Chapter 547 Inseverable Ties
Gradually, all the adults came to pick up their children while Chu Jiang simply stood at the side, watching the children leave one by one.
Chu Xiang stood by Chu Jiang, not daring to speak or move. It seemed like Chu Jiang’s warning from before was effective. She kept it in mind.
Xia Ruoxin walked over, and Rainy suddenly lifted her face. She gave a sweet smile to Xia Ruoxin and then ran over to her, reaching out her small hands to let her mother carry her.
Xia Ruoxin scooped her daughter into an embrace. She knew that her daughter still had too many insecurities. She was afraid of leaving her mother and afraid of being s.n.a.t.c.hed away. Rainy nuzzled her face into her mother’s neck, not wanting to face other people anymore.
Xia Ruoxin gently patted her daughter’s back and then squeezed her small hands. Recently, she had gained quite a bit of weight, and it was actually all acquired from the Chu couple. She understood that they genuinely loved Rainy. In fact, she had already figured things out. Certain ties just could not be severed, and certain people just could not be treated as non-existent.
Furthermore, she knew that Mr. and Mrs. Chu loved her wholeheartedly. They loved her and cherished her. After all, this was kins.h.i.+p; this was family. She couldn’t let Rainy severe these blood ties; and in the future, she’d let her daughter decide herself whether she wanted to continue recognizing them as her family or not.
“Rainy, Grandpa’s here. How come you’re not talking to Grandpa?”
She squeezed her daughter’s small hand again.
“There’s a bad uncle.”
Rainy lifted her small face and pouted. “The bad uncle is from Grandpa’s house.”
“Uncle is Uncle, and Grandpa is Grandpa. Rainy, don’t be rude. Grandpa has always doted on Rainy; does Rainy want Grandpa to be sad?” Xia Ruoxin placed her daughter down and reasoned with her. She didn’t want her daughter to be concerned about such things. She was still young, and the adult’s world was too complicated for her. She only needed to focus on growing up well.
After tidying her daughter’s clothes, she took her daughter’s hand and headed towards Chu Jiang. Then, she touched her daughter’s hair again.
“Say ‘h.e.l.lo’ to Grandpa.”
Rainy squirmed about as she lifted her face and stole a quick glance at Chu Jiang. Chu Jiang simply smiled back at her; he wasn’t angry at all.
“Grandpa…” she softly called out. Tears p.r.i.c.ked in Chu Jiang’s eyes, and he reached out his hands to carry his granddaughter.
“Sigh… Grandpa was really sad. I thought that Rainy wasn’t going to talk to Grandpa anymore. That bad uncle you mentioned, Grandpa will help you beat him. Next time, he won’t dare to make Rainy sad anymore.” He tapped his granddaughter’s nose. The soft and tiny body in his arms filled his cold, tough heart with so much love that it was slightly scary.
“Ruoxin, I’m sorry. Ah Lui, he…” Chu Jiang sighed. “You don’t have to worry; he won’t do that ever again.” Parents knew their own child best. The fact Chu Lui was suffering now—he knew that, too. It was just that their son had led such a smooth-sailing life; perhaps it was also time for him to face some obstacles in his life. Now that he had encountered obstacles, he had to continue walking on. Whether he was going to be able to overcome them or not, it wasn’t something theyas parents—could intervene with
However, this word of apology… what he had wanted to say was that it was for the past, for the present, and also for the future.
“That’s alright, Uncle Chu, I understand.” Xia Ruoxin didn’t want to hear all these. Those two words ‘Uncle Chu’ were already the greatest step back and forgiveness towards the Chu family.
Whereas, her two words ‘Uncle Chu’ made Chu Jiang let out a faint sigh of relief.
Xia Ruoxin was just about to speak when she noticed a rather unfriendly gaze. She lowered her head, and her eyes met with Chu Xiang’s. The look in her eyes made Xia Ruoxin slightly fl.u.s.tered.
This child’s mind didn’t seem to be very pure.
She rubbed her daughter’s hair, wanting to carry her back. There was too much drama in the Chu family. She still wished that Rainy could live a more simple life and also live more innocently. She didn’t want her to have to worry about so much at such a young age. Although she knew that her daughter was originally already very delicate.
Xia Ruoxin originally wanted to carry Rainy and leave. However, after the lawsuit with Chu Lui, she wasn’t afraid of anybody anymore, including the Chu family. In this world, there was n.o.body that could s.n.a.t.c.h her daughter away from her.
One step, two steps… three steps…
Chu Jiang who stood behind them had yet to leave. Suddenly, Xia Ruoxin stopped walking. Then, she looked down and touched her daughter’s little forehead. “Baby, do you want to go to Grandpa’s house to play?”
Chu Jiang’s eyes s.h.i.+mmered. He was so touched that tears of joy had rolled down the corners of his eyes.
Rainy blinked her eyes and bit on her small fingers. Then, she turned her head around to look at Chu Jiang.
“Mommy, can I really?” She softly asked, her heart slightly expectant.
“Yes, you can.”
Xia Ruoxin straightened out her daughter’s unkempt hair before she turned around and placed her down on the floor. She held her daughter’s small hand and walked forward.
“Uncle Chu, Gao Yi and I have some things to do today. That’s why we won’t have time to take care of this little fella. Could you help me to take care of her? I’ll come get her tomorrow.”
“Sure. Sure.” Chu Jiang hastily picked up his granddaughter. He knew that Xia Ruoxin was deliberately making up a story to give them a chance to spend some time with their granddaughter. It was possible that there wasn’t going to be another chance like this. After their granddaughter migrates, the next time they meet could be in months or years. By then, maybe their granddaughter would have grown up already; and he would have turned to ashes.
He happily carried his granddaughter in one hand and held his phone in the other to call his wife.
At that moment, Song Wan was busy preparing to cook for the family. With the nanny’s help, cooking three meals every day had become relatively easy; and she didn’t need to have her hands full with preparations. Preparing meals for the family, she liked days like that. This made them feel more like a family, right?
Suddenly, Song Wan’s handphone dropped onto the floor.
“Xiao Jiang, quick; go buy vegetables and fish. Today, my granddaughter is coming back. Right, I should tell Ah Lui to come back, too, and Jingtang as well. Rainy really likes Jingtang.”
She frantically picked up her handphone from the floor. She didn’t know whether it was because she dropped the handphone on the floor, but the phone screen couldn’t turn back on. She anxiously ran out of the kitchen to call Chu Lui and Du Jingtang, repeatedly telling them to rush home.
She was in a frenzy at her side, and so were the two of them on the other side.
“We’re home.” Chu Jiang carried Rainy in one hand and held Chu Xiang’s hand in the other. Chu Xiang lowered her head, not saying much. However, her gaze towards Rainy-from time to time—was not very friendly.
Upon seeing that they were home, she hastily went to knock on the door.
“Granny, Xiang Xiang’s home.” As she spoke, she proudly lifted her chin towards Rainy.
Rainy slightly lowered her eyes and pressed her small lips together.
Chu Jiang’s hands that were as large as a fan gently caressed his granddaughter’s small face. “Rainy, are you angry? Granny likes Jiejie a little more.”