While wandering through the network, he habitually infiltrated various system backdoors, simply intruding, browsing, and then doing nothing, exiting exactly as he found them. Unknowingly, he began searching for the person who had abandoned him. He surprisingly found her easily, along with her identity and current address. He could have found her long ago; he just didn’t know what he would do after finding her.
After aimlessly wandering for a month, he arrived in her city and stood at her doorstep.
Meng Qing wondered what he should say to her first in this situation.
She opened the door slightly, with a chain lock in place, and peered through the narrow gap, examining him with a hint of wariness. “Who are you looking for?” She looked older than her ID photo but much more beautiful.
He hesitated for a moment, then said, “I’m your son.”
She let him in, poured water into a plastic cup, and placed it in front of him.
Meng Qing looked around. This was an ordinary two-bedroom apartment. There was no indication of whether she lived alone. Shoes were neatly stored in the shoe cabinet, and the slippers she gave him were somewhat tight.
Meng Qing and she sat silently, neither knowing what to say. He asked to use the bathroom and noticed there was only one toothbrush.
After coming out of the bathroom, he asked, “I can stay here for three days, right?
Finding her, he had also learned his birthday – August 5th, three days from now, and seven days after that, she had abandoned him.
She seemed to find nothing special about this day but agreed.
Their atmosphere became more relaxed afterward. She asked how he had been doing these years. He said, “Ordinary.”
She hesitantly asked if anyone had taken care of him. He said someone had when he was young, but later he had to rely on himself.
She felt guilty, her eyes reddening. “Don’t blame me. I was too young, I didn’t understand anything. I gave birth to you without telling my father, a friend took me to the clinic. After giving birth, I didn’t know how to take care of you… I had no choice but to leave you…”
Meng Qing stopped her: “Enough. I don’t blame you.”
But she started crying instead.
