Chapter Three: Mr. Ye (1/2)
They enter the hospital and go to the ward of Zeng Guihua.
On seeing Xia Yan, Zeng Guihua’s dull eyes show vividness all of a sudden. She supports her body tiredly, and stretches her hands to grasp Xia Yan: “Yan, are you OK? Where did you go in the last year? Why didn’t you come back? Don’t you know mom is worrying about you?”
Xia Yan retracts her hands impatiently: “I had to earn money for your illness. Just because of you...Do you know what I have suffered...”
After saying, she covers her mouth and chokes with sobs, pretending to be very sad.
On hearing this, Zeng Guihua is extremely distressed. She keeps on blaming herself: “It is my fault. Mom encumbers you.”
Xia Nuan frowns and she presses Zeng Guihua’s shoulder, keeping on comforting: “Mom, stop saying this. You should take care of your body...” She knows Xia Yan is lying. However, she could not tell her mom directly that Xia Yan was controlled because of gambling.
Zeng Guihua pushes Xia Nuan away and looks her up and down. On seeing her full and round figure, which contrasts distinctively with Xia Yan’s skinny figure, she snorts coldly: “How could I feel ease to recuperate with the hard-earned money of your sister? Your sister has suffered a lot for me. Can’t you share the burden for her? You disappear throughout the year, and turn a deaf ear to me. How could you have the nerve to ask me to take care of myself. You can, but I can’t.”
Xia Nuan is stunned for a while.
In her pregnancy, she could not leave arbitrarily. So, she asks a nurse to take care of her ill mom until delivery. Then, she can leave.
She engaged in the dealing because she wanted to help her mom and Xia Yan. She needs enough money to cure mom, and redeem Xia Yan. At that time, she could only cast aside self-respect and shame in desperate conditions...
Xia Nuan is too shy to speak out the surrogacy. Therefore, she has to sustain the blames of Zeng Guihua in silence.
Zeng Guihua believes that Xia Nuan keeps silence because of a guilty conscience. She has more preference to Xia Yan. She drags Xia Yan’s hands and keeps on caring her. Xia Yan retracts her hand impatiently again, and then leaves with the excuse of going to the hospital, leaving Xia Nuan feeding Zeng Guihua silently.
“Miss, are you the relative of Zeng Guihua?”
When Xia Yan goes out of the ward, one doctor holding the volume comes over.