Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

The mother was so beautiful and elegant; she had the disposition of an artist. She smiled lightly, and even if she was not wearing anything branded, the vibe she gave people was comfortable and clean.

Meanwhile, the daughter hiding behind the mother had a cute apple-like face with a sharp chin. She had a pair of big, pearly eyes; and her face was tempting people to just squeeze it. However, one was not sure if her cheeks would be as soft as it looked.

Xia Ruoxin pulled her daughter from behind and passed her to the teacher before bending down and reminding her.

"Remember, you must listen to the teacher."

"Okay." Rainy nodded her head and held her teacher's hands tightly before walking into the school with the teacher.

Xia Ruoxin was going to be busy, too, as she felt that she had a big battle to fight that day. She needed to go to the place to tidy it up and move her stuff over; she had to move back and forth countless times.

She took out the keys, and with a click, the door opened. She went in and was delighted to see that the house was spick and span. She did not expect the owner to be so nice—after leaving with the money, he had even cleaned the house up for her. There were still all the furniture she needed inside the house, including household appliances; the house had basically all that she needed. She just needed to change the bedsheets, and it would be more than enough. However, she still tied her hair back and took a bucket of water out to clean the house thoroughly again. There was not much to clean so the tidying up was done quickly. It was much easier than she thought so now she had time to move house.

She went back and forth a couple of times before she could bring all of her stuff to the new house. In the end—when she saw the trishaws and mover trucks on the street, she had the urge to break down.

That was because she realized how stupid she was, wasting her effort to go back and forth so many times.

Of course, she did not have time to rest and needed to buy more ingredients to cook up a storm for the baby. It was like their celebratory dinner.

She waited until school ended, and then she went to pick Rainy home.

"Mommy, our house is there." Rainy pointed at the direction behind her. She remembered that her home was not in that direction.

"No, our home isn't there." She held her daughter's hands tightly and the smile on her face did not drop.

"Huh?" Rainy tilted her head. However, wherever her mother said it was, then it would be. She would follow her mother everywhere she went; even if she sold her, she was still her good mother.

Their new house was at a newly renovated building. The building had a huge parking lot in the basement and top security systems with many gates inside and out. Also, their house was on the third story—not too high, not too low. With a click, the door opened; and she carried her daughter in.

"Baby, this will be our new house. Do you like it?"

She squatted down and pointed to the inside. "Is it pretty? From now on, my baby will have her own playroom." This was the part that Xia Ruoxin loved the most. It turned out that the house had a playroom, and it was decorated with cartoons and a nurturing green color. Most importantly, the things inside were all new; and there was no funky smell to it. This apartment was very worth the money.

"Really?" Rainy ran in excitedly. However, the floor was too slippery; and she fell down. Luckily, the floor was made out of original wood; and it did not hurt her. Like a tortoise, she crawled back up slowly and searched the rooms one by one before she arrived at her own playroom. She kicked her shoes away and jumped onto the beautiful bed. On the bed, there was also her favorite doll.

Xia Ruoxin let Rainy play on her own. She walked in and took her daughter's slippers while she went to the kitchen to make dinner. The ingredients were already prepared so they could eat in no time.

"Mommy…" Rainy ran over and hugged her legs, burying her face in between her mother's legs.

"What's the matter?" Xia Ruoxin stood down beside her daughter after washing her hands.

"Mommy, Rainy loves the new house. Our new house is so big." She gestured a big sign, and her eyes were sparkling with joy.

"Yes, Mommy loves it, too." Xia Ruoxin pinched her daughter's cheeks. "Go play on your own; we can eat in a while."

She pushed her daughter out of the kitchen to let her play on her own for a little longer while she carried on cooking.

Rainy ran to the door, changed into her slippers, and ran all around in the new house to play as she was still excited about it.

At night, the mother and daughter ate a scrumptious dinner before busying themselves with their own things. Xia Ruoxin now had space to place her own canvas and did not need to keep it even in the day.

So, it was good to have a big house, even if she was severely in debt.

Now, she had to work hard to repay the debt.

However, it was weird as the illustration company did not give her pay on time anymore; and she still her to carry a huge debt. She turned on her computer and stared at the penguin icon for a very long time, but she did not see 'A Sunny Day will Come' come online.

At first, she did not take it to heart and merely thought that other people were busy. Perhaps they were on leave these few days so the pay would come a bit later.

One day later, she was normal.

Two days later, it was still the same.

Three days later, she still did not feel much about it.

It was only until the seventh day when the account still did not have money, she felt ashamed. She had used all her money to buy the apartment and had only left a bit of living expenses for her and Rainy. At first, she was still thanking God that the price the owner wanted was what she could afford. However, she wanted to cry now as after paying for the house, she was basically broke. If she did not deposit money in her account and could not pay the loan, they would have to move house once again. According to the contract signed earlier, the house would also be given to the bank.

She hugged the bolster and stared at the computer for a very long time. In the past, no matter what time it was, once she came online; the icon would light up. However, ever since she came back, it had never lit up again. The paintings she submitted were as though it got lost in the sea. This continued until one day when she opened the website, the whole site disappeared.

That was this end. This was her initial and final reaction.

After she sent her daughter to kindergarten, she perked herself up and started looking for job opportunities elsewhere. Just that, all the studios she went to, the people only asked her to wait for news; but the problem now was that she could not wait any longer. After paying for a few months' worth of mortgages, she had not much savings left.