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On the sickbed, 84-year-old Wu Meijuan looks extremely thin. Her fists were clenched, and her eyes revealed complex emotions of anger and helplessness, as if she was immersed in the last deep conversation with her rebellious adopted son Wu Jie—this conversation was undoubtedly the last fuse of the mother-son relationship between them.
Looking back on the past years, she once deeply cherished this child who passed from her brother's family - Wu Jie. She did her best to create a conducive environment for Wu Jie, help him successfully complete his studies, and even let him successfully establish himself in the bustling city.
What is heartbreaking is that a person like Wu Jie, who got carried away when he got into power, sneered at her, a mother who had worked so hard, and even bit back.
Wu Meijuan recalls those times in her heart. When he first took Wu Jie away, he was still a young boy from the countryside, as sensitive and fragile as a newborn seedling.
In order to make him adapt to city life faster, she carefully planned and gave him the same meticulous care as her own son wholeheartedly. However, she never imagined that as time went by, Wu Jie would gradually alienate her and turn a blind eye to her concern.
"I truly treat you as my own son, and use all my energy and effort to nurture you. However, you have never regarded me as your biological mother!" Wu Meijuan pounded the bed board angrily, tears rolling in her eyes.
She recalled countless lonely nights, when Wu Jie was a teenager, he always sat alone in the room, cold and alienated from her, and kept away.
When it comes to Wu Jie, his background should have destined him to spend his life in the countryside. He was born into a poor rural family that depended on cultivating the land for their livelihood.
According to common sense, Wu Jie and his brothers should continue to cultivate the few acres of thin fields left by their ancestors, work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and live a plain life without contention with the world.
However, fate played a huge joke. When he was 16 years old, Wu Jie was picked up from his hometown by his aunt Wu Meijuan and moved to live in the city.
Although Wu Meijuan has a resolute and stubborn personality, she also has a gentle and kind side.
She knew that her brother-in-law's family was difficult to support, so she decided to adopt her second son Wu Jie to give him a great opportunity to change his fate.
Although Wu Jie, who was born in poverty and was only 16 years old, his rich life experience is like that of a senior old man. During the first 10 years of Wu Jie's stay at Wu Meijuan's home, the relationship between mother and son was always on thin ice and tense.
Having lost the protection of his parents since he was a child, Wu Jie had to live under his aunt's bed, filled with endless fear and powerlessness.
Wu Meijuan treats her nephew who is not her own, with a polite and detached attitude, and often stings Wu Jie's fragile self-esteem with sharp and poisonous words, making him always uneasy and helpless in front of her.
Every late at night, Wu Jie can't help but cry secretly, thinking of the warm hugs of relatives and friends in the countryside, and longing to return to his homeland and return to that once warm home.
However, his family persuaded him that he must stay in the bustling city for the sake of his future.
So, under the indifferent gaze of Wu Meijuan, Wu Jie struggled to survive those lonely and lonely days. Although his material life has improved, who can truly understand the pain and loneliness in his heart? It was not until he became an adult that Wu Jie finally found a sense of belonging in this strange city and gradually adapted to the rhythm of being alone.
To explore the deep-seated reasons for the breakdown of the relationship between Wu Meijuan and her adopted son Wu Jie, we need to trace back to Wu Meijuan's past. This ambitious woman was amazed by her dedication to her dreams when she was young.
She is not willing to be ordinary, and she is not willing to live a dull and boring married life like most ordinary women.
Wu Meijuan is keen to pursue an elegant and free lifestyle, and looks forward to marrying a famous family with profound cultural heritage. She has her own unique expectations and standards for her future partner, and she relentlessly rejects suitors from the countryside.
At that time, Wu Meijuan was a delicate rose in the machinery factory, exuding charming charm in her gestures, and there was an endless stream of suitors.
However, she turned a blind eye to these simple and unpretentious workers, and would rather be alone than enter the marriage hall hastily.
Until one day, she met the young student from Hunan University, and the flower of love in her heart finally bloomed. The two briefly fell in love, and Wu Meijuan cherished this relationship and saw it as an opportunity to change her fate.
