Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities - Chapter 525

Chapter 525: He Wanted a Daughter

If he really did save her, then their relationship would have been a lot simpler. His daughter also wouldn’t be hating him so much. He certainly wasn’t a good father—he didn’t even have any right to be her father. He wasn’t even willing to save her life. She deserved to hate him; he was a bad guy. He was, as the child had said, a bad guy.

Song Wan placed her hand on Chu Lui’s shoulder and gripped tightly. “Ah Lui, don’t be like that. We didn’t know.” It was just that their ignorance brought about a large price—so large that none of them could calculate its size.

So close, their granddaughter was so close to death—so, so close to death.

“Then Rainy, is she alright now?” Song Wan frantically asked. “Has she recovered?”

Chu Lui softly replied with a ‘yes’. “Don’t worry, she has already recovered. She had two suitable bone marrow donors. One was me, and the other was that person just now, Gao Yi.” No matter what, they still had to thank Gao Yi. If he hadn’t appeared then, Rainy would have been dead by now. Because on the day that Chu Lui left, the child had almost lost her life. Every time he thought about it, he felt his heart tremor.

Chu Jiang reached over, taking a hold of his wife’s shoulder. “Ah Lui, what are you planning to do? You should know, our Chu family only has one Rainy; and I would only ever have this one granddaughter. Although we still have Chu Xiang, she’s not considered part of our bloodline. We will never let Rainy leave us. Regarding this, I will not back down.”

His hard-earned granddaughter, his one and only granddaughter. No matter what happened, he wasn’t going to give her up. He knew that it was very selfish of them to be like that; however, they had no choice. A child of the Chu family could only be the Chu family’s.

Especially when Rainy was so adorable. He already wanted to hug her again.

Chu Lui’s closed eyes only opened after a long time. Within those black pupils was a sudden rise of brilliance that stung the eyes of others.

“Dad, I know what to do.”

“It’s just that… wasn’t that being too cruel to Xia Ruoxin?” Although the father and son didn’t further discuss the issue, Song Wan already somewhat understood. As an old couple that had lived together for all their life—if she couldn’t even figure this much out, how were they expected to live together? Despite this, she still didn’t have the heart to do it. They already owed Xia Ruoxin too much. Were they really still going to snatch away her daughter? She could tell that Ruo Xin really cherished that child.

Then again, wasn’t their Chu family more pitiful? They only had one child—Rainy.

If they snatched Rainy away from her, would Xia Ruoxin still be able to continue living? She was a mother, too. As a mother, how could she bear to be apart from her child? However, if they chose to be merciful, their Chu family would have no grandchild. That’s why that child… even if she didn’t have the heart to, Song Wan still needed her to be part of the Chu family.

She felt extremely guilty and ashamed for having such thoughts. She didn’t want to do this—she really didn’t; however, if she didn’t do so, then she wouldn’t ever have a granddaughter.

“Leave everything to Ah Lui. We just need to wait.”

Chu Jiang heaved a heavy sigh. Perhaps, this was a somewhat cruel way of doing things. However, they really couldn’t lose their one and only granddaughter.

He reached out his hand to pat Song Wan’s shoulders, meaning to say: ‘Don’t think too much, and don’t say anything more. Regarding certain things, their son would handle it well on his own. As for them, all they could do was wait. They had waited for so many years already, what more harm could waiting for another day do?’

Chu Lui placed both his hands into his pockets and straightened his body. Perhaps not too long ago, he had wanted to give up. But now, he had a daughter. He could not bear to be apart from his only daughter. Neither was he resigned to be. For the little bride that he had once decided on—if there was a need, he was willing to go back to being the Chu Lui that he was four years ago, unscrupulous and extremely cruel.

Four years ago, it was out of hatred. Four years later, it was out of love instead.

“I’ll go take a look at Xiang Xiang.” Song Wan walked up the stairs. However, even her previous light-hearted steps had started to become heavy.

The moment she opened the door, she noticed Chu Xiang sitting on the floor crying. The nanny continuously comforted her, and yet she continued to cry. She sobbed until she was breathless, and her throat had become hoarse.

“Why is our Xiang Xiang crying?”

Song Wan deliberately forced a smile because right then, she really couldn’t bring herself to smile. Yet, facing an innocent and naive child, she really didn’t know how to act anymore.

The nanny’s heart really ached for Chu Xiang, this child. It was just that between a blood-related child and an adoptive child, there was a huge difference. If there was anything to blame, it would be Chu Xiang’s unlucky life where she wasn’t born as the Chu family’s child. Now that the Chu family’s little princess had returned, it was easy to guess that this child’s position in the house was a little threatened. However, it seemed like the missus of the house had no plans of sending her away.

Song Wan was coaxing Chu Xiang all along; however, for some reason, her thoughts were with her real granddaughter the entire time. She thought about the things that she had done before. She felt really guilty and even a little too ashamed to meet the child again.

…

“Gao Yi, when are we leaving?” Ever since the Chu family found out about Rainy’s identity, Xia Ruoxin had been feeling extremely uneasy. She was always afraid that Chu Lui was going to do something to them again. What was she going to do when that happened? What was going to happen to Rainy then?

“All the formalities have been processed. However, there was an issue with Rainy’s account so we’ll have to resolve that problem first.” Gao Yi straightened Xia Ruoxin’s hair and then stared seriously into her eyes.

“Ruoxin, listen to me.”

“Okay…” Xia Ruoxin finally retrieved her drifting mind.

“From now on, we might have to fight a tough battle.

“Let’s fight on.”

He smiled at Xia Ruoxin, seemingly not feeling any stress. None from the Chu family and none from himself.

Xia Ruoxin understood what he meant. She gripped his hands and placed them against her face.

“Alright, I’ll try my best.”

“Let Rainy go to school.” Gao Yi turned around to see Rainy sitting on the floor, quietly hugging her doll. She wasn’t very talkative anymore, as compared to the days before. It seemed like Rainy had reverted to her old personality: shy, timid, and excessively reserved.

The child needed company from people of her age. Last time, it was because they were afraid of the Chu family. After all, while Song Wan was siding with Chu Xiang, she did indeed do some rather nasty things to Rainy. That made them have no choice but to hide their child away. However, now that everything was out in the open, there was no need for them to hide away anymore.

Xia Ruoxin closed her eyes; she exhaustedly rested her head on Gao Yi’s shoulder. The light shining in from outside landed on her shoulders, resembling a network of cables—impossible to unravel and unceasingly torturous.