Mom's Home

Meng Ke stared at him blankly, her eyes unblinking.

The room suddenly became eerily quiet.

She seemed not to understand, yet also as if she heard it too clearly; the color drained from her face little by little.

My eyes welled up, and tears streamed down my face.

She didn't say a word, just stared straight at him, tears streaming silently down her cheeks.

Looking at her like that, Shen Jingchuan felt as if his heart was being pricked by needles, but he didn't dare to reach out and wipe away her tears, nor did he dare to say anything.

Meng Ke's mind was in complete turmoil.

She recalled those days, the love between the two of them, and how he had trusted her so unconditionally.

He handed over his family's assets, worth hundreds of millions or even billions, to her without a second thought; he gave her Life-Extending Pills, taught her cultivation, provided her with Cultivation Method, Spirit Stones, and elixirs, and spoiled her rotten.

She still remembers jokingly saying she wanted the stars in the sky, and without a second thought, he said he would pick them for her someday.

But now, she was completely stunned by these words.

How could someone she loved so much, and who was certain she loved her deeply, do such a thing?

She dared not think further, nor could she believe it. She raised her head, her eyes fixed on Shen Jingchuan, her voice trembling.

"Is everything you said true?"

Looking at her helpless appearance, Shen Jingchuan felt as if his heart was being torn apart, but he could only nod with difficulty.

Meng Ke gritted her teeth and shouted loudly, word by word.

"I want you to say it again in person."

Shen Jingchuan closed his eyes and said, "It's true."

Meng Ke sobbed, tears welling up again.

"We're getting married tomorrow... we've already registered our marriage, and you're only telling me now? Why?"

Shen Jingchuan's voice was hoarse.

"I thought about it all night yesterday."

"I was wrong to begin with, but I can't lie to you anymore. If I keep it from you and go through with the marriage, I'll be even more sorry for you."

"I couldn't do that."

As he spoke, he reached for a few napkins on the coffee table, leaned over, and tried to wipe her tears.

Meng Ke jerked back, shouting sharply, "Get your filthy hands off me! Get away from me!"

She leaned on the coffee table, stood up unsteadily, and glared at him with bloodshot eyes.

"Shen Jingchuan, I'm telling you, I hate you!"

"I'll hate you for the rest of my life!"

After saying that, she turned and rushed out the door.

Shen Jingchuan jumped to his feet, wanting to chase after him, but his feet felt like they were nailed to the ground.

If you're that heartless, how can he possibly pursue you?

He could only watch helplessly as the door slammed shut.

Meng Ke didn't know how she left West Mountain Separate Garden, nor how she drove all the way there.

When she came to her senses and heard someone calling her, she realized that she was standing at her mother's door.

She instinctively came here anyway.

When people are in the most pain and helpless, the first person they think of is always their mother.

When the door opened, Mother Meng saw her daughter's face, and her heart sank.

Meng Ke's eyes were red and swollen, her face was pale, and she looked as if her soul had been taken away.

Mother Meng had never seen her daughter like this before, and she panicked immediately. She rushed forward and hugged her daughter tightly.

"My dear daughter, what's wrong?"

She half-carried, half-helped him into the room, then closed the door behind her.

Whether out of heartache or fear, her own tears fell first.

"Don't scare Mom, okay? Tell Mom what happened."

As soon as Meng Ke entered the room and smelled her mother's familiar scent, she collapsed.

The little bit of support they'd been putting on outside has shattered completely.

She threw herself into her mother's arms, unable to hold back any longer, and burst into tears.

"Mom--"

That cry of "Mom!" was heart-wrenching.

She cried so hard that her whole body trembled, and her tears soaked a large patch of Mother Meng's mother's clothes.

Mother Meng hugged her daughter, gently patting her back with one hand, but her mind went blank for a moment.

She suddenly remembered that tomorrow was her daughter's wedding day.

At this critical juncture, why would my daughter run back crying like this?

A terrible thought crept into her mind without warning.

She dared not think further; that ominous premonition gripped her heart like a hand.

No, no.

She even felt that God was playing a cruel joke on her—was her daughter going to suffer the same pain she had endured back then?

Mother Meng was severely harmed by the word "love" throughout her life.

She married him with a heart full of love, but it wasn't until she was pregnant with Meng Ke that she realized the man who claimed to love her had a different face.

She has a strong personality and cannot tolerate any wrongdoing. She has single-handedly raised her daughter all these years.

Over the years, she had long since stopped believing in forever. To her, men's sweet words were nothing but a joke.

It was Shen Jingchuan, it was the way that child looked at Meng Ke, that gradually melted the frozen grave in her heart.

She saw how good he was to his daughter; it couldn't be faked. She even began to believe that there was still genuine affection in this world.

She had even secretly forgiven her ex-husband who had hurt her.

But today, her daughter's crying extinguished the warmth she had just felt in her heart.

She was afraid.

What she feared wasn't that her daughter's marriage wouldn't happen.

She knew her daughter too well. This girl was just like her—single-minded, and when she loved, she gave her whole heart and soul, throwing herself into it completely.

Such a person, once deeply hurt, will suffer severe damage.

What she fears most is that her daughter will be trapped in this relationship for the rest of her life and never be able to recover.

A mother watching her daughter jump into a pit of fire, unable to stop her—nothing could be more heart-wrenching.

Mother Meng took a deep breath, forced back her tears, and cupped her daughter's face in her hands.

"Baby, listen to Mommy, crying won't solve anything."

"Tell Mom what happened. Even if the sky falls, Mom will hold it up for you. As long as you're alive, there's no hurdle you can't overcome."

"Mom has eaten more salt than you've walked roads. Tell me, and we'll figure something out together."

She looked into her daughter's eyes and asked tentatively.

"Is... something happened to Jingchuan?"

Meng Ke sobbed, and upon hearing the name, her body trembled. She slowly raised her head and nodded.

Mother Meng's mother's heart leaped into her throat.

She quickly helped her daughter to sit down on the sofa, not even bothering to let her change her shoes.

"Quickly tell Mom, what happened to him? Is he injured? Or sick? Is it serious?"

She asked a series of questions, already calculating in her mind that as long as it wasn't that kind of thing, even if it was a huge problem, as long as the person was still alive, that would be fine.

Meng Ke shook her head, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

"No... he's not injured."

She looked up at her mother, her eyes vacant.

"He... he's outside, he already has another woman."