Chapter 136 - Caihongs Decision (1/2)

”Come here, Chyou.”

He suddenly heard Caihong's stern voice came from behind him.

Xiaosi stiffened and looked back at her. As usual, she looked indifferent. He protectively pulled Chyou to his side and coldly said, ”Don't say anything to her. I know you must be furious. If you want to say anything, say it to me. Don't be harsh to her. I won't let you make her cry anymore. I know she made a mistake-”

”Stop it Xiaosi,” Caihong intervened.

But he continued defending Chyou. ”But she is only six years old. She is too young to understand all this. She only did what she felt was right to help us.”

”Xiaosi, let me talk.”

”She didn't have any bad intentions towards you. She didn't do it on purpose to harm you or anything. She feels guilty and already apologized to you. Don't say any mean things to her. If you want to yell at someone, yell at me.”

Caihong gritted her teeth in frustration. ”Enough!”

He finally snapped out. Chyou got startled and thought that once again, Caihong would get angry at them. Once again, she would fight with Xiaosi. She clutched her dress and lowered her head.

Caihong narrowed her eyes at Xiaosi. ”I said let me talk first. What part of it don't you understand?”

Xiaosi stared at her and said nothing.

She limped on her feet and sat on a chair. She looked at Chyou and said, ”Come here.”

Chyou bit her lip and slowly walked to her side. Her heart sped faster in her chest in trepidation. Caihong quietly stared at her for a few moments. ”You did cause some trouble to me.”

She stiffened.

”Caihong you-”

”You apologized for it so I forgive you.”

Chyou froze. She looked at her mother in disbelief and so did Xiaosi. He rapidly blinked his eyes to check if he was dreaming or not.

”As for Xiaosi and me,” she glanced towards Xiaosi and everything that happened until now right from when he saved her to the night they spent in the villages came flashing in her eyes. She couldn't help but think that if Chyou hadn't done what she did, she would have always been unaware of Xiaosi's different sides that she only realized because of her plan. They were forced to cooperate yesterday, but that inadvertently made Xiaosi slip a lot of times, especially the way he acted at times so contradictory to his usual self.

She noticed too many things about him that she just couldn't ignore anymore. It wouldn't have been possible if Chyou hadn't lied that night about a stomach ache and then trapped her in the forest. The incidents raised questions in her mind and she wanted those answers.

”I cannot say if we will stay together as you wish for. There are things you don't know and you cannot understand them either at your age.”

Chyou's shoulders slumped in sadness.

”But I will assure you that I will not fight with him anymore.”

Xiaosi froze. He couldn't understand if it was his headache or her words that caused his heart to rapidly thump in his chest.

”Lovey-dovey is a bit of a stretch here, but I will remain neutral. Towards him and...you too.”

Even Caihong felt surprised at herself that she could say this. She hated Xiaosi and Chyou for all these years. But somewhere in her heart today, she felt she couldn't be harsh to her.

Surely she hated her, but her heart unconsciously had always put up a resistance to tell her that whatever happened between her and Xiaosi wasn't Chyou's fault. She shouldn't hate or blame Chyou for that. But she always ignored that voice. In front of her life and dignity that was ruined forever, she couldn't hold that semblance of fairness.

But after how the kids planned to this extent to get their parents together, she couldn't ignore that voice anymore. Chyou was just a child and there was a limit to which she could bear everything until it would scar her one day. She would have acted indifferent before, but now she couldn't.

Chyou brightened and smiled. ”Mama will not fight with Dada anymore?”

Caihong hummed. Xiaosi couldn't tear his eyes off her. His heart sped faster as for the first time in seven years, he didn't feel the hatred from her anymore. It didn't disappear completely, but it felt like she had changed somewhere. He felt the pain in his head slowly calm down. It felt so light as if he was floating in the air.

Ah Cy and Liang were just as shocked to see the change in Caihong. But they felt happy for Chyou.

Chyou tearfully clutched her leg. ”Thank you, Mama!”

Caihong stiffened a bit, but she didn't shake her off this time.

Ah Cy said, ”Actually, I should apologize here. Liang and I were careless in discussing things about you in the car that night. If not for that...”

Caihong said, ”Don't blame yourself, Ah Cy. It's not your fault.”