C121 (2/2)
The man turned his back to her, his thin body still busy and unresponsive.
”Gu Zhongshen, I want to get out!”
She shouted loudly and lost her cool. When the man turned around, one of his feet had already stepped on the cold floor. His steps were shaky as he fell forward …
The man caught her quickly. He could no longer conceal the cold look in his eyes and sternly berated her, ”What are you trying to do!? His body wasn't clear? ”So what if I can get off the bed? Pushing the wheelchair out, where else can I go other than to the hospital?!”
”The mortuary.”
The little girl's voice was blank and clean as she cut through the air. Her clear and untainted eyes were raised as she calmly gazed at him. ”I want to see them.”
She knew the baby was gone, she knew her brother had lost his breath on the spot, she knew her sister had given up after struggling all night.
Gu Zhongshen's hands that were supporting her stiffened, and after a long while, he directly carried her back to her bed. Her slim body pressed forward, and her aura intertwined with her own.
The humidifier on the bed emitted a faint white mist, covering the man's face. One could only vaguely see the loneliness on his face.
”I can't see him anymore.”
After a long while, he opened his mouth and said in a calm voice, ”It had already been cremated two days ago, and even the newborn baby hospital is unwilling to stay … If you want to, after you leave the hospital, go to the western suburbs. ”
There are cemeteries in the western suburbs.
The little girl froze, as if she couldn't react. After a full minute, she gasped and stared at him with an expression of disbelief.
”You cremated them?!”
”Why? That's my child! You didn't want them, so what right do you have to do that?!”
The emotions that she had suppressed for seven days burst out at this moment. She shook her hand away, her eyes red.
”That day, I had no other choice …”
He was powerless to explain. He could only look at the little girl beside him and see her indifference and alienation towards him. His heart suddenly ached as if a piece of it had suddenly been missing.
She was crying. Her tears fell down in large droplets, but there was a smile on her face.
It seemed to be a ridicule.
”You told me there was no choice, what about the babies? You must also tell them that it is because they have no choice but to give up on them and let Dr Mallin save Qin Xuanman! ”
Even though he was in so much pain that he was about to faint, Lu Qinan still remembered what he said.
He said, ”Save Qin Xuanman!”
He said, ”Save the child in Qin Xuanman's stomach!”
The little girl covered her chest with both hands, the pain making her unable to breathe. Her vision blurred and she saw nothing but ashes …
After a moment, the sound was stifled.
”Gu Zhongshen, I hate you so much …”
She hated him for giving up the baby, hated him for not choosing them in the end!
He hated himself for being pushed onto the ground by Qin Xuanman, hated himself for being so weak and incapable that he could not protect his child!
The man's eyes widened as he clenched his fists. He stood there without rebutting in the end.
She said she hated him.
That little girl who liked to hug him, who liked to stick in his arms and say she liked him, now hated him.
”An An...”
”Get out, I don't want to see you again.”
Her lips moved, but Gu Zhongshen did not move.
She shrunk back onto the bed, refusing to open her eyes to take another look at him. She had turned on the heating in the room, but it suddenly became cold to the bone.
The man lowered his eyes. His usually strong defensive line began to collapse at this moment. Her hatred was sufficient to make him utterly defeated.
In the afternoon, Lin Qinghuan still came to the hospital. Without saying anything, he brought Lu Qinan and pushed her to the clinic.
”The baby's number is this. I used to live in that thermostat and look at the second one from here. I stayed all night, and when I looked again the next day, the thermos was empty. ”
The nurse in charge explained in a soft voice.
She looked at the woman in the wheelchair. She had already known about her situation and desperately wanted to save her child, but she didn't expect that at the last moment, not a single one of them would be able to survive.
Lu Qinan stared at the empty thermos box, his chest was filled with pain and he was unable to breathe.
”She really …” has already been cremated? ”
”I'm not sure about that. I'm on the morning shift the next day, and the child was still early when I left at night. He disappeared when I came in the morning. Even if they didn't get to the morgue, they would usually send their parents over to take a last look. ”
She paused for a moment, and then explained with difficulty, ”Maybe Mr. Gu was too sad and was too reluctant to meet, so she sent it over.”
They didn't dare to think too deeply about it. Recently, they heard rumors that someone was stealing their child … No, no, no, the little girl was already dead.
”An An, stop looking, let's go back.”
In truth, Lin Qinghuan could not bear to see all this. The girl in front of him had a pale and stiff face, and no longer had any of her usual liveliness. The despair that seeped out from her bones made people's hearts ache …
The little girl nodded, her face devoid of life.
”I can leave the hospital in a few more days, just in time for the new year. I heard that Bao Bao has pretty much recovered, when he gets better, maybe I can come home with you. ”
Lu Qinan replied with an ”En”. She was quiet and did not make a sound.
”An An.”
Lin Qinghuan stopped and knelt in front of her, ”We … Just try your best to smile, okay? ”