Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Family Visiting Day

The moment I opened my eyes, I suddenly remembered that today is "Family Visiting Day".My heart skipped a beat at the sight of Molly limping through the dorm, with medical tape on either side of her bruised nose.As soon as she left the dormitory, I quickly searched for Pete and Drew. They were not there, and I had to change quickly while they were away.As long as they're not here, I don't care who sees me in my underwear, I don't care anymore. Everyone else was getting dressed in silence, and even Christina, who was usually the most talkative, didn't smile at this time.We all know in our hearts that when we go to the deep pit of the base later, we may not find a familiar face after searching all the faces.

I followed my father's instruction and folded the quilt squarely.I was picking up strands of hair from the pillow when Eric barged in. "Attention everyone!" He lightly brushed a strand of hair in front of his eyes, "I will remind everyone today. If a miracle happens later, your family members happen to come..." His eyes swept over us With a smile on his face, he said with a smile, "...but this possibility is very small. I suggest that you don't get too close to your family members. It's good for you and good for them. We attach great importance to the phrase 'affiliation is far more important than blood relationship' here. In other words, being attached to your family often means that you are dissatisfied with this place, and this kind of behavior will shame our entire faction. Do you understand?"

I understood, the threat in Eric's shrill voice.The focus of his expression is on the last part, and there is only one meaning: we are Dauntless people and should act according to the Dauntless principles. I was about to leave the dormitory when Eric stopped me suddenly. "Zombie, I may have underestimated you," he said, "You did well yesterday." I looked up at him, feeling guilty for the first time since yesterday's win over Molly. If Eric thinks I'm doing something right, I must be doing something wrong. "Thank you," I said, and slipped out of the dorm.

As soon as my eyes adjusted to the dim light in the hallway, I saw Will and Christina ahead.Will laughed heartily, probably because of Christina's joke.I walked behind them, with no intention of catching up.For some reason, I feel inappropriate to bother them. Oddly enough, Al was gone, I didn't see him in the dormitory, and I didn't see him on the way to the base pit.Perhaps someone else is already there. I smoothed out my hair with my fingers, then tied it into a bun, and looked down at what I was wearing—wasn't there anything exposed?The pants were tight and the collarbone was exposed.I can't help but worry that they are typical selfless people and they must not approve of my wearing leggings and tattoos.

Who cares if they approve or not?I gritted my teeth.Now I'm a freshman in the Dauntless faction, and I wear my own faction clothes, and it's nobody's business, not even my parents.Thinking like this, I walked to the end of the passage and stopped. The base pit has arrived.A group of families stood there, mostly Dauntless families and Dauntless freshmen.Even though I'm a freshman Dauntless, their attire still looks weird to me—a perfectly matched quintessential Dauntless family pops up, the mother with pierced eyebrows and the father with tattoos on his arms , the child's hair was dyed purple.I catch a glimpse of Drew and Molly standing in a corner, no smile on their faces.It was obvious that their family members did not come.

But Pete's family was all there, standing next to a bushy-browed, tall man with a petite, affable-looking red-haired woman.Oddly enough, he looked neither like his mother nor his father.Both of them were wearing black trousers and white shirts, the typical honesty uniform, and I want to talk about his father in particular, he has such a loud voice, I can hear him from so far away.They looked at Pete lovingly, but do they know what kind of person their son is? Also, I can't help but ask myself: what kind of person am I? On the other side, Will stood beside a woman in a blue dress. The woman was not very old, so she probably wasn't his mother, but she looked exactly like him, with the same wrinkles between her eyebrows and blonde hair. .I remember Will mentioned that he had a sister, and that woman should be her.

Not far from Will, Christina was hugging an honest, dark-skinned woman in a black and white uniform.Standing behind Christina is a little girl, also an honestist, who should be her sister. I wondered if I should try to scan the crowd and look for my parents.But I always feel that it is unlikely that they will come. I should be more acquainted, and I should turn around and go back to the dormitory. Just when all thoughts were lost, I suddenly saw her, my dear mother!She clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest, standing alone by the metal railing.She looked out of place in this place, with loose gray trousers, a gray coat buttoned up to the throat, her hair pulled back simply, and her face mild and calm.I walked over to her with tears in my eyes.She's here, she's here to see me!

