Chapter 626 - A One-for-One Exchange (1/2)

However—no matter how twisted the rumors got, they never involved Rainy and her, which showed how little their existence meant. However, she was still worried that this incident would still implicate them in the end so she fetched Rainy home from school and tried not to go out anymore. As for Gao Yi, she did not need to worry about him for now as Bai Luoyin was already in prison. No one could administer drugs on him, and he was also still in police custody so—naturally—nothing would happen to him.

Moreover, her status now was pretty sensitive so it was better to wait for the incident to die down first. Also, when she told Gao Yi about this incident, Gao Yi told her not to contact him first and to ignore the Bai family. Even though she did not know what he meant, but she knew what she had to do. All in all, Gao Yi would never harm her.

These few days, she and Rainy stayed at home to the best that they could—rarely even leaving the house—while the news from the outside was brought to her by Madam Mei Fu.

All the news was circulating around the Bai family, but there was rarely any mention of Gao Xin and Wei Lan—let alone her.

Xia Ruoxin heaved a sigh of relief as it should be fine. However, for Gao Yi, the trouble had just begun. She could just imagine how much havoc the Bai family was going to wreck when Bai Zhenfeng returned.

She was afraid he could not get past Bai Zhenfeng.

Her phone rang all of a sudden. She walked over and picked up the phone; on the other end was a very familiar voice: it was Gao Yi's. Could he call already?

”Hello.” She placed her phone beside her ear. Not long after, there was indeed a familiar voice.

”Ruoxin, it's me.”

”Gao Yi…” Xia Ruoxin was anxious and almost shouted out loud. She resisted her feelings and hurriedly asked, ”How is it? Are you okay?”

”I am inside the hospital.” Gao Yi shifted his phone from the left ear to the right. ”I was only allowed to interact with the outside world recently, but I think I will start kicking the drug addiction soon.”

Xia Ruoxin did not know what to say to comfort him. Rehabilitation… would it be easy?

Gao Yi was a doctor himself, and he knew how confident he was very clear. However, at this moment, the emotionless sentence revealed his true thoughts. He had no confidence, and even he did not know if he could make it through the days where death was better than living. Even after that period, he would still have to carry the scar for life.

After one was addicted to drugs, they would remember the feeling of temptation and suffering for their whole life.

”Ruoxin…” Gao Yi spoke softly.

”Thank you.”

With that 'thank you'—all of a sudden, tears started to well up in Xia Ruoxin's eyes; but none of them dropped.

It was not because she was not sad, but it was because she did not know how to be sad anymore.

”I will stay here for a little while more. Don't worry about me. If anyone comes to look for you, don't care about them.” Gao Yi turned over and saw that outside the window, it was a sunny day. Just that, where he was—he laughed bitterly—was a jail that was arranged specially for him. Bai Luoyin would have to spend the rest of her life in this cage, facing the darkness alone.

Xia Ruoxin agreed to what he said one by one, but until now, she still did not know who Gao Yi was referring to. She did not know many people here so not many people would come knocking on her door.

However, all she needed to know was that Gao Yi was fine, and he could focus on recovery now.