Chapter 1325 No Perfect Child

1325 No Perfect Child

"Baba didn't send me back because he didn't want to keep me?" asked Xiang Wai with a complicated look in her eyes.

Xiang Weimin gave her a hard stare and smacked her head, "How many times have I told you not to take others' words seriously? I told you to talk to me about everything before overthinking. Who told you that Dad didn't want you?"

"They all said I was a fool. What's the point of running when I eventually had to come back because even my own father didn't want me? I also thought he didn't want me," Xiang Wai looked aggrieved when she spoke of it.

Xiang Weimin shook his head at her, "Dad didn't want to send you back at all. Mom assured him that nothing would happen to you. She also said she'd make sure no one bullies you too. Dad only relented when Mom promised to let you spend summer and winter vacations with me. Dad didn't even know what happened back then but the fact that you called him so late at night for help was enough to make him go mad. It took a lot of time for them to reach a middle ground."

Xiang Wai recalled those days and realized that it was indeed true. People did stop bullying her in that family after she went back. They used words to annoy her but nothing harmful was done. But she thought they got scared of what she did before running. It seemed that wasn't entirely the case. She doesn't even know what her mother did, just like she didn't know what her father did for her.

"You all have communication issues," said Raelle. "Your life would have been a lot better if you all had just taken some time to sit down and talk about everything."

Xiang Wai lowered her head and nodded, "Right. I wouldn't have grown up thinking no one cared about me. It seems I really wronged Mom and Dad over the years. They weren't as careless with me as I thought. They did care, I just never understood it."

"No parents are perfect," said Hyson. "Just like that, no child is perfect too. You didn't understand them, they also weren't able to understand you. We all learn slowly. Isn't it enough that you learned about it all now."

"But I always found ways to hurt them both with my words."

Raelle rubbed her nose, "I should just go and sleep."

Seeing her really going back to her tent, the rest of them shared a look and laughed out. They didn't even realize that Raelle was feeling left out because of their conversation since she had nothing to say. "We really left out Raelle," said Shui Xian.

"Don't worry. She won't be feeling bad. Let her go to sleep first," said Hyson.

"I'm gonna put Justin to sleep and then I'll come out."

"Ge, bring me some coffee too," said Xiang Wai. "Then she turned to the other two but settled on Shui Xian. "Brother-in-law, you have some experience to share?"

"Not a personal one but I have heard a few folklores."

"Tell me," said Xiang Wai eagerly waiting for him to talk.

"Okay, it's the story of Xianmen ruins in Xi desert. They say there is a paradise hiding underneath the desert and a lot of people went in search of that paradise. We are gonna talk about one of those people..."

There are always some crazy stories when you're sitting around the bonfire with a group of friends. And then those stories lead to other things and we end up talking about all sorts of things. That's what happened here too.