139 Ruthless (2/2)

”Let's go. Don't bother about her.” Shen Yijun shoved Xia Mingzheng's hands; this time, she was calmer but crueler. He could only sigh at the sight.

Was this necessary? He thought of speaking, but Shen Yijun pulled him away.

Xia Ruoxin suddenly knelt, abandoning all her dignity.

”Mom, please. Please don't turn me away. I can be a maid… just let us stay alive.” She had used 'us', not 'me'. The angry Shen Yijun had not bothered to listen to what she was saying.

She held on tightly with both her hands, and Xia Mingzheng felt she was going to rip his elbow off.

”We are no longer related. Leave, I don't want to see you.” She finished talking and walked heartlessly away. The door closed with a bang, leaving a kneeling Xia Ruoxin. She closed her eyes shut as her tears merged with the rain that was beating down on her very pale face.

”Mom… I'm pregnant… I have a baby…” Her lips moved, her voice lost in the sound of the rain. No one heard her; no one would help her.

Slowly, she stood up, biting down on her slightly green lip. She stared at the house which she had stayed for almost twenty years. She could recall no happiness here.

”Mom… this will be the last time I'm calling you Mom. I will never address you like this again.”

She turned and walked, putting herself one step at a time on the path in front of her. She looked down and removed the cast from her elbow, knowing that her hand might be crippled. There was no other way.

”Baby, don't worry. Mommy will give birth to you, safe and sound. I promise.”

Shen Yijun drew the curtains back after the person was out of her view. She did not know why, but her face was covered with tears.