The Consequence of Judging Others by Appearance

"Mom." Qi Yan walked up to Tao Yiru and hugged her.

Tao Yiru patted Qi Yan's back with his backhand, and put a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone: "Your father will be very happy knowing that you have found someone who can be with you forever."

Qi Yan turned his head to look at Cen Bohe who was bowing to the tombstone, and nodded with a smile: "Yeah."

"It's windy on the mountain, let's go back," Tao Yiru put on her gloves, her expression very indifferent.In the few years after her husband passed away, she also lost her child. During the day, she intrigues with a group of people in the company, fighting for power and profit. When she returns home, she begins to cry. Many times when she wakes up, the pillow is wet.

Maybe it was because she cried too much at that time, and her emotions were too strong at that time. Now when she recalls her husband, she feels calmer.The memory is still so clear, but the feelings have faded a little bit, and the intensity has been lost, leaving only regret and a sense of loss.

It's not that she doesn't love her husband, it's just that it's been too long, so long... that she forgot the feeling of love.

Looking at the two young men supporting her on one side and one on the right, Tao Yiru looked back at the tombstone. She was unlucky in her early years, but now she can be considered complete.

Tao Yiru returned home, left the two children for dinner, and drove them away.Young people have their own lives. She is not an elder who likes to keep her children tied to her side. Sometimes having a separate personal space can be regarded as an alternative enjoyment.

After six o'clock in the evening, Tao Yan suddenly found her, and there was a woman who looked very old with him.

Tao Yiru knew this woman, her sister-in-law, the sister-in-law who couldn't bear the guilt in her heart and told her that the child was not lost, but was sold by her good mother.

"Sit down." Tao Yiru pointed to the sofa, with her left leg resting on her right, "It's so late, what's the matter?"

"Aunt," Tao Yan's lips trembled, "my dad's cancer is terminal. The doctor said he might be dying in a few days. He said he wanted to see you."

"See me?" Tao Yiru looked at Tao Yan amusedly, "We are brothers and sisters, but how many brothers and sisters we have, probably nothing to see."

Hearing what Tao Yiru said, Tao Yan couldn't say anything else, he could only silently look at the red wine in Tao Yiru's hand, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Tao Yan's mother clasped her hands. She is a cowardly woman. Even if she has a son who is a star, she dare not look directly at Tao Yiru. I came here with Ah Yan, not to persuade you, but to see you and... your child."

"He's fine," Tao Yiru gently swirled the wine in his glass, "There's no need to meet."

"I see," Mother Tao stood up and bowed to Tao Yiru, "Yiru, I'm sorry for all these years."

Tao Yiru didn't speak or move, she looked at the cowardly woman in front of her, and said after a while, "Have you ever regretted it?"

"I don't know what regret is." Mother Tao's eyes were a little numb. "My family took your family's dowry back then. When I married into the Tao family, I became a member of the Tao family. Your brother has a bad temper and beat people when he drank too much." , but I have no education, no skills, and the only places I have seen since I was a child are as big as the village head and the town entrance. If I leave the Tao family, my natal family will not want me, and I don’t know how to live outside.”

She shook her head: "Didn't this life just pass by like this? Ah Yan became a big star, and he stopped beating me. I learned how to surf the Internet, and only then did I know that a woman like me is called... called..." She tried her best to recall that idiom, but she couldn't remember it.

"Look at me, it's embarrassing again," she smiled awkwardly, "Many netizens say that people like me deserve to suffer for a lifetime. Probably they are right, I will be like this for the rest of my life."

"Mom!" Tao Yan held Tao Mu's hand, "How can you say that about yourself?!"

Mother Tao smiled and shook her head: "It's better to be the little girl now, who has read a lot, has vision, and can live without relying on men."

When she was a child, her family was poor and she didn’t even study for a day. Her parents told her that she was a girl and she had to take good care of her brother.Later, when her elder brother got married and the family lacked money, she married into the Tao family.It is said that the two elders of the Tao family have a bad reputation. If a girl marries into his family, she will definitely be tortured by her mother-in-law, but who told her family to give a lot of dowry, enough for her brother to marry a wife from a neighboring village.

Afterwards, she lived like this day by day, she was in the farmland and the stove all day long, and even she could only watch TV with her own man, she was stupid and timid, how could she compare to the little girl now.

Thinking of this, Mother Tao wanted to say that she has no regrets.But when she opened her mouth, she couldn't say a word.

In this life... that's the way it is, and it's the only way it can be.

"I'll accompany you to the hospital." Tao Yiru put down her wine glass and passed on the coat brought by the servant, "Let's go."

Tao Yan walked behind his aunt and mother, feeling bitter in his heart. Aunt and his mother walked together. In the eyes of outsiders, if they were said to be mother and daughter, some people would believe them.His father is not a good husband, nor is he a good father. He stayed up late at night to study since he was a child, and later he had plastic surgery and worked hard to make money, just to let his mother live a good life.

