Alaina held Arvis tightly and walked very fast.
Arvis looked at the road. After a long while, he whispered, "Mom... I don't like Uncle Emlin."
Alaina paused. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she was about to cry.
She took a deep breath, sniffed, and then began to walk fast, as if she would feel better in this way.
"Okay, since you don't like him, I won't marry him."
This was the first time she spoke to Arvis like this. In the past, she always taught him to be kind and grateful.
But that day, she could not ask him to think about it carefully and tell him that Emlin had many merits.
In the past, she heard people gossip about her, and she always acted as if she didn't hear them. However, when a stranger said those words to her, she really... minded it.
She was a single mother. She was poor. She had no money and didn't even have a job. But even so, she loved her own child just like other mothers. Her love for Arvis was incomparable.
At the thought of Emlin's words, she felt so grieved. Maybe Arvis couldn't understand the meaning of those words, but she could. Emlin disliked her having a son. Although he said that she could marry into his family with Arvis, he said that Arvis should eat more and help him with his work...
His daughter was young, but Arvis was small, too!
She didn't care how people gossiped about her, but she couldn't bear to let Arvis be humiliated. She had nothing except for Arvis, but should she be looked down upon by others because of this?
Oh, maybe it was true, because she really had nothing except for Arvis.
In this era, a man without money was no man at all, and being poor was the deadly sin. As for her, she had nothing except for her Arvis..
When Drorit and Rhory returned home, Arvis had fallen asleep.
After they finished the meal, Alaina packed her luggage, went to Drorit and told Drorit about her plan.
"Alaina, why do you want to leave all of a sudden?" Drorit was a little anxious, "Do you misunderstand me? Do you think that I force you to go on a blind date? Alaina, if you don't want to go on a blind date, you don't have to. Don't leave. Besides, where can you go?"
While having the meal, she roughly learnt that Alaina went on a blind date that day, but the result was not very good. She wanted to ask Alaina in details, but Alaina just said that the man was not suitable for her.
"Godmother." Alaina thought for a moment, "Don't think too much. I just think that Arvis is growing up and he will go to school soon. Over the years, we have caused you a lot of troubles. When Arvis goes to school, we'll have to spend more money. Moreover, I want him to study in the city and broaden his horizon."
"Alaina, he'll go to a kindergarten and it won't cost much. You..."
"Godmother, listen to me first. I have Arvis with me. Even if I want to get married, maybe I can't. If the man can't treat him well and he doesn't live well, I will feel so sad. I'm still young, and I want to let him live a better life. What's more, you and godfather are old, so I want to make some more money to repay you."
"Don't think too much." Drorit held Alaina's hand, "Alaina, tell me honestly. Did Emlin say something unpleasant? Or... did he dislike
Arvis?"
"No, I suddenly want Arvis to grow up in another environment."
She... didn't want to meet a second Emlin. Perhaps she was too naive. In this world, how many people could treat other people's children well?
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