As she said this, the brother and sister looked at each other in silence.
Some things were better left unsaid for now.
The brother and sister shared at least that much of a silent understanding.
A moment later.
"Ming," Gu Xi said as a new possibility suddenly occurred to her. The movement of her fingertips paused, and she looked up at Li Ming. "Do you think that little stone I was holding back then... could it have been... from her?"
Li Ming slowly shook his head. "When I found you, your mother... was already dead."
So Li Ming wasn't sure how that little stone had ended up in Gu Xi's hand.
Still... "Xiaoxi, have you ever considered... if your mother really did press that little stone into your hand before she died..." Li Ming looked at Gu Xi and hesitated intentionally. "...then perhaps she..."
There were some things he, in his position, couldn't say.
Moreover...
