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During the whole process of communication between mother and aunt, Kaneki Ken carried his toy knife and stood not far away, all looking in his eyes.
Li Yaoxiang took the opportunity to confuse: “Didn’t you hear it.”
Kaneki Ken: “What did I hear?”
Li Yaoxiang: “Your aunt’s family doesn’t sound like it’s in a pinch. It’s just that the freezer is broken, so you need to replace it with a new one. If you don’t have money, can’t you save some money? Do you have to use the freezer? It seems that your aunt’s freezer is more important than you— ~ “
Kaneki Ken: “…”
Li Yaoxiang: “In order to make money for your aunt, your mother can only sacrifice your time with you. This … is really the result you want? You don’t plan to persuade your mother anymore?”
Kaneki Ken: “Instead of hurting others, it is better to be an injured person. This is how a gentle person be happy. Mother is a gentle person, and I want to be a gentle person.”
“Oh, really? It turns out that Kaneki Ken wanted to be a gentle child … That’s no problem, as long as you don’t regret it.”
Kaneki Ken couldn’t hear the meaning in Li Yaoxiang’s words.
Only looked at haggard mother, hurriedly walked back to the room from the door to get the money, then hurriedly walked to the door, and handed the money to the aunt.
Finally, she smiled tiredly at Kaneki Ken and returned to the house to do her side job.
……
Time flies.
Years are like a shuttle.
In a flash, a year passed.
During this year, Aunt Kaneki Ken came to Kaneki Ken’s house very punctually every month to get money.
Kaneki Ken sees his aunt once a month.
Only once.
Kaneki’s mother, on the other hand, continued to get up at six o’clock in the morning. After preparing breakfast for Kaneki, she went out to work. At 1:00 pm, she will bring Ken Kaneki’s lunch, and do a side business at home by the way.
At 8-9 pm in the evening, after finishing dinner for Kaneki Ken, she will go out to work as a cleaner.
She won’t come back until 1-2 midnight.
Only sleep less than 4 hours a day.
It can be said that while Kaneki Ken was still awake, she went out to work. Kaneki Ken woke up, and she came back to work her side job, to accompanied and looked after Kaneki Ken. In the evening, taking advantage of Kaneki Ken’s sleep, she went out to work.
She thought that as long as she was awake at this period of time at Kaneki Ken and staying at home, she accompany Ken.
But is this really the case?
No, no.
Deep down in Kaneki’s heart, he was actually very eager for his mother to take time out to spend more time with him.
The most anticipated thing every day is the moment when mother returns home.
Even in order to see mother more often, he sometimes intentionally adjusts the time at 6 am, 9-10 pm, and 1-2 midnight, either waking up or sleeping late.
But because of that sentence.
‘Instead of hurting others, it is better to be an injured person’
‘Gentle people, just be happy like this’
He wants to be a gentle person.
He never mentioned the matter of ‘don’t give aunt money’ again.
At the same time, he is also afraid of mother’s hard work, so he dare not disturb mother. Only occasionally when it is really impossible to bear, will he find excuses for mother to teach Chinese characters and to accompany him.
So unconsciously, he also developed the habit of reading.
Because those books are left by father.
When reading those books, he would inexplicably feel that father was accompanying him.
This kind of day, until a year later, is the year he went to primary school.
Life has finally changed.
He met a friend in original work, Hideyoshi Nagachika.
With the company of Hideyoshi Nagachika, he added a lot of colors to his entire life, no longer as lonely as before.
In this way, in the next 2 years, Kaneki Ken’s life has been revolving around mother, Li Yaoxiang, books, and Hideyoshi Nagachika.
Such a day.
Until one day after 2 years.
He came home from school and saw mother falling asleep on the table.
He knew that mother was tired, so he didn’t want to wake up mother. Afraid of his mother’s cold, he put a quilt over her shoulder.
Even in the evening, when mother forgot to cook dinner, he was not willing to wake up mother.
Very sensible, he just went out and buy some food.
But by the time mother was supposed to be out to work, mother was still motionless.
Then he walked up to his mother and shook his shoulders: “mother, mother?”
Yes.
His mother was dead.
Finally she couldn’t bear it and died from overwork.
In the original work, Kaneki Ken’s mother died when Kaneki Ken was 10 years old. The emergence of Li Yaoxiang caused his mother to die one year earlier. Because the savings in their home run out in advance.
His mother had to start her labor life in advance.
After a few hours …
Di-du!
Di-du!
Di-du!
The ambulance came to Kaneki Ken’s house and confirmed his mother’s death.
9-year-old Kaneki Ken only knows how to call an ambulance.
I don’t understand anything else.
He just looked-at a group of strangers in a silly way, went in and out at home, covered his mother with a white cloth, and carried away his mother.
Li Yaoxiang: “Did you see that?”
Kaneki Ken: “…”
Li Yaoxiang: “Have you heard the diagnosis of the medical staff?”
Kaneki Ken: “…”
Li Yaoxiang: “Your mother died from overwork. Just because your aunt has been taking money from your mother for the past few years, your mother has to work three times, so your mother would die from overwork. If you persuade your mother more, let her not give your aunt money, let her rest more, maybe she will not die. Rather than hurting others, it is better to be injured. Gentle people, as long as this is happy. You mother did it. But…… Oh, gentle Ken, are you happy now?”
Kaneki Ken: “…”
At this moment, an ambulance worker approached Kaneki Ken: “Child, don’t be too sad. Are there other people in your family? Should I call you and let them come over to see you?”
Kaneki Ken subconsciously replied: “Auntie.”
After a while.
The aunt did arrive.
She saw Kaneki Ken’s an instant, which was to quickly step forward and hug Kaneki Ken into her arms: “Poor child, don’t worry, you still have an aunt.”
After hearing this sentence, Kaneki Ken finally couldn’t help crying.
After this, a series of follow-up matters for the funeral were also handled by the aunt.
On the day of the funeral, the relevant section came and said that it was asking about custody.
The aunt said softly to Kaneki Ken: “I used to cause trouble to your family, at least let aunt do her part.”
Then she said to the government official: “Ken will be brought up by my family. My family is also the only child, so if someone comes to accompany you, he will be very happy.”
Kaneki Ken said without hesitation, agreed.
And just when my aunt talked to the government … and signed relevant materials, Li Yaoxiang’s voice sounded in Kaneki Ken’s mind again …
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