Chapter 697 - On Fire (2/2)

This was Lin Qing’s first time eating a sweet. If he had not eaten it, he would have saved it for his sister.

“Thank you, Mei Mei.” Guo’er smiled satisfyingly. “This sweet is really nice, right, Brother?”

“Yes.” Lin Qing smiled and dragged the canvas in front of Guo’er. The three of them sat together and followed the teacher to draw what they wanted to. Perhaps it was childish and did not have any skills, but it was what they wanted to draw.

Xia Ruoxin walked over. Honestly, she really liked Lin Qing’s painting. Lin Qing’s painting was unique on its own and did not have the same sunflower happiness like the other children. But it had its own deep gloominess. As for Guo’er, she was much simpler. Her drawing was filled with sunshine, and one could tell that she was enjoying life and did not view herself as inferior because of her lack of leg.

Perhaps it was because she was still young and believed that her leg would grow again. However, when she was older, she would realize that her leg would never grow.

After the morning class, Xia Ruoxin suddenly remembered that she had to go to the shopping center to buy some items. She brought Rainy to the nearby shopping center to buy some milk powder for Rainy; if not, they would run out of it.

Rainy pulled the corner of her mother’s clothes tightly and followed behind her wherever she went. Suddenly, she saw something, let go of Xia Ruoxin’s clothes, and was going to run over. In the end, one hand came up; and her collar was lifted.

“What are you going to do?”

Xia Ruoxin pulled on her daughter’s braids.

Rainy hurriedly covered her head. “Mommy, don’t touch.” She loved her hair to bits. Usually, when she dropped a strand, she would be sad for a really long time. She was afraid that her mother would pull all her hair out.

“What are you going to do?” Xia Ruoxin finally let go of Rainy’s braids. She then pointed to the front.

“Mommy, Brother’s clothes are broken. Rainy wants to buy a dress because Rainy’s ones are too small. Brother can’t wear them.”

Xia Ruoxin arranged her daughter’s hair. When she heard what she said, she then remembered that the Lin Qing siblings did wear the same clothes every time they came. Even though they were sponsored by Chu Lui, it was impossible to care for every single one of them when there were so many children.

“Let’s go.” She held her daughter’s hand. “We’ll buy clothes for Brother, but guys don’t wear dresses.”

“Why?” Rainy followed her mother closely. Dresses were beautiful; she loved wearing them.

“Because Brother is a boy, not a girl. Boys are different from girls.”

“What’s the difference?” Rainy tilted her head. “Oh, Brother Xiao Qing does not have braids.”

“That’s right.” Xia Ruoxin went on with what her daughter was saying. Of course, she was not wrong in saying that; most boys indeed did not have braids.

When they entered the children’s store, Xia Ruoxin bought two sets of clothes according to Lin Qing’s height. Of course, they did not forget about Guo’er’s. When they were picking clothes, they did not notice that a wire in the shop was too old and started to give out sparks from time to time.

Piak! A small cluster of fire started burning up, and there was thick gray smoke coming out. They were a distance away from the place when someone yelled.

“FIRE!”

Bang! Xia Ruoxin dropped the items in her hand on the floor.

Hurriedly, she carried Rainy and ran out with the crowd. Originally, her left hand was already inconvenient. It was extremely tiring to carry Rainy with one hand, and after a short time, she was tired to the point where her forehead was sweating and half her shirt was wet.