After hearing Aunt Xia's words, my ears suddenly "buzzed", and I couldn't hear any sound for a while.

I was struck by lightning, and my whole body froze completely in my chair, as if I couldn't even breathe.

Long......

Until Aunt Xia's voice sounded again: "Hey, Mr. Chen, did you hear me?" Hey......"

"I can, Aunt Xia, I can hear it, what did you just say?"

"I said your mother, she...... She's dying, so come back quickly! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll ...... right away I'll be back right away and ...... soon You tell my mom and I'll be right back! ”

With that, I put down my phone, grabbed the car keys on the side and stood up.

But my legs suddenly weakened, and I was about to fall to the ground, so Wang Yi quickly supported me.

She frowned and nervously asked me, "What's wrong with Auntie?" ”

"My mom...... My mom is dying, and I'm going to have to go back right away. ”

Hearing my words, she was also shocked beyond measure, she looked at me with wide eyes, and only said after a while: "Go, I'll send you back." ”

She kept holding me up, and I said to her, "No need, I'm fine." ”

Steady, I took a deep breath and calmed down before running out of the office.

Wang Yi followed me out and followed me to the garage.

After getting ready to get into the car, Wang Yi took the car keys from me and said to me, "I'll drive, you're not in a good state now." ”

I nodded and sat in the passenger seat.

Along the way, Wang Yidu drove the car so fast that he almost saw the stitches, and almost rear-ended with the car in front.

I don't blame her, if I were to drive it, I would be more anxious than her.

Although I had already thought about this day, when it actually came, I still felt terrible.

Obviously, my mother is in such a good state today, she eats more breakfast and lunch than usual, and she goes out to bask in the sun for a while, why is it ......

……

It usually takes more than 40 minutes to drive, but today I only drove for half an hour to get home.

Before the car could stop, I opened the door and ran out of the car.

I jumped out of the car and ran to the back room to my mother's room.

My mother was sitting in front of the window, and Aunt Xia was also sitting next to her, holding a book in her hand, still reading to my mother.

Although my mother was a rural woman, she always liked to read.

During this time, although my health is not good, I will also let me or Aunt Xia read to her.

Seeing that I was back, Aunt Xia hurriedly put down the book and stood up: "Mr. Chen, you are back." ”

I raised my hand to signal that I didn't need to say anything, and quietly walked over to my mom.

I tilted my head to look at my mother, her eyes slightly closed, her face and lips bloodless, and her whole body was lifeless.

I knew that she was dying, and that there was no way to get her to the hospital anymore.

I felt very uncomfortable, but I also tried my best to hold back, took the book from Aunt Xia's hand, and asked Aunt Xia, "Where did you read?" ”

"Those people, it seems now, are actually a trip without knowing it...... That's it. Aunt Xia replied in a low voice.

I nodded and said to her, "It's okay, I'll read it, you're busy with your go." ”

Aunt Xia nodded, glanced at my mother again, and walked out of the room.

I took a deep breath and sat down where Aunt Xia was sitting, picked up this book of "Rose Island", and found the paragraph that Aunt Xia had just read.

I looked at my mom with a smile on my face and whispered, "Mom, I'm by my side, don't be afraid, I'll read to you." ”

After a pause, I took a deep breath and continued: "Some people just want to find a little warmth, so they keep saying goodbye, and they never find what they are hallucinating in their hearts. They are like passengers on a night train, up and down, lost in a village that never dawns. And my journey continued......"

At this point, I stopped.

Looking at my mom was very sad, I knew that my mom missed my dad, she hadn't said it all these years, but I knew that she missed my dad very much.

Because this book is a promise given to her by my dad.

At this time, Wang Yi came over, and she looked at me, as if she didn't quite understand why I did this.

And my mom suddenly said, "Why did you stop?" ”

Her voice was too weak to be heard without careful listening.

I came back to my senses, and then continued to read:

"The best love is for two people to be companions to each other, not to be bound, not to be entangled, not to possess, not to desire to dig meaning from each other, that is a doomed thing. Rather, it should be, the two of us, standing side by side, looking at this lonely world, looking at those ...... Those ......"

My mother seemed to be asleep, and I gently closed the book and lifted the blanket from my mother's body.

Mother's face is getting older and older, full of wrinkles, white hair with steamed buns, and emaciated cheeks......

I was very distressed to look at, and I couldn't be more distressed.

The mother just fell asleep quietly, not even breathing.

There was really no breath left, and my mom was gone, and she was gone forever.

The fallen leaves outside the window are still hovering in mid-air, and they will eventually fall to the ground.

I didn't cry, I didn't make a fuss, I didn't scream, I didn't feel uncomfortable.

It's just that at that moment, my heart seemed to be taken out of my stomach, and I couldn't breathe in pain, and I couldn't extricate myself from the pain......

I gritted my teeth and raised my head and took a deep breath, but the tears still fell, and countless memories flooded my heart, and I punched myself hard in the chest.

I picked up the book again, with a choked voice, and continued: "I only know that the world is slightly different at this moment because of your existence...... Such a meager difference is enough for me to feel the great will to fly, rather than the gradual decline of life day after day. Fall into this lonely city......"

My eyes were blurred with tears, and the page was soaked with tears.

I couldn't read it anymore, and I lay on my mother's knee and sobbed heartbreakingly.

Suddenly, I only felt that the whole world suddenly became a silent movie at this moment, and the color palette of the film was only black and white, black was those past years, and white was the unknown purity.

So the whole city was silent, and the fallen leaves outside the window finally returned to their roots.

My body was shaking violently, crying so much that I couldn't stop it.

Until I cried without tears, until I cried until my lungs hurt, I fell to my knees in front of my mother, unable to stand up straight.

Although I had known this day for a long time, when this day really came, I found that I was so helpless, so vulnerable, and so vulnerable!

My mom walked so quietly that she didn't even say a word......