An Impossible to Reject Confession

"Grandma, we're back." As soon as he entered the door, Lu Shi shouted happily, but after waiting for a while, Grandma Qiao was not seen to answer them.

"Aren't you at home?" Lu Shi walked around the living room and kitchen, but didn't see Grandma Qiao.

"I'll make a call." Qiao Mu said, and began to call grandma.

Although Grandma Qiao is good most of the time, she occasionally has a disordered memory, returning to a certain memory point in the past to do things a few years ago, or even a dozen years ago. But fortunately, the places she frequented were either the park that Grandpa Qiao often went to, or the dojo where Qiao Mu stayed when he was a child, so there was nothing dangerous. But Qiao Mu was always worried that Grandma Qiao's condition would worsen, so every time Grandma Qiao was absent for no reason, she would be worried.

"Grandma, where are you?" The call was connected, and the three of them were relieved at the same time.

"Oh, good." Qiao Mu answered twice, hung up the phone and said to the two of them, "Grandma is shopping at the vegetable market, she said that the fungus that the vegetable owner promised to give him had forgotten at home, Go back temporarily to get it, and come back 20 minutes later."

"Isn't it just a fungus? Wouldn't it be the same tomorrow?" Lu Shi said.

"Who is clamoring for fungus salad in the morning?" Qiao Mubai glanced at him.

Complained, "Only the history teacher is a good person today, and he didn't leave homework."

Qiao Mu rarely echoed: "There is indeed a lot of homework today."

Qiao Mu took out books one by one, and accidentally brought out a cardboard box the size of a palm. Just as Qiao Mu was about to take it back, Xu Youyou saw it with sharp eyes and asked, "What is this?"

"Nothing?" Qiao Mu fished the box back and put it in the bag.

Xu Youyou glanced at her and saw that Qiaomu didn't want to tell her, so she didn't ask.

Lu Shi was standing next to him, and he really didn't see it. You threw a box that was obviously a gift in front of Xu Youyou. When people asked what you were, you said nothing? Brother, can I call you brother? Today is Valentine's Day, so you won't be afraid that Xu Youyou will suspect that you have received a gift from someone you love.

"Isn't that what you bought from the sea market and said you want to give it to Xu Youyou?" Lu Shi clicked directly.

Xu Youyou raised her head in surprise: "A gift for me?"

"Ah, um." When Qiao Mu saw that Lu had already clicked it, he had to admit it.

"Then why did you hide it? And the gift that Miichi brought back, why give it to me today?" Xu Youyou asked.

"Of course because today is..."

"I hid it because today is Valentine's Day." Qiao Mu didn't dare to breathe, and shouted out in one breath.

"Because it's Valentine's Day? So you hide it?" Xu Youyou said she didn't understand the logic, "Why?"

"Yeah, why?" Lu Shi also wanted to know how his cousin would explain it.

"This is a souvenir I bought from the sea market. I originally planned to give it to you when I came back. But after I came back, I couldn't find it for some reason. Then last night, I suddenly went to I found it in the suitcase, and I thought about bringing it to you this morning. But..." Qiao Mu swallowed, "I went to school in the morning and only knew it was Valentine's Day, so I thought... I'll bring it to you another day."

"Are you afraid that I will misunderstand you like me?" Xu Youyou asked.

Qiaomu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he was dumbfounded. He didn't know how to answer this question. He was afraid that Xu Youyou knew that he liked her, but what if Xu Youyou really only regarded him as a friend? He didn't intend to confess today, he just wanted to use the above excuse to give Xu Youyou a gift today.

Qiao Mu couldn't answer this question, so she didn't answer at all, she just took out the gift and handed it over: "Since you saw it, I'll give it to you."

Anyway, the gift was delivered today.

"Thank you." Xu Youyou opened the gift box, and there was a string of small and delicate wind chimes. The wind chimes were about the size of a palm, with colorful shells hanging from them, and translucent glass interspersed in the middle. The sunlight can reflect colorful light. Shaking his hand gently, there was a crisp sound.

"What a chic wind chime, this size, you can hang it on the window. I like it very much, thank you." Xu Youyou thanked.

Qiao Mu's hesitant and depressed mood instantly brightened, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing the dimples that were evident after losing weight.

