Grandpa was in a maze, not knowing who Arya was talking about.
He looked back at Rose and Doris not far behind him and thought it might have something to do with
them. After all, he had lived in the country for so many years and had never seen anyone from an
urban city come to see him.
Rose stood still, paler than before.
When she heard Arya's description, she thought the man might be Bright.
Did he really come here? Did he come to see her?
If he had come looking for her, why hadn't he knocked at the door? Or did he feel regret to come here,
so he went away again?
Countless questions flooded in Rose's mind, making she feel upset.
"He is very young, and prettier than anyone in our village." Arya smiled happily, as if the man was her
guest.
"We really didn't have any visitors. You might find the wrong place." continued Grandfather.
"Mr. Wilfred, don't hide it." Arya said as she peered in the house, "I just want to know if he got married
or not. My daughter Ciara hasn't had a boyfriend. Could you fix her up?"
Doris let go of Rose's hand, ran up to Arya and asked, "The man you are talking about should be my
father. That's his wife. I'm his daughter. Is your daughter going to marry him? Then she would be a
mistress. The reputation is bad here, isn't it?"
Doris gave a barrage of criticism, which made Arya speechless. It was such a humiliation to be scolded
by a child.
"He... He might not be your father. He might be some relative of the Young family." Arya looked for
other excuses, "and children can't recognize every man for dad. That's not good."
Arya meant more than she said. It meant that if every man was your father, then you mother could be
every man's wife.
Although Doris could not understand what he meant, but grandpa's face was gloomy. He said in a very
displeasing way, "Arya, you are not welcome here, please go away."
After that, grandpa impolitely shut the door behind him.
Arya hadn't had time to respond and always hit on the door.
She had a lingering fear, and said discontentedly, "What's so proud about? It is just some relative from
the city."
Grandfather ignored Arya shouting outside the door, and held Doris back. When he passed Rose, he
said, "Don't take it to heart."
"Don't worry, Grandpa. I don't care about it." Rose followed him into the main room.
The three of them sat down at a square table in the main room and began to eat.
Grandpa took the meat from the belly of the fish and put it in Doris's bowl. The meat was free of thorns,
which was suitable for children, and they would not get stuck by the thorns.
Grandfather gave some to Rose, "Have some more fish. The fish in my pond tastes better."
"Grandpa, you should have some, too." Rose and her daughter put some food to Grandpa.
After they finished eating, Rose took Doris out for a walk down the field path.
On the opposite floor, Sky saw the figures of them when they went out. Standing at the window, his
eyes followed Rose's figure all the time, with some expectation in his eyes.
He looked at Rose, but he did not dare to go forward. He laughed at his own timidity.
His hands clenched the window edge, the palm was cut by the window edge but he didn't feel any pain.
He didn't know how to face Rose. He didn't have the courage to meet her and he wasn't ready.
Rose took her daughter out for a walk for half an hour, and then they got home. When the door closed,
he could see nothing.
Rose, of course, did not know that someone was watching her.
Back home, Rose helped her grandfather to collect the things that had been hung out to dry. After
chatting for a while, she took Doris to wash and go to bed.
Rose leaned against the bed, looking sideways at Doris and reading her daughter a bedtime story,
while Doris lay flat with her panda doll in her arms and listened to her mother's gentle voice.
"Well, that's the end of the story." Rose lay down, held Doris in her arms. "Baby, close your eyes and
go to sleep."
Doris still opened her eyes wide after she listened to the story. "Mom, I can't sleep."
"Why can't you sleep?" Rose asked.
"I... I miss Dad again." Doris pouted her pink little mouth. "Mom, don't you miss Dad at all?"
Rose felt the tears welling up in her eyes as Doris mentioned this.
She suppressed her upset in the heart and closed her eyes without answering Doris.
"Mom, Dad must miss us, too. Your cell phone is broken and Dad can't call us. He's going to be very
anxious. I think we should call Dad." Doris said to herself, but she didn't get a response. "Mom..."
She turned her small head and looked at Rose, who was asleep with her eyes closed. She called her
twice, but still got no response.
"Mom, are you asleep?" Doris's eyes were filled with loss.
Seeing that her mom didn't respond to her, Doris closed her eyes gradually. Rose opened her eyes
when she heard the even and soft breathing sound.
Looking at Doris's lovely sleeping face, her eyes filled with pain and sadness.
She felt sad for what she did for Doris and for Bright.
Rose leaned over and kissed Doris between her eyes, tears wetting her long eyelashes.
"Dad..." Doris called Bright in her sleep. Then she rolled over and put her little hands around Rose's
neck.
Rose did not sleep well that night. She had too many thoughts on her mind.
In the dream, she held on to Bright and begged, "Honey, I'm sorry. Please forgive me..."
Bright's eyes were cold and fierce. "Rose, I will never forgive you. I will never forgive you in my life. I'm
not the tool you need to save other men! I will never forget the shame you have brought to me!"
Bright shook off her hand so violently that Rose stumbled and fell to the ground.
Bright turned and walked away, never looking back.
Rose looked at his retreating figure, tears streaming down her face. She said sadly, "Honey, don't..."
She reached out to catch him but failed.
She gritted her teeth to stand up and ran after him, but out of nowhere a big van came straight by and
hit her.
She felt she was being held high and thrown to the floor heavily. Her bones were broken as she lay on
the ground, blood spat out from her mouth, and the ground was full of blood...
Sophie appeared in front of her with a haughty, mocking smile. "Rose, this is what you get for cheating
and exploiting others! You deserve it! You'll go to hell!"
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