Chapter 221: Huo Xi, Sleep Well and Grow Up

iet at night...Only a small white dog circled around her feet, back and forth.Wen Man sat in front of the piano, playing over and over again. She played every piece she remembered, but Huo Shaoting st...The sky, with crimson clouds drifting.

The setting sun cast an inky hue upon the branches, lending a touch of eeriness to the landscape. It felt as if it were mourning the passing of a young life.

Wen Man's face was covered in tears, and she seemed to have lost her soul.

Have you really gone, Hoshi

What are you going to do, are you afraid...

Mom... what should I do

Wen Man pressed the handful of fresh soil into her chest, her body hunching inward. Even through her clothes, one could see the prominent ribs on her thin back.

"Why... won't you let me see him one last time!"

Ho Shaoting originally wanted to pick her up, his long fingers paused in mid-air, staying there in a strange posture.

His voice was hoarse, almost unrecognizable: "It's not a pleasant sight, child. I'm afraid you might forget it once you see it."

Wen Man listened in a daze.

She closed her eyes slightly: " Huo Shaoting, you are so cruel! She is your child too, and you just...just..."

Those words, Wen Man couldn't bear to add them to her little Huo Xi.

She put the dirt from her arms onto the small bag.

Then, she began piling the surrounding soil on top, the soil always containing some sharp stones, and soon cut her hands. But Wen Man didn't care.

She did these things mechanically.d he could.He owed her too much to keep her confined at home.His little girl has grown up, matured, and he won't let her go back to the way she used to be.Mingzhu is quite satisfied.She quietly extend...