304 Does A Tomorrow Exist? (2/2)

”Mommy loves Rainy, too.” Xia Ruoxin kissed her daughter's cheeks and covered her with a blanket. She patted her daughter's small back gently, wanting to let her sleep with more peace of mind.

The surrounding was silent. The warm light fell on Rainy's beautiful face. Faintly, the child's skin was so white it was almost transparent. It was an abnormal white, a sickly white.

Xia Ruoxin continued holding her daughter and patting her shoulder occasionally as if she did not know fatigue.

Time passed slowly, and her actions became slower and slower. She was actually suffering more than anyone else. Rainy was tired, and so was she. Really, really tired…

She maintained the same position and carefully protected the daughter in her arms. Her hand was on Rainy's small back, but her eyes were already closed shut. She rested her chin on top of Rainy's head. She fell asleep in that position.

Dark green circles were obvious at the bottom of her eyes. She did not have a good sleep since and have not had a good dream.

Xia Ruoxin woke up suddenly. She lowered her head and hugged her daughter, and she then realized that she was still asleep. Her face had finally regained some color. She continued patting her daughter's back again, and unknowingly, the sky had turned bright.

Another day had come. It was great to see the sun rise, wasn't it? Rainy. She gently rubbed her daughter's cheeks against her own, feeling the slight chill on her daughter's body.

She laid a blanket over her, took her small hand, and held it in her own.

Rainy, are you cold? Mommy will give you some warmth so you won't be cold anymore.” She kept blowing hot air on her daughter's hands, rubbing her small hands with care. Her hands were really like chicken feet, thin without a piece of meat.

”Rainy, when you recover, Mommy will definitely raise you till you're chubby. I'll let you eat all that you couldn't recently. Then I'll have to call you Piggy instead of Rainy.”

She kept blowing air on her daughter's hands, but they grew colder and colder, to the point where they might even drain all the heat from her body.

”Don't be scared, Rainy. Mommy is here. I'll make you warm again.” She placed Rainy's hands against her own body. The pair of small hands was almost void of temperature, and she just looked tenderly at Rainy's face.

She placed her hand on her daughter's face once again.

”Rainy, you are Mommy's greatest happiness, you know. If it weren't for you, I would have already been dead so you must accompany your mother. I'll watch you grow up, I always will.”

The day grew brighter, and the hospital was starting to break the silence of the night. People were coming and going. Xia Ruoxin kept talking to Rainy.

The doctor pushed open the door and walked in. Upon seeing the child's slightly blue face, his heart jolted.

Could the child be…?

”Miss Xia, leave Rainy to us, okay?” The doctor reached his hand out, but Xia Ruoxin did not spare him a glance as she continued to pat her daughter's back. Her eyes landed on the cake on the table, and she carefully tapped her daughter's small nose.

”Rainy, it's morning. Didn't you ask me to wake you up in the morning to eat the cake? See, if you don't wake up, Mommy is going to eat your cake. Don't blame Mommy if you wake up late and have no more cake left.”