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Xia Mingzheng reached out to put his hand on his wifes shoulder. He did not want for this to happen, but this scandal really left them with no choice. He was more afraid that there would be more things about Yixuan that would appear. His daughter was already dead, please, dont hurt her again.

Wont you think about it more? She is your daughter after all. Song Wan clenched her fingers briefly. She couldnt imagine how there would be such cruel parents in the world. That child had nothing left. Did they really have to be so unfeeling?

Theres no need to consider. We have already decided. Shen Yijun said coldly. She hatedloathedthe fact that she could have such a daughter who killed her own sister and kept silent, and she was even so despicable. The whole family was humiliated along with her.

Song Wan closed her eyes. It seemed like there was nothing else she could do but stay silent.

Since she left the Chu household, Shen Yijuns face was extremely long. She didnt want to recognize her as her daughter anymore. She was really her shameher shame for the rest of her life.

Yijun, you can still think about it again. We can actually Xia Mingzheng felt slightly badnot for Xia Ruoxinbut for his wife. No matter how horrid Xia Ruoxin was, she was still her only daughter.

Theres no need, Shen Yijun said coldly. The words have already been said. We cant possibly go back on our words.

Xia Mingzheng sighed again. He didnt have a daughter anymore, and neither did she. She couldnt possibly want to become lonely old souls with him. It would be really unfair to her, but he knew that anything he said would be useless. They had been with each other for close to twenty years. Would he still not understand her temper?

Outside, heavy rain had started to pour, and in the hazy view, they could only make out the fuzzy outline of distant scenery.

The car started, and the rain fell on their car rhythmically. Through the curtain of rain, Shen Yijun gazed dully at the outside. The pedestrians walked by in a hurry and disappeared in front of her in the blink of an eye.

The car stopped in front of the condominium where they stayed. After Xia Yixuans accident and Xia Ruoxins marriage, there were only the two of them in the house, along with a nanny.

Indescribable loneliness, an unspeakable desolation. This kind of life, they knew, would last for a long while. As long as they were alive, this would be their everyday life.

Xia Mingzheng took out an umbrella and stepped outside first to pick Shen Yijun. He looked up, and through the heavy rain, he saw a thin and frail silhouette that made his pupils contract.

How could it be her?

Ruoxin, Xia Ruoxin.

Shen Yijun stared coldly at the person standing in the rain. Her clothes were already drenched by the rain.

Xia Ruoxin raised her head and looked at the layer of clouds pressed under the sky, one arm still wrapped in a castshe didnt know whether the rain would dissolve away her cast as well, leaving her with lessand the other hand placed carefully on her abdomen.

If she had anywhere else she could go, she would never have come back here. However, she didnt, she really didnt. Jiang Yao was overseas, and distant waters could not quench presentthirst¹. She was totally out of reach. Other people gave her all sorts of reasons the moment they heard her voice as if she was some poisonous snake or fierce beast. They were unwilling to be close to her, much less say assist and lend her a helping hand.

The rain continued to run down her hair, and there was no trace of color in the pale, cold face. She could have not come back here, and she could have done any job, but she knew that she couldnt.