Free Web NovelChapter 269: Chapter 269: Accident
Su Li had been walking for nearly ten minutes and was only a few minutes from home when she suddenly started looking for Little Tang Mo.
"Little Mo, Little Mo, where are you?"
With her eyes half-open, Su Li suddenly started searching for Little Tang Mo from her spot on Wu Sheng’s back.
"I’m holding Little Mo’s hand," Wu Sheng quickly replied.
"Little Mo, Little Mo, where are you? Where are you..." Su Li suddenly started to sob as she searched.
Little Tang Mo had been tugging on Su Li’s hand, trying to tell her he was right there, but she kept searching.
When Su Li started crying, Little Tang Mo grew anxious. He opened his mouth to answer, but no sound came out.
He frantically tugged at Wu Sheng’s clothes.
"Easy, easy." Wu Sheng quickly set Su Li down.
"Don’t cry, Su Li, don’t cry. Little Mo is right here, look."
Su Li saw Little Tang Mo through her blurry, drunken eyes, quickly grabbed his hand, and let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness."
"Little Mo, don’t be scared. Don’t be scared. I won’t lose you. I’ll hold your hand tight."
Little Tang Mo nodded furiously.
Some people laugh when they’re drunk, some hit people and break things, and some just cry.
Su Li was probably the crying type.
"Little Mo, I’m sorry. Mommy let you down. It’s all Mommy’s fault..."
"When I got your call, Mommy should have gone to get you, should have brought you back. Mommy was wrong. If it weren’t for Mommy, you wouldn’t be like this."
The guilt and pent-up emotions Su Li had been carrying finally burst forth.
Seeing Su Li cry, Little Tang Mo grew incredibly anxious. He wiped away her tears and pointed at himself, shaking his head furiously to show that he was okay.
But seeing him like this only made Su Li sadder.
"I’m sorry, Momo. It’s all my fault, all my fault..."
"Su Li, stop crying. It’s not your fault." Wu Sheng watched with a pained expression, voicing the words in Little Tang Mo’s heart.
Little Tang Mo nodded emphatically, big tears rolling down his cheeks.
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The heartache was so great, Su Li couldn’t even bring herself to utter the word "mute."
The piercing pain of that word was something Su Li avoided even while drunk.
"Quick, hug your mom and comfort her," Wu Sheng said softly to Little Tang Mo.
Little Tang Mo obediently copied the way Su Li had held him before, cradling her head in his arms. His small hands stroked her head and patted her shoulder as he tried hard to stop his own tears.
Wu Sheng watched the mother and son from the side and rubbed his forehead.
"You two are really... Are you doing this on purpose? Just trying to make someone cry..."
Held by Little Tang Mo, Su Li slowly calmed down a little.
"Little Mo, Little Mo..."
Only those two words remained on her lips.
Little Tang Mo placed Su Li’s hand on his own face and, with some effort, managed a smile.
Seeing this, Su Li smiled along with him. "Little Mo, you’re back. This is so good..."
"Yeah, Little Mo is here. Don’t be anxious, let’s go home first."
Wu Sheng patted Little Tang Mo’s head and went to help Su Li up. "It’s so late and cold, and the ground is freezing. Let’s hurry back before we catch a cold."
"Right, can’t catch a cold. Little Mo can’t catch a cold. Let’s go back, go back."
Su Li immediately tried to get up, but unfortunately, when she was drunk, she was the type to become completely weak. She swayed just trying to stand, let alone walk.
"Let’s go back, let’s go back." Wu Sheng got Su Li onto his back again.
But once she was on his back, she had to let go of Little Tang Mo’s hand. The moment she let go, Su Li started crying and looking for Little Tang Mo again.
Wu Sheng could only helplessly put Su Li down. As soon as she grabbed Little Tang Mo’s hand, she felt at ease and stopped crying.
On a walk that should have taken only a few minutes, this repeated three times.
Wu Sheng finally determined that Su Li wasn’t the type of drunk who just cries; she cries when she can’t find Little Tang Mo.