I quickened my pace.The moment she saw me, she was expressionless, as if she didn't know who I was.After a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then she opened her arms and hugged me.I smell soap and detergent again, my mother's scent. "Beatrice," she whispered, her hands gently stroking my hair. I told myself, don't cry, don't cry!I hugged her tightly until I blinked away the tears in my eyes before letting go and taking a step back to look at her.I imitated her expression and pursed my lips into a slight smile.She reached out and touched my face. "Look at you, grown up." She put her arms around my shoulders, "tell me how you're doing."

"You speak first." The old habit returned.In the disinterested school, children should let their parents express their attitude first.I should let her speak first, not let the focus of the conversation stay on me for too long, and make sure her questions are answered. "Today is a special occasion, so it's an exception," she said. "I'm here to see you, so let's talk more about you. It's my special gift to you." O my selfless mother, you should not give me gifts, especially after I left you and my father heartlessly.I walk with her to the metal railing overlooking the canyon—I'm happy to be by her side.The past week and a half of life has been more brutal than I could have imagined.When we were at home, we didn't have excessive intimacy. At most, we saw our parents holding hands at the dining table, but the warm feeling was more than that, and it was far more humane than this place.

"Then I just have one question." I felt my heart pounding in my throat, "Where is Dad? Did he go to see Caleb?" "Ah," she said, shaking her head, "your father has to go to work today." I kept silent and looked down at the ground. "Actually, you can tell me the truth, if he doesn't want to come." My mother's eyes wandered over my face. "Your father has been a lot selfish recently, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love you, I promise he still loves you." I stared at my mother in astonishment, shocked in my heart.How could father be associated with the word "selfish"?But what shocked me more than the label was that it was put on him by his mother.I couldn't see if she was angry, and I didn't want to.But she must be angry, I know, if she accuses him of being selfish, then she must be angry.

