allonlinenovel Chapter 180 How Short Life Is
Chapter 180 How Short Life Is
radio:
"Let's have Jung-hwan sing one too~"
"Hey~ Jung-hwan~ Come on~"
Life is a journey for a wanderer.
"Where do you come from?"
"Where will we go next?"
As three-year-old Zhenghuan's clear singing voice rang out, Ms. Leopard grinned from ear to ear.
"Oh my~ Jung-hwan was so cute back then~"
She glanced at Jung-hwan's room and then stopped laughing.
"Sigh~ How did I turn out like this when I grew up~~", Ms. Leopard complained.
"Don't you think so, honey?" Ms. Leopard turned to look at Kim Sung-kyun, only to see him deep in thought, his mind already wandering elsewhere.
"Husband? Husband~!" Ms. Leopard waved in front of him, and Jin Chengjun finally came to his senses.
"Are you alright?" Ms. Leopard asked with concern. "Were you moved by the child's voice?"
Kim Sung-jun shook his head and said slowly, "It's my mother's voice."
Listening carefully to the sound coming from the radio, it echoed more and more clearly in the room.
radio:
"Son, why don't you sing a song too? Mom wants to hear it!"
"Oh dear, Mom, let's just forget about it."
"How old am I? Still singing?"
"Seriously~ So what if you're old~ No matter how old you are, to Mommy, you're still a child~~"
"No matter if you're seventy or eighty years old or can't walk anymore, as long as your mother is still alive, you'll always be her child."
"Never mind, Mom, why do I have to sing for my birthday?"
"It should be my mom singing for me!"
"Oh dear~ you little rascal, it took your mother so much effort to give birth to you~"
"What's wrong with singing a song for Mom? Hurry up! Mom wants to hear it!"
"Mom~ I don't want to~ I won't sing~"
"Seriously~ I can't even hear you sing a song~~"
Listening to the radio playing his own argument with his mother, Kim Sung-kyun gently stroked the radio, his mind filled with the memory of his birthday that year, when his mother made him sing...
“Speaking of which, this was recorded more than a year before my mother passed away.” Ms. Leopard glanced at Kim Sung-kyun questioningly.
Kim Sung-jun let out a long breath and nodded slowly.
"Heh~~" With another long sigh, Kim Sung-kyun got up and left the room filled with his mother's voice.
Ms. Leopard glanced worriedly at his departing figure and let out a long sigh.
Perhaps we've found the reason why he's unhappy on his birthdays every year, but the problem is, there's no way to solve it...
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The rain pattered in the yard. Under the dim light of the wall lamp, Jin Chengjun faced the rain in the yard, as if it were playing an accompaniment for him. He unconsciously hummed the song that his mother wanted to hear.
Life is a journey for a wanderer.
"Where do you come from~~"
"Where will we go next?"
"Like flowing clouds~~"
"Wandering on the way there~~"
"Show no mercy~~"
Do not linger with regrets.
"Sigh~", Kim Sung-kyun sighed after finishing the song again.
That's when he finally found the real reason why he was unhappy on his birthday.
The child wishes to care for his parents, but they are no longer there; the person on the radio urging him to sing.
He's gone...
That mother who would always see herself as a child has vanished like a cloud in the sky...
"Show no mercy."
Do not linger with regrets.
Each word sung was like a mother's last words of advice before she left...
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In the room, Zhengfeng and Ms. Leopard listened to the song that Jin Chengjun sang to his mother on the radio.
"Dad sings so well!" Zhengfeng said admiringly.
radio:
"Oh my, my son! He sings so beautifully!"
"Mom, I'm so proud of you!"
"Oh dear, Mom! I have two sons now~ I'm not singing anymore~"
"You little rascal~ If you want to sing again, Mom won't be able to hear you anymore~~"
"You're talking nonsense again! How could that be! My mother will definitely live to be a hundred years old in good health!"
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Aze family
Beautiful singing came from the television, and Choi Moo-sung lay in bed covered with a blanket.
"Squeak~~~" Sun-young pushed open the door.
"I was a little slow frying the fish today, so I was also slow making dinner."
Are you hungry, bro?
Sun-young skillfully placed the small table next to the bed and picked up the seasonings, sprinkling them evenly into the soup bowl.
"Brother, you eat!"
"I'm leaving first~"
After finishing, Shanying got up.
"Eat before you go," Cui Wusheng called out to her. Seeing her hesitate as she turned around, he added, "I said, sit down and eat before you go back."
"Huh? Oh~! Hehe~~"
"Um...no need, I still need to go back and prepare dinner for Sunwoo~~"
After hesitating for a while, Sun-young made up a reason to refuse.
"what are you saying?"
"Aren't all the children gathered at Jung-hwan's house now?"
"Everyone's eating fried chicken."
Choi Moo-sung bluntly exposed Sun-young's excuse.
"Let's have dinner before we leave."
"Now, I don't want to eat alone anymore."
After Cui Wusheng finished speaking, he looked at the bewildered Shanying and urged her on.
"Why aren't you sitting down yet? What are you waiting for?"
"It's getting cold."
Sunyoung looked at Choi Moo-sung, who had suddenly become more talkative and domineering. Although she was conflicted, she still sat down.
The words Cui Wusheng had just said were still echoing in her mind.
She used to be able to sit down and eat with Choi Moo-sung naturally, but ever since Ms. Leopard and Lee Il-hwa exposed the secret in her heart, she has changed.
She subconsciously avoided spending time with Choi Moo-sung, and Choi Moo-sung, who was already very concerned about her, noticed her unusual behavior.
Perhaps what I said was just to invite her to stay for dinner, or perhaps there was something else behind my words.
The two sat quietly at the table eating, the only sounds coming from their spoons and chopsticks.
The adult world is not as straightforward and simple as the child's world.
Perhaps both of them have concerns at this moment, which is why they dare not speak frankly.
Their concerns were probably the same: one worried about Sunwoo's thoughts, and the other worried about Taek's thoughts.
One chose to actively escape, while the other chose to actively confront it...
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Kim Sung-kyun's room
"Meilan," Kim Sung-jun called out from his bed.
“Hmm?” the leopard lady replied.
"I know why." Kim Sung-kyun showed a rare smile.
"I know why I feel so depressed on my birthday."
"I know everything now."
Ms. Leopard turned her head slightly, looked at him, and told him her guess.
"Is it because of Mom?"
"Yes."
"Looks like I miss my mom."
After admitting it, Kim Sung-kyun continued.
"I didn't think so."
"But it seems that I always unconsciously think of my mother on my birthday."
"Today is my birthday, I would like to call my mother if I could."
"I wanted to call my mom on my birthday."
"Unfortunately, I have nowhere to get a chance to play now..."
Kim Sung-kyun's eyes gradually welled up with tears.
"Meilan!"
"I really miss my mom."
"I really...miss her so much..."
After expressing all the regrets in his heart, Kim Sung-kyun finally felt his tears falling. He turned to the side and closed his eyes.
The leopard lady turned around, placed her hand on his back, and gently comforted him.
She was comforting her husband, who was often smiling and playing around like a child.
"Go to sleep~ When you're asleep, Mommy will come~"
The Leopard Lady murmured softly...
Life is so short, that we cannot even see it.
Mom, it wasn't until later that I realized I had never seen you again except in my dreams.
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