After a fierce battle, Xiaoyu and I were both lying on the bed like dead people and only breathing. After flying for more than ten hours, we went swimming in the bathhouse, and I carried her all the way back to the room from the beach. We were really exhausted. But the feeling of happiness was too strong. Although we were tired, we were not sleepy at all.

I tilted my head and looked at Xiaoyu beside me, and found that she was smiling sweetly, her big eyes were full of longing. I said, "Xiaoyu, what are you thinking?"

"Oh, I was thinking, if we could spend a few more days like this, even if your dream cannot be realized, I will be satisfied in this life." Xiaoyu came back to her senses and said to me with a smile.

I forced myself to move my body, hugged her tightly and said, "You can't say that. Is life? Who doesn't want to live a better life? Whether it's work or struggle, people will eventually want to improve their living conditions when they live. Are you right?"

Xiaoyu nodded with a smile. I asked again, "Xiaoyu, you said your father bought a villa in Tahiti, so you must have been there?" Xiaoyu angrily said, "Of course I have been there. I go there every year to celebrate the New Year with my parents. But this year, I want to come back early to see you, so I didn't go."

"Then why didn't you say it just now? You still let me talk loudly for a long time like you're looking at a clown?"

"Hehe, do people like to see you look like a big boy?"

I sighed helplessly and asked again, "By the way, Xiaoyu, I have seen your dad and your brother, but I rarely seem to listen to you talking about your mom. What is her attitude towards us?"

"What are you? When you think of asking my mother is here?" Xiaoyu seemed very surprised.

"What's so strange about this? I think you haven't seen your mother for so long and haven't come home during the Chinese New Year, so I asked, don't you miss her?"

"It's okay." Xiaoyu smiled reluctantly.

"What does it mean?! Is she... not your real mother?" I said wonder.

Xiaoyu seemed a little uncomfortable, looked at me and said a nod. I turned sideways, hugged her tightly, and asked, "Xiaoyu, where are you, your biological mother?"

"...Diet." Xiaoyu's face was sad and extremely sad.

"When did you die?" I asked in surprise.

"It's been many years since I was only seven years old at that time. Now I can't remember what she looks like." Xiaoyu's eyes were red, her eyes blinked, and big tears began to fall.

I felt ache in my heart and hugged Xiaoyu's weak body tightly. I didn't expect that Xiaoyu had such a miserable life experience and lost her mother at the age of seven. What a painful tragedy! It turns out that born in a wealthy family, there will be misfortune. Human life is so short, and human hearts are so fragile. God, when will you make this world more beautiful and less suffering?

Xiaoyu was sad from it, and she shrank into my arms and she burst into tears. I felt extremely distressed and loved her, but I didn't persuade her, but just hugged her body and kept stroking her hair, hoping that this would give her sad heart a little comfort. Seeing that Xiaoyu was almost crying, I said again: "Xiaoyu, can you tell me about your mother's affairs? I want to bear your life experience and your sorrow with you."

Xiaoyu wiped her tears, looked at me and nodded, saying, "Actually, this is not a good story. It may be very vulgar, but it is real. This story should start with my father." Speaking of this, Xiaoyu looked at me again and said, "Cheng Dong, I know you have always admired my father. He thought he started from scratch and created a big business empire. He was able to retreat again at the age of fifty and became a traveler who traveled around the world. You even admired the travel notes and essays he wrote. But I tell you, things are not what you imagined."

I was surprised and asked casually: "Are these not true?"

"The facts are facts, but they are just superficial facts. You don't know the reasons behind them. You must know that if a person wants to achieve great success, he must have multiple conditions, talent, opportunity, courage, determination, and luck. In addition, there is one of the most important things, which is money. You must have the most basic funds, just like doing business. I believe that all stories about starting from scratch are fake. No one can become a rich man from a penny, and my dad is no exception."

Speaking of this, Xiaoyu's face seemed a little bitter. She closed her hair on her temples and continued: "My current mother is my stepmother. She is my father's original wife, and he is my brother's biological mother. My father abandoned his wife and children in his early years and came to Hong Kong alone to start a career, but all this is not easy. Maybe he has all the conditions I mentioned above, but he just lacked the most important money. After many wallets, he and my mother were my biological mothers, and they got along. He said he loved my mother, but I would rather believe that he was for my mother's money, because my mother was my grandfather's only daughter. At that time, my grandfather had a small shipping company, which ran small trade in Hong Kong and Guangzhou Bay. Although he couldn't be said to be very rich, it could at least provide my father with the most basic funds."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but snuck, "How could you... say so arbitrarily that your dad doesn't love your mom?"

Xiaoyu paused and said, "Because, because my mother is eight years older than him, I don't believe that a man can fall in love with a woman eight years older than him, even though my mother may be very beautiful."

I remained silent. Xiaoyu continued: "Short after I was born, my grandfather passed away. My father took over the company, first succeeded in the financial industry, and then stopped to establish Shunfeng Shipping, and today we have achieved something step by step. When I was seven years old, my mother died. My father took my brother and son from the mainland, and they forgave my father. Moreover, my father retired at the age of fifty because my brother can already stand alone, and he can hand over his career to my brother. As for the so-called traveling around the world, it is just a kind of emotional compensation for my stepmother. I believe she is the woman my father really loves."

I asked again, "Then, your current mother is your stepmother. Is she not good to you?"

"No, she is very nice to me. You have also seen how nice my dad and my brother are to me. My stepmother is not inferior to me than they do to me, but I still feel very lonely. At the age of seven, I am not old, but I can remember a lot of things. Since I went to middle school, I have lived in the school, and I have rarely come home since then. This is one of the reasons why I chose to work in the mainland. Because I don't want to go home, at that home, I feel like an outsider. The three of them are the real family. Their kindness to me is just a kind of guilt and compensation for my mother's early death." Xiaoyu burst into tears when she said this.
Chapter completed!