"Where's Caleb? Are you going to see him later?" I asked my mother. "I wish I could go, but the Erudite Sect forbids the Selfless Sect to step into the jurisdiction. If I go, they will definitely drive me out." The mother said helplessly. "What? It's outrageous, why would they do this?" “Recently, tensions between our two factions have intensified,” she said. “I hope things don’t get worse like this, but there’s nothing I can do.” How disappointed Caleb would be if he stood in the crowd and looked around and couldn't see his mother.Thinking of this, my heart ached sharply.As much as I'm mad at him for keeping so many secrets from me, he's my brother and I don't want him to feel hurt. "It's horrible," I said again, looking down at the canyon below, with the rushing water rushing past my feet. The fourth child stood by the metal railing, all alone.Although he wasn't a freshman anymore, a day most Dreadnoughts would reunite with their parents, he stood alone.Either his family didn't like reunions, or he wasn't originally Dauntless.If he is a transferer, what faction is he from? "He was my mentor," I whispered close to my mother. "He was a scary man." "He's so handsome," said my mother. I found myself nodding without thinking.She smiled and took her hand from my shoulder.I wanted to drag my mother away from the fourth child, but unfortunately, when I was about to suggest to my mother to go somewhere else, he turned around and saw us. When he saw my mother, his eyes suddenly opened very big, and he looked a little unnatural.Mother held out her hand to him. "Hi, my name is Natalie and I'm Beatrice's mother." I've never seen my mother shake anyone's hand.The fourth child seemed to be a little stiff, and slowly stretched out his hand, and shook his mother twice.It could be seen that neither of them was used to shaking hands.By the way, if the fourth child can't easily shake hands with others, he must not have been a Dauntless in the first place. "My name is Lao Si," he said, "nice to meet you." "Fourth." Mother repeated with great interest, smiled and said, "Is that your nickname?" "Yes." He didn't explain a word.Since "Old Four" is a nickname, what is his real name? "Your daughter is doing well, and I'm supervising her training." "Supervision"?What a joke!When does "monitoring" include throwing knives at me and berating me at every opportunity? "That's good to hear," said my mother. "I've heard about the Dauntless' ordeal process, and I'm worried about her." He looked at me, moved his eyes from nose to lips to chin, and said, "You don't have to." I couldn't help blushing at that, hoping they didn't notice. Just because it was my mother, so he comforted her?Or do you really think I'm capable?What did he mean by looking at me like that? Mother tilted her head and said softly, "I don't know why, but I always think you look familiar." "I can't figure out why," his voice turned cold all of a sudden, "I'm not used to dealing with the Selfless Sect." Mother laughed, she laughed lightly, half laughter and half annoyed: "At present, very few people would do this, but I won't take it to heart." He seemed to relax a little. "Then I should go, you guys have a good time together." My mother and I watched him leave.The roar of the river filled my ears.Maybe the fourth was from the Erudites, which would explain why he hated the Unselfish so much, or maybe he believed what the Erudites spread about our Unselfish—no, their Unselfish, I reminded myself.But why was he so kind to tell my mother that I was doing well, even though I knew he might not think so. "Has he always been like this?" asked the mother. "That's a lot better." "Have you made friends yet?" she continued. "Well, there are a few." As I said that, I turned my head to look at Will, Christina, and their families.Christina saw that I was looking at her too, so she smiled and nodded at us.My mother and I walked towards them together through the base pit. Before I got to Will and Christina, a short, chubby middle-aged woman in a black and white striped shirt suddenly grabbed my arm.I shook my arm, trying not to knock her hand off. "Excuse me," she asked eagerly, "do you know my son, Albert?" "Albert?" I repeated the name. "Oh... you mean Al? I know him." "Well, do you know where we can find him?" she said, waving to a tall, stocky man behind her, who was obviously Al's father. "I'm sorry, I haven't seen him all morning, why don't you go look there?" I pointed to the glass roof above us. "Oh my god." Al's mother kept fanning her face with her hands, "I don't want to climb that thing anymore, I almost had a panic attack when I got down just now. Are you all crazy? Those roads Why not build a fence?" I smiled at her, not surprised at her reaction.A few weeks ago, I would have thought such a question was offensive, but I've spent so long with the Honest Pieces that I'm no longer surprised by their straightforwardness. "It's not crazy, it's fearless. If I see him, tell him you're here," I said. I saw the same smile on my mother's face.Her expression and demeanor were different from those of other newborn parents—they looked around at the stone wall of the pit in the base, then at the ceiling, and their eyes lingered on the canyon—her neck was raised, bent in an arc.Of course she wouldn't be curious - she's disinterested.The word "curiosity" does not exist in the altruistic dictionary. I introduced my mother to Will and Christina, and Christina introduced me to her mother and sister.But when Will introduced me to his sister Carla, she gave me a look so hard it could wither a plant, didn't reach out to shake my hand, and glared at my mother. "Will, I didn't expect you to have contacts with people like them." She sarcastically said. My mother pouted, but of course she didn't say anything. "Kara," Will said, frowning, "there's no need to be so rude." "Oh, of course. Do you know who she