TO MY DEAR MR. HUO

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Chapter 437: You Still Want to Leave

“Mommy,” Su Qingsang called out again as if she knew what Li Qianxue was thinking.

“Mm.” Li Qianxue hugged Su Qingsang once more. “My daughter. My daughter.”

Li Qianxue hugged her tightly, so tightly it was a wonder that her slender body would have that much strength.

Su Qingsang was almost out of breath from her embrace, but she didn’t push her away or even harbor the thought of pushing her away.

Her hands fell to her sides, and her fingertips moved. Then she dropped them again. But just as Li Qianxue tightened her arms again, she managed to raise her hands and gently wrapped them around Li Qianxue’s waist.

Everyone was watching Li Qianxue, and only Huo Jinyao noticed her expression.

This tugged at his heartstrings, and he began to move towards Su Qingsang, but then decided to stop.

“Qingsang...”

Li Qianxue was in so much pain that she couldn’t manage to utter a word now.

She could only hold Su Qingsang tightly, hold the daughter she had never once taken care of or spent a day with for over twenty years.

Su Qingsang was almost out of breath from the embrace. She only managed to finally calm down a little when she saw the tears that Su Yuxin and Old Master Li were trying to hold back.

“Mom.” She patted Li Qianxue’s back gently. “You need to calm down.”

Li Qianxue shook her head. It all hurt too much. The pain was too great. What could be worse than having her own daughter right next to her all this while, but never knowing?

“Mom.” Su Qingsang’s voice was a little louder than before. “I’m almost out of breath.”

Li Qianxue finally loosened her grip when she heard that. She still refused to let Su Qingsang go, and held her hand in hers tightly.

“Sorry, mom didn’t mean to do that.”

“I’m okay.” When Su Qingsang watched Li Qianxue cry like this, she found it hard to take in. If she had a choice, she didn’t want to see Li Qianxue in this state at all.

She raised her hand and gently wiped away Li Qianxue’s tears. “Mom, you don’t have to keep apologizing. You did not let me down.”

Li Qianxue shook her head, as she wanted to say that she had let Su Qingsang down on so many fronts. It would have taken too long to finish what she wanted to say, however.

Su Qingsang did not give her a chance. She wiped her tears away again, with very gentle movements.

“Really. You have not let me down. You actually know full well that I’ve been fine all this time.”

It would have been better if she hadn’t said this. However, when she did, it was like a knife had cut through Li Qianxue’s heart.

“How could you be fine? You are my daughter. But I have never, not for a day in your life, taken care of you. I...”

As Li Qianxue said this, she was about to cry again. Su Qingsang seemed stung by these new tears.

“Mom, you really should not be like that. If you stay like this, we won’t be able to finish what we have to say.”

Seeing that Li Qianxue was still a little bit out of sorts, her gaze moved on to Old Master Li and the rest. “They...”

At this, Li Qianxue finally reacted, and messily wiped away the tears off her face as she looked at Su Qingsang. “Look at me, your mom is a real mess.”