She closed the door and turned off the lights to sleep. However, this night was most likely to be a sleepless one again.
Chu Lui lowered his head and used his forehead to touch his daughter. Rainy tugged on his clothes and with a voice as sweet as glutinous rice, “Can Uncle and Mommy sleep together?”
Chu Lui was stunned then he smiled at her and asked, “Then, what about you?”
“In the middle…”
The child in his arms said that lightly then she lay on Chu Lui’s shoulders. Chu Lui hugged her and stood like that without even changing his position.
After the child slept, he then carried her into the room. Once she lay down, Rainy’s pajamas rolled up and exposed the long scar on her belly. Even though they used a beauty thread, the child’s stomach was originally small so such a big wound was still very obvious and hard to look at.
He placed his palm on his daughter’s forehead. At that moment, no one saw that the man—who was as though made of iron—had tears in his eyes; and even though it did not drop, it did burn his sockets.
You must grow up, you must grow up properly. Daddy wants to see you get married and have kids… many, many kids.
The days had gone by peacefully as though everything was over, and it was calm. Xia Ruoxin hardly saw Chu Lui at the office, and both of them no longer had any interactions. Except that… Chu Lui was still staying opposite her, and sometimes, Rainy would forcefully get him over for dinner. Rainy liked it when there were more people and hated it when there were fewer.
Xia Ruoxin also realized this recently so for her daughter, she still needed to let the man appear by her side.
Afterward, she thought about it clearly.
Some things could never have a clean cut like blood ties and familiarity.
If her heart never changed, everything would not change.
If her heart changed, whatever that she did not want to change would change as well.
…
Rainy sat in front of Guo’er and made a serious face while drawing something before showing it to Guo’er.
“Sister, Rainy drew this. Does it look nice?” She shared her prized possession with her.
“This is Mommy. This is Rainy. This is Uncle… and Daddy…” Once she talked about Daddy, she was not happy; and her face darkened. Her Daddy did not want her anymore.
Guo’er took her painting and showed Rainy.
“You see, this is Guo’er, and this is my brother.”
Rainy leaned in and was almost lying on Guo’er’s painting. Under their child-like hands, everything they drew was true representations of themselves. Her painting had four people, but Guo’er’s only had two. Four was a lot more than two… Rainy counted with her fingers.
Since she had Mommy and Uncle, she could not be greedy and still want Daddy, right?
“Sister, can we switch drawings?” Rainy took Guo’er’s drawing and arranged the drawing as she was talking, preparing to keep it in her bag.
“Okay!” Guo’er folded Rainy’s painting two times before happily keeping it in her pocket.
Lin Qing looked over at the two girls and kept his gaze. The drawing in his hand started to look messy; even he did not know what on Earth he was drawing.
…
“Mommy, this is Sister’s drawing.” Rainy took out a drawing from my bag for Xia Ruoxin to see. She took it over, opened it, and placed it on her knees. On it, the child’s painting technique was very childish; and sometimes, they did not even know what they were drawing. However, one could make out a boy and a girl in the drawing. This was Lin Qing and Guo’er, depending on each other without parents.
She squatted down and gently caressed her daughter’s face. She smiled, and her eyebrows relaxed.
“Baby, what do you think of having Xiao Qing and Guo’er as your brother and sister?”
She wanted to adopt this pair of children as she had the financial capabilities to do so. Without mentioning the card with five million dollars, her one-month salary was already enough.
Both Lin Qing and Guo’er were good. Even though she would have more responsibilities in the future, it was good so she would not have time to think about other things.
They were already her brother and sister. Rainy raised her head and asked ignorantly, “Is there a difference between being brother and sister now and brother and sister after?”
“You’re still too young.” Xia Ruoxin could not help but laugh. Indeed, she was too young. Too young and pitiful.
Xia Ruoxin noted this in her heart and was prepared to find time to talk to the director about it. Even though adopting two children at once might pose some problems, it would not be too difficult.
“You want to adopt both of them?”
The director asked again in disbelief, “Ms. Xia, you need to know that many people want to adopt Xiao Qing, but Xiao Qing needs to bring her sister along. If not, this child would have long been adopted.”
“Okay, I’ve decided.” Xia Ruoxin placed the documents on the table which included her financial statements and income statements. Even though it was not much—compared to an average person, she did have a bit of wealth.
This was a necessary process by the welfare home. Even though these children were all orphans—with Chu Lui’s sponsorship, they still could not eat good food every day; but at least, they had something to eat and wear.
If they did not have even the basic necessities in the new home, it would be better for them to stay.
The most correct thing Chu Lui had ever done was to sponsor this welfare home and the Angel Foundation which had already saved quite a few children.
“I’ll think about it.” The director kept these documents with her. She said she would consider, but actually, she had to talk to Chu Lui about it. If Chu Lui agreed, the adoption process would be much faster. Of course, they had to ask Lin Qing and Guo’er if they were willing to go with Teacher Xia. This was adopting a child, not a dog or a cat. It was not something they could come and touch for fun and throw when they did not like it.
She picked up the phone and called Chu Lui.
“Mr. Chu, I have something to discuss with you.”
“Mm, just shoot.” Chu Lui placed the phone by his ear and was handling some office matters. As he was not around previously, he had a lot of piled up work for him. Even though Du Jingtang was handling some of them, some things needed the CEO himself.