Chapter 609 - Gifts or Well-Wishes (1/2)

”I know.” Xia Ruoxin smiled. Tears slowly crept up the corners of her eyes. However, it wasn't as serious as before. Perhaps now, she had more blessings for them than before. Actually, she knew about the wedding a long time ago. It was just that she heard about it again from Gao Xin.

Seemingly, she felt hurt again; and with every beat, her heart ached.

She actually liked that man. She knew that she did.

Perhaps she had yet to love him, but she was just one step away from it, really just one small step away from loving him.

Gao Xin wiped his face. ”My mom got back together with Bai Zhenfeng again, and my Big Brother is getting married as well. But I realized that, that house… I can't stay there any longer.”

As he spoke, his eyes reddened, just like a beast who eagerly wanted to get out of its cage.

Xia Ruoxin placed another bowl of noodles in front of him. Immediately, the beast picked up the bowl and devoured the food, not caring about how he looked.

”Gao Xin, what thoughts do you have?”

Xia Ruoxin sat down as she asked Gao Xin.

Gao Xin lifted his head as if he was hating something. ”Actually, we didn't have a good life in that house. Bai Luoyin never treated Mom as an elder; she had never respected her. Sister Ruoxin, do you understand what it means to be living under someone else's roof?”

”Yes, I understand.” Xia Ruoxin smiled, a slight bitterness flashing across her smile. She grew up under another person's roof. She had already tasted what that felt like for twenty years. How could she not know?

It was just that certain things couldn't be understood that way.

”I know that you have always wanted to leave the house with your mother, but have you ever asked her if she really wanted to leave? She knows that the Bai family isn't good as well; she also knows how Bai Luoyin treats her. She isn't a piece of wood: she has feelings and perceptions. She knows how to think for herself. Gao Yi already long possessed the ability to let all of you leave the Bai household, but why didn't he leave? Why are all of you still staying in the Bai household?”

Gao Xin's body froze. He lowered his head and ate the noodles mouth by mouth.

”Your opinion doesn't represent other people's opinions.” Xia Ruoxin continued. ”There's an old saying, 'one who is not a fish cannot know the joy of a fish.' In your perspective, your mother may seem to be mistreated and suffering in the Bai family, but in her perspective? Perhaps, being able to stay by another person's side, that's the happiness she's looking for. This fact, your brother Gao Yi sees it clearer than you and understands it as well.”

Gao Xin's shoulders mildly trembled. He didn't know what to think anymore. He picked up another strand of noodle and stuffed it into his mouth. Yet, all that he tasted was a salty flavor.

”Sister Ruoxin, did you put more salt?” Why was the noodle so salty? His voice sounded extremely nasal.

”Eat it even if it's salty.”

Xia Ruoxin picked up her easel, took out a new piece of canvas paper, and continued painting.

Actually, her noodles weren't salty. The salty one was his heart and his tears.

'A man sheds no tears.' No, it's just that they haven't gone through sad times.

Not long after, Gao Xin finished another bowl of noodles. He even finished drinking all the soup. Perhaps because he had overeaten or perhaps because he was full, his mind felt calmer than before. He also recovered his sense of reason. It was only then that he realized how childish he was.

All those regrets and apologies seemingly cut his throat, leaving behind a burning sense of pain.