However, fate always likes to joke with people, and just as the wedding of two young people is approaching, a sudden illness brutally shatters Wu Meijuan's fantasy of a happy old age.
Due to the misfortune of suffering from severe hyperthyroidism, she could not experience the joy of pregnancy and childbirth again, and the scholar who had placed infinite hopes finally reluctantly chose to leave this sad experience like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made Wu Meijuan fall into deep thought: Why must women succumb to the shackles of marriage like prison birds? Can't they have a free life? After marriage, they not only have to bear the responsibility of reproduction, but also may become slaves of the family.
Since then, Wu Meijuan's desire for marriage and family has gradually faded, and she would rather face the challenges of life alone than step into the trap of marriage again.
She dedicates herself to her work, trying to fill the void in her heart through the success of her career, and at the same time looks forward to the day when she can achieve true independence.
Since suffering that blow, Wu Meijuan has completely abandoned the pursuit of marriage and devoted all her energy to her work and career.
She forged ahead in the machine factory, and with extraordinary perseverance and determination, she finally got rid of poverty and achieved something.
When Wu Meijuan entered retirement age, she suddenly realized that she was facing the biggest concern of a childless person - the future pension problem.
Although her brother has six children and her brother has three sons, these nephews can temporarily relieve her loneliness, but it is not a long-term solution, and if she is old and frail and seriously ill, then endless loneliness awaits her.
Just when Wu Meijuan was worried about this, her own brother frankly made a suggestion to her: to pass on his second son Wu Jie to Wu Meijuan, let her become Wu Jie's adoptive mother, and raise him wholeheartedly until the end.
This proposal is like a dawn in the darkness, which rekindles Wu Meijuan's hope for life.
So, in that era more than 30 years ago, 16-year-old Wu Jie officially became Wu Meijuan's adopted son. Since then, Wu Meijuan has devoted everything she has, regarded Wu Jie as her own, and vowed to cultivate him as a talent and enjoy the joy of family.
It's really unexpected, the dim light of mother's love, which was originally pinned on by people's high hopes, was finally dimly extinguished! The reason is that the protagonist Wu Meijuan's life style is too luxurious and laissez-faire.
After her retirement, Wu Meijuan's lifestyle has improved significantly, but her expenses have also risen.
Although she can get a considerable pension of nearly 3,000 yuan every month, in her eyes, it is obvious that this income cannot meet the high quality of life she is pursuing.
So, Wu Meijuan did not hesitate to ask for financial assistance to her adopted son Wu Jie, who was struggling in the city. At first, she directly opened her mouth and asked for a monthly maintenance fee of 6,000 yuan, which undoubtedly surprised Wu Jie.
After many negotiations and negotiations, Wu Jie finally succeeded in convincing her to reduce her requirements to 4,000 yuan per month. This, combined with her own pension, is more than capable of renting a comfortable apartment in the city center and living the privileged life she dreams of.
Wu Jie thought that he had done his greatest filial piety by doing so. However, it was not long before Wu Meijuan's extremely extravagant lifestyle was exposed.
Not only does she spend a lot of money to buy all kinds of expensive health care products, but even ordinary rice has to choose the so-called "health rice" that costs tens of thousands of yuan a catty.
What's even more ridiculous is that she actually spent 6,000 yuan to buy a pound of so-called "fairy grass", which made Wu Jie laugh dumbly.
Faced with Wu Meijuan's extravagant lifestyle, Wu Jie's heart was full of helplessness and anger, but he couldn't do anything. He is not a stingy person, but Wu Meijuan's attitude towards him makes him feel that he cannot bear this heavy burden.
In fact, Wu Jie is now burdened with a huge debt of up to 3.2 million yuan, and the business environment is also difficult. However, Wu Meijuan didn't know about this, and still spent as much as a rich boy.
Seeing Wu Jie's economic situation deteriorating day by day, Wu Meijuan instead of giving him understanding and support, began to wonder if he was deliberately greedy and stingy and refused to take the responsibility of supporting himself.
In fact, in the past few years, she has been scammed twice and lost part of her savings, both due to her blind decision-making and lack of necessary care and judgment.
