Vireo could clearly feel that his mother had been working all year round. There was actually no need for him to feel it. The convent was deep in the mountain and there were very few people there. If they had not been working, collecting firewood, and so on, how could they be self-sufficient? He subconsciously felt heartbroken. He felt heartbroken for the old lady in front of him. He felt heartbroken for his biological mother. He did not answer his mother and tell her what he had been through over the years.
However, his mother bent her knees and kneeled. "I'm sorry. I have wronged you. From today on, I will start a hunger strike. I will starve myself to death. From today on, I will curse myself to fall straight into the deepest ends of hell after I die. Let me endure all the sufferings in hell. Let me stay in hell forever."
The old lady was not saying that out of anger. It was more like a kind of guilt and repentance. However, what she said made Vireo feel pain as if his heart had been sliced by a knife.
He bent over and helped his mother, who was kneeling in front of him, up. He then supported her with both his hands and said with difficulty and a catch in his throat. "Mom, you..."
The old lady suddenly raised her head and looked at Vireo with a confused gaze. "You..."
"You are my mom," said Vireo. "When I first saw you for the first time just now, I was already sure of it. Just like how you were also sure that I was your son the first time you saw me. You're my mother, and that can't be changed. I wanted to hate you! Before I saw you, I hated you to the bones. I have always been thinking that if I were to meet you one day, I certainly would let you get the most extreme punishment. I certainly won't forgive you. But, I was wrong. I couldn't do it. Mom! You're a mother. I just couldn't hate you! I am not that heartless, Mom."
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