In short, when she got drunk, she had one fixation: find Little Tang Mo, need Little Tang Mo!
Wu Sheng felt a pang of sadness. He looked at Su Li, feeling both heartbroken for her and exasperated.
"Why don’t you ever look for me!" He roughly tousled Su Li’s hair, then resignedly bent down and picked her up.
He carried her princess-style, making it easier for her to hold Little Tang Mo’s hand and keep quiet.
After a difficult journey, they finally reached the entrance of her apartment building.
Wu Sheng was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Su Li frown and cover her mouth, looking like she was about to be sick.
Wu Sheng quickly put Su Li down and patted her back.
"Little Mo, step back a bit. Your mom might be sick."
Little Tang Mo obediently took two steps back.
Su Li didn’t throw up. Seeing that she wasn’t holding Little Tang Mo’s hand anymore, her lips trembled and she started up again.
"Little Mo, Little Mo, where are you... Little Mo."
The tears came instantly, plopping down one after another.
"Little Point, hurry over and let your mom hold your hand," Wu Sheng called out hastily.
Without needing to be called, Little Tang Mo came back on his own, rushing to take Su Li’s hand.
He even had a smile on his face.
On the way back, Little Tang Mo’s smiles had become more and more natural.
He cried, but he also smiled.
In that short walk, amidst Su Li’s commotion, Little Tang Mo’s whole demeanor had changed somewhat.
His once-rare smiles were suddenly appearing more and more.
Whenever Su Li looked at him, he would smile.
And this moment was no different.
"Little Mo’s right here. You’re holding his hand. Don’t cry."
Seeing Little Tang Mo, Su Li, with tears still falling, gave a silly grin.
"Little Mo, you can’t let go, okay? You have to hold my hand, and I’ll hold yours too."
Once she was holding Little Tang Mo’s hand, she quieted down again.
Wu Sheng shook his head. "Unbelievable..."
"Little Point, walk a little bit ahead and hold your mom’s hand. Whatever you do, don’t let go."
Little Tang Mo nodded with all his might.
Wu Sheng sighed and picked Su Li up again.
"I’ve seen all kinds of drunken antics, but yours are the weirdest."
"Little Point, don’t fall, and don’t let go of her hand. If your mom cries a couple more times, she won’t even be able to open her eyes tomorrow."
Wu Sheng’s voice grew fainter and fainter until it was gone.
Tang Yuanxiao’s figure slowly emerged.
The veins on his hands were bulging, but he clenched his jaw tightly.
After parting with Su Li, the word ’remarry’ still weighed on Tang Yuanxiao’s mind. Later, he had unconsciously found his way to the entrance of her building.
Little Tang Mo was afraid of him, so he didn’t go up, instead just looking up from downstairs as he had before.
He was about to leave after watching for a while, but then he unexpectedly saw Wu Sheng, Su Li, and Little Tang Mo come out together.
Seeing them talking and laughing like a happy family of three, Tang Yuanxiao almost couldn’t breathe.
Afterward, as if not in control of himself, he numbly followed behind them.
He saw them go inside to drink, and he saw Su Li get drunk.
When Wu Sheng came out carrying Su Li on his back, Tang Yuanxiao almost lost control and rushed out, only managing to hold himself back at the last second.
His thoughts ran wild. One moment, he’d think, ’How could Su Li be so careless? Going out drinking with a man and bringing Little Tang Mo along... it’s so irresponsible.’ The next, he’d blame himself.
’Su Li is in a bad mood, to the point of going out drinking. It must be because she’s upset that the lawsuit was rejected.’
Tang Yuanxiao’s mind was a tangled mess.
After Su Li had made things clear and returned his ring, he knew she had chosen Wu Sheng. He had been mentally prepared for it.
But seeing them together in person, he still couldn’t control his emotions.
He didn’t know if it was because he’d been rattled by the word ’remarry’ earlier that day.
His head throbbed, and he was overcome with an impulse to destroy it all.
