Chapter 3182 Persistence and Waiting

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After waiting for a while, the boy blinked blankly when he found that he didn't hear any movement.

He pursed his lips.

The turbulent heartbeats disturbed his ears.

He was a little irritable.

He took a deep breath.

……

what……

The boy then discovered...
The room was dark.

That is to say...

Mom hasn't come back yet.

……

The boy suddenly felt a sense of joy similar to that of "surviving a disaster".

Great.

Mom hasn't come back yet!
The boy's mouth stretched into a grin.

So, what was he so nervous about before?
……

He seems to be very lucky today?
The boy thought happily as he turned on the lights in the room.

I just thought about how I hurriedly said goodbye to the gray-haired girl in order to rush home...

The boy felt a little uneasy.

The gray-haired girl won’t be angry, right?
……

The boy was in a tangle of troubles.

Time passes unconsciously.

He was awakened by his stomach growling.

He held his stomach.

So hungry.

He glanced casually at the clock on the table.

The next second -
He was stunned.

It’s almost eight o’clock…

……

It's already so late...

The boy was surprised.

And mom... hasn't come back yet.

……

The boy felt a little uneasy.

He walked into the living room.

Soon, the dim living room was illuminated by light.

But it seemed increasingly deserted.

The boy went to the window.

It is dark outside the window.

There was a light on in almost every house on the opposite floor.

……

The boy leaned out of the window.

Below is the entrance to the apartment building.

If his mother comes back, he can see her first.

……

The boy tightened his grip on the windowsill.

Mother……

……

My mind was full of miscellaneous things before, and I didn’t realize the passage of time, let alone notice that my mother came home late.

So there is no anxiety.

but now……

He knew very well that his mother would come home late.

His heart suddenly felt like a boiling oil pan.

It's very painful.

……

Mother……

Why haven't you come back yet?
The boy opened his eyes wide, not missing any movement below.

……

The sensor light came on a few times -
After all, it was late and those who should go home had already gone home.

Occasionally there are a few people who come back late.

He was extremely excited and nervous.

but……

no mother.

……

The boy pursed his lips.

Because he used too much force, he felt a slight pain on his lips.

But these pains were nothing serious.

He was tense to the extreme.

So much so that my whole body began to tremble slightly.

He clenched his back teeth harder and harder.

The emotions inside him got stuck in his throat.

It seemed like the next moment, I would be broken by the madly beating heart...

……

Mom, mom, mom…

The boy shouted in his mind over and over again.

His eyes were fixed on the road in front of the apartment building's entrance.

Only when I occasionally look back at the time will my gaze wander away for a short while.

……

It's half past nine.

……

The boy removed his hand from his stomach.

His stomach went from rumbling with hunger at the beginning to being "dead silent" now.

He was numb with hunger.

Actually, there are still some snacks at home.

But he was reluctant to leave the window.

He wanted to be the first to notice his mother coming back.

Moreover, even though he was very hungry, he had no appetite at all.

On the contrary, when he thought about what to eat, his stomach started to churn.

He doesn't eat.

He has to wait for his mother to come back.

It’s so late, I wonder if mom has eaten?
He wants to wait for his mother to come back and have dinner together.

……

Time passed by minute by minute, and the boy could hear the ticking sound of a clock.

He rubbed his ears hard.

The ticking of the clock disappeared.

But other voices rang in his mind.

……

"You have to be obedient."

"You only have your mother now."

"If your mother doesn't want you anymore, you will become an orphan."

"Orphans are very pitiful..."

……

orphan……

He naturally knew what an orphan was.

A child without a father or a mother.

But, he clearly has both a father and a mother.

It’s just that dad is away on a business trip.

He believed that his father would come back one day.

And mom just went to work.

Mother……

An idea suddenly occurred to the boy.

That's right.

Mom is working overtime!
Mom must be working overtime.

Mom must want to go home too.

Mommy won't be like Daddy...

Will not……

The boy told himself over and over again in his heart.

Mom just came back late because of work...

It's definitely not that I don't want him anymore.

……

Suddenly, a burning sensation came from the corner of the boy's eyes.

The boy was a little startled.

He blinked subconsciously.

The next second, a hot tear fell on the back of his hand.

His five fingers subconsciously contracted.

So hot.

……

Then, he reacted.

He cried.

……

It seemed as if his consciousness opened the floodgates of his tears.

"patta~patta~"

Big tears kept flowing from the corners of his eyes.

He was a little flustered.

He quickly reached out to wipe it.

The tears flowed even more fiercely.

……

He wiped the tears from his face carelessly.
However, his tears just kept flowing.

The boy stiffened.

After a few seconds, he covered his face with his hands.

Tears seeped through the gaps between my fingers.

It dripped down the edge of the boy's palm.

……

A suppressed sob came from the boy's throat.

Even though he was the only one at home at the moment, he couldn't cry freely.

Because he didn't feel like crying right now.

Why is he crying?
If his mother saw it when she came back, how would he explain it?

Mom is back...

The boy bit his lower lip.

I cried so hard that my whole body began to shake violently.

My hands felt hot and cold at the same time.

……

Mom...will she really come back?
Will...come back, right?
Will definitely come back.

……

The boy's body slid down slowly against the wall.

He tilted his head.

The hands covering his face fell down.

……

The room was quiet again.

The boy fell into a deep sleep.

There were traces of tears on her face, as well as red marks of varying depths left by forceful wiping.

Even in his sleep, tears seemed to be oozing from the boy's eyes.

……

"Get up! Get up!"

A familiar voice reached my ears.

The boy reached out his hand from under the quilt and groped around in annoyance.

……

"Wake up! Wake up-"

The sharp scream stopped abruptly.

The boy buried his head in the quilt for a while, then sat up with his eyes half closed with some reluctance.

As the weather gets colder, getting up early becomes more and more painful.

The boy hung his head.

He looked confused, half asleep and half awake.

……

Just as the boy was about to fall into a dark sleep again -
"Get up! Get up!"

The sharp cry rang out again.

"rise-"

"Snapped!"

The boy slammed his hand on the alarm clock.

Annoyed.

Noisy!
and many more……

(End of this chapter)