Liu Tong's eighteenth birthday was as happy as any other birthday, only more grand. After all, at the age www.biquge.info of eighteen, this is an important turning point in life.

An extremely important turning point.

Liu Tong's parents prepared a lot of birthday gifts for her, and the whole day was full of arrangements. Playgrounds, KTVs, going to the mall to buy new clothes...... Liu Tong worked hard to cooperate with her parents and smiled, she didn't want to ruin this birthday carefully prepared by her parents because of her curiosity.

Night fell, and after dinner, his mother came to Liu Tong's room and sat on the chair with a solemn expression.

Liu Tong's heart beat faster, and she knew that the answer she had been searching for for ten years was finally about to be revealed. At this moment, her biggest feeling was not excitement, but nervousness and worry.

What exactly could it be? What is the reason for all this? Mom's expression now reveals sadness in her serious expression, what is the reason behind this?

The mother did not speak for a long time, and Liu Tong did not urge, although she was anxious and on pins and needles.

"Xiao Xiao," the mother finally spoke, "you are eighteen years old today, are you happy to have a birthday?" ”

"Well, I'm very happy, you and Dad have prepared so many surprises for me, I really appreciate you." Liu Tong desperately suppressed his anxiety and answered his mother's question with a smile.

She actually knew in her heart that her mother's thoughts about her couldn't be clearer.

But why is she still reluctant to say it? My eighteenth birthday has arrived, and she has no reason to keep that secret any longer. Could it be that what happened in the past really made her so painful that she couldn't be ready to say it for ten years? What is it that makes my mother so sad?

These words flashed through Liu Tong's mind for a moment, but his expression did not change at all.

"Xiaoxiao, do you know how old are your parents?" Mother asked suddenly.

"Of course, Mom is just fifty years old this year, and Dad is fifty-two years old." Liu Tong's brain was running rapidly, and she knew that her mother's question could not be just asked casually.

The mother fell silent. In this silence, countless possibilities emerged in Liu Tong's mind.

My parents were busy with work, so they delayed for many years; My parents are not in good health, and I am old and have a daughter; Parents have no way to have children, and eventually ...... Chose to adopt a child......

No! No way!

Liu Tong's eyes widened, this terrible thought made her almost stand up from the side of the bed, she desperately restrained it, so that she had no impulse.

No, calm down, if the truth is that I'm not my parents' biological daughter, it has nothing to do with swimming. Yes, it's definitely not, there must be another answer.

Liu Tong's breathing rhythm unconsciously became chaotic, she held one hand lightly, put it on her chest, and looked nervously at her mother who was hanging her eyes.

"Actually, you ......" just said these three words, the mother hesitated again, but finally continued, "Actually, you are not our only child. ”

"What...... What the? Liu Tong was suddenly stunned, she never thought of this situation.

"Before you, we had a child." The mother's face was undisguised with pain.

"Ever there? Do you mean ......" Liu Tong suddenly opened his mouth and couldn't say any more.

The mother's tears flowed, her head bowed, and she said, "Yes, before you were born, she ...... Leaving this world. ”

Liu Tong grew his mouth and looked at his mother in disbelief. She finally understood why her mother was always sad, why she was only fifty years old, but she already had a lot of gray hair. The loss of a child, the most painful tragedy in the world, has happened to mothers and fathers, which is really cruel.

At this moment, Liu Tong felt deeply sorry for her parents, and when she thought of what kind of pain her parents had experienced at that time, she felt like a knife. Looking at his mother who was crying, Liu Tong couldn't help but burst into tears.

The mother wiped away her tears, but her eyes became hollow, and she began to talk about what had happened a long time ago.

"I was pregnant in October and gave birth in one day. Back then, after a long period of anxiety and physical torture, an angelic and cute little life was born. Looking at her face, I felt as if I was seeing the whole world, and at that moment, I felt a deep attachment between myself and her. This attachment is her to me and I to her. I said to your father, Lao Liu, this child is called Liu Yi. In the future, we will have another child, named Liu Lian. Attachment, what a beautiful word. At that time, I and your father could never have imagined that this happiness would last only six years and end in a tragedy like a thunderbolt from the sky.

The day after Liu Yi's sixth birthday, I went to the kindergarten to pick her up after work as usual. In a few months, she will be in elementary school, and I imagined her carrying a small schoolbag to school, smirking and walking towards the kindergarten door. However, I didn't see her. The kindergarten teacher said that she had just told her that from today onwards, she would go home by herself, and she praised her for being sensible. When I heard this, I was so anxious that I didn't bother to talk too much to the teacher, so I immediately turned around and ran in the direction of home, desperately looking for her. I complained to myself that I shouldn't have been cranky on the road, and that if I had been careful to look around, I would have seen her earlier. I was a little glad that the kindergarten was so close to home, only 10 minutes away.

However, as I ran all the way home, expecting to open the door to see her, I heard a message that made me faint.

The body of my daughter, Liu Yi, was found in a lake, and there were no signs of life for a long time. I just felt like the world was spinning, I felt like my whole world was collapsing, and it was pitch black before my eyes.

When I woke up again, I saw your father's ached face. And my daughter, just like that, left us forever. I didn't have the heart to think about what was going on with her, and I didn't have the heart to blame the kindergarten teacher, I just cried with all my might, like my cry could buy her life.

But, I know, she won't come back, never will.

Two years later, you were born. In order to remember the lesson of Liu Yi's death in the water, I changed the word 'love' in your name to '潋' next to the three-point water, and found a swimming coach for you early to teach you to swim, I just hope you won't repeat the mistakes of the past. Every time I watch you swim in the water, undulating and undulating, my heart aches as if it is being pinched by an invisible hand. Xiaoyun, you are the biological daughter of your parents, but you are not a substitute for your sister because...... There is no substitute for her. I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao, but I want you to know that on the day your sister died, a part of my life died with her. ”