Duplicity

Originally titled "Do You Like My Mom?" ■Growing up / getting older / 16 years age difference / double secret love / sweet and sour taste ■The stepmother is duplicitous and refuses to admit it × the early stage of autism and the later stage of autism (self-confessed) fierce adopted daughter [The love-starved little wolfdog who thought the other person liked her mother and kept her love in her heart for many years × the serious stepmother who had too high a sense of morality to admit that she was in love with her adopted daughter] - "I don't want to call her mom, she forced me to do so, then and now." Many years later, in a talk show, Cai Yuandai mentioned her stepmother and said this. "She is the person who has had the greatest influence on me, then and now." Wen Zhijun sat in front of the computer, staring at the person on the screen, with gentle eyes and a smile on his lips. When she was twelve years old, her mother died of illness, and her father "sold" Cai Yuandai to her mother's long-time friend, Wen Zhijun. That was the first time Cai Yuandai saw this woman, the junior sister her mother called her. Wen Zhijun always looked serious and had a cold expression. Cai Yuandai was a little afraid of her, so it became a pattern between the two of them not to speak unless necessary. But Wen Zhijun is very good to Cai Yuandai, as good as Cai Yuandai's mother... After the first monthly exam, Cai Yuandai stood at the door of Wen Zhijun's study with her miserable report card, hesitating and not daring to speak. Wen Zhijun glanced up and down and said only two words, "Speak." Cai Yuandai did not dare to speak, and Wen Zhijun refused to give her an autograph. So the next morning, with eyes swollen from crying, Cai Yuandai stood in front of Wen Zhijun's room door and spoke in a low voice: "Aunt Wen... The school wants... Parents... To sign..." This is the first time Cai Yuandai has formally addressed Wen Zhijun since arriving at the Wen family. She spoke very laboriously and intermittently. Wen Zhijun tilted his head and looked around the report card to look at Cai Yuandai. The girl with her head lowered was trembling. Is she scared? Wen Zhijun frowned in confusion, but still did not sign. "I am your legal guardian now, you should call me mom." Cai Yuandai didn't want to call her mother, she had her own mother, but Wen Zhijun's attitude was very tough. When you live under someone else's roof, your bones are always softer. Cai Yuandai lowered her head, pinched the hem of her clothes nervously with her fingers, and whispered: "Mom." Cai Yuandai's feelings for Wen Zhijun are very complicated. It can't be called love, but it can't be called hate. But since saying "Mom", Wen Zhijun has obviously taken on this responsibility in every aspect. Cai Yuandai didn't understand at first, she was just curious about Wen Zhijun's attitude towards her mother and Wen Zhijun towards herself, until one day she accidentally witnessed two girls kissing, and she seemed to suddenly figure out something. When she got home that day, she boldly asked the woman sitting in the living room, "Do you like my mother?" Wen Zhijun frowned at first, and then looked at her. She didn't speak, just looked at her silently for a long time. That night, Cai Yuandai had a nightmare, dreaming about Wen Zhijun... The first thing Cai Yuandai did when she became an adult was to terminate the parent-child relationship with Wen Zhijun. They had no relationship in the first place, so why bother to put shackles on themselves again. She thought she was finally free, but when she saw Wen Zhijun again, she realized how wrong she was. She misunderstood Wen Zhijun's kindness in raising her, and also misunderstood the friendship between Wen Zhijun and her mother. Standing in front of Wen Zhijun, Cai Yuandai lowered her head, as if she had stood at the door of Wen Zhijun's bedroom many years ago. "Ms. Wen, I'm sorry..." Wen Zhijun's eyes gradually turned cold as he listened to her words. She twirled her fingers and said seriously: "I said, raise your head when you speak, and..." "Call mom." She raised her head in shock and met Wen Zhijun's eyes. For a moment, she seemed to understand something from Wen Zhijun's eyes. She discovered that she had misunderstood another thing. She had misunderstood Wen Zhijun's feelings for her. Note: The main plot is Xiao Cai's growth. The relationship is slow to develop. During the relationship, they are just mother and daughter. Motto: Love is worth waiting for