Chapter 839 - : Trip to Hainan (3) (1/2)

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Xia Nuannuan didn’t notice the strange expression on her mother’s face. She stretched her arms out, hugged Mom Xia and said like a spoilt child, “Mom, what’s there to worry about? Just pretend that I’ve gone away to school and will come back to see you every year. If you miss me, why don’t you and dad move to Beijing?”

Upon hearing this, Mom Xia seemed to have some thoughts. “We could rent something in Beijing anyway, now that our home no longer-”

She halted suddenly.

Curious, Xia Nuannuan asked, “Our home no longer what?”

Mom Xia smiled and looked at her. “Our home no longer has you in it! But you’re in Beijing! Your Dad and I call it home only where you’re present.”

The girl laughed when she heard these heartwarming words.

While the mother and daughter talked to each other, Dad Xia stood at the doorway of his bedroom and looked at them quietly.

His weathered face was wet with tears.

He had brought up his precious daughter for so many years only to give her away.

He could hardly bear to do this.

But no matter what, he had to.

He saw that Shen Zihao treated his daughter well and that was a source of comfort to him. At least, not all of it had been in vain…

Dad Xia sighed at this thought.

Xia Nuannuan spoke with Mom Xia till late before they went to bed.

The following morning, when the day broke, she was up.

Mom and Dad had slept late last night, so they were not up yet.

She thought about how they were so reluctant to let her go and felt compelled to make breakfast for them.

As Shen Zihao was still asleep, she tiptoed softly out of the bedroom, gently opened the front door and let herself out.

As she walked down the street, she felt relaxed.

This was where she had grown up and she knew her way to the market with her eyes shut.

When she got to the market and as she was selecting the fresh vegetables and seafood, a robust aunty came up to her exclaiming, “Good grief, isn’t this Nuannuan?”

Xia Nuannuan paused for a moment and then said, “Oh, it’s Aunt Li!”