Chapter 442
Chapter 442 Sinking Into Despair
The eastern horizon was barely tinged with a fish-belly white, and looking into the distant sky, all was still shrouded in darkness. No sign of dawn was in sight. The mountain wind howled, and bursts of bone-chilling gusts made faces ache with cold.
Xiao Qingxuan stood on the edge of the cliff, her face pallid, her eyes filled with a subtle melancholy. The mountain wind rustled through her flowing hair and long gown, making her seem like a fairy who had been banished to the mortal realm.
"Sister, why didn't you sleep a bit longer?" A soft voice came. Daintily, a cashmere shawl was draped over Xiao Qingxuan's shoulders. Teardrops glimmered in the eyes of the speaker, who whispered, "Sister."
Xiao Qingxuan turned around, took her sister’s hand, and said with a bitter smile, "Aren't you the same as me? Even Ning'er was calling out for My Dear in her dreams last night."
"It's not the same," the younger sister, Qiaoqiao, responded, her cheeks flushed red from the cold. A trace of resolve appeared on her face. "Without Big Brother by our side, you are the backbone of our family. Moreover, you're carrying our family's heir. If something happens to you, Big Brother will be devastated when he returns."
"Don't listen to his nonsense," Xiao Qingxuan’s cheeks flushed as she retorted, "My Dear is just a smooth talker. The child hasn't even been born yet; how would he know it's a boy?"
"Big Brother is never wrong about serious matters," Qiaoqiao said earnestly, "Even if he jokes around, he has never been wrong about important things. If he says you're carrying our family's heir, then it must be a boy."
Xiao Qingxuan broke into a delicate smile, "You really spoil him, placing so much trust in him."