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At noon, Aiwen cooked a few dishes, boiled river prawns, a plate of fried mushrooms and vegetables, and a bowl of tomato and egg soup. Lin Huaimeng warmed up the radish and roast pork that he made in the morning. A home-cooked meal was finally freshly baked. The prawns were delicious and fresh when dipped in vinegar. Lin Huaimeng peeled the prawns absent-mindedly, his mind was full of what Xiao Jingfei said.

She didn't doubt whether it was true or not, she was only worried about how she should speak. Although she was facing her relatives, it was not as easy as she imagined. Lin Huaimeng was not good at getting along with her family, or this family simply referred to her mother.

In the past 20 years so far, she hasn't seen her irresponsible father very much. When she meets once in a while, the two of them are silently embarrassed.

If the mother knew about their private meeting, this calm woman would reveal her innermost side, so this kind of meeting is really unnecessary. Apart from the blood relationship, Lin Huaimeng has nothing to do with her biological father.

The current stepfather is an honest man. He was with his mother ten years ago. They worked hard together in the city, and now they are living their small life in peace. Lin Huaimeng schools are all boarding schools, so basically they don’t stay at that home. Pass.

Not staying in that house is not because his stepfather is harsh on him. Every time he meets that man, he will give Lin Huaimeng a few hundred yuan as a meeting gift. She doesn't come back several times throughout the year.

The stepfather is a good man, and he really likes his mother, so there is no need for a child with a different surname to become a contradiction in life between them.

Children are not necessarily the crystallization of love, but they may also be the explosives/drugs of reorganized families.

Aiwen noticed that the mood of the person beside her was not right, she put a chopstick of green vegetables in the bowl of the person, and asked with some concern: "Shopkeeper, what's wrong?"

Lin Huaimeng smiled a little reluctantly. The guests at noon had already left after eating and drinking. The two of them sat in the lobby and had lunch, "Someone told me that my mother will be seriously ill. I am still thinking about what to do. manage."

Ai Wen snorted, and she began to think about what to do, "Should I go to the hospital for an examination first?"

Lin Huaimeng nodded. Aiwen has learned a lot of common sense, such as about seeing a doctor when sick, and calling the police. Although she has never been to a hospital, she can understand the existence of such facilities. After all, diseases will exist forever , All living things cannot avoid this ring. With the deepening of medical research, many diseases will be overcome but new diseases will be developed at the same time.

Lin Huaimeng took two simple bites. She really lost her appetite because of her worries, and then she put down her chopsticks, "Say, should I be mentally prepared?"

Aiwen asked: "What preparations, facing death?"

"Yeah, that's the preparation."

When she said these words, Lin Huaimeng suddenly felt a sense of fatigue hit her. She never felt that death was far away from her. After all, everyone has to accept the fact of death. She will die, and so will her beloved one.

What is unknown is only the time when this happened. Living in this world is a slow process of waiting until death. We search for meaning and value in life, and in the end we cannot escape the fate of becoming a piece of loess. This is what Arnold has always said suffering.

Has Arnold found the longevity he dreamed of? In fact, Lin Huaimeng is also secretly paying attention. Although he does not have the desire to live forever, if he succeeds, it seems that people will see another way out. Maybe all the extravagant hopes will come true in the end .

Xiao Jingfei predicted that this incident would happen in the not-too-distant future, which caused Lin Huaimeng to fall into anxiety. She was not worried about the money, but worried that the money would not be exchanged for her life. After walking through the gate of hell, the most frightening thing is to be helpless and wait for death to come.

Ai Wen lowered her eyes. She has seen too many deaths, but death cannot affect her emotional changes. After all, nothing is indispensable, including her own life.

War is the easiest way to take away lives. Every attack and defense needs to be filled with human lives. The dead and injured have no family members in the modern sense, so there is no need to explain to them. Use the sensationalism of death to strengthen loyalty , is also an ancient tradition.

"If the current medical conditions cannot be cured, as long as you do your best, you need to obey the destiny. Many things cannot be escaped, and it can be said to be eliminated naturally. If you are really afraid of death, you can imagine yourself as a dust, and eventually Back on the ground."

Lin Huaimeng smiled, she knew that this was Aiwen's crappy way of consolation, compared with many people's more intimate consolation, this kind of consolation seemed very blunt, but this kind of consolation was all the tenderness she could say, "Do your best, listen Destiny, if it is a dust, it can be regarded as returning to nature."

Ai Wen pursed her lips and did not answer. She frowned and really didn't know how to deal with such a topic. She really couldn't arouse her compassion for life. Ai Wen's coldness far exceeded Lin Huaimeng's imagination. It has a certain relationship with the environment, and it is also inseparable from her own personality.

Aiwen has never acted with emotions. She is amazingly rational. She thinks about gains and losses in advance and lives very soberly. This character makes her live more wisely on Yunxing, but she seems out of place on Earth.

