Withered tears of 50

  Apricot-colored wenge dressing table, brown nanmu wood double-door wardrobe, wall-mounted LCD TV, warm-toned Simmons large bed with a laptop desk placed on the bed...

  Every ordinary and common piece of furniture arrangement, at this moment in the eyes, is so rich in intimacy. It seems that when you are exhausted, quietly gazing at these objects can make people feel calm and peaceful.

  That's the charm from mother.

  In Ye Caiyan's eyes, Grandma's room was filled with a strong sense of intimacy, warmth and harmony.

  She was quietly and obediently leaning against her mother's bosom, listening to the warm and gentle rhythm coming from her mother's chest.

  Gently gazing at the small hand in her palm, she lightly patted and stroked it as if teasing a child. Her mother's gaze was soft, warm, and contained a hint of childishness.

  Thicker than water, the doting favoritism born of flesh and blood ties.

  "Mom... you think I can still improve my grades?"

  Her mother lowered her eyes, gazing at the forehead hidden under her medium-length black hair, and slightly hooked up the corner of her mouth, saying: "Mom, I only believe in one truth, what you put in is what you get out."

  In this extremely warm atmosphere, it seems that Ye Cai didn't even want to think and pouted, saying: "I don't feel like bringing it up, anyway, in the first year of high school, I almost never opened a book. Studying is now...to me..."

  She rolled her eyes, pondered for a moment, and couldn't recall any suitable and clever adjectives. She pouted and said, "Anyway, I think this is almost impossible. I've given up on learning."

  "Hmm, you're indeed my child, having self-awareness and knowing when to retreat." The old mother nodded in praise.

  "Mom~" pouted, Ye Cai's face twisted in annoyance and embarrassment, raising her hand to pretend to hit her mom.

  "Mom said with a smile: 'What's wrong? Mom said, it's all objective facts.'"

  Ye Cai curled up her lips and threw a lazy glance away.

  Taking a deep breath, Mom recalled and said slowly: "Xiao Cai, actually I don't really understand you. You used to be too introverted, and I couldn't guess what you were thinking. Hmm... so, I suddenly feel that it's not necessarily a bad thing that you've become a tomboy... Sometimes, in parents' eyes, they'd rather their children, no matter how old, could still act carefree and playful in front of them. Actually, parents also want to be simple-minded kids, but as elders, the older we get, the lonelier we feel, so... sigh..."

  Ye looked at her with a silly expression, staring at her mother's inexplicable shaking head and bitter smile.

  Mom lowered her face, gathered up her sorrowful expression, raised her eyes and warmly smiled: "Mom will tell you a story, do you want to listen?"

  Ye Cai was dazed, thinking about the origin of the story, but couldn't figure it out. She listened to a step and thought for a step, nodded her head, then leaned back into her mother's arms, twisted her body, and changed to a comfortable sleeping position.

  The atmosphere calmed down.

  "There was a flight attendant, yeah, a pretty stewardess. She liked her job at the time and felt very fulfilled. But then, on one flight, there was a fugitive explosives smuggler who secretly put some incriminating evidence in the flight attendant's luggage. Coincidentally, the detective tracking him was also on that flight, and he caught the guy but couldn't find the evidence. The detective was very stubborn and searched everywhere on the plane until he found it in the flight attendant's bag. After landing, the detective said the flight attendant was a suspect and had to be taken away for questioning... Ugh, I still can't stand that detective, cough..."

  Ye Cai's face was filled with disdain, and she took the opportunity to interrupt: "Still pretty flight attendants, huh? Hehe..."

  Her mother's face turned red, she patted her butt, pursed her lips, and with a serious expression said: "Hmph, are you listening? Next I'll tell you something inspiring, how about that?"

  "Whatever, I couldn't sleep anyway." Ye Cai pursed the corner of her mouth, twisted her butt, and squeezed into her mother's arms again.

  Mom took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Anyway, the flight attendant's life was completely disrupted by that police officer. She went to work with an annoyed mood, made many mistakes, and was often complained about. Meanwhile, the police officer didn't show any remorse at all. So the flight attendant was very annoyed, and she quit her job, relied on the police officer, found him, and told him: 'You ruined my job, you must compensate me for economic losses, otherwise, it's not over...'"

  At this, the old mother couldn't help but laugh again, as if reminiscing about her naivety and delicacy back then. She took a deep breath, pursed her lips, and her eyes gradually turned from nostalgia to sorrowful longing.

  Gazing at her mother's elegant demeanor, Ye Cai couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile. Seeing that her mother seemed to be lost in thought, she hastily called out: "Come on, come on, what happened next?"

  The old lady smiled with satisfaction and complacency, raised an eyebrow as if playing mysterious, and said: "Want to hear?"

