Chapter 809

Just as she had walked a few steps, Chen Xiuyue opened her eyes as if experiencing a final burst of clarity, looking at Shu Xia with extreme sobriety and precision.

She reached out her hand anxiously to grab at her.

"Xia Xia, I was wrong, forgive me... won't you forgive Mom?"

This word "Mom" caused everyone else in the hospital room to look at Shu Xia.

Mom?

Doesn't that mean they are related?

That doesn't seem quite right either; the old woman was talking about forgiveness, which likely meant she had done something shameful before.

The young girl had said there was no legal relationship with the old woman, so this clearly involved all sorts of hidden circumstances.

One by one, they lowered their heads, as if they hadn't heard a thing.

Fearing that if they spoke again, they might say something they shouldn't—it is hard for even an honest official to settle family disputes—who knows what kind of situation they might have.

Shu Xia walked back.

Seeing her walk back, Chen Xiuyue seemed to see hope; her eyes widened significantly, and since her whole body had thinned down quite a bit, her staring eyes looked as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

It looked somewhat horrifying and frightening.

"You have always been kind and well-behaved; I knew you would forgive me. You came to save me, didn't you? You still acknowledge me as your mom, don't you? I knew it, I knew it! I even dreamed about it; it was because we treated you too terribly before, those things were just too subhuman."

"But Mom knows she was wrong. Can Mom treat you well from now on? Mom was just too muddled before; how could I have treated you like that? You are my own biological daughter, how could I have treated you that way? Will you give Mom a chance to turn over a new leaf, please?"

Only after experiencing it does one know the evil they once committed.

And only after experiencing it does one know that the people they originally cared about cannot be relied upon.

The few sons she was so proud of, and Lin Miao, whom she had once treated with all her heart, ended up ignoring her, letting her—who had been so proud—live a life worse than a dog's.

If...

If she hadn't hurt Xia Xia's heart and had treated Xia Xia well, then she would surely be treated well in return.

She did not want to die.

Having been delirious for so long, she had been deceiving herself.

Shu Xia's expression was cold.

Seeing that Shu Xia did not speak, Chen Xiuyue panicked.

"I really know I was wrong! In the future, I will absolutely be a good mother. You didn't grow up in front of Mom before, and later when you came back, I was deceived by Lin Miao and never had the chance to be a proper mother to you. Give Mom a chance, let Mom treat you well, okay?"

"Look at how your brothers treat Mom; they aren't good to me at all. After my car accident, they didn't care about me at all. Sometimes I couldn't even eat a hot meal for days, and they wouldn't even bathe me once a month, making me wash myself. I am a disabled person now and can't move at all. They aren't human, Xia Xia. You are a kind child, have pity on Mom, and take Mom back to where you live, okay? You just need to find a few servants to take care of me."

Chen Xiuyue said more and more, likely because she was too anxious, fearing she would never see Shu Xia again.

So, seizing the current opportunity, she poured out everything in her heart all at once.

Yet she was completely unaware of how opportunistic her words sounded.

While begging for forgiveness with her mouth, she was actually selfishly wanting more.

Shu Xia's voice was slightly icy, "In the dreams you had, was my plight even more miserable than yours?"

Chen Xiuyue was greatly startled, her guilt visible to the naked eye, "I... I... the dreams weren't real. I just used a dream to wake myself up and realize how wrong I was in the past."

From the moment she was half-awake and half-asleep, she knew the world in the dream was real.

Shu Xia's sudden transformation was all because of this dream.

Otherwise, the person who should have been in the car accident was Shu Xia, not her!

Shu Xia chuckled lightly, "Rivers and mountains are easy to change, but a person's nature is hard to alter. Ms. Chen, stop struggling and just focus on recovering in the hospital."

Chen Xiuyue glared with rage, her expression shifting from horrifying to ferocious, "The person who should have been in the car accident was you! Why didn't you push me away? Why didn't you throw yourself under the car? It's all your fault! It's all your doing! I shouldn't be the one suffering these torments; it's you who ruined our family! It's all you!"