is?" Carla pointed to my mother. "She's the wife of a member of Parliament, and she's in charge of the 'Volunteer Agency'. Do you know what a 'Volunteer Agency' is? It's actually a front to help non-partisans while secretly hoarding goods for the non-partisans while ignoring those of us who haven't had fresh veggies for a whole month! What to say to non-partisans Distributing food is just nonsense!" "I'm sorry," said my mother gently, "I think there may be some misunderstanding here." "Haha, you can say the word 'misunderstanding'," Carla yelled and interrupted her mother, "I am 100% sure that people of your faction are carefree and charitable on the surface, but they are not selfish in their hearts. It's nature, that's how it is." "I warn you not to talk to my mother like that," I yelled at Kara with my face hot and clenched fists, "you dare to say a word like that again, I swear I'll punch you nose." "Go away, Triss!" Will yelled, "You're not allowed to hit my sister." "Oh? Do you think I can't do it?" I raised my eyebrows and said impatiently. "Yeah, I won't let you do that." Mother said, stroking my shoulder, "Come on, Beatrice, let's not bother your friend's sister, let's go." My mother's voice was always calm, but she grabbed my shoulders with both hands and dragged me away. My shoulders hurt so bad that I almost didn't cry out.She walked quickly to the restaurant with me, but when I was about to arrive, she suddenly turned left and walked into a dark passage that I didn't know at all. "Mom, Mom, how do you know where this is going?" I asked. Mother stopped in front of a locked door, stood on tiptoe, and looked up at the socket of the blue light on the ceiling.After a few seconds, she nodded and turned to me. "I said, don't ask me about me. We're talking about you today. I mean it. By the way, tell me, how are you doing? How's your fighting performance going? How's your ranking?" "Ranked?" I exclaimed, "You know I'm in a fight? Know we'll be ranked?" "The Dauntless faction's freshman test process is not a top secret, so there is no need to make a fuss." Mother replied. I don't know if it's a simple matter of figuring out what the other factions' new ordeals are like, but I suspect it won't be. "I'm almost at the bottom of the pack, Mom," I said in a word. "Very well," she nodded. "Few people pay attention to the person at the bottom of the ranking. Beatrice, this is an important question now. What exactly are your personality test results?" "You must not tell anyone about this", Tori's warning sounded in my mind again, and I should not tell anyone, including my biological mother.I should have told her it turned out to be disinterested, because Tori is so documented in the system.So even if my result is selfless, she may not be suspicious. I looked into my mother's eyes.Her light green eyes were framed by long black lashes, and she looked nothing like her age except for a faint line around her mouth.She always used to hum a tune while washing the dishes, and whenever she hummed a tune, those wrinkles would get deeper. She is my mother. I can trust her. "My results are indefinable," I said softly. "As expected," she sighed, "many children raised in selfless families end up with indefinable outcomes, for reasons we don't know. But you have to be very careful on the second level of the test, Beatrice You must remember that no matter what you do, you must keep a low profile, hide in the crowd, and don't attract attention, otherwise you will bring trouble to yourself, remember?" "Mom, what's going on?" "I don't care what pie you choose," she said, touching my face, "I'm your mother and I just want you to be safe." "Just because I am..." I was about to say, but she quickly covered my mouth with her hands. "Don't say those three words," she hissed, "never say them." Obviously, Tori was right, and her mother's behavior once again confirmed that her warning was not groundless.Being a "divergent" is dangerous.I just don't know why, or what it means.Haven't figured it out yet. "why?" "I can't say." She shook her head helplessly. She turned her head warily, the lights in the deep pit of the base were barely visible.There were shouts, conversations, laughter, and the sound of chaotic footsteps.A sweet, fermented smell wafts from the dining room, it's toast.Mother turned her head to look at me with a serious expression. "I want you to do one thing. I can't visit your brother, but you can, until the end of the freshman test. So I want you to go to him, and when you see him, you must let him investigate thoroughly Serum components in the scenario simulation. Okay? Can you do it for me?" "Unless you explain the reason clearly...why, Mom?" I crossed my arms and begged, "You asked me to go to the Erudite School's jurisdiction that day, and you better give me a reason." "I'm sorry, I really can't say." My mother kissed my cheek, and gently tucked a few hairs that fell from the bun behind my ears, "I should go, we can't be too close, it's better for you it is good." "I don't care what they think," I yelled. "You should care, I suspect that someone is watching your every move in the dark." She blamed me softly. After she finished speaking, she turned around and left. I stood there, dumbfounded, and even forgot to follow.When my mother came to the end of the aisle, she suddenly turned around and shouted to me: "Can you have a piece of cake for me, chocolate, it's delicious." There was a weird and tangled smile on her face. "Remember, I will always love you." After she finished speaking, she left and disappeared from my sight. I stood in a blue light, staring at the end of the passage in a daze. finally, I understand. She must have been to the deep pit of the base before, because she knew all about such a hidden passage, and she also knew the process of testing the Dauntless faction. It was all obvious: my mother was from the Dauntless!