391 GRAY WEATHER (2)

By mid-August, the Xue and Teng households were shaken as the newest addition to their growing family, Xue Da-Xia, finally let go.

It was such an ephemeral trip of only two months short, and in this fleeting period, the little angel had left a tremendous impact on those surrounding her – especially Teng Man Rui.

The new mother almost lived inside the hospital, near the NICU, to be precise, after giving birth. Even when she had been discharged, she requested the hospital to prolong her stay, not for herself, but her baby. Xue Minhe pulled some strings so that Teng Man Rui could still stay at the private ward assigned to her even if she had almost recovered completely.

Each day was such a trying day.

She couldn't do anything but watch her little angel expire little by little. 

All she could do was pump her milk into bottles which were fed to her precious little daughter through tubes. Nonetheless, she grew and gained weight bit by bit too.