Chapter 215 Have a Child with Other Women (2/2)

After a moment of hesitation, the doctor started to speak. ”Mr. Ying...” said the doctor, ”The neural configuration of Mrs. Ying's brain seems very strange to us. It's like her brain had been penetrated by something before it was compressed forcefully, causing a build-up of pressure. Right now, the pressure is too overwhelming, so her entire cranial cavity is like a balloon.”

”Why is this happening?” Ying Qingcang asked calmly, though his eyes held nothing but panic.

The doctor considered his words carefully. ”I'm guessing it has something to do with her pregnancy. Fetal growth will stimulate the nerve cells inside her brain.”

”What if we abort the child?” Ying Qingcang asked without hesitation, causing Zhang Mi to cover her mouth and stare at him with wide eyes.

”I can't make any guarantees...” The doctor sighed. ”I've already put in a call to a hospital in the United States. Tonight, an expert neurologist will be here to work with us. We'll do further examinations for your wife by then.”

Ying Qingcang carried Xin Qing onto the hospital bed and draped a blanket over her. His fingers caressed Xin Qing's cheek. ”Will she be in constant pain? Or can it be controlled?” he asked.

”No, she won't be feeling constant pain. And based on my estimation so far, the time between each episode of pain is probably quite long. But in the future...”

In that instant, Ying Qingcang's eyes grew as dark as the night sky, as if they were capable of swallowing a person whole. A long moment passed where silence reigned. Seeing that nobody had spoken, the doctor left quietly. Zhang Mi tugged at Young Master Shen's sleeve.

”Why don't you step outside for a bit? I'll talk to him,” Young Master Shen said and gave Zhang Mi's hand a squeeze. Zhang Mi nodded, shot a worried glance at Xin Qing before turning around to leave.

Ying Qingcang had kept his eyes on Xin Qing the whole time. Whatever it was that was going through his mind right now was anyone's guess. After a while, Young Master Shen was prepared to say something, but then he detected a slight movement from Ying Qingcang's body.

”You're alright now, right?” Ying Qingcang asked.

”I'll get myself discharged right away,” Young Master Shen said quickly. ”Then I'll get in touch with Ah Hai. Look, don't worry, okay? Nothing is set in stone yet. If all else fails, there's still the village chieftain.”

After Young Master Shen's phone conversation with Ah Hai, both he and Ying Qingcang finally understood the true reason behind the perverse and extreme measures that Ah Hai had taken against Tang Shuang.

”I'm guessing she's running out of time, huh? Indeed, you guys still come crawling back to us after everything. I know Tang Shuang too well. I knew that she would never give a chance to any of her opponents. She had already done something back when she was saving Xin Qing's life. If you guys hadn't screwed her up, maybe we can still work something out. But you guys had destroyed her. I know I don't have the means to get revenge for what you guys did to Shuang Shuang, but I have the power to destroy your chances of fixing Xin Qing. Right now, Tang Shuang remembers nothing and her IQ is that of a child. You only have yourselves to blame.”

Ah Hai had chosen such a cruel and sadistic measure just to avenge Tang Shuang. Neither Young Master Shen nor Ying Qingcang could express with words what they were feeling right now.

”Why don't we just grab Tang Shuang and hold her captive?” Young Master Shen suggested. ”Perhaps Ah Hai knows a way to deal with this.”

Ying Qingcang shook his head. ”No, he doesn't.”

If Ah Hai was willing to go through such lengths, it was obvious that he would be merciless, be it to himself or to others. It would not do them any good even if they killed him; he would most definitely be willing to die together with Tang Shuang. Ying Qingcang deeply regretted his decision now. He should have forced Tang Shuang to treat Xin Qing in the first place.

Even if he had to torture Tang Shuang to death, it was still a much better option than all the suffering that Xin Qing had to go through right now.

”Okay, so now we know that's a dead end. But I've already contacted Boss Wan yesterday. He told me he would get Chen Huan here as quickly as possible,” Young Master Shen said comfortingly. ”Look, it's already been three days, and not once had Xiao Qingqing experienced any headaches. I think it's just like what the doctor said. The time period between each episode is probably long. Other than that...” Young Master Shen trailed off. After a brief moment, he picked up where he left off. ”Have you told her about your suggestion about getting an abortion?”

Ying Qingcang's fist slammed down on his office desk. ”How am I supposed to tell her something like that?”

Xin Qing, like himself, was looking forward to the birth of this child. It would destroy her if he asked her to abort the child now of all times...

Before Ying Qingcang could even come up with a way to broach the subject to Xin Qing, he came home that night to find that they had an uninvited guest over at their house.

Frowning, Ying Qingcang stared at Ying Hao who was sitting in the living room. ”What the hell are you doing here?” Ying Qingcang asked. Ying Hao answered him in a tone of annoyance. ”If I hadn't shown up, would you have told me that Xin Qing is starting to have headaches again?”

Sensing the burgeoning argument between the father and son, Xin Qing quickly dragged Ying Qingcang towards the dining hall. ”Come, come. I've been waiting to have dinner with you!”

After dinner, Ying Qingcang was summoned by Ying Hao into the study.

”Give it to me straight. Are her headaches due to her pregnancy?”

Ying Qingcang's brows creased, and he stared back at his father coldly. ”Who told you that?”

”Hmph! I knew it!” A dark expression formed on Ying Hao's face. ”The Ancestral Behest has already hinted at something like this. The daughter of the Gui family is unable to bear the successor of the Ying family. Xin Qing would never be able to give birth to your children.”

A loud smash sounded as a chair toppled over after Ying Qingcang had shoved it aside. ”So that's why you're here? To tell me that my wife will never be able to bear my children?”

”Yes,” Ying Hao said with a serious look on his face, completely unaffected by Ying Qingcang's violent conduct. ”The Ying family cannot be without a successor. I don't care how you do it. You must produce a son.”

Noticing the glower on Ying Qingcang's face, Ying Hao softened his tone. ”Come on, Ah Cang,” Ying Hao said, ”just find some random woman. I'm sure that will do. Just pay her a sum of money after she gives birth. That way you can gain custody of the child and raise it together with Xin Qing. Your lives will still go on the same way. There won't be any difference at all!”

At the door of the study, Xin Qing stood there with her hands pressed to her chest with her face completely pale. She could no longer hear Ying Qingcang's reply after that. All she could hear was a constant buzzing punctuated by the occasional roar by Ying Hao. By the time she regained her senses, she had already walked all the way back to the bedroom.

Xin Qing sat down limply on the bed, tears blurring her vision.

”Ah Cang... What are we supposed to do?”