Chapter 1333 - Her Child (1/2)

Gong Yi turned over. “I’m sorry. That was rude of me.”

He hugged her in his arms, coaxing her.

Bai Beibei shook her head. “It’s fine… Gong Yi, I’m sleepy. Please let me go to sleep.”

“Mm, sleep. I’ll hold you.” Gong Yi kissed her forehead. “When you’re in a better mood, I’ll take you to the hospital for a check-up. Beibei, let’s have a child as soon as possible.”

Bai Beibei’s body stiffened. She closed her eyes, not saying anything else.

She was pregnant. She already had a baby, but it was not his. How ironic was that?

…

Bai Beibei arrived at the hospital early the next morning. The doctor was ready and waiting for her. She changed out of her clothes and entered the operating theatre.

“Lie down on the operating table,” the doctor said.

Bai Beibei climbed up onto the operating table with great difficulty. The doctor turned on the operating light, white-washing her surroundings. Feeling uncomfortable with the glare, she raised her hand to shade her eyes.

The doctor noticed how awful her complexion was, so he asked her a question hoping to divert her attention, “Where’s your boyfriend? Didn’t he come with you? An abortion at this stage of your pregnancy is quite dangerous. You’ll hurt for some time after the surgery is completed.”

Bai Beibei shook her head. “He didn’t come.”

The doctor sighed. Opening his medical kit, the doctor laid out his tools for the operation. There were knives, several pairs of scissors, a few long needles, and the like. They glowed coldly under the fluorescent light.

Curious, one of the nurses interning at the hospital asked, “What is this needle for?”

“We’ll be using that needle to pierce the patient’s abdomen to induce childbirth. The patient will then expel the developing fetus through natural bodily contractions.”

The nurse covered her mouth with her hand, exclaiming in horror. “That’s so cruel!”

The doctor shook his head. “Women these days really don’t cherish themselves.”

Bai Beibei gripped the sheets around her with small hands. Her hands were covered in a layer of cold sweat, and her mind turned to the dream she had dreamt.

Though she did not see the girl’s face, she knew with keen certainty that only a mother could possess how beautiful her unborn child would be. She imagined the child’s fair skin, bright and rosy; her voice a sweet tinkling chime. Her unborn child followed her around, calling her ‘mother’. Guilt weighed heavily in her heart.

Bai Beibei always thought of herself as an orphan. Growing up, she never knew the gentle love of a mother. When she regained what she thought she did not possess, it only brought her misery and disappointment. The vision of her unborn child mirrored her own experiences, and for a second, she swore she felt a shadow of her child’s own helplessness.

Her child.

No matter who the father was, she was the child’s mother.

This epiphany brought tears to her eyes. She wiped away her tears using her small hands, but they continued to fall heedless of her actions. She really liked children.

Her little hand caressed her abdomen. Was she really going to abort this child?

At this moment, she felt the burgeoning life within her kick. It was her baby. Her baby had moved.

Her silent child had moved!

At first, it was once, and then twice. It was almost as if the fetus could feel its life imperilled and was protesting as vehemently as it knew how.

Immediately, Bai Beibei sat up and slid off the operation table, making a beeline out of the operating theatre.

“Hey! Hey! Where are you going?” The doctor chased her frantically.

Bai Beibei ran as fast as her slender legs would allow, panting heavily as if the devil was chasing her. No. She could not proceed with the abortion.

Her child was innocent. She wanted to bring her baby into the world.

Her mistakes were hers alone to bear. She would not push them onto her unborn child.

Life is an amalgamation of one’s choices. It is these choices that define our lives. Already, she had let Gong Yi down by carrying the child of another man. Even if she could never redeem herself as his wife, she could still do right by her child and be a good mother to her. She would shower her child in love and kindness, living life to its fullest together.