Sean's face turned red. "Elsa, I truly did look for you.”
"Mister." Elsa's voice returned to its calm state. "There truly is nothing between you and me anymore. Please don't come and disturb m y life again. This is my last place where I can keep my peace. If I were to lose this peaceful place as well, then I no longer have any means to live in this world anymore. Of course, I have sinned greatly, so I shouldn't have been alive i n the first place. Alright. Mister, suit yourself."
Upon saying that, Elsa smiled and sighed lightly, then she turned around and left. She did not even take another look at her own son. Without saying another word, she was going t o enter the convent.
"Mom!" Vireo called out behind her.
Elsa did not look back. "I am not your mother. I merely gave birth to you. I never raised you after giving birth to you. I am a sinner. As for your mother, she should be your adoptive father and mother who had raised you. I, on the other hand, am not. Mister, please don't call me your mother again.'
"No! Mom!" All the questioning words that Vireo had thought of all went up in smoke.
At that moment, he only wanted to know if his mother, his biological mother, had been living well for so many years in the past. Perhaps that was the innate connection between a mother and a son. For more than thirty years, his life had been extremely miserable, so he eagerly wanted to know if his mother has had i t even more miserable than him.
"Mom, tell me, how did you get through your days all these years? Was it because you had n o choice that you sold me back then? Was it because you felt guilty that you became a nun? Is that right? Mom, as long as you tell me that you had no choice, I won't blame you. In the future, you'll be a person with a son as well. I will provide for you, and you’ll never be s o miserable and lonely in the remaining years o f your life. Oh yes, Mom, you have a daughter-i n-law now. You will have grandchildren in the future. Life will become better and better. Follow me home, Mom."
Vireo needed a mother. He needed affection from his family. He did not hate anymore. He did not at all anymore. He simply could not hate when he was facing his biological mother. Elsa had her back facing Vireo, and when she heard Vireo saying that, her shoulders trembled a few times. She did not walk forward briskly anymore. Instead, she raised her hands to cover her face.
"Mom...you had your difficulties, right? When you sold me back then, you had no other choice, right?"
"No!" Elsa suddenly turned around. She looked at Vireo with her face covered in tears. "I didn't sell you for money. How could I bear to do that? You were my only child. I only had two relatives in my life. One of them is my grandmother, and the other is you. I had nothing left. I only had the two of you. How could I sell my biological son, whom I had traded with my life?"
Vireo was suddenly shocked. At the same time, he felt very touched. It turned out that his mother had never sold him. Then, what was the reason? Was he stolen?
After she wiped off the tears all over her face, Elsa continued. "At that time, it had only been a day since I had given birth to you. My grandma, who had been taking care of me, suddenly had a cerebral hemorrhage because of old age and because she was worried about me. At that time, I was outside of the maternity ward and I could not even stand up. I was up a creek without a paddle while holding you, who had just been born a day before. It was the woman in the bed next to mine who told me that she could help and watch the baby for me. I was thinking that since she was also a woman who had just given birth, I gave her the baby to look after him on my behalf. And then, I went to take care of my sick grandmother. A day later, my grandmother died at the hospital, and my baby ...When I returned to the maternity ward, the woman was already gone. There was nobody there and my child was also gone. I searched high and low like I had gone mad. I searched the entire hospital. However, my child could n o longer be found. I had asked the people at the hospital, and they said that it was that woman who carried my child away. Later on, I got the woman's house address through the hospital, and I noticed that she was from out o f town. There was a detailed address on her identification document, but it was at a remote mountainous area. If I wanted to go to that remote mountainous area, it would take a t least two days and two nights by train.”
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