By the time Mo Ning got home, it was already past six in the evening, which she didn't mind cause she achieved so much today. She unlocked the door to see her mother lying on the sofa watching one of her favourite TV dramas.
" welcome back Xiao Ning. How was your day?" Mo Xiaye asked after pausing her TV drama.
Mo Xiaye, was a beautiful woman in her mid thirties, despite how hard life had been since she had Mo Ning, she still looked beautiful. She got pregnant with Mo Ning when she was just seventeen. She was in her second year of college, but had to drop out to care for her self and her baby, because her father disowned her, for bringing shame to the family name.
Although her mother, Chen Nian , visited her and tried to send her some money once in a while, it was still not enough. As she was a housewife who gave up her career for her marriage, and lost favour with her husband when he married his second wife, Gu Shang, because she was a good addition to the family, due to her status as the precious daughter of the Gu family.
In addition to her family status, Gu Shang scored more merit points with Mo Kun, with her ability of being a perfect white Lotus wife. Since her attitude constantly fed Mo Kun's ego, it gave her the right to do whatever she deemed fit without as much as a blink of her eyelids, as long as she could bluff her way out by being weak and pitiful.
Mo Ning turned, to see that her mother had paused the TV drama and was presently watching her. She quickly changed her shoes, and moved to join her mother on the couch.
" oh mom you won't believe what happened today. "
" what do you mean? Did you get into any trouble? Did you run into that lady that made you lose your job again? Did you.... "
At this point, Mo Ning cut her mother's words short.
" no mom not that, after going to all the sets I told you about the other day, I couldn't get the job. So I went to the last one, the one I told you were most unlikely to hire me, but surprisingly, luck shined on me and the second female lead for the movie backed out, I don't know why exactly, anyway the director gave me a chance to audition and he liked my acting so I got the part" as she finished her words, Mo Ning let out a squeal. She had been dying to do that since she got the part. Her mother was so happy she was smiling from ear to ear making her eyes form crescents.
"congratulations dear you deserve it. I'm so proud of you"
"Thanks mom, and of course I deserve it, but that's not all. "
" there's more? "
" yes there's more. They are going to pay me four hundred thousand yuan" she had barely finished, when she let out another squeal which made her mom almost jump in fright.
"that's wonderful congratulations dear"
"thanks mom, but I have to leave for set tomorrow. Even though it's within the city, it's still very far from here. So to save time and transport, I've to go live in the hotel provided by the crew. Will you be alright on your own? "
" of course I will it's just for a few months, I can take care of my self. Or.... are you trying to say I'm old and can't take care of myself? "
" of course not mom, I was just asking, my apologies your royal highness." Mo Ning finished with a curtsy accompanying her words. That led to a roar of laughter from both mother and daughter.
"off you go now young lady, go pack your suitcase, I have some dramas to watch"
"don't I even compare to those dramas in your eyes? I'm quite pitiful"
"go away and stop being a cry baby, my lovely baby has been paused long enough " Mo Xiaye said with a snort.
Since their age difference wasn't much compared to other parents and their children, they've always interacted like siblings, but that didn't diminish Mo Ning's respect for her mother.
She cherished her mother so much and would go to any length to make her happy, 'cause, she understood what sacrifice she had to make just to give birth to her. She could have chosen to have an abortion without anyone knowing, that way she could finish college and still have the support of her family.
Whenever Mo Ning thought of this, it always brought her immense sadness. She felt guilty for separating her mother from her family, and even though her mom never mentions her family members except when necessary, Mo Ning knew that she missed them.
This was one of the reasons she had to make it big, to make her mother know that she didn't make a mistake by choosing her over her family.