Chapter 547 - Inseverable Ties (1/2)

Gradually, all the a.d.u.l.ts came to pick up their children while Chu Jiang simply stood at the side, watching the children leave one by one.

Chu Xiang stood by Chu Jiang, not daring to speak or move. It seemed like Chu Jiang's warning from before was effective. She kept it in mind.

Xia Ruoxin walked over, and Rainy suddenly lifted her face. She gave a sweet smile to Xia Ruoxin and then ran over to her, reaching out her small hands to let her mother carry her.

Xia Ruoxin scooped her daughter into an embrace. She knew that her daughter still had too many insecurities. She was afraid of leaving her mother and afraid of being snatched away. Rainy nuzzled her face into her mother's neck, not wanting to face other people anymore.

Xia Ruoxin gently patted her daughter's back and then squeezed her small hands. Recently, she had gained quite a bit of weight, and it was actually all acquired from the Chu couple. She understood that they genuinely loved Rainy. In fact, she had already figured things out. Certain ties just could not be severed, and certain people just could not be treated as non-existent.

Furthermore, she knew that Mr. and Mrs. Chu loved her wholeheartedly. They loved her and cherished her. After all, this was kinship; this was family. She couldn't let Rainy severe these blood ties; and in the future, she'd let her daughter decide herself whether she wanted to continue recognizing them as her family or not.

”Rainy, Grandpa's here. How come you're not talking to Grandpa?”

She squeezed her daughter's small hand again.

”There's a bad uncle.”

Rainy lifted her small face and pouted. ”The bad uncle is from Grandpa's house.”

”Uncle is Uncle, and Grandpa is Grandpa. Rainy, don't be rude. Grandpa has always doted on Rainy; does Rainy want Grandpa to be sad?” Xia Ruoxin placed her daughter down and reasoned with her. She didn't want her daughter to be concerned about such things. She was still young, and the a.d.u.l.t's world was too complicated for her. She only needed to focus on growing up well.

After tidying her daughter's clothes, she took her daughter's hand and headed towards Chu Jiang. Then, she touched her daughter's hair again.

”Say 'hello' to Grandpa.”

Rainy squirmed about as she lifted her face and stole a quick glance at Chu Jiang. Chu Jiang simply smiled back at her; he wasn't angry at all.

”Grandpa…” she softly called out. Tears pricked in Chu Jiang's eyes, and he reached out his hands to carry his granddaughter.

”Sigh… Grandpa was really sad. I thought that Rainy wasn't going to talk to Grandpa anymore. That bad uncle you mentioned, Grandpa will help you beat him. Next time, he won't dare to make Rainy sad anymore.” He tapped his granddaughter's nose. The soft and tiny body in his arms filled his cold, tough heart with so much love that it was slightly scary.

”Ruoxin, I'm sorry. Ah Lui, he…” Chu Jiang sighed. ”You don't have to worry; he won't do that ever again.” Parents knew their own child best. The fact Chu Lui was suffering now—he knew that, too. It was just that their son had led such a smooth-sailing life; perhaps it was also time for him to face some obstacles in his life. Now that he had encountered obstacles, he had to continue walking on. Whether he was going to be able to overcome them or not, it wasn't something they—as parents—could intervene with.

However, this word of apology… what he had wanted to say was that it was for the past, for the present, and also for the future.

”That's alright, Uncle Chu, I understand.” Xia Ruoxin didn't want to hear all these. Those two words 'Uncle Chu' were already the greatest step back and forgiveness towards the Chu family.

Whereas, her two words 'Uncle Chu' made Chu Jiang let out a faint sigh of relief.

Xia Ruoxin was just about to speak when she noticed a rather unfriendly gaze. She lowered her head, and her eyes met with Chu Xiang's. The look in her eyes made Xia Ruoxin slightly fl.u.s.tered.

This child's mind didn't seem to be very pure.

She rubbed her daughter's hair, wanting to carry her back. There was too much drama in the Chu family. She still wished that Rainy could live a more simple life and also live more innocently. She didn't want her to have to worry about so much at such a young age. Although she knew that her daughter was originally already very delicate.