The Price Paid for My Dream—The Heart’s Voice of a Guest Worker Abroad
Lin
Liang, Japan
A Word of My Child Distressed and Saddened Me
One
day in December of 2016, I opened the computer as ever, preparing to
have a webcam chat with my child. After it connected, my
mother-in-law pointed at me and said to my child, “This is your
dad. Call him quickly.” However, she avoided the webcam, unwilling
to see me. Then my mother-in-law tried again to persuade her to chat
with me, and I also called her in front of the screen. But suddenly,
my child said, “No, I don’t know him.” At the moment when I
heard that, I was stunned. I simply felt my nose twitched and tears
nearly started falling. Fearing that my family would notice, I tried
to be casual about it, saying, “No matter; maybe next time.”