She curled the corners of her lips, a smile spreading across her face that she couldn’t hide, "Che’er, have you come back?"
Shi Che had been on a business trip for over ten days, and she hadn’t seen him for that long either. She had never missed him so much before, but perhaps it was because she was getting older and had been through a serious illness; things that she had previously overlooked had now become the most important.
Shi Che hummed softly and walked over. The servant quickly got up, respectfully called out "Young Master," then turned and stepped aside. Shi Che sat down by the bed, his dark eyes surveying Mrs. Shi’s face, "Mom, are you feeling better?"
Mrs. Shi nodded with a smile, "I am much better now. But as for you..."
Mrs. Shi’s gaze also fell upon Shi Che’s face, her eyebrows slightly furrowing, "Che’er, was your business trip very exhausting? Why do you look so haggard, and you’ve lost a lot of weight?" Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on N()velFire.net
Mrs. Shi wasn’t aware that Shi Che had gone to see Ling Chuxia; she thought he had just gone on a work trip.
Her hand lifted, slowly touching Shi Che’s face with a pained look in her eyes, "Che’er, don’t work so hard in the future. The wealth and status of the Shi Family are already enough."
Mrs. Shi’s palm was very warm, gently caressing Shi Che’s face. Shi Che’s heart trembled lightly, ripples of emotion in his eyes.
From childhood to adulthood, this was almost the first time Mrs. Shi had tenderly touched him like a mother and the first time she had told him that working so hard was not necessary, that it was enough.
From before until now, Mrs. Shi had always wanted him to be a strong man who would never fall. The ideology she had instilled in him was that he was the only heir to the Shi Family, that he must be strong, unbeatable, and make the Shi Family prosper.
He had almost grown accustomed to it, hardly daring to hope that one day his mother would tell him that if he was tired, he could rest and didn’t need to push himself to the limit.
Her hand was so warm, touching him like all the mothers in the world who love their children. Shi Che’s hand slowly covered Mrs. Shi’s, his voice hoarse the moment he spoke, "Mom, can I really not work so hard, not be so strong?"
Hearing Shi Che’s barely audible, trembling voice, Mrs. Shi felt as if a heavy hand were gripping her heart, a pain beginning to spread. All these years, she had thought everything she did was right, her decisions were good, but at this moment, she realized that she was wrong, that what she had thought was good, was never truly good.
Her voice couldn’t help but choke up, her eyes gradually moistening, "Che’er, I’m sorry, all these years, it was me who let you down. From now on, I won’t demand anything from you, and... if you truly love Chuxia and don’t want to divorce her, I agree too. Go win her back, I will accept her."
Shi Che blinked, tears immediately falling, he murmured, "I can’t win her back, I will never be able to win her back, Mom, Chuxia and I, we have no future."
Mrs. Shi hadn’t quite heard Shi Che’s words clearly, but as Shi Che kept talking, he suddenly collapsed to the side, his eyes shutting, falling unconscious.
Mrs. Shi’s eyes widened in shock, she kept calling out, "Che’er? Che’er? What’s wrong? Don’t scare me! Someone come quick, someone!"