257 Not Filthy (2/2)

”Mommy.” Rainy tugged weakly at Xia Ruoxin's clothes.

”What is it, Baby?” Xia Ruoxin rested her hand on her daughter's bald head and forced herself to smile. She did not want Rainy to see her cry. However, she couldn't hold herself back. She turned her head away as tears slid from the corner of her eye.

”Mommy, am I going to die?” The child's soft voice sounded weak when she uttered the question. She felt so drowsy, and she really wanted to sleep. However, she dared not. There was an older sister who had fallen asleep, and she didn't wake up to play with Rainy again. The nurses told her that sister had died so she wouldn't be seeing her mother again. Rainy did not want to leave her mother.

She was too young.

She did not know what death was, just that when she dies, she couldn't hold Dolly or see her mother again.

”No. No, how can you die?” Xia Ruoxin rubbed her cheek against her daughter's. She choked back a sob. ”There is no way you will die… because Mommy is here.”

She continued to mumble to herself while Rainy sat closer to her and hugged Xia Ruoxin's neck. ”Mommy, I don't want to leave you. You will be very lonely. No one will wash or fold the laundry with you.”

At the sound of her daughter's tiny voice, Xia Ruoxin broke down. Beads and beads of tears landed on the child's body. Her hand rested on the little girl's bald head and embraced her tiny frame tightly.

In the ward, Xia Ruoxin listened to the doctor's update on her child's condition. Her eyes were red from crying.

”Rainy's condition is worse than we had imagined.” The doctor put the medical chart down. He thought he had her condition under control, and he did not anticipate the sudden deterioration would be this serious.

The pain between her fingers had squeezed its way into her heart. Her body shuddered continuously, and she couldn't speak.