In the room.
My mom and I went nearly fifteen minutes without speaking.
I was still just like I had been as a child. Whenever I finished crying, I would get terribly sleepy, not wanting to think at all, only wanting to lie down and sleep.
In the end, I was the first to speak again.
"Mom, there's still a long life ahead. Please stay alive."
"As long as you don't try to kill yourself, I'll agree to anything you say."
"If you don't want to see me, once I'm sure you won't try to take your own life, I won't come bother you."
"If you don't want to hear me call you Mom, I won't. Just don't die. Just stay alive."
After saying those few sentences, I felt as though I was about to stop breathing. I nearly fell asleep.
My mom nodded and said, "All right. I promise you."
"Really?"
I perked up at once. "You really promise? You're not just saying that to placate me?"
She nodded again and answered me very seriously. "Although perhaps we weren't meant to have much of a bond as mother and son, you're still my own flesh and blood. You've already lost your father and grandfather. How could I bear to put you through another blow?"
"I promise you that from now on, I'll stay alive and live well."
At that moment, I was more excited than if I had won the lottery. I hurriedly said, "Then please don't go to that clinic anymore. That Hua Wenfeng really isn't a good person. If you want treatment, go to another hospital, okay?"
My mom nodded again. "All right. I promise you."
Hearing her definite answer, I let out a long sigh of relief, as though the jackpot had already been delivered to