Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 262: An Umbrella

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: An Umbrella

Wei Qiulan’s life was unbearably bitter. As a child, her parents favored sons over daughters and did not like her; she was always the one being ignored. Her presence or absence seemed to make no difference to the family.

Thus, from a young age, she longed to escape from this home. But as a child, she didn’t have the ability and could only slowly wait to grow up. At the age of fourteen, she could no longer bear her original family and chose to flee her home.

At that time, she truly felt as if the world was vast, and the sky was the limit, although work was very hard.

Being young, many places didn’t want to hire her. She could only work in small restaurants, washing dishes and serving plates, doing the most tiring work for the least wages.

And such jobs were not always available; she moved from one place to another, constantly changing.

But she was free, and felt content with such a life.

In this way, through times of fullness and hunger, she grew herself up.

During this period, she met Xiao Xue’s father, Lin Xuesong, a man more than ten years her senior.

"He treated me very well, he was good at taking care of people, to me, he was more like my father, he taught me so much..." said Wei Qiulan with a calm expression.

However, she was still very concerned about Shen Siyuan’s opinion and looked back to ask after she finished speaking.

"Does this sound very cheap?"

Shen Siyuan shook his head: "It’s just a spiritual reliance. During your growth, because you lacked a father’s love, you put these feelings onto him."

"I don’t understand what you are saying, but I really think he was better than my dad. In my family, there was never a place for me. Ever since I was a child, I wore clothes that others didn’t want. Even my name, Wei Qiulan, was picked up from somebody else..."

"When I just left home, I didn’t know anything, and I was both silly and foolish, often making a laughing stock of myself. He was always patient in teaching me. Sometimes I really wished he was my dad..."

"But he’s not my dad. We naturally ended up together. Back then, we traveled everywhere for work. Wherever he went, I followed. Life was still not very good, but at the very least, we didn’t starve..."

"It went on like this for several years, and I had Xiao Xue. I thought we would get married and have our own little family, but he suddenly told me that he already had a wife and child back in his hometown. He couldn’t divorce his wife to marry me, and he asked me to abort the child..."

"But I didn’t want to abort it. I had a hard life before, and I secretly vowed that once I had a child, I would treat her well and never be like my parents. I would give her all my love. There’s a saying, what is it, ’having been through a storm yourself, you always want to hold an umbrella for others’..."

"I wanted to be an umbrella, an umbrella that could shelter Xiao Xue from the wind and rain, to give her all my love..."

"The day I left, he didn’t try to keep me, he just gave me all the money he had on him. He told me not to hate him. What he didn’t know was that I never hated him; on the contrary, I was grateful to him. Because of him, I knew I was still alive, knew that I was loved, although I wasn’t sure how much of that love was sincere. But at least, I was really happy when I was with him..."

"But once I left him, I found that the world, vast as it was, had no home for me, the only place I could go was the home I least wanted to return to..."

"In the end, I could only take Xiao Xue back to my old home. By then, I had grown up and was no longer the little girl they could beat and scold at will. I had to protect Xiao Xue; I could not let her be bullied. I had to become tougher and more outrageous; anyone who dared to bully us, mother and daughter, I would fight with all my might..."

"This is also what he taught me, sometimes you just have to go all out, not to be afraid of losing anything, but to think first about what you can gain. So I got a place to live, got a piece of land. Although not much, it’s enough for Xiao Xue and me to live on..."

"I really don’t know if it was the sin I committed in my previous life, or if the heavens were blind, Xiao Xue had not been with me for many peaceful days before I fell ill, with intestinal cancer, incurable..."

"The doctor said it was due to poor dietary habits in the past. I also thought if I could have been better. Having food was already good, living a tough life while my body turned out to be so delicate..." Wei Qiulan’s expression revealed a bit of self-mockery.

"I actually wanted to send Xiao Xue to her father’s place, but I had cut off contact with him long ago. The only people Xiao Xue could rely on were her external grandparents. When I died, Xiao Xue was only six years old, such a young child..."

"I taught her everything I could, taught her to cook, to wash clothes, to learn to endure... to wait until she could live on her own before leaving... I didn’t expect that she would eventually follow in my footsteps. I should have listened to Lin Xuesong in the first place and not given birth to her..."

"She was still too young, and I had so little time, there was so much I couldn’t teach her before I passed away, and she was sent to her maternal grandparents..." Wei Qiulan could no longer hide her sorrow, sobbing softly as she spoke of her unspeakable grievances.

A gust of wind seemed to quietly embrace her, then flew towards the sky.

Shen Siyuan said nothing, he had no idea how to comfort her; some original families are truly like Hell.

"Xiao Xue is still so young... She’s so obedient and sensible... They are her grandparents... How could they... How could they... Aren’t they afraid of retribution? Has Heaven gone blind? The wicked live so well, while the good deserve this?"

Wei Qiulan choked up, cursing, venting out her dissatisfaction and anger.

There’s a saying: It’s better to be hated than pitied.

Those who are hated live prosperous lives, while those pitied are dirt-poor.

"I don’t want Xiao Xue to walk the same path as me... It’s all fate... It’s all fate..."

"Xiao Xue is now in such a state, even worse than I was at the beginning; why did I even give birth to her... Why did I ever give birth to her..."

"This umbrella of mine, I can’t even shield myself from the wind and rain, let alone protect Xiao Xue from them. I’m such a fool, regretting what I’ve done in the past..."

Wei Qiulan was venting her emotions, Shen Siyuan sat silently on the side with no expression, Xiao Yue was on the brink of tears, and Dou Dou was wiping her tears even more.

At this moment, one tall and one short, carrying two large plastic bags, walked into the yard from outside.

When they saw Shen Siyuan sitting on the porch.

The taller one asked warily, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Shen Siyuan looked at him and said nothing, but Wei Qiulan, wiping her tears, volunteered, "His name is Xia Wenbing, he has also been a great help in taking care of Xiao Xue. If it weren’t for him, Xiao Xue would not have survived. The one behind him is my daughter."

Xia Wenbing was very thin, almost emaciated, with protruding eyes that appeared unusually large. At this moment, his face could not conceal his panic.

Shen Siyuan was tall and imposing; even while sitting, he had a commanding presence. Xia Wenbing knew that if it really came to a fight, he stood no chance.

However, he calmed himself, with a surge of defiance in his heart. Well, if it comes to it, just fight for life, what’s there to lose?

And the little Xiao Xue hiding behind him was even more scared, her body seemed to be trembling slightly.

"If a fight breaks out, run outside," Xia Wenbing whispered to Xiao Xue behind him.

And the hand of Xiao Xue, gripping his clothes, seemed even tighter.

Xia Wenbing was like a deflated ball, he sighed and said to Shen Siyuan, who hadn’t spoken: "We noticed this place was abandoned and nobody lived here, so we moved in. Do we need to move out?"

Shen Siyuan gave him a look and smiled, "This place isn’t mine, it’s none of my business how long you want to stay."

Shen Siyuan’s words took Xia Wenbing aback.

Then he looked at the other party suspiciously.

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