When he had smoked half the cigarette, the face he was waiting for appeared before him. He put the cigarette down and looked through the window.
She hadn"t changed at all, it seemed. Her long, black hair was tied into a ponytail. She was wearing a pink jacket over a high-neck white sweater with tight jeans hugging her slender legs.
She could not stand the cold. Even if it was March she wore such thick clothes.
Gu Yubai"s hands clenched on the steering wheel, revealing all his emotions.
Lin Meng stood at the entrance of the kindergarten. Usually, she would wait at the gate for half an hour before cla.s.s got over.
She was afraid her son would not be able to find her so she always tried to stand near the gate.
It was his birthday yesterday, but neither the big brother nor Xiao Ning could come back and accompany him.
When Lin Meng got up in the morning, he was already gone. He was still mad.
All these years his birthday was celebrated with her. He was her only remaining family. This time, there were many people around. He had been looking forward to it. Unfortunately, nothing went as planned.
“Mom.” When Huai came out, he saw her standing in front of him. Running over to her, he hugged her leg. Lin Meng bent down and picked him up.
The little guy talked a lot, describing interesting things that had happened in the kindergarten that day. She smiled and listened. She straightened the corner of his wrinkled shirt. Lin looked at the pa.s.sing vehicles and waited to cross the road.
Gu Yubai looked at the family of two. He could not help but feel angry, he did not want to stay any longer. He started the engine and the car whizzed past them, barely missing her.
Lin Meng hugged her son and stumbled a few steps back in horror. She was still in shock. Although the car moved very fast, she had seen it clearly. Huai"an was scared. Attached to her chest, his hands clutched her neck tightly.
After a few seconds, she felt helpless, hugged the child in her arms, and crossed the road. After the scare, Huai"an became quiet and cuddled into her arms.
"It is him, it must be," she was sure.
When she chose to come back, Lin Meng knew that one day she would have to face him again. She felt remorse about her past actions. She had wronged him and owed him an apology.
When she left, she didn"t think about coming back. She never thought she would meet him again in this life.
But the world is so unpredictable. It brought her before him yet again.
He hates her, she knows. Asking him to forgive her? No, she couldn"t. Because she had hurt him so deeply that even she herself felt it was unforgivable.
"Why did he appear here?"