Chapter 3495 The Loneliest Person

When the New Year's bell rang, it was just nine o'clock in the evening in the Maldives.

In order to create a better New Year atmosphere, Bernard Arno spent a lot of money to purchase a lot of fireworks, which he had brought to the bay by boat to be set off.

Colorful fireworks rose from the seaside and soared into the sky, exploding in mid-air, bursting into dazzling fireworks, and at the same time were reflected by the sparkling seaside. The beautiful scenery of the sea and sky is so fascinating.

Xiao Churan looked at the fireworks on the seashore outside the window and murmured absentmindedly: "I haven't seen such beautiful fireworks in a long, long time..."

Ma Lan took out her mobile phone to shoot while nagging and sighing: "Who doesn't say it? The city has been banned from burning and setting off fireworks for so many years. I almost forgot what fireworks are. It's really beautiful, especially when it's so close, or it's set off on the sea."

Xiao Changkun's pupils reflected the fireworks that had shrunk countless times, and the wrinkles on his face were piled up with ups and downs and curves of happiness. He smiled and sighed, "When I was young, my favorite thing was to set off firecrackers. At that time, our family was well-off and we had a little money. During the Chinese New Year, I always used all the New Year's money to buy all kinds of firecrackers. Every day, a lot of children chased after me. Sometimes I gave them one or two smashing and wiping firecrackers, and they were very happy. They also nominated me as their commander-in-chief..."

Ma Lan didn't understand his nostalgia and emotion, and just teased him sarcastically: "Tsk, with Xiao Changqian here, can you still be the commander-in-chief? Then the commander-in-chief must be your brother, right?"

Xiao Changkun waved his hand and said casually: "That's not it, you don't understand, we are different in age, and we are not in the same team. He is the commander-in-chief in his team, and I am the commander-in-chief in mine."

Ma Lan was eating melon seeds and asked with a smile: "With your brother's little idea, have they thought about recruiting your team?"

Xiao Changkun slapped his thigh and said, "Hey! You're right! He has always wanted to recruit me into his team, but I didn't agree. I got beaten by him for this."

"I'll tell you what I mean." Ma Lan snorted, "Xiao Changgan is a coward from childhood, always thinking about taking advantage of others."

Xiao Changkun nodded and sighed: "He has been spoiled by my mother since he was a child. He wants everything, whether it is his or not."

Ma Lan asked curiously, “Well, it’s strange. Everyone in the family loves the younger one, so why does your mother favor your eldest brother?”

Xiao Changkun smiled bitterly and said, "I have never been as obedient as my brother since I was young. My brother is smarter than me and can please my mother. Besides, in this family, no one can really treat everyone equally. If one side is a little higher, this side is a little lower, which is normal."

Ma Lan deliberately teased him: "Your brother has been bad since he was young, and you have been cowardly since you were young. You two complement each other."

Xiao Changkun didn't pay attention to her teasing, but suddenly said with some regret: "Hey, I don't know how they spent the New Year and how they spent it."

Ma Lan was a little angry: "Oh, you are still thinking about them now? You really have time."

"How can you say that?" Xiao Changkun muttered in a muffled voice, "We are blood relatives after all. Even if we don't have any contact, I still miss her. Qian Hongyan was able to make some money some time ago, but now she has no income because of you causing trouble."

Ma Lan said unconvincedly: "She deserves it! Who told her to do those deceptive things? I am contributing to society by exposing her."

Xiao Changkun sighed: "Nine out of ten internet celebrities are scammers, so she doesn't matter. If she makes money, my mother can live a good life for a few days."

Ma Lan snorted coldly: "Her? Still want to live a good life? God has been hesitating and hasn't taken her in yet, it's already a bargain for her! The old thing should have died long ago! When your father left, he should have taken her away with him!"

Xiao Changkun was a little angry, and said with a red face: "My mother is old, how many days can she live? Can't you be more polite?"

At this moment, Xiao Churan felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of Ye Chen's mother, An Chengxi, who was an outstanding woman who had many Chinese people writing books and biographies about her. Then he looked at his own mother. Although he didn't dislike her, ever since he learned about Ye Chen's true identity, he couldn't help but make comparisons.

The indescribable sense of shame made Xiao Churan feel her eyelids burning. She looked at Ma Lan and couldn't help but sigh: "Mom, it's almost enough. We have been separated from grandma and uncle for such a long time. What grudge do you have that makes you hate so much? You still want to curse others to death during the New Year?"

Ma Lan didn't know that her daughter's state at this time was different from before. She thought that she was just nagging at her routinely and had no offensive power, so she said in a cold and disdainful voice: "What's wrong with me cursing her to death? I tell you, I didn't kill that old thing with my own hands, so I am already a very good person! If it were someone else, your grandmother would have died countless times. Maybe a certain issue of Today's Statement will tell the story of her murder!"

