Chapter 221: Huo Xi, Sleep Well and Grow Up

ing, we're over. Doing this is not right for either of us, and I don't want to become the woman you vent on."Ho Shao-ting sat bolt upright.He smoothed his clothes and frowned slightly.Wen Man was cook...The sky, with crimson clouds drifting.

The setting sun cast an inky hue upon the branches, lending a touch of eeriness to the landscape. It felt as if it were mourning the passing of a young life.

Wen Man's face was covered in tears, and she seemed to have lost her soul.

Have you really gone, Hoshi

What are you going to do, are you afraid...

Mom... what should I do

Wen Man pressed the handful of fresh soil into her chest, her body hunching inward. Even through her clothes, one could see the prominent ribs on her thin back.

"Why... won't you let me see him one last time!"

Ho Shaoting originally wanted to pick her up, his long fingers paused in mid-air, staying there in a strange posture.

His voice was hoarse, almost unrecognizable: "It's not a pleasant sight, child. I'm afraid you might forget it once you see it."

Wen Man listened in a daze.

She closed her eyes slightly: " Huo Shaoting, you are so cruel! She is your child too, and you just...just..."

Those words, Wen Man couldn't bear to add them to her little Huo Xi.

She put the dirt from her arms onto the small bag.

Then, she began piling the surrounding soil on top, the soil always containing some sharp stones, and soon cut her hands. But Wen Man didn't care.

She did these things mechanically.ery deep and keeps bleeding!She was pinned beneath a heavy slab, unable to move. She lay on the ground, watching the helpless Wen Man helplessly, and croaked in a hoarse voice: "Help... Help... Save m...