I am the Odd One Out Chapter 67

After Mia left, Alex's mother began to take care of the housework, wash and cook, and do darning work. It was very hard to get up early and go to bed late. In fact, she could have hired a maid, but her frugal nature made her do it herself. Yes, she left the business and entertainment matters to her husband, but she still managed the accounts herself. Alex's father also got busy, greeting customers and sending them off, nodding and smiling very thoughtfully. He also had to go out to collect debts when the due date came. When he had some free time, he immediately sat down to do darning work. His eyes were dazzled and he had to double-check. Only when your arms are straight and the needle and thread are far away can you see the work clearly. Alex looked like he was absent-minded, holding darned clothes in his hands. He remained motionless from morning to night. He couldn't do anything. He just sat there as a decoration.

Mother knew what A Qiang was thinking, but she didn't say a word of blame. But the mother didn’t know that every time Alex changed clothes, he would open the closet and see the colorful clothes that Mia had not taken away. At that time, Alex would look at the colorful clothes in a daze, and his mind would go blank.

During this period, matchmakers came to the house several times and brought several country girls. Alex took one look at them and did not raise his eyelids again. With the pretty, clean and clever Mia in front of her, Alex's mother didn't like her either. The matchmaker introduced two girls in the city, one in Xizhen and one in Shendian, both from poor families. The amount of betrothal gift proposed by the family in Xizhen shocked Alex's mother, so she naturally refused. The family in Shendian didn't mention the betrothal gift for the time being. They were asked to go and have a look first, and then discuss the betrothal gift if they liked it. So at dawn that day, Alex's parents dressed up and went to Shendian for a blind date.

It was spring and flowers were blooming, and Mia had been furloughed back to Wanmu Dangxili Village for three months. Alex, who seemed cowardly and often absent-minded, did something that was outrageous at the time, and it was impromptu.

After his parents left, Alex sat alone in the shop and fell asleep. The scene of ten-year-old Mia standing in front of the closet in a floral dress loomed. Alex woke up from his sleep, and then When an idea came to his mind, he jumped up, went upstairs and walked into the room, opened the closet, took out the colorful clothes that Mia had not taken away, packed his own clothes, wrote a letter to his parents, and went downstairs to open the storage box. In the small miscellaneous room, he removed an old wooden box and pried up a floor tile. There was a porcelain jar underneath with two hundred silver dollars in it. He opened the lid of the jar, counted out one hundred silver dollars, and closed the jar. Then he took all the copper coins from the drawer of the darning counter, closed the door of the shop, carried his baggage and walked through the sunlit street to the pier at the east gate.