Chapter 30: The Son Does Not Disdain His Mother's Poverty

  Today, it was because Sumo wanted to know if he really was going to Erqing County's Second Drum Village after all. After all, this place was one that she had heard him mention not long after they met when she first entered school.

  She must be asking herself this thing, Tan Yunning nodded, "Yes, go that way."

  "Have you really made up your mind?" Tan Yunning's talent was renowned throughout the entire Jincheng University, a favorite student of the professors, and the school was reluctant to let him go. Yet he chose to go to a poor mountainous area to teach, which is probably unbelievable in the eyes of ordinary people. They would only say that this person is an idiot, stupid, giving up being a professor at Jincheng University, not taking the opportunity to pursue further studies, and instead choosing to go to a poor mountainous area to teach.

  "Hmm, you don't like it?" He asked back, looking at Su Mo Ruo with an extremely serious expression.

  Let him look at her like that, Sumo felt a bit uncomfortable and turned his gaze to the sky in front of him, "No, I support you."

  "Really support?"

  "Uh, I support you. You gave up a promising future just to fulfill your mother's wish, is that right?" Such a filial child is probably hard to find in the world. She admires people like this, where "filial piety comes first among all virtues". Although many people think he is cold and aloof, she knows that he is actually the kindest person in the world.

  As soon as he heard this, a glimmer of light flashed in Tan Yunning's eyes. "Actually, I have my own selfish motives."

  "Hehe, no matter what your personal motives are, being able to give up the current glory and go to a poor mountainous area is already rare and precious."

  From young to old, meeting Su Mo Ruo was the only thing that made him feel his heart still beating, his heart could still be warmed, a warm light flashed in his eyes, and the cold air all over his body also dissipated a lot because of this sentence.

  "I've told you before, I'm from that side. In the future when I go back home, I can go see you." She didn't say let him return to the capital city to see her, but rather she could go see him. This sentence showed unlimited support for his decision and thus brought about a momentary thawing of the thousand-year-old iceberg, a smile as warm as the winter sun at dawn, leaving people amazed.

  The whole day passed like this with the two chatting, and because Tan Yun Ning was busy, so on the second day, Song Xue Li and Lin Han Xiang accompanied him to send him off at the train station.

  As she watched the figure disappear at the ticket gate, Sumo Ruo slowly withdrew her gaze.

  "What's wrong, can't bear to part with it?" Song Xue Li asked, raising an eyebrow and glancing at Su Mo Ruo, who was clearly feeling down.

  Upon hearing this, he hastily adjusted his mindset, shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I always feel like there are many secrets about him that we don't know."

  "If you want to know, just ask yourself, I believe that as long as you ask, he will tell you." Having known Tan Yunning for so many years, it has always been clear that this man is a cold-blooded person, and only Su Mo Ruo is probably a special existence in his heart.

  "Never mind, everyone has secrets in their heart, and we should also give people some space to keep their own secrets, right?" She smiled at Song Xue Li, believing that one day, Tan Yun Ning would open up his heart to her and tell her about his past. This man, from the initial sympathy to the current admiration, she always felt that there was a lot of substance in him, like a rich and colorful book, which made her want to explore further.

  After returning to school, Lin Hanxiang also started working at the internship company he found himself. Song Xue Li was busy with family matters every day and was nowhere to be seen. Su Mo Ruo never asked others why, she was busy running around in a securities company, and her time spent on campus was also reduced.

  Some classmates who often pay attention to Sumo and the other three people will find that these four people seem to have disappeared at the same time. Even in school, it is rare to see Song Xue Li and Su Mo Rou, two new students.

  Two people who are even busier than the principal of the school.

  In the securities company, for nearly a year, Sumo had become a major customer in the securities company, a dark horse on the stock market, and as long as she bought it, there were few losses.

  As for why it's said that there are few losses, of course, it's because Su Mo has some tricks up her sleeve. Although it can't be guaranteed that everyone thinks this way, at least it can deceive a part of people's eyes. With her current identity and status, being able to deceive a part of people is a good thing, and being able to reduce the number of enemies for herself is even better.

  "Mr. Mu, the New Year is approaching, this is a special gift for our valued customers, please accept it." In the private room specially prepared for Su Mo Ruo, Su Mo Ruo, who was sitting on the sofa with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the staff entering the room, listening to her words, slightly raised an eyebrow, and thought to herself, indeed, the cautious heart that had been ingrained in her bones for a lifetime couldn't be changed.

  She nodded slightly, "Hmm, put it down." In general, in a securities company, when there's no need to, her words are usually very few, almost concise. Having been together for half a year, they were already used to it, so after hearing her words, they put down their things and turned to leave.

  Looking at the things in that basket, my eyes began to mist up. It's been almost a year since I last spoke with my foster mother. There is a telephone in town, but my foster mother thought it was too expensive, so for nearly a year, our communication has been very rare. If I calculate carefully, it seems that we have only spoken twice in the past year, each time for just three or four minutes. She said that phone calls are too expensive and that she can't afford to indulge herself, that she needs to be frugal with her life, eat well, and keep warm.

  Actually at that time, she really wanted to shout loudly. She had money, a lot of it, enough to support her mother and let her live a life of luxury and wealth for the rest of her life. As long as it was something her mother wanted, she could make it happen.

  But these words reached her lips and were swallowed back down again.

  There was a special phone in the private room, and it just so happened to be Chinese New Year, so I suppressed my longing in my heart and dialed the public phone in town again, asking them to ask Liu Qin to answer the phone, and then hung up.

  She wasn't without thinking of installing one at home, but she still needed to give her foster mother time to adapt. Although her foster mother loved her, the deeply ingrained ideas and values weren't something that a modern person from a new era like herself could change overnight.

  Ten minutes later, Sumo called again and heard his foster mother's slightly panting voice, apparently having rushed over to answer the phone. "Mom, are you okay?"

  "Uh, okay, you? Is the money enough for use?" It's all because of her uselessness as a mother. She clearly knows that her daughter's living expenses are not enough, but no matter how hard she works to earn money here, she can't help supplement her daughter's living expenses. And her daughter is also sensible, every time telling her that she has a part-time job and doesn't need her to send more money over.

  Having heard the self-blame in her adoptive mother Liu Qin's heart, she hurriedly comforted her and chatted for a few minutes. When her adoptive mother mentioned hanging up the phone again, Su Mo said: "Mom, Chinese New Year is approaching, I want to come back and see you."

  "Oh, it's going to be Chinese New Year soon! Okay, okay, mom will make you your favorite dish, sausage. Hehe." Liu Qin was overjoyed when she heard her daughter was coming back home. She was busy every day, but even if she forgot everything else, she couldn't forget about the upcoming Chinese New Year. It wasn't that she didn't want her daughter to come back, it's just that thinking about how she couldn't even help with living expenses and had to rely on her daughter working part-time jobs to support herself made her heart ache. So she also hoped her daughter could save some money."

  "Uh, I like it, whatever mom makes, I like." Her eyes were filled with tears, but in her heart, she was delighted.

  After talking about opportunities, roughly set a time for returning home, and then hung up the phone. Staring at the phone, it took a long time to come back to reality.

  It wasn't until after 4 pm at the securities company that I slowly got up and left.