Chapter 615 - How did You get so Skinny? (1/2)

”Brother, this is not an unspeakable secret. Why can't we say anything?” He sat across the man at the table and opened the computer, ignoring Chu Lui's cold face.

”Tsk, who is this Little Swarthy?” he cried out in surprise.

”Ah, my little cutie has grown up.

”Eh? She's at school. That's good, she's a young lady now. Now, she's a young girl.

”Wow, there are so many Caucasian girls, but my little cutie's still the prettiest.” By Caucasian girls, he meant the young toddlers that needed to be carried around.

Chu Lui leaned against the window as he wrapped his arms across his chest, his dark eyes tinted gold.

The last bit of sun was blood-red.

…

Xia Ruoxin woke up early in the morning. After she sent Rainy off to school, she had a bunch of time. First, she packed up the pictures that she had drawn nicely and mailed them out at the post office. Even though international mail took a while, these pictures would only be used months later so time was not of the essence here.

She pushed her bicycle along, ready to return home.

However, she was blocked off by a car. As she paused in her steps, so did the car.

When the car door opened, a man stepped out. The man was a little sunken. He looked gloomy and had greenish circles under his eyes. Even though he did not look very different, but he felt different. Maybe a little more or a little less of something.

”Long time, no see.” The man smiled, his smile the same as before.

Xia Ruoxin always remembered how righteous the doctor was the first time she saw him.

The second time, he was calm and quiet.

Right now, when she saw him again, it felt like they were in a different time and space. She was not sure what kind of emotions she was feeling exactly. There were grief, injustice, and… unfamiliarity.

”Wh-what happened to you?” She set her bicycle aside and hurried over towards the man.

”Gao Yi, what happened to you? How did you lose so much weight?” It had only been a month or two, but the man had lost weight at a rate that could be discerned by the n.a.k.e.d eye.

”It's nothing.” Gao Yi pulled his lips into a smile as he touched his bandaged arm. ”I've just been tired.” Something was off about his body, but there was too much that had to be done. Every time he was about to go to the hospital for a check-up, more things to be done would pop up. However, other than the weight loss, he did not feel anything else was off. Perhaps it was just from the stress, probably nothing of concern.

”Ruoxin, have you been doing well?”

The man smiled, albeit more distantly. Nothing could happen between them now. The promises made in the past were in the past. He had promised to take good care of her, but he had let them down.

”En.” Xia Ruoxin replied as she forced back her tears.

”That's good. I'll be on my way now.” The man opened the car door. The man left as fast as he came. Instantly, the car disappeared from Xia Ruoxin's line of sight as if it had never appeared.