After that, he sneered and said sarcastically, "To be honest, your grandfather is the only good man in the Xiao family. A few years ago, I complained about him forcing a good son-in-law on you. Now I see that he should be doing this for your own good, otherwise we wouldn't be living such a prosperous life. Logically, he should live a few more years so that your grandmother would die earlier! Alas! It's true that good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years!"

Ma Lan has always loved to show off her eloquence, and unbridled venting will bring her a strong sense of pleasure. Over the years, when she was bullied outside, she basically relied on venting at home to make up for her emotions.

Sometimes, one may develop the mentality of deliberately going against others.

For example, now, she was just casually mocking Old Madam Xiao, but Xiao Changkun and Xiao Churan seemed to be blaming her, so she couldn't help but get angry, so she thought: "Oh, I just cursed that old man for a while, and you two dared to go against me, so I'm going to curse you to death!"

When she got emotional, she spoke like a machine gun, venting non-stop: "Damn it, that old thing has bullied me a lot over the years, and it was that old damn who broke my legs. If she really dies one day, I will definitely buy 20,000 yuan worth of firecrackers to celebrate! Even if it is forbidden in the city, I will still set off firecrackers! I will still set off firecrackers even if I am arrested and put in the detention center for a few days! I just want that old damn to not have peace even after her death!"

Xiao Churan, who was always docile, suddenly stood up, slammed the table, and blurted out: "Enough!!!"

This sudden action not only scared Xiao Changkun and Ma Lan, but also scared many guests around them.

Xiao Churan lost control of his emotions. Regardless of the surprised looks from the people around him, he stood up and walked out quickly.

Seeing this, Ye Chen hurriedly followed, only to hear Ma Lan talking stubbornly from behind: "This kid, his elbows are always bent outwards, not on my side at all..."

The moment Xiao Churan rushed out of the door, tears couldn't stop flowing.

Ye Chen caught up with her and saw her in tears. He quickly asked her with concern: "Wife, what's wrong?"

Xiao Churan shook his head and said stubbornly: "It's okay, I'm fine..."

Ye Chen noticed something was wrong and asked her quickly: "Why are you crying? Mom is like this. To be honest, I'm used to it. You should have gotten used to it earlier after so many years."

Xiao Churan couldn't control herself, and she broke down and cried, "I just don't want her to be like this for the rest of her life! I just want her to improve a little, to be a little better, and not be so desperate. Why can't she do that?!"

"She has been like this for almost thirty years, from childhood to adulthood! She has suffered so much loss over the years, but she has never really learned from her experience!"

"Over the years, she has never corrected her faults and problems! She always blames others and always thinks that others have let her down!"

"You know what's the only improvement I've seen from her over the years?"

Ye Chen shook his head awkwardly and asked, "What is it?"

Xiao Churan cried and yelled, "It's her attitude towards you! Over the years, the only thing she has improved is her attitude towards you. As for the rest, there is absolutely no change or improvement!"

Ye Chen comforted him, "Even if you only see this little bit of progress, it's at least progress! Then you can't completely deny that she hasn't made any progress in all these years, right?"

Xiao Churan burst into tears and choked up, "Yes... there has been a little progress... but... but I know, it's not her who is getting better! It's you who is getting better!"

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Ye Chen with red eyes. Tears could not stop flowing, and she choked up and said, "It's because your ability is getting stronger, your network of contacts is getting wider, and you are making more and more money, so she calls you a good son-in-law and no longer dares to mock and insult you like before! In the final analysis, she is still the same her, the one who has never changed!!!"

At this moment, Xiao Churan's emotions completely collapsed. He squatted on the ground, buried his face in his arms, and cried and trembled all over.

Ye Chen didn't understand. He always felt that Xiao Churan shouldn't be so sensitive. People say that too many lice won't itch. He had been bitten by Ma Lan for five or six years and had become completely immune to the bites. Why did Xiao Churan suddenly lose his mind after living with her for thirty years? So he speculated that there was obviously something wrong with Xiao Churan's condition, and his sudden loss of control did not seem to be entirely related to Ma Lan.

But he couldn't figure out what the reason was.

Some things in life are like this, like a math problem that is missing a key condition. You know something is wrong, but you can't figure out what's wrong, and you can't guess the correct solution and answer.

Xiao Churan's pain is the result of many factors, including years of accumulated repression, unspeakable suffering, and even pain that he has nowhere to vent.

Thinking that she would disappear from Ye Chen's world in another month, she felt even more tormented.

At this moment, she was the loneliest person in the world.