"Okay, do you still have to do your homework?" Although his cousin stupidly gave Valentine's Day gifts as tourist souvenirs, Lu Shi was still abused by the warm atmosphere between the two Liver pain.

It's not good to know too much these days.

The three of them did their homework for a while when there was a sudden noise at the gate of the courtyard. The three thought it was Grandma Qiao who came back. Come in.

Xu Youyou glanced at her and felt that the woman looked a little bit, as if she had seen it somewhere. Just trying to remember. Lu Shi suddenly stood up without a voice: "Auntie."

Auntie? Isn't Lu Shi's aunt... Qiao Mu's mother.

I remembered that during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, she came to deliver moon cakes to Grandma Qiao, and she happened to be quarreling with Grandma Qiao. It was just a quick glance at the time, Xu Youyou didn't pay much attention, so she didn't remember it right away.

After Xu Youyou was stunned for a moment, Lu Yinghua had already walked across the courtyard on ten-centimeter high heels and stopped at the entrance of the living room. The cold eyes swept over the three of them, and then suddenly stopped on Qiao Mu. There was undisguised surprise in her eyes: "Have you stopped taking the medicine?"

Have not seen him for half a year, Qiao Mu's whole person has changed a lot, but Qiao Mu is her son after all, thin, but the outline is full of childhood shadows, so Lu Yinghua recognized it at a glance.

Stopping? Xu Youyou looked at Arbor in surprise.

At this moment, Qiao Mu was tensing his back, looking at Lu Yinghua's eyes, which was a complexity that Xu Youyou couldn't understand. Like fear, nervousness, and a hint of sadness.

"Aunt, why are you here? Are you here to see grandma?" Lu Shi greeted her with a smile.

"Your grandma isn't at home?" Lu Yinghua guessed that her mother was not at home after she had come in for so long and she had not seen her mother come out.

"Grandma went out to buy groceries, come back soon." Lu Shi said.

"Really? Long story short. Qiaomu, come in with me." After speaking, Lu Yinghua was about to walk to Qiaomu's bedroom.

"Auntie, that grandma will be back in a while. When grandma comes back, let's have dinner together. You can stay here at night and talk slowly." Lu Shi said, with one hand tight He grabbed Qiao Mu's arm tightly.

The gesture was too obvious, it made it clear that Qiao Mu did not want to follow Lu Yinghua in.

Lu Yinghua ignored Lu Shi, but looked directly at Qiao Mu: "If you don't want to go in and talk, you can do it here."

"Go in and talk." Qiao Mu said, trying to free Lu Shi's hand, but Lu Shi was pulling too tightly, and he couldn't break free, "Let go."

"No." Lu Shi clenched tightly, he glanced in Xu Youyou's direction, and whispered to Qiao Mu'er, "My father and my milk both said, we must not let You are alone with your aunt."

"Let go." Qiao Mu knows her mother's character well, if she doesn't follow her into the room immediately, she will definitely say it directly in the living room.

"Okay, I have a dinner party tonight and I have to go back immediately." Lu Yinghua glanced at her watch, seeing that it was too late, she said directly, "I'm here to ask you one thing. , you are going to participate in the amateur Go competition, do you want to participate in this year's fixed stage competition?"

Qiao Mu clenched his fist, but nodded, "Yes."

"Auntie, Qiao Mu has always liked Go, we should encourage him to participate in the fixed stage competition." Lu Shi said eagerly.

"I'm not here to stop him." Lu Yinghua said.

"That's good, then it'll be fine. Don't you have dinner? There will be a traffic jam on the road for a while, so hurry back." Lu Shi urged repeatedly, not wanting Lu Yinghua to leave. Just obvious, but eager. It seems that if she continues to stay here, something bad will happen.

"I have something to say to Qiao Mu, and I will leave after I say it." Lu Yinghua looked at Qiao Mu, "Qiao Mu, six years ago, you failed to set a stage and fell ill. Your grandmother said that you don't like Go at all. , I forced you from elementary school. Everyone, including your grandmother, your uncle, they all said that I wanted to borrow you to get revenge on Qiao Dongyuan. All the media reports were saying that I was a mad divorced mother who ruined my life. My own child. During that time, when I went out, I would be pointed at me, and in this family, no one gave me a good face.”

