Holding a jade pendant, he can understand the past and present, and teach the ancients how to fight

A loving voice came from the other end of the phone, "Jiaojiao, are you free now? I have something to tell you."

Lin Yuejiao agreed without even thinking about it.

It just so happened that the store was not open today, and she had originally planned to talk to Xu Zhiyu about opening a convenience store. But since the director's mother wanted to see her about something, of course she would go see the director's mother first.

We agreed to meet at the dean's mother's house. She washed up and went out. It took more than ten minutes to get there by taxi.

The director's mother lived in an old neighborhood. The taxi stopped at the entrance of the neighborhood. She walked in and found the director's mother's home with ease.

"Dong dong!"

Lin Yuejiao knocked on the door lightly a few times, and soon the door opened. It was a woman in her fifties, who was the dean's mother, Zhou Yunfang.

She was wearing an apron and smiling, "Jiaojiao is here, come in quickly, I made your favorite sweet and sour fish, wait a minute, we can talk while we eat."

It's almost twelve o'clock, time for lunch.

Lin Yuejiao said yes obediently, hung the canvas bag on the wall at the entrance familiarly, then changed into slippers and went to the kitchen to help.

The director's mother has never been married and lives alone. She comes here often and is very familiar with this place. It feels like home, so she doesn't feel awkward at all.

Soon the last dish was ready. The director's mother made a total of three dishes and one soup, namely sweet and sour fish, steamed spare ribs with rice flour, blanched Chinese cabbage, and seaweed egg drop soup.

"It's delicious!"

Lin Yuejiao sniffed the aroma of the food, smiled and said while holding the chopsticks, "I haven't eaten the food cooked by the dean's mother for a long time. I'm craving it."

"If you like it, come every day and I'll make you whatever you want to eat!"

Zhou Yunfang smiled and put a piece of fish into Lin Yuejiao's bowl. The two of them talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was particularly warm.

"By the way, what does the dean want to talk to me about?" Lin Yuejiao asked while eating fish.

Zhou Yunfang held the chopsticks but didn't pick up any food to eat. She kept picking up food for Lin Yuejiao.

She first picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in Lin Yuejiao's bowl, then put down her chopsticks and said, "It's about your mother."

The movements of her hands suddenly froze, Lin Yuejiao's eyes moved, and she continued eating as if nothing had happened.

"She asked you to speak for her?"

Lin Yuejiao lowered her eyes, poked at the ribs in the bowl and said, "Dean Mom, you know, she abandoned me when I was three years old, and she hasn't come to see me for more than 20 years, which means I'm not that important to her."

"Jiaojiao, it's not that your mother didn't look for you, but the area where the welfare home was located was demolished, and the welfare home was demolished along with it, so your mother didn't find you when she came back."

Zhou Yunfang sighed, "It wasn't until last month that your mother found out my contact information and came to me to say that she wanted to claim you back."

Lin Yuejiao remained silent, still poking at the ribs in the bowl but not eating.

Zhou Yunfang continued, "Jiaojiao, your mother abandoned you because your father had another woman outside and forced your mother to divorce and kick you out of the house."

"Your mother was penniless at the time and could only take you to sleep on the streets. Unexpectedly, you caught a cold and your mother had no money to take you to the hospital. She had no choice but to abandon you at the door of the orphanage, hoping that the orphanage could save you."

Lin Yuejiao's memory seemed to have opened a floodgate, and some fragmented images flashed in her mind.

In a strange home, Li Xiuqin had a fierce argument with a man.

The man's face couldn't be seen clearly, I only saw him slapping Li Xiuqin in the face while cursing at her.

"Get lost! Take your money-losing goods and get lost. I tell you, whether you like it or not, you have to divorce me, or I will sell your daughter."

"Are you still a human being? Jiaojiao is also your daughter. Are you going to drive your own daughter away for that mistress?"

"I don't have a daughter, I want a son. I'm telling you, Zhenzhen is pregnant with my son, get out of here and make room for them and their son."

The man cursed and slapped Li Xiuqin a few more times. Finally, he dragged out the little girl hiding under the table, pushed her to Li Xiuqin, and drove her and her out of the house.

The little girl, who looked about three years old, cried, "Dad, don't chase Jiaojiao and Mom away."

The man remained unmoved and cruelly kicked the mother and daughter out of the house. In the middle of winter, he didn't even give them a coat.

The image in my mind suddenly flashed and froze at the entrance of the welfare home.

The little girl leaned against the door with a high fever, watching Li Xiuqin walk away and crying, "Mom, don't leave Jiaojiao, Mom..."

But no matter how she yelled, her mother didn't turn around, and then...

She never saw her mother again!

As time went by, she could no longer remember anything before the age of three, except the name Lin Yuejiao.

I don’t know why I thought of this now. Lin Yuejiao felt like her head was going to explode. She had a severe headache and couldn’t help but groan and press her forehead hard.

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Seeing that Lin Yuejiao's face looked strange, Zhou Yunfang immediately stood up and looked at her.

Lin Yuejiao waved her hands, enduring the pain and said, "It's okay, just a little headache, it's okay."

"Silly child, if you feel uncomfortable, go see a doctor. Don't force yourself."

Zhou Yunfang wanted to take Lin Yuejiao to see a doctor, but Lin Yuejiao refused.

"Dean mom, I'm full. If everything is ok, I'll go back first."

"Hey, you kid..."

Without waiting for the director's mother to speak, she hurriedly changed her shoes, took her bag, opened the door and left.

After going downstairs, her forehead still hurt badly, so she hurried out of the community and took a taxi home.

The pain gradually disappeared before I got home.

At this time, the director's mother sent a text message: Jiaojiao, what I just said to you is not to speak for your mother, but just to let you know the truth. No matter what decision you make, I support you. I watched you grow up, I have long regarded you as my own child, and I will always be your director's mother.

After reading the text message, Lin Yuejiao smiled knowingly, feeling warm in her heart, and replied: Thank you, Dean Mom.

She also regarded the director's mother as her own mother since she was a child. It was the director's mother who accompanied and took care of her as she grew up. Compared with Li Xiuqin, she is closer to the director's mother.

When I returned to the community, I saw a familiar figure from afar. It was Li Xiuqin.

The person was standing at the door of her convenience store, holding a grocery bag.

Lin Yuejiao originally wanted to bypass the convenience store and go home, but thinking of what the dean’s mother said, she hesitated and decided to go there anyway.

"What are you doing here?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Li Xiuqin turned around happily, "Jiaojiao, where have you been? Why don't you open the store today? I asked the runner to bring you food, and since you were not here, I..."

Lin Yuejiao glanced at the food bag in Li Xiuqin's hand. For half a month, Li Xiuqin had asked someone to run errands to bring her food every day, and she always hid behind a billboard not far away to peek at her.

She had always turned a blind eye to it before, but today...

"Jiaojiao, you haven't eaten yet, right? The food is still hot, take it and eat. Um, I...I'm leaving first."

Knowing that her daughter still couldn't accept her, Li Xiuqin stuffed the food into Lin Yuejiao's hands and left immediately to avoid upsetting her daughter.

"Wait!" Lin Yuejiao suddenly shouted.

Li Xiuqin was stunned for a moment, then turned around happily.

Jiaojiao called her...

Lin Yuejiao walked over with the food, pursed her lips and said, "The dean's mother told me everything about you."

"my business?"