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Throughout the journey, mother was in a pretty good mood.

She kept talking, and even bought me snacks and ice cream.

Since dad passed away, she's never been this happy.

When she pushed me to the top of the hill.

Mother gave me a hug on her own initiative.

She gently said: "Niannian, happy birthday. From tomorrow on, everything will get better."

Yes, for mother, of course it would get better.

She completed her 18 acts of revenge against me, smoothly married the man she loves, and became a mom to Yu Shuang.

And me? I didn't know about her revenge and kept loving her as always.

Obviously, mother thought about these things and her mood got even better.

But mother, we no longer have a tomorrow.

Seeing I wasn't speaking, mother took the initiative to say: "Niannian, I used to neglect you, I'm sorry."

This apology came too late.

Just at that moment, her phone buzzed.

Mother's expression changed slightly, her eyes evasive as she said to me: "Niannian, I'll go buy an ice cream cone."

Is it finally happening?

I smiled calmly, took out the photo album and handed it to her.

"Mother, this is a gift for you."

Caressing the photo album in her hands, a trace of guilt flashed across mother's eyes.

But when she thought of being able to marry her first love after 18 acts of revenge.

Her mood suddenly brightened a lot.

After leaving, she hid in the distance.

And secretly opened the photo album.

The first photo she saw was a picture of dad and mom holding me as a one-month-old baby.

The photo seemed to evoke some long-lost memories in mother, and her eyes looked a bit dazed.

Every year on my birthday, I would take photos with my family as a memento.

The back of each photo recorded the little bits and pieces of those years.

"When I was 9, I learned how to bend backward, and dad and mom smiled so happily."

"At 10, I won my first children's group dance gold award, and dad and mom kept applauding from the audience. I was so happy, I knew I could be the best dancer and be your and mom's pride!"

"At 13, dad passed away, and grandma wanted to take me to Beijing, but mom cried so sadly. She held me and said I was her everything, her life. For mom, I refused grandma. Mom, Niannian will stay with you forever."

"At 14, mom changed, she smiled at me less and less. She seemed not to love me as much. Did Niannian do something wrong?"

"At 15, I twisted my ankle while dancing, but mom didn't care. Her eyes were filled with that girl named Yu Shuang."

Looking at these photos, mother's face gradually became wet with tears.

But when she saw the last photo, she was stunned in place.

It was a sentence I wrote an hour ago on the 18th photo.

[Mother, congratulations on completing your 18 acts of revenge, but you probably don't know that Yu Shuang also prepared a 19th act of revenge for me. She's really going to push me off the cliff, so this should also be the last time I can call you mother. Mother, I'm sorry that my existence brought you pain. I hope after I die, you'll be happy.]