She carried her daughter and a huge bag and walked forward. She admitted that her temper was really bad. If she could tone down, she could have what many other women wanted their whole life; but she did not want them and did not need them.

She only wanted to live peacefully with her daughter. The Chu family just spelled trouble for her. In the past, Chu Lui hated her; and now, Song Wan hated her. She did not think adding another Chu Xiang would do any good to her and her daughter.

She opened the door and walked in. She had not returned home for a long time so there was a thick pile of dust everywhere. Firstly, she placed Rainy on the bed in the bedroom before taking out a new blanket from the cupboard to cover her. Luckily, the house was still relatively clean even though they had not been back for quite some time.

The blankets and all were not very dirty; just that their furniture was slightly dusty.

She walked out softly and closed the door before going to the kitchen to take out a pot of water to wipe the house. When the house was finally done and the clothes were washed, she was very tired; and her back ached. At that time, the door was pushed open slightly; and Rainy peeked out while carrying a dolly in her hand.

“Mommy.”

Once she saw Xia Ruoxin, she ran forward excitedly and hugged her leg.

“Mommy, we’re home.”

“Yes, we are.” Xia Ruoxin squatted down and arranged her daughter’s hair. She smiled at her daughter. “Mommy will go buy vegetables in a while so Rainy needs to obediently stay at home, okay?”

“Okay.” Rainy obediently agreed. She would behave and not run around.

Xia Ruoxin stood up and held her daughter’s hand before letting her sit on a stool. She passed the dolly to her, and she casually arranged her clothes before going out. Actually, she was exhausted as she had not rested since she came home. However, she still had to buy groceries; if not, she and her daughter would not have things to eat at night.

She walked hastily, and the wind would blow the hair on her shoulders from time to time. She placed the hair strands behind her ear; her hair had grown, and it was time to cut it.

At that time, a man came out of another flat. He took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and opened the door.

“Uncle.” Rainy, who was sitting on the stool, stood up immediately and ran towards the man who just came in. The man hurriedly stepped forward and stopped her.

Then, he carried her up.

“How many times have I said this? Don’t run around anymore.” The man pinched the child’s thin cheeks which had lost the texture from before. In the past, he could still pinch some meat; but now, he could not feel much skin, let alone meat.

Rainy smiled happily before leaning on the man’s shoulders.

“Did Uncle go earn money and didn’t want to fetch Rainy?”

The child blinked her grape-like eyes innocently and asked curiously. “Did Uncle earn enough money?”

The innocence in the child’s eyes made Chu Lui feel all sorts of guilt. He tightly hugged the daughter in his arms, and at that moment, he felt that he was a failure as a father.

He clearly had so much wealth, but why did his daughter have to suffer all the time?

He carried his daughter to the stool to sit and gently touched her small nose. “Yes, Uncle had earned money and came back. However, you cannot let Mommy know. Does Rainy understand?”

Rainy blinked. Even though she did not know why, she still nodded her head with all her might before extending her pinkie. “Uncle, let’s pinkie-promise. Uncle won’t say, and Rainy won’t either.”

“Okay.” Chu Lui hooked his daughter’s finger and played with her for a while more. When he felt that Xia Ruoxin was going to come home, he left and closed the door behind him. As to why he still had the house keys…

Actually, it was simply because this house used to be his so he would have it naturally. Just that… after putting in so much effort, he had finally broken down her walls one by one. When he had a bit of results—once again, an unbreakable ice wall was built between the two of them.

Xia Ruoxin walked really fast and reached the door. She came back home right after she bought her groceries and did not dare stay outside for too long as she was afraid that her daughter would be scared alone at home.

Ka! The door opened, and when she walked in, she finally calmed down. Rainy was still sitting on the stool and playing on her own. She was muttering something to herself, and even though she could not understand the child’s language, she did not look scared at all.

Rainy looked up, and once she saw Xia Ruoxin, she waved at her.

“Hello, Mommy.”

Xia Ruoxin walked over and ruffled her hair.

“Did you behave?”

“Yes.” Rainy raised her chin and felt that she was very obedient so she wanted her mother to praise her.

Xia Ruoxin pinched her cheeks and let her play on her own while she went to cook.

After so long, it was the first time the mother and daughter had sat down to eat. Habitually, she took out an extra set of bowl and chopsticks from the kitchen. When she placed them down, she realized what she did.

It turned out that habits were really a scary thing. She placed that set of cutlery back into the kitchen before sitting down to give her daughter food. Rainy was still like the past, using her spoon to scoop up rice to eat. It was just that she was not used to seeing no one sitting beside her when she looked over from time to time.

That was why Xia Ruoxin said that habits were not good to have. If they had it, it would lead to another series of misfortunes.

At night, when she was helping her daughter to bathe, she saw the long scar on her daughter’s stomach which made her hatred for the Chu family and Song Wan grow.

She almost did not dare touch Rainy’s stomach while Rainy looked up and smiled at her mother while playing the duck on the water.

She was still the child from before, obedient and cute. She still needed to hear the same story to sleep, and she loved to eat fish. However, she was not the old her anymore.

She had to learn how to live with one kidney.

No matter if it was her body or herself.

The next day, Xia Ruoxin brought Rainy to the kindergarten. Once Teacher Xiao Meng saw Rainy, she happily held her hand. However, she felt heartache. “Why did our Rainy become so thin?”