Chapter 824 - I Cant Breathe (2/2)

”What could possibly go wrong with me?” retorted Xin Zimen. He pointed at Wen Ai and said, ”You should be worrying about your best friend. She is the one who has been crying for days now. No matter what I say, she doesn't even listen. She's been acting weird lately.”

Wen Ai stared at him with tears in her eyes and shouted, ”It's not me! You're acting weird, Ah-Xin!”

”How am I acting weird?” asked Xin Zimen.

”Zimen, where is Xiulin?” Su Xixi stared at Xin Zimen and asked straightforwardly. She could visibly see his whole body trembling at just the mention of her name.

”Why are you asking about my daughter?” he retorted and tried to walk away but Su Xixi held his arm to stop him.

Wen Ai also went up to his side and held his hand as she said, ”Ah-Xin if you kept holding it in, it'll destroy you. If it's hurting, can't you at least tell me about it? If you won't even share your pain with me, how am I supposed to help you?”

Xin Zimen stepped back from both of them as he said, ”What? You both want me to cry?”

”That'd be better than what you're doing now,” said Su Xixi.

Xin Zimen's lips trembled before he bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes. ”Why are you both not understanding that if I cried, I'll have to accept that my daughter is gone! I'll have to accept that I'll never be able to hear her voice. Or hear her silvery laugh. Or her calling out to me.” He held the railing of the staircase to support himself before adding, ”And if I accepted that, I won't be able to breathe.” He clutched his chest as he crouched down and went on, ”Why don't you understand that I can't breathe without her. It hurts knowing that while I'm taking a breath, my precious daughter isn't capable of taking a breath anymore.”

Su Xixi clenched her hands as she watched his condition. He really seemed to be having trouble breathing. She kneeled down beside him as she looked at his face and said, ”Ai, call the ambulance! Now!”

*End of Flashback*

Even to this day, Su Xixi wasn't able to forget any of it. She had never seen Xin Zimen breaking like that. He stayed in denial for way too long but when he really accepted the death of his daughter, he lost his will to do anything else. If it wasn't for Xiao Li and Ah-Si, he might have never even pushed himself to get back on his feet again.

”Mom, you're worried about Zizi?” asked Ying.

”There is hardly anyone who worries about him,” said Su Xixi. ”He learned to put up a strong front so maybe people forgot what he went through. Perhaps people really forgot the pain for him was twice as intense as was his love for his daughter. That was my first time believing that heartbreak could really push someone to the door of death.”

”Is that why you don't want him to learn any of it?”

”Nothing good will come out of it. Let the dead stay where they belong. Don't hurt him more than he already is,” said Su Xixi. She thought about something and added, ”Especially now, when he finally found his smile back.”

”Huh?” Ying was confused.

”Although I don't know how she did it, I have to say that Bai Xiu is really magical. Her presence seems to be healing Zimen. And I would like to let it stay that way.”Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #'t-breathe_51742063804341107 for visiting.

Ying felt her nose sting for some reason. She looked at her mother and said, ”I'll talk to Ah-Li. I'm sure he won't say anything he isn't supposed to. Besides, he has been hiding it because he didn't want to hurt Zizi.”

Su Xixi stood up to leave and placed her hand on her daughter's head as she said, ”You don't have to stress yourself. Why or how Chen Hana got to Xiao Li, I'll find it myself. You concentrate on resting. If I saw you wandering around uselessly, I'll make sure to break your other leg as well!”