Chapter 385 - Bring Things to an End (2/2)

Gao Yi immediately carried the little girl to her room and stuffed the doll into her hands.

He coaxed her, ”Stay here and play with the doll, Rainy. Remember to take care of her.”

”Okay.” Rainy nodded hard. ”Don't worry, Daddy. I will take good care of the doll.”

Gao Yi ruffled Rainy's hair and closed the door.

Outside, Xia Ruoxin was acting as if nothing happened. She cleaned the house casually with a nonplussed expression.

”Ruoxin,” Gao Yi called out to her.

Ruoxin didn't answer nor react as she continued on with her work.

”Ruoxin,” Gao Yi repeated and walked over, taking the rag from her hand. She had wiped the area eight times. If she went on, the table might peel.

”Ah!” Xia Ruoxin reacted when the rag was taken from her. ”Hmm, what did you say?” She grabbed the rag from Gao Yi's hands and continued to wipe the table. She didn't want anyone to find out how troubled her heart was.

”Follow me.” Gao Yi pulled Xia Ruoxin away to the sofa, stopping her from mistreating the table.

”Ruoxin, who was that outside?” Gao Yi narrowed his eyes and searched Xia Ruoxin's face. That person obviously stirred her heart. Maybe she couldn't sense it, but it was indeed stirred.

”Him?” Xia Ruoxin pursed her lips. ”My step-father. I know what you're going to ask.” Xia Ruoxin didn't hide anything from Gao Yi. ”He's here to ask me to visit my mother. If Xia Yixuan didn't return and had really died like in the rumors, she wouldn't want to meet me at all. I don't care if she really repented or just wants herself to feel better. It has nothing to do with me.”

She knew Shen Yijun best. She was selfish, and she all she wanted now was definitely her forgiveness as well as proved that she wasn't foolish enough to be played into someone else's hand. She might have forgotten the past, but Xia Ruoxin hadn't.

When she was pregnant without anyone to take her in, when her daughter was sick and hospitalized and her life was in danger, what did that so-called mother do? She would always remember every word she said, every scene from that time.

”You don't care?” Gao Yi understood now. He gently caressed Xia Ruoxin's head. She was just resenting.

”Yes, I don't care anymore.” Xia Ruoxin smiled blandly. Her expression was stoic, and her complexion was light as if she really was talking about a stranger.

”Really?” Gao Yi asked again.

Xia Ruoxin turned her head, and her gaze stopped at the window as if she knew what Gao Yi was about to say.

”If you don't care, then go take a look. Take it as a way to bring an end to things.” Gao Yi held her shoulders. ”It isn't like you to run away from things. It's not a viable solution. He came here for you twice, and he could come here again for the third and fourth time. You can't run away forever. If you really don't care anymore, why not just go take a look?”

Gao Yi persuaded her, knowing she was listening. She was a transparent woman. His words were not hard to understand, and he believed she knew what he was trying to say.

The warm and golden light reflected into the room through the window glass, blinding them. In the distance, the wind blew, and the leaves fell.

…

It was the umpteenth time Xia Ruoxin stepped into the hospital. She didn't like the place. She hated it, in fact, but was still grateful towards it.

She pressed her lips together. Her pale and plain face was void of color and expression, like her eyes which were a pure black but had started to deepen.

She entered without bringing anything along with her.

She listened to Gao Yi and put an end to things.