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.”

was sad.

used to dream of meeting my mother again many times, but I never thought

my clothes and

her, Margaret suddenly pushed me away. “Don’t come here! What

She said and hugged the two dolls on

began to coax them, “baby don’t cry. Mom is here. Don’t worry.

Ming walked up and held me.

behind me, “do you want to die? Mental patients look

a metal basin on the table with a dry cracked steamed bun and a little boiled

couldn’t help but point to that and ask, “she just eats

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,

I was sad to hear that.

I looked up at Ming. “Shall we take mom away?”

“OK, I’ll arrange it.” Ming

listened to us and said, “she can be transferred, but we can only refund you a small amount of money, and the accountant didn’t work today.”

Margaret seemed to understand us. She held the dolls in her arms and immediately became

“We...”

“I will not go with you. Don’t

Margaret warned.

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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 and treats them well.”

seemed to understand and become submissive. “Really? Can she really teach them?”

wonderful and experienced. Any child who follows her can learn

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

“Yes.” I kept weeping.

Ming patted me on the shoulder. “Let’s go through the transfer formalities first.”

minute. We will go through the transfer formalities for you and come back

“OK.” Margaret nodded.