Chapter 386 - She was Not Merchandise (1/2)

She was a human being, not a thing or merchandise. One did not simply just cast a person aside or trample on her and decided to take her back only when one felt the need to do so, purely for the sake of proving one's insight. At the very least, one could still recover those that one had lost.

However, once something was lost, it would remain so.

Not every 'I'm sorry' could be exchanged with an 'it's okay'.

Not every 'it's okay' meant forgiveness.

She had taken Chu Lui's apology as a promise.

However, his 'sorry' was the beginning of a lie.

Song Wan's apology was hurtful to her…

While Shen Yijun's apology was patronizing.

She knew now that 'sorry' could also be a means to an end.

Knock, knock. She knocked on the door and raised her eyes to look at the ward number. This should be the one.

The door opened abruptly. Xia Mingzheng stared at her and was speechless for a long time. Perhaps, her unexpected presence was both a shock and a surprise to him. This child had come. Did it mean that she had forgiven them?

”Mingzheng, who is it?” Shen Yijun couldn't help herself from asking as she saw Xia Mingzheng standing at the door and speechless for a long time. ”Was it Xinxin?” She had said this not from surprise or happiness, but rather, with long-awaited expectation. It seemed as though she had been waiting for a few seasons from spring to summer, and to the cold autumn and winter.

”Yijun, look who is here.”

Xia Mingzheng regained his senses and quickly moved out of the way. His expression was filled with both surprise and happiness. That's right. He was pleasantly surprised.

”Is that my Xinxin?” Shen Yijun straightened herself and sat on her bed. She had aged significantly. In a man's lifetime, the thing that one feared the most was insisting on something that one shouldn't be insisting on; doing something that one shouldn't have done; and wrong someone who shouldn't be wronged.

These were all the things that Shen Yijun had done.

Xia Ruoxin stood at the doorway of the ward as she simply looked at Shen Yijun's features which were both so familiar, and yet so strange. There was no emotion in her heart. Shen Yijun was so thrilled that tears had fallen from her eyes as she reached out for Xia Ruoxin.

”Xinxin, are you here to visit me? I knew you would be here to see me. Xinxin, it's all my fault. I am to blame for everything. I have wronged you. Can you please forgive me and give me another chance?” Xia Mingzheng chimed in as he stood at the side. ”That's right, Ruoxin. It's good that you have come. Once your mother has been discharged, you should move back with us. Then, we can be reunited as a family.”

Shen Yijun held her husband's hand tightly while tears swirled in her eyes. ”Mingzheng, I have finally found my Xinxin.”

”Yes, you're right.” Xia Mingzheng was elated, too. However, he stopped himself at the thought of his trouble-making daughter. How could that child be so unscrupulous? How nice would it be if she was half as obedient as Xia Ruoxin? Then, he wouldn't be so worried now. He was becoming bald from all the worrying.