Rainy blinked her eyes and hugged Xia Ruoxin tightly around her neck.
"Mommy, will it really only hurt a little?" She cowered in Xia Ruoxin's arms because she would cry if it hurt.
"Yes, trust Mommy. I have never lied to you before. It will only hurt a little." Xia Ruoxin touched her daughter's hair as she felt her pain. She was also lying while tears threatened to spill from her eyes. She had told her daughter a lie. How could it just hurt a little? Even an adult could barely tolerate that kind of pain, moreover a three-year-old girl.
Xia Ruoxin put the child down from her arms and squatted on the floor. She tried her best to smile for her daughter, but the mere thought of Rainy going through that treatment rendered her incapable of smiling. She knew the kind of implications it would have on her.
Yet, she had to go through with it.