Chapter 778 - Shen Wei, We’re Going Home (2/2)

His appearance here meant that he had made the necessary arrangements, but she could not figure out how he would do it, no matter how hard she thought about it. Since he asked them to wait, all they could do was that.

No matter what the future held, she knew that she was not going to fall asleep that night. She believed that it was the same for Xia Ruoxin. Even though she was lying there, her breathing was uneven. She probably felt uneasy and lost.

Daybreak… wake up and pan for gold. Even though life was repetitive, everything seemed better perhaps because they had something to look forward to.

However, two days passed. Xia Ruoxin was beginning to wonder if Chu Lui had lied to her, that he had no way of getting out but was only lying to reassure her. If that were the case, she should have been the only one suffering. Rainy had already lost a mother; she could not lose her father, too.

If they both remained here, they might die tomorrow; and her poor daughter would be an orphan.

Another day passed, and she was in despair. She could barely sleep at night. All she could think of was how the man was suffering like she did as he did the same things she did.

“Do you hear something?” Shen Wei asked Xia Ruoxin. She seemed to have heard something strange.

“What thing?” Xia Ruoxin grabbed a handful of sand as she looked towards the sky. The furthest they could see from where they were was the night sky. The weather was rather pleasant today, and one could feel the warmth from the sun. It was a little less cold, but the water underneath their feet was still freezing.

Perhaps the weather was getting warmer, just like when they first arrived. Even though things were rather tough then, they have never been this terrible. She felt worse when she thought of the man.

She would rather that he never came to look for her, that he remarried… instead of suffering here with her.

“Helicopter…” Shen Wei muttered. Xia Ruoxin looked towards the blue sky, and there it was—a helicopter. Everyone stopped working when they saw the helicopter and stared blankly at it as it landed. The helicopter door then opened, and a few military personnel—with a young man—walked out of it. They said something to the Puff, and fear rose in her face as she looked down and remained silent.

Chu Lui walked out from the side, barefooted. Even so, despite how disheveled he was, the aura that he emanated made it clear that he was in charge.

The young man instantly understood when he saw Chu Lui. He walked over and reached out his hand. “Hi, are you Mr. Chu?”

“Yes.” Chu Lui reached out his hand. “I’m Chu Lui.”

The young man smiled. “I’m Gu Qi, Mr. Mo’s assistant.” He said something to Chu Lui that the other could not hear. Chu Lui shook his hand, turned, and then stepped into the freezing water. He walked over to Xia Ruoxin. He could spot her instantly in a crowd. This time around, he would not get the wrong person.

“We can go home now.” He patted her sparse hair, undisturbed by its greasiness. To him, Xia Ruoxin was the woman that he had waited for over twenty years. No matter what she looked like, she was still his daughter’s mother.

“Go home?” Xia Ruoxin’s chapped lips were shaking. “You mean we can leave this place and go home?”

“Yes,” Chu Lui placed his hand on her face. “Let’s go home.”

Xia Ruoxin turned and beamed at Shen Wei.

“Shen Wei, we’re going home.”