Chapter 76 So let's just get rid of them all.

"...Do you think I don't love you?"

Lu Jinyuan's voice seemed to be blown in by the cold wind outside, drifting lightly into her ears and waking Jiang Qingying from her deep thoughts and blank mind.

Jiang Qingying looked at him with misty eyes and asked, "Do you love me?"

Before he could speak, she unleashed a torrent of words: "You used your schemes to force me into marriage with you, but Lu Jinyuan, I can use the same tricks you know. I, Jiang Qingying, am not someone to be trifled with. If I have no love for you whatsoever, I will not marry you even if a knife is held to my throat."

"But what about you? Do you love me? Love needs to be proven. Is everything you've done today proof that you love me?"

“Proof…” Lu Jinyuan’s eyes gradually reddened. He stood up and spun around in place. “What else do I need to prove? Can’t you feel all the good things I’ve done for you?”

"You may love me, but I'm not an inanimate object. I can feel how good you've been to me lately, all the effort you've put into me. I once thought you loved me very much, but Lu Jinyuan, you slapped me today, and it hurt so much, it woke me up completely. In so many moments like this, you've pushed me far away, undoubtedly telling me that I'm not important to you at all. I'm starting to wonder if you're being so good to me because I'm pregnant."

"Jiang Qingying!" The last sentence seemed to sting him. He tried to control his temper and gently scolded, "It's not fair to me to think like that."

Jiang Qingying's temper flared up as well. She suddenly stood up and said to him, word by word, "I don't want to play along with you anymore. I'm so fed up with this feeling of loving you but not loving you. Apart from sleeping with you and carrying your child, how am I any different from anyone else!"

She can accept his love and dream about a happy future for the three of them; she can also accept his lack of love and continue playing along with him.

But she just can't accept the feeling of loving someone and not loving them, because it would cause her to get caught in a cycle of self-destruction, constantly searching for any trace of love even in the absence of love.

Since I can't have both, I might as well not have either.

"Our marriage has become a game in your eyes?" Lu Jinyuan looked at her incredulously. "I did use scheming to get you to marry me, but I swear that I have always been extremely serious about you, about the children, and about this marriage."

When anger rises, it's hard to avoid saying things without thinking, and hurtful words can easily slip out.

Unexpectedly, it was their child, who shared their blood, who ended the argument.

Jiang Qingying was in excruciating pain in her stomach. She clutched her stomach, her face was pale, and her legs gradually went weak, making her want to squat down.

Seeing this, Lu Jinyuan suddenly woke up from a dream, feeling so remorseful that he wanted to slap himself. He hurriedly stepped forward to support her, saying, "Let's go to the hospital."

Jiang Qingying bit her lower lip tightly, her pale, almost transparent face trembling slightly. Still angry, she subconsciously pushed him away.

"Stop it." Ignoring her resistance, Lu Jinyuan picked her up and ran outside, saying, "I beg you, don't take it out on me."

Jiang Qingying stopped struggling and leaned weakly against him, hearing him shout urgently and frantically to the butler, "Prepare the car."

The housekeeper and driver were well-trained, and the group quickly drove to the hospital.

In the back seat, Lu Jinyuan held Jiang Qingying in his arms and kept urging the driver to drive faster.

Jiang Qingying placed her hand on her lower abdomen. She was almost four months pregnant, but her belly wasn't showing. She couldn't feel the baby inside. Her hand was trembling. Strangely, although she had initially been very resistant to pregnancy, she was now extremely afraid, unable to imagine what would happen if something went wrong.

Tears streamed down her face as she silently apologized to her baby and prayed in her heart.

Lu Jinyuan's long, slender, and delicately shaped fingers trembled violently as he wiped away her tears. He then kissed her forehead with his thin lips, repeatedly comforting her, "Don't be afraid, everything will be alright."

From home to the hospital emergency room, it took no more than fifteen minutes, but Lu Jinyuan felt as if he had walked through hell. His internal organs were in excruciating pain, and he experienced Jiang Qingying's state of mind today in this way.

Outside the emergency room, he sat on a cold chair, his head tilted back, the back of his head against the cold wall. The incandescent light above made his already pale face appear even more cold and ashen. The glaring light made him close his eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing incessantly. After enduring for a moment, he exhaled a heavy, bitter breath, replacing the tears that were about to spill.

The empty corridor was deathly silent; even the air seemed to have stopped flowing. He heard the deep regret in his heart.

He really made a mistake.

After what seemed like the hundredth time she had repented, the light on the emergency room door finally went out, and then the door opened. Jiang Qingying was wheeled out and transferred to a ward, where one of the doctors reported the situation.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lu. The pregnant woman's miscarriage was caused by emotional distress and lack of rest. Now that her condition has stabilized, she should rest well and keep herself in a good mood. She should avoid getting too excited."

Lu Jinyuan nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, you've worked hard."

Upon arriving at the ward, the doctor gave me several instructions before I left.

Jiang Qingying was still conscious and looked at him without any emotion.

Lu Jinyuan gently touched her cheek with his fingertips and said softly, "The doctor said you need to rest. Close your eyes and go to sleep."

Jiang Qingxiang didn't hear him. She turned her head to the side and murmured weakly, "You can go."

"Please don't send me away," Lu Jinyuan pleaded in a low voice.

"You know what? Just now in the emergency room, a thought popped into my head: if anything happens to the baby, I might divorce you." She knew all too well what she had to say to make him willing to leave.

Lu Jinyuan's eyes widened, filled with panic. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, only remembering that the doctor had said not to let her get emotional again.

"I really don't want to see you right now." Jiang Qingying sighed, turned her head back to see him, "I think we both need some space to think things through."

After a long silence, he finally spoke weakly, "Then what will you do?"

"Call your mom and have her come over."

"...good."

When can I come to see you?

"You're not staying for more than a few days, so you don't need to come."

Lu Jinyuan was extremely unwilling, but in the end he compromised. He sat silently by the bed for half a minute, then stiffly got up and walked out of the ward.

After calling Qin Qing and explaining the situation, he didn't go in again. He just stood in the corridor facing the door, waiting for Qin Qing to arrive before leaving as she instructed.