Chapter 610 - The Pancake that Fell from the Sky (1/2)

”Ruoxin, are you alright?” She gripped Xia Ruoxin's hand tightly, a lump rising up in her throat. She choked up as she asked, ”Where's Rainy? How come I don't see Rainy?” She had doted on the child for so long already. Although she was not her biological granddaughter, she still really liked that child. Although, now that Ruoxin had left, her son was getting married. Rainy had also left with her mother, and Wei Lan's life disappeared with her.

”Rainy's at a friend's house.” Xia Ruoxin smiled slightly as she replied, also drawing out her hands as she spoke. Then, she placed the gift that she had bought into Wei Lan's hand.

”Auntie, this is my gift to Gao Yi. It isn't expensive. I also didn't have that much money to buy a gift. However, this represents my regards to Gao Yi. I hope that he'll accept it.”

”Okay, okay.” Wei Lan secretly wiped away her tears. She actually wanted to smile; however, with such a smile, the nerves in her face twitched. What came out in the end was a smile, as well as bitterness.

”Auntie, I'll get going.”

Xia Ruoxin nodded her head at Wei Lan, not staying any longer at this place as well. She knew that the people here didn't like her. That's why she still felt that it was better for her to keep a distance from them.

She walked along the streets without any strength left in her. Was her life still considered peaceful and glorious? She placed her hands on her eyes, and in a moment, she was blinded by this dim ray of light.

She blinked her eyes until the stinging sensation passed, and it was only then she realized that the pain in people's hearts could really be felt through their eyes.

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Rainy used her chopsticks to clumsily pick up a piece of fish, placing it on a plate at the side. Then, she picked up another piece of fish. Xia Ruoxin bought those chopsticks from the Chinatown in England. A lot of the items there were from China, and she was still used to them. After all, she had been accustomed to using them for many years already.

After a while, Rainy picked up another few pieces of fish, placing them onto her plate. In a blink of an eye, she had already grabbed five pieces of fish; and yet she hadn't eaten much.

”Are you saving them for later?” Xia Ruoxin rubbed her daughter's hair that had grown longer. In due time, she'd be able to tie her hair into braids.

”No.” Rainy shook her head. ”These are for Daddy. Daddy loves to eat Mommy's fish as well. Rainy's afraid that Daddy won't get to eat them. That's why I'm saving them up for Daddy. When he comes home, he'll have fish to eat then. Right, Mommy?”

With a 'clank', the chopsticks in Xia Ruoxin's hand fell onto the table. After that, she picked up the chopsticks as if nothing had happened and started removing the bones in the fish before feeding it to her daughter.

”Mommy, when's Daddy coming home?” Rainy climbed down the chair herself and ran over to hug her mother's leg. She leaned her head on top of her mother's knee as well, her curly eyelashes weakly fluttering.

”Daddy will be back soon.” Xia Ruoxin coaxed her daughter before removing another bone from a fish. She removed the bones one by one, picking them out one after another before feeding the fishes into her daughter's tiny mouth. Those few pieces of fish that Rainy had saved up remained on the table, nobody touching them.

Xia Ruoxin placed those few pieces of fish into the refrigerator. Yes, he'd eat it when he comes back, just like before. However, the moment she closed the refrigerator, she remembered something.

Once again, she opened the refrigerator and took out the few pieces of fish. She placed the plate of fish onto the table and then removed the bones from them before putting them into her mouth piece by piece.

Silly, he wasn't going to come back.

She walked in front of her computer and opened it. The moment she went online, yes, it turned out that he was still there.

Summer's Not Over, ”Are you still there?”