Chapter 418 Unforgiven (5)_1
In the blistering noon heat, she ran until her forehead was drenched in sweat, strands of hair sticking to her face, which was also flushed with redness.
Even then, she wore a smile as she said to her, "The temperature is just right, you can’t get up, is it okay if Mom feeds you?" The latter part of her statement was laced with a clear undertone of appeasement and pleading.
Ruan Jiaojiao found herself disliking her own reactions.
Because seeing Shu Jie like this made her heart ache. Her eyes welled with sour tears, but she didn’t want Shu Jie to see her crying, so she just vaguely nodded.
Just like that, Shu Jie’s happiness seemed as if she had won a grand prize. She moved a chair in front of her and carefully lifted her to sit up against the headboard.
After doing all this, she finally sat down on the chair in front of her, scooped up a spoonful of porridge with a slight unease, and brought it to her mouth. Watching her swallow it, she sighed in relief and then continued to feed her the next spoonful...
Her movements were so gentle, as if she were handling a porcelain doll, that the love and tenderness could not possibly be feigned.
Ruan Jiaojiao looked at her, and the tears she had been holding back finally fell.
Shu Jie was also holding back tears, using the moment she bowed her head to scoop porridge as a cover, but when she raised her head to feed her the next spoonful, she saw Ruan Jiaojiao’s tear-streaked face and could no longer hold back, her tears bursting forth instantly.
Mother and daughter, one sitting up against the sickbed, the other on a chair, faced each other without words, both with tears streaming down their faces.
In the end, Shu Jie put her bowl aside on the table, threw herself over, and embraced Ruan Jiaojiao.