom prepared it.”
Song Ji’an was slightly stunned, and a fine light flashed in her eyes. She raised her head and bumped into Sheng Jia’s eyes, which held something different from the past.
It was a closer look, a look that she had already seen once after they had said everything at the beach.
Song Ji’an curled her lips and joked, “Wow, then it looks like Auntie Zhou’s snacks won’t be able to get the MVP today.”
“It’s not easy to get Sheng Jia to eat breakfast in the morning. It would be even better if Sheng Jia could obediently eat breakfast every morning in the future.”
She shook her head in a pretentious manner.
Sheng Jia patted her waist and silently wrapped her egg up carefully, then stretched out her hand to her.
“What?” Song Ji’an asked knowingly.
Sheng Jia: “Auntie Zhou’s made it.”
Only then did Song Ji’an hand it to her with a grin.
Auntie Zhou would make six small snacks every day, especially for Song Ji’an to bring to her friends. Among them, the nutritional ratio for Sheng Jia was the richest, because Song Ji’an had already explained her situation. Not eating breakfast for a long time would lead to many health problems. She couldn’t persuade Sheng Jia, so she could only ask Auntie Zhou to put some effort into this aspect and help Sheng Jia make up for it in other areas.
In the past, Sheng Jia didn’t really want to accept the snacks, but it was different now.
A closer relationship meant that the degree to which Sheng Jia opened up to Song Ji’an was also greater.
Song Ji’an watched Sheng Jia wrap up the snacks she had handed over and put them in her bag, her eyebrows curved.
This little episode didn’t affect the three of them walking forward. Seeing that they were about to part ways with Xu Lijing, Song Ji’an suddenly remembered what she was going to talk to them about today.
“My mom was originally coming back next weekend, and I was going to go with her to see the factory I invested in some time ago, but she was delayed by something and asked me to go by myself. Are you willing to go with me? You can be temporary interns. We’ll go for one day and come back for one day. I need to bring my own team, so I can only assemble it now.”