"I didn't blame you, the doctor said you can't play Go anymore, I agreed on the spot, and I never let you play Go again. But now, you choose to play professional chess again. This way, if you want to go, you must do your best, and aim for the next chess master. If you can't, don't embarrass me." Lu Yinghua said.

"Auntie!" Lu Shi roared unwillingly, wanting to say something, but he was a junior after all, so he could only wait anxiously for his grandmother to come back, while paying attention to Qiao Mu's mood.

Although Qiao Mu was off the drug and lost weight, when he consulted the doctor last week, the doctor said that Qiao Mu had not completely overcome the psychological barrier, but only showed signs of improvement. The most important thing is It was he himself who had a strong will to overcome, and as long as he was properly guided, he might be able to fully recover.

But it's only been a few days, and the stimulus just fell from the sky.

Qiao Mu gritted her teeth and looked straight at the mother in front of her, but what she saw was her mother six years ago.

"Qiao Mu, you are the son of Qiao Dongyuan, the son of a chess master, you are a genius at the age of ten, but it is a matter of course for you. You can only win and not lose.”

"Why can't you beat Li Zhi? He was not your opponent when he was in the dojo?"

"Why did your chess get messed up after the middle game, did you lose concentration? Didn't I teach you how to calm down? Why can't you calm down? Can't you hold your breath?"

"Hold your breath, imagine your whole head in the water, and force yourself to calm down."

"Qiao Mu, you can't decide the segment, you are the joke of the whole Go world."

These words are like fingers holding back his throat, tightening forcefully until he feels suffocation and no more air enters his chest.

Breathe, breathe, breathe!

Qiao Mu shouted to himself over and over again, trying to regain his breath, but his brain seemed to be divided into two parts at this moment. One part dominates his consciousness and clearly knows that his throat is not holding his hand, but the other half controls his bodily functions and just doesn't let him breathe.

At this moment, Xu Youyou stepped forward with a palm and slapped it **** the back of Qiaomu's neck.

Qiao Mu was caught off guard, took a deep breath, and looked at Xu Youyou in astonishment. And it was this kind of astonishment that recalled his sanity trapped in his memories, and regained control of his breathing.

Xu Youyou listened to it for a long time, and she couldn't bear it anymore. She had never seen such a confident and selfish mother who forcibly kidnapped her son and moved herself.

No matter why Qiao Mu failed to set the stage, because of what illness, as the mother who took care of him, isn't it responsible? Six years have passed, and today there is still a face to come back to imply that I lost face for you at first, I don't care, but you can't lose it again this time.

I'm going to…

"What would you do if Qiaomu failed to set the stage again, and it was embarrassing again?" Xu Youyou was so angry that she didn't even want to shout.

"Who are you?" Lu Yinghua seemed to notice Xu Youyou at this moment.

"Can you answer? You made a request, and Qiaomu has to weigh the pros and cons before considering how to answer you."

Xu Youyou was not angry either, and turned to look at Qiaomu: "Qiaomu, ask again."

Lu Yinghua doesn't answer herself, so she should answer Qiaomu.

Qiao Mu never thought of questioning his mother in the past. From the age of three, he was brought up by his mother. In his entire life, his mother was the most important person to him. In order not to embarrass his mother, he practiced chess hard, even if he was afraid every time he buried his head in the water basin, he persisted. But he still lost the fixed stage race. He embarrassed his mother. He always felt that he was sorry for his mother.

But Xu Youyou's words seemed to have touched a long, untouched wound deep in his heart.

"Mom, what would happen to you if I failed in the finalization, and I was embarrassed again?" Qiao Mu repeated.

In the depths of his heart, he also thought about what would happen to his mother if he disappointed his mother? How could this be better than his health or even his life?

Xu Youyou guessed right, Lu Yinghua can ignore her question, but Qiao Mu's: "I will be very disappointed in you."

Qiao Mu suddenly laughed when he heard this answer: "Is it just disappointed? Haven't you been like this all these years?"

Lu Yinghua was at a loss for words and wanted to refute, but was unable to answer.

Not disappointed? No, she has always been disappointed. She once gave Qiao Mu too much expectation, and she has been disappointed until now.