Chapter 428 - A Bad Mother? (1/2)

Xu Mey's lips parted but she couldn't say anything. Several times she tried to say something but something would get stuck in her throat. She wasn't able to say it.

But since her heart was not getting a way to show how she felt her tears trickled down to show her feelings.

In a low voice, she whispered, ”Are you upset with mom?”

Jie heard her words but didn't react because he knew she was talking to Juan.

”You should be upset with mom. But why are you punishing yourself for mom's foolishness?” She sniffled and continued, ”I'm really sorry for what I said. I shouldn't have said all that without clearing things up with you. As a mother, I should have believed in you. I should have stood up for you. Stand by you. But I was muddleheaded. I really didn't think before speaking. So, forgive mom this once, eh? Just this once. I promise I won't do it again. So, please wake up!”

She wiped her tears and continued in a broken voice, ”Even if you want to stay upset with my mom, it's okay. I know I can't ask for forgiveness just like this. You don't have to forgive me so easily. But you have to wake up and give mom another chance. So, I can try to fix everything. So that I can make it up to you. I know you have a lot of complaints. I'm willing to listen to everything you have to say. And I promise I'll try to change.”

Her elbows were propped up beside Juan's arm as her hands covered her face and she kept sobbing. Her shoulders were shaking as she kept speaking in a raspy voice, ”I know I have done a lot of mistakes. And mom has hurt you as well. I know it all now. I understand it. However, don't get back at mom by stayed quiet like this, eh? Mom is used to listening to your voice that echoes in our house. Wake up and tell me what I am doing wrong. You have the right to do it. You're my only daughter and I should be listening to you. I will listen to you. Please, open your eyes and say something.”

Even Bao who had been sitting quietly could see his dad's discomfort from his position. He could tell his dad's heart was swaying with his mother's tears and he wasn't even surprised at it. The way Jie kept rubbing his forehead and kept stealing glances at Xu Mey, clearly told the situation of what was going on in his heart.

However, for once, Jie was trying with all his might to fight his feelings. He couldn't let his heart rule him at this moment. He needed to stay sober and deal with this situation rationally. If his emotions got the best of him, he'd really fail. But how was he supposed to deal with the way his heart shook every time he heard her sob?

Finding his dad's predicament quite amusing, Bao walked out to his mother and patted her back. Since she was almost leaning on the bed, he could easily reach her with his height. Feeling a touch, Xu Mey looked up with her tear-stained face and saw her son. She pulled him in a hug and sobbed harder. With no expression on his face, Bao kept patted his mother's back.

”No matter how much she's upset with you, she won't like to see you cry, mom.”