Chapter 924 - She Actually Knew (2/2)

“Xiaohua, my Xiaohua.”

Xia Ruoxin’s heart felt warm and fuzzy.

Gao Yi said that the only thing she said while she was unconscious was ‘Mommy, it hurts’.

Even now, she was not sure if she was calling out for Shen Yijun or Jian Qingying when she called out for her mother. Compared to Shen Yijun, Jian Qingying was more like her mother.

She doted on, protected, and loved her.

Sometimes, she would imagine how the Lu family would dote on Rainy if her little girl were still around. After all, Rainy was such an obedient and pretty child.

“Mommy…” Xia Ruoxin called out.

Jian Qingying felt her nose shrivel. She turned to glare at the father and son behind her as she pointed at them. “You all are too much. My daughter’s hurt this badly, and yet none of you told me. You even got me to watch TV. Haven’t you thought of how I feel as a mother? You just stabbed me in the heart.”

The father and son looked down, unable to rebuke.

Jian Qingying had been yelling at them like this the whole way.

“Mom,”—Xia Ruoxin pulled Jian Qingying’s hand up—”don’t blame daddy and brother. I asked them not to tell you. See? I’m fine,” she said weakly. Her body was in worse shape than before.

Jian Qingying gently touched her daughter’s short hair. She knew how much the child cherished her hair, but it was this short now. She could not help but feel sad.

The child before her was her daughter. She lost a daughter back then. What was she to do if she lost her child again?

She moved her hand downwards and placed it on Xia Ruoxin’s face, her voice hoarse.

“Mommy doesn’t care whose child you were before. However, you’re part of our family now; I’m Jian Qingying’s daughter. Don’t worry, Mommy will protect you. If anyone bullies you, Mommy will fight them.”

Xia Ruoxin was not surprised. Only the Lu father and son’s eyes were wide open. The same expression on their similar features.

“Mom, how did you know?” Lu Jinrong had never imagined that Jian Qingying would find out the truth about Xia Ruoxin. He thought that they had done a good job hiding it from her.

“What’s there not to know?” Jian Qingying held her daughter’s hand. “It doesn’t matter if I gave birth to her. Since she has my daughter’s face, she’s my daughter. Since you don’t want me to know, I’ll pretend that I don’t know.”

“But Mom, when did you know?” Lu Jinrong was stammering a little. The person whom they thought they were lying to was the most clear-headed of them all.

“I knew the first time you told me.” Jian Qingying turned to face hers on as she spoke. “I know your sister was gone when she was seven. I sent her off one last time at the hospital.” At this point, she could not hold her tears back and wiped her years. “My Xiaohua was so small and so obedient. She knew she was probably not going to make it so she held my hand. ‘Mommy, don’t worry. Xiaohua’s going to a faraway place, but Mommy needs to believe that Xiaohua will be back,’ she said.”

“My Xiaohua is the most obedient so see? She really did come back.”

Xia Ruoxin smiled. She already had a feeling. Sometimes, she found that Jian Qingying seemed to be looking at another person through her. There were also a few times that she saw Jian Qingying spacing out as she stared at old photos. She was thinking of the original Lu Xiaohua, and she felt that Jian Qingying knew. She was pretending not to know.