Chapter 381 - Step-Father (2/2)

She placed her hand on her stomach. Her red lips curved up.

Everything in the Chu family belonged to her son. No one was to snatch them away, including that illegitimate child.

…

Xia Ruoxin bent down and adjusted the small hat on her daughter's head. ”Stay good and listen to the teacher. I'll come and pick you up after school. Come here.” She propped her cheek closer. ”Babe, give Mommy a kiss.”

Rainy's face cracked into a smile, and she gave her mother a fierce kiss.

Gao Yi walked over and lifted the little girl off the ground and then pointed at his right cheek.

Rainy pecked Gao Yi's cheeks shyly and then rested her chin on Gao Yi's shoulders.

”Let's go. I'll bring you to school.”

Gao Yi rubbed her head, put her down in the car, and then brought her to the kindergarten.

Xia Ruoxin gazed at the distance where the car had driven off. Her throat tightened. It was a long time since she saw Rainy so ecstatic. She really needed a father.

Gao Yi would be an amazing father, but she didn't know whether a woman as lacking as her was worthy of him.

She was divorced with a daughter. She had even been a prostitute. She was also disabled.

She didn't want to think about the past—or hated it, but she couldn't bring herself to forgive.

Forgive that man and that woman whom she called Mother.

She patted her pocket. She had brought her purse out today and was going to get some groceries to make some delicious food for the father and daughter. She didn't know why, but when she thought of the pairing, her heart felt like it was being compressed and her chest hurt.

She wasn't sure whether she stole this or not. She only knew that her life was great now, peaceful, smooth-sailing, and simple. She didn't want that to change.

She bought half a chicken, some vegetables, and a fish. She wanted to make red-braised fish for her daughter, and that breed of fish had fewer bones. When they were in poverty, she would always scrimp and save money to buy one for her daughter. She wasn't so frugal anymore, but every time she thought of the taste of this dish, her heart ached slightly, bitterly.

”Ruoxin…” She reached the entrance of her new home where a car was parked. The person in the car called out her name.

She pursed her lips and walked towards it, staring from afar at the middle-aged man who got out.

Her step-father, Xia Mingzheng.

He looked utterly exhausted. His reputation as honest and just was all applicable only on her daughter. He wouldn't care less whether someone else's daughter was humiliated, used, or treated as scum.