She should have learned from this, but she shifted the blame to Wu Jie, accusing him of deliberately embarrassing herself.
In this way, the contradiction between mother and child has become more and more acute. Wu Meijuan is not only unwilling to live a thrifty life, nor is she willing to move into a nursing home carefully selected by Wu Jie, but is like a hungry beast tirelessly searching for a home that can allow her to live a long life.
In order to ensure the safety of his mother's property, Wu Jie once advised her to hand over her savings to a trusted elder in the family for temporary safekeeping. Once exhausted, he will take on the responsibility of supporting his children without hesitation until the end of his mother's life.
However, Wu Meijuan did not hesitate to reject the offer, she would rather choose to trust strangers she had never met than entrust her own son with money.
In front of Wu Jie, she firmly expressed her belief in life: "I would rather stand proudly and survive than humbly kneel on the ground and wait for death!" Since then, the relationship between mother and son has completely broken down, and Wu Meijuan asked Wu Jie for up to 150,000 yuan in compensation to pay for hiring a nanny.
Although the community staff tried to act as peacemakers on several occasions to mediate, the conflict between the mother and the child could not be completely resolved. Wu Meijuan has a resolute attitude, she firmly believes that Wu Jie has decided to cut off relations with her, so there is no need for her to be nostalgic for this mother-son relationship.
In the face of the kind persuasion of others, Wu Meijuan firmly said: "I would rather stand proudly and survive than humbly kneel on the ground and wait for death!" The deep mother-son friendship of the past 30 years has long been gone in her heart.
She was determined to seek justice for herself, and asked Wu Jie to compensate her for 150,000 yuan in financial losses as the cost of hiring a nanny in the future.
"You have lived in my house for 10 years, even if you only calculate the food and accommodation expenses, you should compensate me 150,000 yuan!" Wu Meijuan said categorically, obviously grasping the fact that Wu Jie had indeed stayed at her house for a long time.
However, Wu Jie, who heard these words, couldn't cry or laugh. Although he has now carved out a niche in the city, his funds are still tight.
He really couldn't come up with such a huge amount of money to meet Wu Meijuan's temporary needs.
More importantly, he deeply understands that he should indeed fulfill his last filial piety for Wu Meijuan, instead of abandoning her.
Therefore, Wu Jie can only sincerely promise Wu Meijuan that although they have broken up now, he will do his best to fulfill his duties as a son and provide for her in his old age no matter when and where.
In the face of Wu Meijuan's ridiculous demand for up to 150,000 yuan in compensation, Wu Jie resolutely remained silent to show her opposition. This time, the face-to-face fierce confrontation between mother and son undoubtedly completely tore the last thin window screen.
Wu Meijuan has an insight into the gains and losses of her own interests and behaviors, and is determined to abandon this adopted son who cannot meet her expectations, and Wu Jie can no longer tolerate her extravagant and unrestrained lifestyle, and is determined to make her completely change.
In fact, Wu Meijuan missed many good relationships as early as when she was young because of her lonely and arrogant personality. It wasn't until she retired that she suddenly realized that her childless old age would be lonely and desolate, so she decided to adopt Wu Jie as her son.
She originally had high hopes for this adopted son, expecting him to become a support and pillar in her later life.
However, in the initial process of raising her, Wu Meijuan exerted excessive psychological pressure on the young Wu Jie. She often ridiculed Wu Jie's background in a condescending manner, which made this already introverted and sensitive rural teenager even more inferior and timid.
Wu Jie lost the love of his parents since he was a child, and survived carefully under the protection of Wu Meijuan, and could only sleep in tears every night, even after becoming an adult, he never regarded Wu Meijuan as a real mother.
This psychological trauma gradually accumulates over a long period of time, and finally erupts at some point. Wu Meijuan is dedicated to the pursuit of luxury life enjoyment, and takes Wu Jie's hard work for granted.
When Wu Jie was really in trouble, instead of giving him understanding and support, she accused him of being stingy and stingy, and in the end, the conflict intensified to the top, and the mother and son completely turned against each other, cursing each other and breaking off with themselves.