Chapter 1177 - 1219: Burden

Chapter 1177: Chapter 1219: Burden

After dinner, Huo Jiantian returned to the study to do homework. Ling Yueyue and Huo Junmo bathed Tiantian together, coaxed Tiantian to sleep, then checked Huo Jiantian’s homework, signed their names, and sent Huo Jiantian back to his room for a bath and sleep.

By the time all the tasks were done and they returned to their room, it was already nine in the evening.

Ling Yueyue massaged her somewhat sore shoulders. Seeing this, Huo Junmo instinctively reached over and massaged her shoulders.

With her eyes closed, Ling Yueyue sighed, "Tiantian is getting bigger and more mischievous; she never sits still for a moment. It’s truly exhausting!"

Huo Junmo spoke softly, "If you’re tired, let the nanny take care of her, and you can have a good rest. Seeing you like this, it pains me too."

Ling Yueyue gently shook her head, thoughtfully saying, "No! I will take care of my own child! Since I gave birth to her, I naturally have to raise her myself. For a child’s childhood, nothing is better than living with their parents! I never had family warmth growing up, and I can’t let Tiantian be like me; I want to give her the best maternal love!"

Listening to Ling Yueyue’s words, Huo Junmo didn’t respond; his deep eyes flickered, but he continued massaging her shoulders.

Knowing that Huo Junmo was already tired from a day of work, Ling Yueyue withdrew from his touch and softly said, "Alright, that feels much better! Actually, every day, I just play with Tiantian; there’s nothing else. A good rest is all I need! You don’t have to worry about me!"

Huo Junmo sat beside Ling Yueyue, his deep eyes fixed on her as if lost in thought.

Ling Yueyue held her face, fearfully asking, "What’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? You don’t think I’m becoming a dull, unappealing housewife, do you?"

Huo Junmo laughed, "How could that be? You don’t look like a housewife at all! Even if you did, I wouldn’t mind. If a woman willingly becomes a housewife for a man, that’s an honor for that man!"

"Smooth talker, just saying nice things to make me happy!" Ling Yueyue glared at Huo Junmo, although it wasn’t hard to hear the happiness in her words of reproach.

"Yueyue...!" Looking at Ling Yueyue’s face full of bliss, Huo Junmo called her deeply.

This time, Ling Yueyue finally noticed that something was off with Huo Junmo and couldn’t help but ask, "What? Do you have something to say to me?"

"Uh...!" Huo Junmo paused for a while, then took out an envelope from Ling Shenglan from his pocket and handed it to Ling Yueyue, "This is what your mother-in-law gave me before she left!" Saying this, he opened the letter and took out a bank card from inside, "She asked me to give this bank card to you! Additionally, she asked me to take good care of you, protect you! She also asked me to say sorry to you on her behalf; she doesn’t wish for your forgiveness but hopes you understand her guilt over these years!"

"Mother-in-law?" Ling Yueyue raised an eyebrow, momentarily unsure if Huo Junmo was referring to Ling Shenglan or her aunt.

Huo Junmo explained, "It’s Aunt! She has a flight tomorrow and came to my office today to give me the letter!"

Ling Yueyue’s heart trembled, and she asked, "She’s leaving?"

Huo Junmo nodded, "Yes! Tomorrow morning at eight!"

"Oh!" Ling Yueyue responded lightly; outwardly, she showed nothing, yet deep down, her eyes couldn’t hide the sadness.

She didn’t know why, but once she heard her biological mother was leaving, there wasn’t any happiness in her heart; instead, there was disappointment!

Before, she’d seen many on TV and in novels—cases where mothers and daughters reunited after being lost, the mothers would go to great lengths to make up, hoping for their daughter’s forgiveness, making amends for their neglect!

But what about her mother? After finding her, there’s no gesture at all!

In truth, from the moment she knew her background, she always told herself not to blame her biological mother, not to resent her, to be strangers with her, and let bygones be bygones!

However, deep down, she hoped to see some kind of gesture towards herself! Even if it was just superficial.

But there was none; that so-called biological mother had made no gesture! Now she’s leaving behind a card and preparing to leave again!

Undeniably, at this moment, she truly hated her! Hated that she knew she was her daughter yet could leave so indifferently! This departure might mean another five, ten years, or even possibly a lifetime without returning!

She is once more an abandoned orphan by her biological mother.

Thinking about this, Ling Yueyue’s hatred towards Ling Shenglan continued to grow.

Especially seeing the bank card in Huo Junmo’s hands made her feel her biological mother was pitying her.

They didn’t understand what she needed!

She needed the warmth given by family, and that’s something money cannot give!

Gazing at the bank card in Huo Junmo’s hand, Ling Yueyue’s face turned cold, and she resolutely refused, "I don’t want it! If it’s not mine, I don’t want it!"

Huo Junmo said, "The money in this bank card is the money your uncle and aunt asked for from you over the years; it’s the money you earned through hard work, so it belongs to you! Since the moment she knew about your situation, she’s been trying all means to recover the money from your uncle and aunt! Inside there’s also the alimony she left for you when she left five years ago, and the ten thousand your uncle and aunt used to sell you to the cripple. She even got back the one million I gave your uncle and aunt! Now, all the money is on this card!"

Ling Yueyue didn’t hesitate at all and said, "I don’t want the alimony she gave me; that money doesn’t belong to me, I don’t want it!"

Huo Junmo gently said, "I won’t force you to take it! But there’s a letter inside; it’s written to me, do you want to see it? It’s all about you!"

Ling Yueyue looked at the envelope in Huo Junmo’s hand and determinedly said, "I don’t need it; I’m not interested!"

Huo Junmo raised an eyebrow and asked neutrally, "Are you sure you don’t want to read it?"

Ling Yueyue took a deep breath and said through clenched teeth, "No, I don’t want to! If she really considered me as her daughter, had any feelings for me, she wouldn’t have left me with another man five years ago! Over the past twenty-one years, she could have recognized me! Ultimately, I’m a burden to her; seeing me reminds her of how my biological father mercilessly abandoned her! She’s never cared about me; even a little bit of care wouldn’t lead her to do these things! When I needed attention, warmth the most, where was she? When I was most alone and helpless, where was she? When I was bullied by my uncle and aunt, she was enjoying herself abroad! So, I don’t care for such a mother!"