Roses under the sun

  "Do you have to know?" Heon Se-ya looked at her.

  "Right." Oulian was still so resolute.

  Han Shiya and Ou Jiefeng met in their first year of high school, when they were the golden boys and girls of the school, and their relationship had always been envied by others.

  "Shall we go abroad for further study?"

  "I want to go too."

  "Right, with our great Gaokao scores, we can definitely study abroad."

  "But we don't have any money!"

  Han Shi Ya is an orphan.

  "Don't worry, my family has money, enough for both of us."

  "Why don't we get married before going abroad?"

  "Of course, we agreed on this three years ago."

  But it was written like this, and the European company went bankrupt. Although it didn't reach the point of being heavily indebted, it had almost hollowed out its soul.

  "You go study abroad, Uncle and Auntie I will take care of things here."

  "No way, we have to go together, if you don't go, I won't go either."

  "Jie Feng, can you mature a bit? Now that your uncle and aunt have fallen down, the whole family is counting on you. You must make an effort."

  "But what about you?"

  "I don't care, I'll just wait for you to get better and support me then."

  "Definitely, let's get married as soon as I'm back."

  "You mustn't disappoint me and your uncle and aunt's expectations of you."

  "I will absolutely not disappoint you."

  Ou Jie Feng was really moved at that time, he vowed to marry this woman and be good to her for the rest of his life.

  "So, I took care of his parents for three years, worked three jobs a day to pay for his tuition and living expenses, only to find out that after three years, he ended up marrying another woman."

  "Why is it like that? He should love you very much."

  "Because that 'woman' has power and influence, men are all career-oriented animals."

  "Then, then who am I?"

  "I got pregnant with you guys in the second year, at that time he didn't know and just wanted to give him a surprise, but later on saw him holding another 'woman's' hand coming out, it was really a dramatic scene."

  "So, even if he knew you were pregnant with his child, he still didn't want to take responsibility?"

  "His kid? Do you think I'd let him get away with it that easily? I told him the child wasn't his, what right does he have to know?"

  "You mean he still doesn't know we're his real parents until now?"

  "Of course, I wouldn't let him know. At that time, I told him it was with another man, but that man had abandoned me. Later, heaven has eyes, and that 'woman' Yang Huina couldn't bear children, so he took care of your brother Ou Jinghuan as a way to repay me, only not knowing that the child he raised for 18 years was actually his own biological son."

  "That's really ruthless."

  "It's not that I'm cruel, it's just that he doesn't deserve it and also owes me."

  "Right, this kind of man is obviously doomed."

  "Now you know everything, will you tell him?"

  "That man? I'll wait till he's dying to tell him."

  "She is really my good daughter."

  "We can live just as colorful lives without men."

  "Right, we don't need men."

  "So I won't ask him for money even if I go abroad to study."

  "What's to be done?"

  "I want to go to a bar for part-time work, I heard the salary is very high."

  "You, you want...?"

  "Of course it's not what you think, I absolutely won't do that."

  "This is certain."

  "A friend's relative opened a bar and I've already reported for duty, tomorrow I'll be going to work there. It's a bit far away, so I'll be living in the dormitory over there."

  "Can I trust you?"

  "What do you think?"

  "I believe Ou Lian will take responsibility for herself."

  "Huh?"

  "My pride is my mother's pride."

  "Can you stop doing that?"

  "Ou Zhen likes to eat snacks."

  "What's wrong?"

  "I'm thinking of opening a supermarket that sells nothing but snacks."

  "Great! Great! It must be opened, so we don't have to go out and buy snacks!"

  "Alright, how about we strive together?"

  "You, you really aren't doing that anymore?"

  "I swear."

  "Mom, actually you're also my pride."

  The mother and daughter hugged each other for the first time, without hatred, only warmth.

  Ou Lian left the small town where she had lived for 18 years, a place that was quite prosperous and the kind of city she yearned for. But, she really couldn't help feeling a little worried about her mom, suddenly thinking that she was actually a very pitiful woman.

  "It's okay here, hurry up, I'll help you pack your luggage."

  "It's just me living here, it's fine, pretty quiet."

  "Just you alone, go check out the bar at night."

  "Okay, thank you."

  "Why be polite with me? Right, we seem to have a salary of 4,000 yuan per month."

  "Is it reliable? It's just helping to deliver wine and fruit."

  "Yes, if you encounter generous customers, there will be tips too."

  "Don't like tips."

  "Silly you, why didn't you take the tip?"

  "Never mind about this for now, where are we going later?"

  "Shall we go eat, dear? I'm starving."

  "It's all up to you."

  Ou Zhen felt that her life was about to start anew, she had to work hard and live out her own style.