But he became famous, but he didn't dare to stand up and support his parents' divorce. He was afraid that the media would discredit him, and that the negative news would affect his advertising endorsement, so his mother still endured it day by day.On the contrary, it was his father who lived in a splendid manner, showing off to people from time to time that he had a star son.

Obviously, it was his mother who brought him up single-handedly since he was a child, but in the end it was his father who got the best of him, and his mother could only serve his father at home.

Tao Yan's heart became more bitter, and he walked quickly to Mother Tao's side, and gently hugged her shoulders.

Brother Tao lived in a well-known liver disease hospital in the imperial capital. When Tao Yiru saw him, he was already skinny and skinny.

"sister……"

Tao Yiru didn't take off her mask, she stood in front of Father Tao, looking at him expressionlessly, as if looking at a stranger.

"Yes, I'm sorry," Father Tao looked at Tao Yiru, "Sister, I'm sorry."

"30 years ago, you should have said this when you hit me, and 25 years ago, when you and your parents lost my child, you should have said this," Tao Yiru said calmly, "Your sorry, I accept it." Yes, but I don't forgive you."

"Ho ho." Father Tao let out a huge gasp, he looked at Tao Yiru with pain on his face.

"What do you want to say?" Tao Yiru's beautiful fingers made a "shh" movement, "Did you forget?"

Father Tao stared at Tao Yiru.

"At that time, you said, I am a girl, what can I do."

"Look," Tao Yiru took off her mask, showing an extremely beautiful smile, and then put on the mask again, "Now is the gap between me and you."

"In your life, you'll be nothing but trash until you die." Tao Yiru sneered, "Disgusting."

Father Tao struggled to get up from the hospital bed, but now he could only wriggle pitifully on the bed. Seeing him in such a mess, Tao Yiru couldn't help chuckling, then turned and walked out of the ward.

Mother Tao glanced at the man in the ward, hesitated for a moment, and followed Tao Yiru.

Neither of them spoke, Tao Yiru took off the mask and threw it into the trash can, and Tao's mother showed no expression on her face.The two walked into the elevator and went downstairs, and Mother Tao saw the young man standing at the gate of the hospital.

The young man was well-grown, with eyebrows and eyes very much like my sister-in-law. He was holding a lady's coat and scarf in his hand, and he should have come here specially to pick up my sister-in-law.

"Mom, it's so cold, why are you wearing so little?" When the young man saw my sister-in-law, he quickly walked up to her, put his coat on her body, and thoughtfully tied the scarf for her.

Mother Tao shook hands and put them in her jacket pocket.

Seemingly aware of her presence, the young man smiled and nodded at her, then walked towards a car holding his sister-in-law's hand.

Mother Tao looked at the backs of the mother and son, and couldn't help but take a few steps outside. She didn't react until the cold wind hit her face, and stopped.

"Mom," Tao Yan ran out from the gate, and put a coat on her body, "the doctor said, Dad is not well."

Mother Tao grabbed her coat and nodded numbly.

One day later, Father Tao died of a serious illness.

The mother and son only prepared a simple funeral and buried Father Tao.

"Ayan, I said two days ago that your sister-in-law's child is getting married?" Mother Tao sighed, "We will definitely not be invited to his wedding."

"Whether to invite or not, I don't have time to go yet," Tao Yan snorted, "Mom, don't worry about these things now, you just need to take good care of your health."

"Our whole family owes others, so how can we not worry about it?" Mother Tao took out a box, "I heard that rich people pay more attention to gold and silver when they get married. I don't have anything to give. Help me with this." Send it over."

Tao Yan opened it and saw that inside was a golden Guanyin weighing several tens of grams. To Cen Bohe or Qi Yan, this is something that is despised, but to his mother, it is extremely precious. thing.

"Mom! Why are you doing this!" Tao Yan wondered, "This is money you have saved for a long time!"

"With you here, am I still afraid of lack of money?" Mother Tao smiled, "You can just treat it as a favor for Mom."

Tao Yan endured it, but still agreed.

A day later, Qi Yan looked at the red velvet box Tao Yan sent to him, and reached out to open the box.

The carving of Guanyin is not very good, and the box is not too high-end, but the weight of this piece is not too light, and it will probably cost more than [-] to buy.

Tao Yan thought that Qi Yan would not accept it, or showed a disgusted expression.

"Thank you," Qi Yan took out an invitation letter from the drawer, "No. 18 this month, I hope Lingtang will have time to attend my wedding."

Looking at the name Zhou Cui written on the invitation letter, Tao Yan felt very complicated.

"Our family dared to finish the funeral. It might not be appropriate for us to attend your wedding."

"You misunderstood, I only invited Lingtang, it has nothing to do with you," Qi Yan tilted his head slightly, "Besides, I never believed in these things, I believed in science."

Fuck your legs!

A feng shui master said he believed in science, so shameless!

Tao Yan took the invitation back, he knew his mother would not go, just like he knew that he was not welcome with Qi Yan.

That's it, the two of them don't have much relationship now.

The years are quiet, everyone is safe, let the past be buried in the years.