Li Man drove aimlessly on the road. She hadn't had breakfast and had planned to take her daughter out to eat, but her daughter had treated her that way.
Unconsciously, she ended up driving to the seaside.
She opened the car door and got out, the wind blowing through her hair. She took off her shoes and walked barefoot on the beach.
The warm sunlight shone on her, but she felt a chill all over her body.
Her heart felt as if it were blocked by a damp cloth, and she opened her mouth as tears silently rolled down.
She felt like she was a failure as a person. Her husband betrayed her, her daughter didn't recognize her. She didn't know why it had turned out this way.
She couldn't understand why, when she had been so obedient and taken care of her mother-in-law at home, looked after her husband's daily life, and cared about her daughter's school life. She had devoted herself to managing the household and kept everything in perfect order. But in the end, she ended up like this.
If there was any mistake she made, it was that she took care of others too well and neglected her own feelings.
She only thought about how others felt and never thought about her own feelings.
She remembered everyone's birthdays in the family and celebrated them, but no one ever remembered her birthday or celebrated it.
The terrible thing was that she actually thought this was normal. She thought it was the norm of life.
Her husband was so busy with work, how could he have the energy to remember these trivial things? Her daughter was still young, so it was normal for her not to remember. Her mother-in-law was lying in bed suffering from illness, not knowing what day it was, so how could she remember her own birthday?
And in the whole family, she was the one with the most "free" time. It was normal for her to remember everyone's birthdays.
Thinking of all this, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
At this moment, the sound of a phone ringing suddenly came from the car. Li Man trembled, thinking it was her daughter calling her. She quickly wiped away her tears and ran over to open the car door and took out her phone.
But when she saw the caller ID, the smile that had just appeared on her lips faded away.
It wasn't her daughter calling.
She pressed the answer button.
"Huo Jian Sheng, what's up?" Li Man asked hoarsely.
The wind was strong by the seaside, blowing loudly.
Huo Jian Sheng heard the wind coming from the other end of the phone and asked strangely, "Where are you?"
"I'm at the seaside," Li Man replied faintly.
Huo Jian Sheng seemed to sense something unusual in Li Man's voice and asked, "Are you crying again?"
Li Man didn't know how to respond to Huo Jian Sheng. It seemed that every time she saw him, she was crying.
Without waiting for a response from the other end of the phone, Huo Jian Sheng sighed, "Wait for me, I'll come to you. I have something to tell you."
"Okay!" Li Man replied.
"Send me your location."
After hanging up the phone with Huo Jian Sheng, Li Man sent him her location.
After sending the location, Li Man walked to the beach and sat down.
When Huo Jian Sheng arrived and saw Li Man sitting alone on the beach, she was huddled with her hands around her knees, looking so fragile. It seemed that a gust of wind could blow her away.
A shadow fell over, and Li Man squinted and looked up, her voice faintly saying, "You're here."
Huo Jian Sheng sat down beside her and turned his head to look at her with concern. He asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying again? Is business not going well?"
Li Man shook her head gently and replied, "No, business is doing well."
"Then why are you crying? Is it because of Huang De Han?" Huo Jian Sheng asked again.
Li Man shook her head and said with a choked voice, "My daughter told me not to call her anymore, saying she doesn't want a mother like me."
