Su Chenhao nodded: "I hope so. It's getting late, let's hurry back. I wonder if Uncle and the others have gone home yet."

Qiao Xiaoni quickened her pace as she thought of her parents waiting for her at the store.

Hospital.

After a long and difficult journey, Zhao Yue finally found the ward, but before she could even enter, Wang Qiang pushed her out, and then the door closed.

"Get out of here and don't disturb the child's rest."

"Let me see my son. Is the surgery over? How is he? Has he woken up?" Zhao Yue asked urgently. She had inquired downstairs and learned that her child had undergone a three-hour surgery. She felt so much regret, so much regret—why hadn't she taken him to the hospital earlier?

Thinking about what had happened before, Wang Qiang's anger flared up temporarily, and he slapped her left cheek again. Her right cheek was already swollen, so this slap made it symmetrical...

"Because you are a gambler, you almost killed your child. You don't deserve to be your child's mother."

Zhao Yue spat out blood: "I did it all for this family. I can earn money back. Why can't you forgive me? It's just a few hundred yuan. Can't our five years of relationship be worth more than a few hundred yuan?"

Wang Qiang's face was contorted in pain as he gripped his head tightly with his hands.

"Zhao Yue, maybe it was a mistake for us to be together. If I had insisted a little longer, I wouldn't have married you."

I haven't been that good to you these past few years, but compared to the men around me, I've been pretty good to you, haven't I? Let's not talk about others. Wu Min worked day and night at the lumber factory to earn 20 yuan a month.

Compared to her, you're worlds apart. I've given you most of the money I earn because I want to live a good life with you.

And look what you've done to our lives! I'm so disappointed in you. Why did our child get sick? It's all because of your neglect; you almost killed him.

Let's part amicably. I don't need you to pay back the money in the house, and you can take everything I bought for you. That's it!

Zhao Yue knew it was all over; their relationship was completely over. If God could give her another chance, she would never gamble again.

"Could I peek at the child through the crack in the door?"

Since things had come to this, she decided to take it slow for now, thinking that perhaps for the sake of the child, they would still have a chance to get back together in the future.

"Okay, but you have to promise me that you'll come with me to complete the formalities tomorrow morning, and you won't tell the child about our situation until the child recovers."

If you violate this rule, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Zhao Yue nodded. She knew that she had no one to blame but herself for her current predicament; she could only blame herself for being too foolish.

Seeing that her face was swollen beyond recognition, Wang Qiang took her to the clinic to get it bandaged after checking on the child, and then sent her home.

He didn't want to scare his child, who might wake up in the middle of the night.

...

When Qiao Xiaoni returned to the store, she saw that her parents had not left yet, and their things had already been packed up.

Ma Yulan took off her apron: "How is the child? Is everything alright?"

Qiao Xiaoni glanced at the kitchen; it was much more organized than before, with everything neatly arranged, clearly having been carefully tidied up.

"Sister Yulan, why haven't you left yet?"

Ma Yulan: "Since you all left at once, the two of you couldn't manage the shop, so I stayed to help out."

Several tables of guests came this afternoon, and they ate everything we prepared, still complaining that it wasn't enough.