My Youth Began With Him

“Mom…” Su Yu felt a little awkward at the sight of his mother.

“What’s wrong?” Mrs. Su held Pudding up into her arms lovingly and wiped away the latter’s tears using her sleeves.

“Actually…” Su Yu racked his brain for an excuse. After all, his mother wasn’t a fool and any clue would give them up.

“Grandma Su, Little Bean wants to go home… I don’t want to go… so we started to argue. Our argument escalated and we began to cry,” Pudding explained.

Clearly, she didn’t want Mrs. Su to know about her daddy and mommy’s situation.

Su Yu held up Little Bean and nodded. “Yes, that’s what happened.”

“Oh… I thought it was something big! But really… what’s Mian doing? Where did she and Qin Chu go? They don’t want their kids anymore? The kids have been here for a couple of days now,” Mrs. Su wondered.

Little Bean began to cry even harder at Mrs. Su’s words…

“Mom, look, what are you saying? It’s not like we can’t feed them,” Su Yu half-joked

“Of course, I’m not worried about feeding them. They can stay here forever if they want to. I’m just thinking that… the kids are still young… it’s natural that they miss their mom. This is probably the first time she’s left them alone for this long ever since their birth. It makes sense that they’re missing her.”

“If she could… she would pick them up. You know how much she loves the kids.” Su Yu tried to reason.

“That’s true. Mian’s so attached to the kids… she probably has something really important to handle this time. Little Bean, stop crying. Tomorrow, I’ll wake up early and make you some delicious tiramisu. How does that sound?”

“I don’t want to eat, Grandma Su,” Little Bean cried as she spoke.

“Oh my… you’re crying so hard… my heart’s breaking…”

Mrs. Su carried Pudding downstairs carefully, standing before Su Yu and Little Bean.

“Good girl, Little Bean, don’t cry. I’ll make you anything you want to eat.”

“I don’t want to eat anything, Grandma Su, I want my mommy.” Little Bean was still crying her heart out.

“I’ll call your mommy and tell her to hurry back.” Mrs. Su was still in the dark.

Pudding gave Little Bean a look, signaling her that Grandma Su could not know about this.

Receiving the glance, Little Bean looked down and continued to cry. She was too afraid to tell the truth.

After a long while of comforting, the twins made up and went upstairs to bed.

After the twins were asleep, Mrs. Su looked at Su Yu. “What happened?”

“Nothing! Didn’t we just tell you?”

“I’m old but I’m not confused. Pudding lied to me and now you’re lying to me too?”

“…” Su Yu was once again speechless.

“I know Mian. If it’s not something important, she wouldn’t leave the kids here for this long without seeing them. Not even a phone call! I’ve been watching the twins’ phones. They haven’t been in contact with their parents. No video calls. No texts.”

“Mom… you’re pretty observant…” Su Yu was speechless…

“Duh! If I’m not observant, how could I have married into the Su Family?” Mrs. Su rolled her eyes at her son.

Seeing that he couldn’t hide the secret anymore, he told his mother everything.

Mrs. Su was stunned by the news.

She took a piece of tissue and wiped away her tears.

“Mian… such a good person… why is her life so rough? She’s not even 30 yet,” Mrs. Su cried.

“Mom, Mian’s not dead yet. Don’t say things like this.” Su Yu felt frustrated.

“Son, I hope I’m not being inappropriate… but do you think Mian will return safely this time?”

Su Yu’s phone rang just as he was about to answer.

After the call, Su Yu’s expression changed and he stood up.

“Mom, something happened in the hospital. I need to go.” With that, he ran out anxiously.