  "Mmm." Ye Cai nodded hastily.

  Collecting her thoughts, the old mother recalled: "It was over 20 years ago, I don't remember it very clearly, but I still remember that your father was the second man to hit me, after your grandfather."

  "Why? Why did Dad hit you?"

  Ye Cai's eyes widened in incomprehension, then suddenly rolled over, his expression turning evil. He narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of "I understand you" with a sly gaze, and hummed a wicked smile while pursing his lips.

  Her mother gave her a withering look and said, "What are you daydreaming about? All these years, he's only hit me once, and at the time, we hadn't even confirmed our relationship yet."

  "Oh..." Not having heard any bad news, Ye Cai expressed disappointment and almost lost all interest.

  My old mother slightly raised her eyes, recalling the past and continued: "At that time, it was because I kept asking him for compensation, but he refused to give me any. He's always been quite stingy. Later, when he came out to investigate a case, I interrupted him and he almost jumped up, slapping me in the face right there on the main street with so many people watching. I couldn't swallow my pride, so I grabbed him and called him 'old husband', asking him not to ignore me. He shook his head and stomped his feet, almost going crazy... but eventually left me behind to continue investigating the case..."

  "Hmm, how terrible! That Ye Changhu is such a scumbag." Ye Cai said with disdain.

  Mom hit her butt again, then gave a crying and laughing white eye, saying: "Actually, I was unreasonable, that case is very important, he was thinking about the key place at that time, let me interrupt him and he would lose his mind, how could he think of it afterwards? Wouldn't he jump to conclusions?"

  "Oh...I see." Ye Cai nodded thoughtfully with a pretentious air of senility.

  "He's a hot-headed person, at that time, he didn't even want to bother with me..." Mom smiled and said: "But, he still didn't get out of my mom's palm, after being beaten by him, I immediately went home and cried to dad and mom, they were very angry when they heard it, and called on a large number of neighbors to take justice for me, the momentum was huge, just short of hanging a white cloth with red characters at the gate of the Public Security Bureau."

  Her mother said this, proudly raised her face, saw Ye Cai's surprised expression, and couldn't help but feel even more proud, pursing her lips and smiling beautifully.

  "What's next?"

  Later, um... the Public Security Bureau sent someone to coordinate, but our team's stance was firm, no matter how big the official was or who they sent, it didn't work. So in the end, your dad came out and stood in front of us, with his head down and not saying a word. The leader pushed him, and he reluctantly apologized. But could I accept that? No way, his attitude, who would accept that? And at the time, I was so angry, I couldn't even remember what we were fighting for, but after he apologized, I still quarreled with him. My team had already dispersed, and my parents were standing on the side, feeling very awkward.

  Uh, in the end, it was your dad who was given an idea by someone, to invite my family to dinner. At the restaurant, my mom and dad kept scolding him, I don't know what happened, but I guess that person who gave him advice said something that made him lose his temper. He didn't dare to argue back, his face turned red, whatever my parents said was right, he didn't dare to retort. As a result, after a few sentences from my parents, they set up another dinner date again.

  "Wow, that's so cool?"

  "That's not it?" Mom smiled and changed the subject, her mind returned to the main topic. After a moment of consideration, she said: "In the end, I became a complete NEET who relies on my parents for everything, but they don't blame me either. Your dad always comes to visit me whenever he has time, bringing food and drinks...and then we got married."

  With a loud rumble, Ye Cai Shi turned to stone.

  Mom coughed and said, "However, your dad and I were quite lucky. We had a free marriage, and your grandparents were very open-minded, they even gave us some money to buy a house. After getting married, in order to make a living, I went back to flying again, doing my old job, but I didn't have the same passion as before, it was pretty boring, always thinking about when I could take time off and go home. Later on, safety measures were not in place, and then you came along."

  Stunned, Ye Cai opened his small mouth again and petrified once more.

  Mom coughed and said, "You don't know the better. You didn't come out yet, everything was fine. Once you came out, your dad's and my life were completely messed up. I spent ten months pregnant, lying in bed for ten months, but I was bored, so 'she' was born."

  "Her?"

  Following the direction of his mother's finger, Ye Cai looked at the laptop on the small table not far away and saw a black interface with dense Chinese characters.

  Under Ye Cai's puzzled gaze, Old Mom sat up with a hint of pride and a smile, grasped the mouse, clicked on the function bar, entered the software's built-in browser, and jumped into an interface that made Ye Cai look confused.

  It wasn't until her gaze swept to the top right corner that she let out a startled exclamation.

  "Withered Tears [Exit]"

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  P.S: Ye Cai's dad is asking for a recommendation vote, will you come and give it to him?