She lacks the most important sympathy, and she doesn't have enough experience to support such empathy. Yun Xing's parents are very few, because many people don't know the origin of their sperm and eggs, and soldiers are born differently. They have passed through the management and selection of the empire since they were conceived. The main purpose of the family is to be responsible for raising the next generation. If this responsibility can be assumed by the empire, then there is no need for parents.

Family is the most easily replaceable thing in all existence. If we say that getting along with young children can cultivate a sense of belonging, it should also belong to the empire, not just certain human beings. The existence of parents has its special meaning, but it also It will also become a warrior's weakness, just like the current situation of Lin Huaimeng's collapse, she cannot bear the possibility of her family's death.

"Then you want to go back and meet your family?"

Lin Huaimeng froze for a moment when she heard this proposal. She knew it was the best proposal so far, but for some reason, the words came to the point of her mouth and I think about it again.

Ai Wen looked at her with meaningful eyes, as if he could see through the real fear in the other party's heart with just one look, Lin Huaimeng became a little startled, she began to avoid this kind of eyes, like hiding herself in a snail shell, wrapped tightly Strictly.

Time keeps going, it doesn't take into account people's wishes, it should go by every second, just like this, three days later, in the dead of night, Lin Huaimeng stood alone by the window, she was unconscious Youyou came here, and when he walked to the window, he suddenly stopped. It turned out that he was already in such a state of ecstasy.

Lin Huaimeng's worries these days were clearly visible on her face. Unexpectedly, she didn't tell her mother at the first time, but endured it like self-torture for three full days.

In the past three days, she was restless and couldn't even sleep at night. She recalled many things in the past, and Lin Huaimeng's throat became dry. Only now did she realize that she had too much reluctance to give up. She was escaping, Facing the truth that will happen in reality, I chose to avoid it.

She hesitated for a long time, and finally dialed her mother's phone in the middle of the night. The phone rang three times before being connected. The woman's voice was very clear in the dark night. Lin Huaimeng paused for a moment, and then said: " hello mom?"

"Huaimeng, why did you remember to call?"

It may be due to the distorted sound on the phone. Lin Huaimeng is very unfamiliar with this sound. She leaned her elbows on the window sill and opened the closed window. The lights were all turned off, and occasionally the lights in several houses gave off a kind of warmth, and the lights in her room were not turned on, and it was so dark that she couldn't see anything clearly.

"Is there any difficulty recently? If money is tight, I still have some spare money here."

Lin Huaimeng smiled, and she replied: "Money is not tight. I am living a good life here and have a stable income. I want to ask you, how is your health recently?"

As soon as this sentence was said, there was an unnatural pause on the phone.

When the pause appeared, Lin Huaimeng guessed that something was wrong.

Things were on the same trajectory as she had guessed. My mother said on the phone that she was found to be sick during the physical examination organized by the company. She is now admitted to the hospital for a more detailed examination. She is just waiting for the results. She kept everything about it a secret from Lin Huaimeng. , Did not reveal a word, even if the doctor said it, you must be mentally prepared.

Most of her acquaintances knew about her physical condition, and several colleagues came to visit her when she was admitted to the hospital, but she still concealed her illness, did not tell her biological daughter, and concealed everything about her illness.

Lin Huaimeng asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Mother didn't speak, she was silent for a long time, so long that only the breathing of the two people intertwined, "Let me not worry you a little."

Lin Huaimeng pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed softly.

"I'll go to S city to see you, let's talk when I go there."

The phone call didn't last long, and 15 minutes was enough for the two of them to explain everything. Her mother didn't talk about her uneasiness like Xu Ku, and Lin Huaimeng also hid her worries.

The two of them were talking about life and death in a calm manner. When the phone was hung up, Lin Huaimeng fell into a deep trance. Tears rolled down her cheeks without realizing it. She just felt exhausted. She didn't expect the other party to hide the truth. Looking at myself, I didn't think of it at all.

Aiwen heard Lin Huaimeng's suppressed crying, and she walked out of the room. When she was about to knock on the door, she saw that the door was actually open. Lin Huaimeng was sitting by the bed, not knowing why there was no light Open, she held a napkin in her hand and kept wiping her tears and snot.

"Shopkeeper, are you okay?"

Lin Huaimeng cried and shook her head. She released the accumulated emotions together, and the desire to cry was completely uncontrollable. Aiwen sat next to the shopkeeper, and after being silent for a long time, he just patted the other person on the shoulder. Even the movement of patting the shoulder was extremely stiff.

"Would you like to drink some water?"

Aiwen was worried that a lot of tears would make Lin Huaimeng feel thirsty, and the shopkeeper who didn't feel thirsty at first started to want to drink water inexplicably because of this sentence.