Aunt is a stranger to me, indeed. I need help the most in my family. When I borrowed money from my mother when she was sick, these relatives seemed to have disappeared, or they were strangers who never contacted each other.
Was it necessary to contact such a relative?
If it weren't for the fact that I didn't have time to delete the number, I wouldn't even know who was calling.
After thinking for a while, I never thought that this nominal aunt would call me for something. Since I didn't think about it, I didn't want to. I pressed the answer button. "Hello, who is it?"
There was a pause of a few seconds on the other end of the line. I smiled and didn't say anything. I just pretended not to know each other. I said that we had nothing to do with each other in name, so there was no need to be polite, right?
"Chelsea, it's me, your aunt."
She didn't seem to feel my indifference. After listening for a few seconds, she still said enthusiastically.
Since the other party was already like this, I echoed, "So it's you, Aunt. Why are you looking for me at this time?"
"It's nothing, just that I haven't contacted you for a long time."
Hearing her words, I didn't even want to agree. Who could believe what she said? Fortunately, she hadn't contacted me for a long time.
"Aunt, I am working at the company now. If you have nothing to do, you can hang up first." "You're at work?" Aunt suddenly got excited and said to me with a smile, "It must be hard for you to work alone at home, right? It's sad to think of a lonely person. You live alone after the divorce. I feel that you're not good at all."
I smiled and replied, "It's okay. I'm used to this kind of life. I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
"You don't have to pretend to be strong. Even if you really don't feel good, I won't laugh at you. After all, we are a family, right?"
The more I listened to my aunt's words, the more uncomfortable I felt. The more I was sure that she was looking for me because she had something to do. No matter what, it was impossible for me to agree, and I was even more unwilling to talk to her.
In the face of her enthusiastic words, I just said coldly, "Aunt, this makes me feel very funny, okay?"
Without waiting for Aunt to finish, I continued, "Maybe you will think that I did it on purpose, and you will think that I don't respect my elders. But there is something that you have to consider carefully. When my mother had an accident, none of you cared about it."
"It was our fault at that time, but we were also in trouble at that time. We didn't deliberately ignore it. Think about it, how can we, ordinary families, lend money to your family?" Aunt asked.
"Aunt, since you said so, why don't you just say that you're afraid that we can't afford it? "
"Chelsea, you have to understand us."
I chuckled and said, "I've always understood you, so I don't think there's anything wrong with it. So you don't have to pretend to be enthusiastic in front of me. If you have something to say, just say it. If you have nothing to say, I'll hang up. After all, I need to go to work and support myself."
There was a pause on the other side of the phone for a while, but I could still hear the sound of broken pieces. It was probably because her aunt was communicating with someone else. As for the person she was communicating with, most likely, it was her uncle. As an uncle, she did not dare to talk to her niece. How embarrassing was that?
Wait for them to whisper over there. I'll get impatient for a long time.
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