When Xiu heard Ying's words that's when she was reminded of the book she took from Xin Zimen's study. The book was written by his wife and it was dedicated to their daughter. How did she forget about that?
"How did she die? And why does no one even mention her name?"
Ying darted her tongue out to lick her lips before speaking, "She was gonna turn six in a few days when she died. I don't know how she died but I do know her death left a hole in everyone's life. Xiaosi doesn't remember her well since he was only four back then. But I and Xiaoli were already about nine. So, we still have some impression of her."
Ying felt awfully strange talking about this. She had never shared this with everyone. Just as Xiu said, no one ever brought up Xin Zimen's daughter and that's why most people even forgot that he had a daughter. Ying was one of the people who didn't forget her but she found it hard to talk about her either.
