She felt her heart ached as she said it because this child's eyes were hollow. What she resembled now was a living corpse.
"I know and understand." Xia Ruoxin merely lowered her gaze. How could they not thought of why she couldn't conceive? Suddenly, everything didn't matter to her. Her heart… it didn't hurt anymore. She felt a numbness that made her seemed old after experiencing these great changes.
"Oh…" Song Wan gave a deep sigh. "Don't you worry. I will not treat you unfairly even if you are not my daughter-in-law. Ah Lui may have a bad temper, but you will be given your entitlement. If he dared to short-change you, I will be the first to disagree."
Xia Ruoxin smiled bleakly as her eyes shimmered with what looked like tears. She turned away and stared out the window, wondering if she would ever have good days ahead.
She wanted nothing. What she longed for would never belong to her. She might as well be dead.
