1023 The Only Evidence That His Mother Remembered Him (1/2)

Lin Ran sank into her memories once again, her eyes moistening up. ”Can you believe it? In this era, my clothes were all patched up before I got into middle school and was issued school uniforms! After that, it was the granny next door who gave me her granddaughter's old clothes so that I didn't have to wear patched-up clothes. However, the young lady from next door stopped me on my way home from school and pointed me out to her friends, telling them that my mom was a lunatic. She also said that from top to bottom… what I was wearing were all pieces of clothing that she had given me out of charity.”

Hearing Lin Ran's words, Lin Nuan could imagine how humiliated Lin Ran, being the prideful person she was, had felt back then.

Lin Nuan saw Lin Ran's eyes filled with tears and drew a tissue to pass her…

Lin Ran smiled and wiped away her snot and tears before looking at Cen Mo with reddened eyes and saying, ”I hated Dad for his incompetence, hated that he couldn't let his wife and child live a life where we didn't need to worry about food and clothes. I also hated him for not thinking of ways to cure Mom, who had gone crazy. It was only after Mom passed away that I understood that after putting aside all the living expenses every month, Dad had used all the rest of the money to search for you!”

Cen Mo could imagine the scene in his mind where his father counted the money to be put aside for living expenses. And because he wanted to let his daughter have some meat for one of the meals, he'd hesitantly draw out a little bit more from the funds to be used in searching for his son.

”I'm sorry…” Cen Mo said to Lin Ran.

If he hadn't gone missing, Lin Ran wouldn't have had to go through all that. She would have been able to live a good life in the Lin family as the daughter of a rich family. She wouldn't… wouldn't have been put through so much hardship.

”The reason I said all that isn't to get you to apologize, nor am I blaming you!” Lin Ran's tone was very gentle as she looked at Cen Mo, saying, ”The reason I'm telling you all this is to let you know that Mom and Dad loved you a lot. They never gave up on searching for you, never. It was only when Dad contracted cancer and revealed Lin Nuan and my identities, then… ”

Lin Ran choked, not able to continue her words…

Their father had leaped from the top of a building, forever disappearing from this world. After that, there was no one to search for Cen Mo anymore.

”I know!” Cen Mo nodded. He could tell that Lin Ran was a very kindhearted girl.

Otherwise, given how she had been through so much hardship with Ji Yun and her husband, she wouldn't have bothered with Ji Yun after returning to the Lin family. However, she still took care of Ji Yun and didn't vent her fury on Lin Nuan and Ji Yun due to her hatred. This wasn't something that could be done if the person wasn't kindhearted enough.

After that, Lin Ran continued to share stories from when she was a child. She mentioned more about how their father had earned money to support the family. Their father had to go through so much hardship, but it was as if there was a strong conviction that pushed him to persist and continue devoting effort. Lin Ran said that her guess was that… finding Cen Mo was their father's conviction.

”It's just that Dad never mentioned you. Lin Nuan and I only got to know of your name from Mom's letter… You're called Lu Boye.” Lin Ran said this, then took out the original copy of the letter that Ji Yun had left behind. She carefully opened it up and passed it to Cen Mo.

Cen Mo received it with both hands. The feeling of looking at a photo of the letter and touching the actual letter his mother had touched before was completely different.

Cen Mo's eyes turned red, and he looked at the elegant and beautiful writing in the letter. He could imagine what a gentle lady his mother was.

”This… I've already scanned and printed a copy of it. I feel that… Mom's handwritten letter should be left for you!” Lin Ran spoke up once again.

Lin Ran had spent the most time with Ji Yun, and Cen Mo was the one out of the three of them who spent the least amount of time with her. He was the one Ji Yun had been the most worried about. Therefore, she was willing to give this handwritten letter that was very precious to her to Cen Mo!

Both Lin Nuan and her had memories of spending time with Ji Yun, but Cen Mo didn't!

To Cen Mo, this letter was probably the only evidence that his mother remembered him.