But at this moment, she felt as though there wasn't any time left, and the pride she had fought to protect no longer seemed important.
She blurted the question she had been dying to find out. "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"We don't know yet." Qiao Anhao shook her head, two drops of tears falling onto her sister's hair.
"Is the baby healthy?"
Qiao Anhao nodded furiously, her throat tightening.
Qiao Anxia smiled, and after a moment, she spoke again. "Qiao Qiao, I'm sorry."
The apology was late by five years.
Many times she had been awaken by a nightmare, leaving her with insomnia, but she had never garnered enough courage.
Many times she wanted to apologize, but the words never seemed to come out. Now though, after she said them, she felt much calmer and at ease.
"If it wasn't for me, you would have been with Lu Jinnian much earlier..." Qiao Anxia started coughing, her breathing turning weak.