Chapter 702 - Chu Xiang is Sick (1/2)

She had to buy herself another phone and replace her phone card. Then, she dialed a number but paused when she was done. She still remembered the number.

It seems that not everything could be forgotten; neither could everything be recalled.

“Chu Lui, it’s me.” She placed her phone by her ear and tightened her clothes. It seemed to have gotten colder.

“What’s wrong?” The man on the other end of the line seemed to be in a good mood, his voice not as cold and distant.

“Nothing.” Xia Ruoxin took out the card. “Did you make a mistake with the compensation money? Isn’t it five thousand?”

“Five thousand?” Chu Lui suddenly laughed coldly. “My wife and my daughter are worth much more than that. Even five million is too little. If you’re not happy, I’ll go liaise with them again.”

Xia Ruoxin kept quiet as she put her phone back into her purse. She decided to go home and clean things up. After all, she had been away for half a month.

When she passed by the mall, the burnt building was covered in canvas. It seemed like it was under renovation. Even now, she could still remember the screams, the cries, and the sound of broken bones. There was also the sound of her phone falling to the ground. Everything was fresh in her mind, and she shuddered as she looked down and walked away.

When she touched the shoe rack as she opened the door, there was barely any dust. Who did that?

She only understood what was going on when Rainy returned.

Rainy tiptoed as she looked up. “Mommy, Uncle and I tidied the house together. Rainy cleaned the table.”

She blinked, her expression clearly expectant of praise from her mother.

“Good girl, baby’s great.” She pinched her daughter’s face, but she could not imagine how a man clad in a suit could clean.

…

It was another weekend, and Xia Ruoxin brought Rainy to the studio. They finally saw Lin Qing and Guo’er after half a month.

“Auntie, are you okay?”

Guo’er asked Xia Ruoxin worriedly, “Will auntie go to a faraway place like Daddy and Mommy and leave us behind?”

“Auntie’s fine. Aren’t I here now?” Xia Ruoxin patted Guo’er.

The child smiled shyly while Lin Qing held his sister’s hand. There was a card hanging around his neck. It was from Xia Ruoxin. She said that the money for the treatment for his sister’s leg was to be saved inside.

What she did not say was that she had already put in the money. Guo’er could try physiotherapy when she grew up. She could also put on prosthetics, but they were still young now. They would know when the time came.

However, she would never know that no matter how reachable everything seems, there was never really any hope.

…

Chu Lui just arrived home. He had cast his villa aside. He liked where he was living now. It seemed more like a home with his wife and daughter, but he was not acknowledged… not yet.

He got out of his clothes and was about to take a shower when his phone started ringing.

Not a lot of people knew his private phone number so there were only a handful of people who would be calling him. He picked his phone up from the table and took a look.