She sat on the bench and released Rainy's hand so that she could go play on her own. Rainy began to pick up the leaves from the floor happily. She collected piece by piece and arranged them into a pattern. She thought it looked nice, but in the end, she gathered all the leaves together and placed them back at the bottom of the tree.
"Xinxin…"
Suddenly, a voice called out. With the wind blowing on Xia Ruoxin's face, the voice simply made her feel colder.
She opened her eyes and saw a woman was already seated beside her. It was someone she had not wished to see or acknowledged.
"What are you doing here?" Xia Ruoxin asked. Her voice was devoid of all emotions. She stared at her daughter who was playing at a distance not far away from her. The other woman beside her was not even a stranger to her.
"Xinxin, do you have no intention of acknowledging me at all? You're not willing to call me 'Mom'? Not once?"
