President's Substitute Wife

I listened to her for the first time but my tears rolled in my eyes and I was sad.

I tried to endure the physical discomfort and wanted to enter the ward. Ming stood in front of me and stopped me suddenly. He said hesitantly, “you have to be mentally prepared.”

I looked at him and was more impulsive. I went to the front and looked into the ward.

My tears came down.

There was only one bed and one table in the ward except for one toilet.

Maybe it was because it was on the top floor. It was very cold in the room. I was wearing a coat but my face could feel cold.

There was a woman sitting on the bed. The woman was dressed in an indistinguishable suit and unbuttoned.

Her two almost flat breasts were exposed.

She was bony and her pale, wrinkled skin stuck to her bones. Her sternum and lute were clearly visible.

It seemed that her skin is a little purple because of the cold.

Her face was thinner but her big eyes showed that she used to be a beauty.

The woman’s hair was long and at least as tall as her and scattered on the bed.

This room was dirty but the sheet was white.

There were two dolls on it.

Those two dolls were wearing very beautiful dresses. Even after so long, we could see that they were very high-end dolls.

The woman clapped the two dolls with her thin hand and put the index finger of the other hand on her mouth and whispered, “don’t wake them up.”

I was

was my mother. I used to dream of meeting my mother again many times, but

were running down. I took off my clothes and wanted to put them on Margaret.

suddenly pushed me away. “Don’t come here!

said and hugged the two dolls on the

Then she began to coax them, “baby don’t cry. Mom is here. Don’t worry. Mom will protect you. Mom won’t let

Ming walked up and held me.

you want to die? Mental patients look normal but suddenly go mad. You never

I turned around and saw a metal basin on the table with a dry cracked steamed

I couldn’t help but point to that and ask,

nurse looked at me. “Yes, we charge very little. It’s good that we can offer her three meals a day.” She seemed afraid that I would complain about her, so she said, “the people who sent her in knew our conditions from the beginning, but they still decided to send

I was sad to hear that.

up at Ming. “Shall we take

I’ll arrange it.” Ming nodded.

but we can only

arms and immediately became alert. “Where are you going to take

“We...”

go with you. Don’t try

Margaret warned.

I felt more and

I stood there and said to her, “no, we’re going to take you and your children to a better place. They...” I hesitated and said, “they’re growing up and going to school soon. It’s not good for them here. They need to go to a better place. There is a teacher who teaches them knowledge

Margaret’s eyes were clear and bright. She looked at me and seemed to understand and become submissive. “Really? Can

teacher is wonderful and experienced. Any child who follows her can learn a lot and become intelligent.” I advised.

She looked at the two dolls in her arms. “Laura, Lisa, you’re going to

“Yes.” I kept weeping.

me on the shoulder. “Let’s go through the

We will go through the transfer formalities for you and come back at once,

“OK.” Margaret nodded.