Come With Me

I didn't look back. I was afraid that my heart would be softened again if I looked back.

My mother said to me sentimentally, "Jasmine, I know I did something wrong. I'm not a good mother. You can blame me or break off the relationship with me today. I can accept it."

"From now on, we will have nothing to do with each other. I won't bother you any more."

There were some sobs in my mother's voice.

With tears in my eyes, I bit my lips and repeatedly told myself not to be soft-hearted. I must not be soft-hearted. This must be a trick of my mother.

"Jasmine, I won't stop you if you want to leave. But we don't have to end up like this. Let's have a meal together, as the last dinner."

"Don't worry. I won't bother you again after this meal. Even if I die, I won't ask you to collect my body,"

I clenched my fists and hesitated.

My mom walked in front of me from behind and said, "let's go. It's just a meal. You even don't want to have dinner with me?"

My mom was walking slowly with her head down. That look makes me feel a little pitiful somehow.

My heart softened at last, thinking that maybe I could have the most peaceful dinner with my mother.

That was my first time to visit a small and shabby dumpling restaurant.

I remembered clearly that day. My mother ordered two dishes of dumplings, a pot of pickles and a dish of peanuts.

She ordered a small bottle of white wine for herself and a drink for me.

My mother had drunk a few mouthfuls of white wine.

"Jasmine, look at me. I don't blame you for looking down on me. I know that no one respect me now."

"It's true that what I am now is because what I did, but I was younger and more beautiful than you were when I was young."

"But I was too young. I couldn't stand your father's sweet words and married him. At that time, I lived such a happy life with him and had children with him wholeheartedly, but..."

My mom wiped her tears away as she said.

two children. What can I do? I'm so sad! I drank and I gambled! Only

tears and said it

and pointed to the tissue on the counter behind her and said, "Get mom some tissue.

pile of tissues for

and put it in front of me. She said, "I know you don't drink. It's better not to drink.

mom, I poured the juice into my glass and toasted

My mother smiled.

to explain to you. If you are able to get some money from the Luo family, your mother will not be

you told me earlier that you were kicked out of the Luo family, I would save money and spend a few more

sip from her glass, "Yours is a drink. Finish

mother laughed again when she saw that

as long as they want. Men are not worth it. Why do we keep our integrity for them? Why can they have so many

feel dizzy. I wanted to open my eyes, but I couldn't help but close them

what did you do to

just now, and all I could remember was her words, "have a sleep, and you'll

fell instantly. "Mom, I beg you. Don't push me to

to say these words, I lost consciousness and knew nothing at all.

where I was and how long I

a little bit of my consciousness, I was frightened into a

a dim yellow color. There was a long sofa under me.

of the room is playing

little messy, there were no signs of

little better, I heard a

"Is that woman awake?"

should be better now since she has

Try to wake me up if she is still

jumped to my throat because I was

was pushed

came a woman who could tell she was about forty, even though she wore

wearing a tight skirt with her bright red lips and a lady's cigarette between her fingers.

two men following

"Oh, you are awake?"

looked at the stranger in front of me and swallowed because