Raise Love-89-Learn to Accept and Say Goodbye

The book says that boys have a relatively long rebellious period and can be quite annoying. Her younger brother seemed to be in that stage where he was disliked by everyone, including dogs.

Ryder wasn't like that.

She thought Ryder looked good at every age.

"Anyway, it's not me who got dumped after being coaxed into a relationship by a girl."

Aria wouldn't allow anyone to say anything bad about Ryder, not even her own younger brother. She said, "Whoever has bad taste knows it themselves."

"..."

When Amara Winslow was transitioning from primary school to junior high school, he made a funny incident. Suddenly moving from a private primary school to a larger environment, he adapted too quickly and was soon dazzled by the colorful world. A girl caught his heart.

He met a really beautiful girl. m.gΟиЪ.ōΓＧ

The girl was lively and cheerful. She pursued him relentlessly, calling him "brother" all the time and saying that he made her heart race.

However, after less than two months, the girl got tired of him. Amara Winslow was left in the past. Holding back his emotions until the holiday, he went home, feeling depressed and drowning his sorrows in alcohol.

The drunk child hugged his sister and cried, saying that it was all his fault. He asked what was wrong with him and that he would change. Without Aria even asking, he confessed everything clearly.

He was really wronged.

His red - rimmed eyes looked both pitiful and funny.

He made Aria and Mr Winslow laugh a lot.

Aria didn't know whether to laugh or comfort him. At that time, she thought their Winslow family was a bit miserable. Why were they all having relationship troubles?

Later, as the child grew up, he felt ashamed and angrily said that everyone had their youthful follies and that the past should be left in the wind and never mentioned again.

Now, suddenly being reminded of this by Aria from the long river of memories, Amara Winslow was stunned for a long time.

After coming to his senses, Amara Winslow: "..."

Amara Winslow was so angry that he laughed. Who was he doing this for? He said irritably, "Fine, Aria. You're only tough with me at home, right?"

Aria: "Show some respect. I'm your sister."

The brother and sister bickered as they went back home. Dinner was already being prepared. Mr Winslow was sitting on the sofa watching TV. When he heard the door open, he turned his head.

Amara Winslow walked in casually.

Seeing him, Mr Winslow was a bit disappointed. "Did you pick up your sister?"

"..." Amara Winslow said unhappily, "She's behind." Then a small head peeked in at the door. It was Aria.

The little girl smiled sweetly and called out, "Dad, I'm back."

Only then did Mr Winslow beam with joy.

Looking at his beautiful daughter, he said happily, "Little Airy, did you miss home?"

"Yes, I missed you the most, Dad." Aria said with a smile. She didn't walk in further. Instead, she first looked towards the kitchen and said with a smile, "Auntie."

"Hey, your dad has been missing you. Go and talk to him." Aunt Wang had married Mr Winslow three years after Aria's mother passed away. The two met through a blind date.

Both Aria and Amara Winslow had no objections to this.

After Aria's mother passed away, Mr Winslow didn't have a good time. In that era, few marriages started with love. People got married after being introduced and thinking they were suitable, and then they lived their lives.

At first, there might not be love, but over time, perhaps love would grow. Even if it wasn't love, it would gradually turn into family affection.

This man was an ordinary man. He loved his family, treated Aria's mother with respect, and loved his children even more. After losing his wife, he seemed to age significantly overnight.

He was depressed, drank to drown his sorrows. Besides being busy with work, he was just an ordinary man. When the children were sad, he couldn't show his sadness.

During that period, Aria was extremely depressed. She would often burst into tears during class. Sometimes, in school, she would involuntarily look out through the small glass on the classroom door.

She fantasized that maybe if she made a mistake, her mother would come to school to see her.

It was all fake, right? Her mother's death was just a nightmare. It was all fake.

She sent messages to her mother's chat box, expressing her longing, saying sorry, talking about the difficulties she faced, and her grievances.

But the chat box remained silent.

She suddenly realized that the person was really gone.

The last conversation on Instagram was permanently frozen at the evening half a month ago. She sent a message to her mother, asking her to buy some food back.

That day, her mother went to the barber shop to do her hair. When she came back late, the supermarket was already closed. Her mother sent a voice message saying that her father could buy it or she could go to the small supermarket herself.

Aria, who was spoiled at home, was a bit unhappy.

After falling asleep with a bad mood, she woke up the next day and saw a bag of snacks on the small coffee table in her bedroom. Her mother had bought them.

She happily ran out of the bedroom barefoot, hugged her mother, and acted coquettishly. Her mother scolded her gently for running around without shoes, saying she could catch a cold.

Aria smiled and played tricks, then happily ran back to the bedroom, picked up the snacks, and went back to bed.

In fact, for a long time, Aria couldn't understand.

How could such a good mother be gone?

She was troubled by this.

Until one holiday, when Mr Winslow picked her up. The car was silent without even the music on. Aria was looking down at her phone.

Suddenly, Mr Winslow said to her, "Little Airy, don't send messages to her anymore. She can't see them."

Aria was confused for a moment.

It took her a few seconds to realize what Mr Winslow was talking about.

She murmured an "um".

Then, without any warning, her tears fell uncontrollably. She quickly lowered her head, afraid that her father would see.

She didn't even dare to sob.

Aria didn't know how Amara Winslow got through that period. She only remembered that he was very quiet, and so was Mr Winslow.

At that time, she didn't quite understand men.

She thought they weren't sad and didn't miss their mother.

Until one day, when she woke up from a nightmare during her afternoon nap and passed by the corridor on her way out. She heard her father's low, hoarse crying in the bedroom. She also remembered that her brother had suddenly learned to smoke.

She stood there in a daze for a long time.

Until the crying stopped, she quietly returned to her bedroom.

She vaguely remembered that on the day her mother passed away, her father was the same. She came out of the bedroom after changing into a white cotton - padded coat. The people who had gathered in the bedroom had all left, leaving only Mr Winslow.

Her father was holding her mother's hand, whispering her mother's nickname and saying something.

When he saw Aria at the door, he stopped in the middle of his words, wiped his tears, and didn't say anything more.

Auntie was a very nice woman. She had a daughter, but the daughter didn't live with her. Even before she got married into the Winslow family, she was very kind to the two children in the Winslow family. She was not like the evil step - mothers shown in TV dramas.

Mr Winslow couldn't do things like laundry, cooking, house - cleaning, buying clothes for the children in different seasons, and even the details like buying Aria's underwear, sanitary pads, and cosmetics.

She remembered everything.

She did her best to fulfill the responsibilities of a mother.

Aria and Amara Winslow lived in boarding schools and were rarely at home. During those three years, Mr Winslow lived alone, and his life was visibly in a mess.

The man often went out to eat with his friends and almost drank with every meal. When they were on vacation and at home, they were not very good at cooking and were busy with work, so they couldn't take good care of themselves.

Aria actually didn't dare to think about what state Mr Winslow was in when she and her brother were at school.

But that state made her worried and scared.

Not only Aria, but Amara Winslow also understood.

This new family was formed suddenly, and it seemed that they had no choice but to accept it. It seemed that this was the best result.