Life After Marriage

Cinderella's Parental Home

The modern version of Cinderella said: We need to be the stepmother of all stepmothers!

That year was snowy.

That year, I just ascended into high school.

That day was sunny.

Mom dragged a huge suitcase to the front door and smilingly said to me, "My Ying (t/n: means cherry), mother will be leaving now, but you have to remember, mother will always be your mother. In the future, you have to look after yourself, if you meet some hardships, strive to overcome it, if you encounter an evil person, you have to be more evil than them, and if you meet a stepmother," she paused for a bit, revealing coldness in her eyes and smilingly said, "You have to be the stepmother of all stepmothers!"

The mother in front of my eyes smiled like the brilliance of the blooming flowers on a mountain, her whole body bathed in the warm sunshine, somewhat illusory, somewhat etherealness.

After seeing my half-understanding and firmed nod, mother tenderly hugged me, then, turned around and left, without the slightest hesitation. The beautiful figure of my mother gradually disappeared into the sprinkling sunshine, her footsteps were somewhat rushed, her figure somewhat impatient, just like a little angel carelessly falling into the mortal realm, hurrying back towards the heaven realm.

Until I faced father's sullen black eyes at night, only then did I understood mother's impatience, because she left when father was not at home.

I had always considered these two people to be different types, and their combination, in my opinion, was a miracle, of course, this was my fortune to become their witness to their profound feelings and consciousness.

As things having reached to this stage, useless to say more, I only know that my mother secretly left, and father was very angry.

Although mother left, however her warning-like words were deeply printed in my mind: if you meet bad guys, you have to be more evil than them, if you meet a stepmother, then be the stepmother of all stepmothers!

A week after mother left, a stepmother and two stepsisters appeared in my life, then I truly understood the deeply profound implications and meanings of the words left by mother.

That day, dad with an expressionless face brought back three women: a beautiful, mature woman, two young, pretty girls.

That mature woman amiably said to me, "Ying, from now on, I am your stepmother, and the two of them are your stepsisters."

Dad neither affirmed nor denied her words, a look of "I don't give a shit", but even so, those three women nevertheless entered the house, furthermore lived for many years.

Dad's attitude made me very puzzled, although brought the people back home, but turned a deaf ear to them, neither slept in the same room with that woman, and didn't allow them to set foot into his and mother's room, the most ridiculous thing was, the second day that those people entered, he left home to wild, uh, actually, our dad does multinational businesses, therefore flying around was a common thing, so seeing him two, three time a year was a miracle, meeting only once was normal, of course, dad's figure frequently took shape after those three women entered.

Dad unrestrainedly abandoned us away, leaving four women at home.

A stepmother, two stepsisters, how come this looked like the classic cast of Cinderella, furthermore it was very clear that Cinderella was me.

Compared with the original Cinderella, as the modern version of Cinderella, I always remembered mother's "mantra": be more evil than the bad guys, be the stepmother of all stepmothers!