"Mom, don't make things worse. I'm so busy every day, working, taking care of the kids, cooking, I can't do anything without you. I have to rush back to cook."

"All you do is call me all day. I'm exhausted. Can't you feel a little more sorry for me?"

"If you can't help me now, don't cause me any more trouble."

A woman in her thirties, dressed in business attire, was complaining impatiently to a pale-faced woman about her hardships and struggles.

The woman sitting on the sofa looked sickly, pale and bloodless, and appeared to be quite ill.

The woman's name was Bai Xi. She was in her sixties, but she looked more than ten years older than her actual age.

As she listened to her daughter, who hadn't stopped talking since she came in, her thoughts drifted back to the past few days.

At that time, she had just been diagnosed with cancer at the hospital and was feeling disheartened when she saw her daughter holding hands with a woman, looking very intimate. It seemed that her daughter had accompanied the other woman to the hospital.

What she found most unbelievable was hearing her daughter call the other woman "Mom"! In that instant, her mind went completely blank, and she was utterly stunned!

She considered many possibilities and went through all the possible scenarios, but in the end, she didn't even know how she got home.

I've been thinking about it for days, but I still can't figure it out. Maybe I'm just afraid to try.

That's why I called today, hoping to call my daughter back and ask what happened. I didn't expect that as soon as she got back, she would start scolding her.

Looking at her increasingly unfamiliar daughter, Bai Xi was filled with emotion, and her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.

She thought about her bumpy life. Her parents died in an accident when she was young, and she was an orphan from a young age. She grew up cautiously among her relatives and had to endure their disapproving attitudes.

Eating one more bite of food or doing one less chore will result in being deeply hurt by the glares from relatives.

After the parents' compensation money was divided up by the relatives, only the child Bai Xi was left. After discussing it, the relatives decided that Bai Xi would live with each family for a year until she came of age.

No matter which relative's house she lived with, she always did the most work but ate the least.

She was constantly being brainwashed by them, who told her how good they were to her and that she should be grateful when she grew up.

Growing up in such a repressive environment, Bai Xi actually has some psychological issues, namely emotional detachment.

The more a person lacks something, the more they will value it. This phenomenon is called "compensation psychology" in psychology, so she tried her best to be good to Hu Feifei.

In addition, she was kicked out by her uncle's family to work when she was 15 years old and had not yet graduated from junior high school. She gradually got used to being alone, instead of being panicked and anxious at first.

We move forward amidst stumbles and falls, and grow through trials and tribulations.

From childhood to adulthood, I have learned to face every aspect of life independently.

Only she herself knows the joys and sorrows she experienced, so she gave her daughter everything she had never had before.

Even during the divorce, she was willing to give up everything but custody of her daughter.

Because her ex-husband favored sons over daughters, she knew her daughter wouldn't have a good life with him. After the divorce, she felt even more sorry for her daughter and loved her even more.

But now, she's wondering if she really did something wrong? Was it really worth it?

Does it mean that if parents give birth to a child, raise her, and then fail to provide her with a better living environment, they are indebted to her?

Since short videos became popular, Hu Feifei saw a video that said, "Poor people don't deserve to have children." "Since you're already so poor, why have her? To have her inherit your poverty and suffering?"

These words made Hu Feifei feel that she could rightfully demand things from Bai Xi.

She seemed to have suddenly figured something out, and used this viewpoint to criticize and belittle Bai Xi, feeling that since Bai Xi gave birth to her and let her inherit her poverty and suffering, then Bai Xi had to be responsible for her life for the rest of her life.

Since she was born, Bai Xi owes her a debt that will last forever, and should pay for the rest of her life.

Perhaps Hu Feifei felt guilty when she first said these things, but after repeating them over and over again, she became confident and self-assured.

Seeing that her daughter was about to start her usual tirade, which she used to listen to obediently, she suddenly wanted to ask her some questions.

"From the day you were born until now, I haven't let you suffer or work hard, have I?"

Hu Feifei probably didn't expect Bai Xi to suddenly speak up and continue her complaints.

It took her a while to realize that her mother seemed to have asked her something.

She asked with a suspicious look, "Mom, what did you just say?" Bai Xi didn't mind her disrespect and repeated it.

Hu Feifei paused for a moment, then thought about what kind of suffering she had endured in the past.

"How come you didn't suffer? My classmates are picked up and dropped off by their parents in cars, but what about me? You're the one wearing greasy, tattered clothes and riding a beat-up bike to pick me up."

Other girls get to travel abroad during summer vacation, or at least go to an amusement park, while I can only stay with you and watch over your little shabby stall; they all have parents who love them, while I only have a mother who is not presentable.

"If you can't provide me with a good life, then why did you bring me into this world? Did you ask my opinion before you had me?"

Bai Xi was amused by her confident and absurd arguments and gave a sarcastic smile.

He asked her with a grin, "Of your classmates who are in the same school, how many of them can afford a car? You only focus on your classmates who are well-off, why can't you see your classmates who are in the same situation as you?"

"And that little shabby stall you look down on, that's the one that raised you. I relied on it to make sure you ate well and dressed well, and even bought you a car and a house. It's still the lifeline for your whole family."

"Your beloved father doesn't like you, looks down on you, and even hates you. He thinks you're a heartless, ungrateful little ingrate."

"To put it bluntly, everything you have comes from me, and I support your family. You say you can't support your family, can't support your child, and can't provide her with a good life, so why did you have a child in the first place?"

Bai Xi concluded by saying, "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you."

Seeing Hu Feifei's face grow increasingly pale, Bai Xi remained calm. Her maternal love for Hu Feifei had long been worn away by Hu Feifei's years of torment.

No matter whose efforts or love it is, it should not be excessively consumed.

What Bai Xi witnessed at the hospital completely eroded any remaining affection she had for Hu Feifei. She could confidently say that she, Bai Xi, owed Hu Feifei nothing.

Hu Feifei quickly changed her expression and softened her tone, saying pitifully, "Mom, I'm your only daughter, can't you please stop arguing with me like this?"

Bai Xi thought to herself: But I'm not your only mother.

Looking at the unresponsive white skin, Hu Feifei suddenly felt a little panicked for some reason.

In the past, no matter how much I made a fuss or caused trouble, my mother would always be tolerant and understanding of me, and would even silently take on all of my burdens.

But now her mother seems like a different person, so she's feeling a little panicked.

"Mom, I'm your only daughter, why are you arguing with me about these things? Everything you have now will be mine in the future. I'm just enjoying my own things a little earlier."

She had barely finished speaking when she heard footsteps.

Just then, a loud bang came from outside the door. The two people on the sofa looked over and saw that it was Hu Feifei's biological father, Hu Qiaosheng, who had returned.

When Hu Feifei saw her father, she felt a little scared and called out timidly, "Dad."

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