Chapter 237 That's called scheming

"Um."

Li Banxia put her hand back and said softly, "You just had surgery, and the sutures on your stomach haven't been absorbed yet, so you can't touch them. Tell me what you want, and I'll get it for you."

Su Hongying started to sob.

She said, "Mom, Zhang Haijun's mother doesn't treat me like a human being at all. No, their whole family doesn't treat me like a human being! They treat me like a free nanny, making me do so many chores, not giving me food, and saying they're afraid the baby will be too big for a natural birth!"

“Zhang Haijun’s mother pushed me. I was so pregnant, and she pushed me! Just because I didn’t eat the meat that had fallen on the ground, the mother and son ganged up on me! Mom, I almost died. I fell and broke a hole in my head, and my stomach hit the ground. I bled more blood than I’ve ever seen in my life!”

Su Hongying looked at Li Banxia, ​​grabbed her hand, and said in a voice full of fear, "Mom, I was almost killed by them. They didn't want to take me to the hospital. They wanted me to give birth at home. There was so much blood! They... are worse than animals!"

Su Hongying dared not recall it; she was truly terrified.

At the time, her clothes were almost soaked in blood from the waist down, and her vision kept going black. When she got to the hospital, she couldn't even open her eyelids. She heard the doctor keep saying, "Blood transfusion, keep transfusing blood, where's the paperwork? Why hasn't it been signed yet? Do they even want to save her... What do you mean by saving the baby? Ridiculous! The baby in the mother's womb isn't a real person until it's born. We doctors are here to treat and save lives, not to kill!"

"...Still not signing?! Can't you reason with them? Have they gone mad? This is a living, breathing human life; if this drags on any longer, it'll be two lives lost..."

Su Hongying didn't want to die; she struggled and desperately tried to stay awake.

I don't know how long I waited, but then I heard the nurse rush in excitedly, "She's signed it! We can start the surgery now. The mother is here and has already signed the surgical risk consent form..."

She was even happier than the nurses, feeling that she was finally spared from dying.

Su Hongying never wanted to experience that feeling of being on the verge of death again in her life.

She tried to calm herself down, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Her breathing became rapid, and her pale, bloodless face looked even paler. The weakness she exuded was frightening.

"mom……"

Li Banxia's heart skipped a beat. She took her hand and patted it gently to comfort her, "Don't rush, tell me slowly, Mom is listening."

Su Hongying's eyes were red.

"...You're fine now. The doctor said that as long as you rest well, you'll gradually recover."

She tried to let go, but Su Hongying followed her fingers, gripping them tightly and looking at her expectantly.

Li Banxia recalled the image of her daughter when she was little, smiling as she hugged her neck and affectionately kissed her cheek.

The soft, tender touch was still on my cheek, but my daughter had already brushed with death...

Li Banxia sighed.

"When you see your sister-in-law tomorrow, remember to thank her. It was she who persuaded the Zhang family to bring you to the hospital, and it was also she who found the doctor, which led the doctor to us, allowing me to get to the hospital in time to sign the surgical risk consent form."

"Um."

Su Hongying nodded obediently and said, "Fan Liangyu is smarter than me. She kept her dowry and bride price firmly in her own hands. She also has a job. Although she doesn't earn much money, she earns her living on her own and is very powerful in the Zhang family, unlike me..."

Su Hongying paused for a moment, "...At her parents' home, she only knew how to enjoy herself and didn't work or want to go to work. She thought that after getting married, she would be supported by her husband and her in-laws would take good care of her. She thought she didn't have to do anything and could just enjoy herself. But what happened?"

It's nothing.

Thinking of Zhang Haijun's appearance, Su Hongying called out to Li Banxia with red eyes.

I asked her, "Mom, why do people become so repulsive? We got married because we liked and loved each other, so why have we turned our lives into this in less than a year?"

"Who told you that loving each other guarantees a lifetime together? Relationships are unpredictable; even deep affection in youth can turn into mutual loathing. Take you and Zhang Haijun..."

Li Banxia looked at her and said, "Do you think he loves you? How could someone who has truly loved you bear to hurt you like this? You were given a critical condition notice, and the doctor begged him to sign it, saying that if he didn't, both you and your unborn child might die, but he didn't sign it. You say he loves you... Where is his love for you reflected?"

Su Hongying looked at Li Banxia with blank eyes.

After a long pause, he murmured, "I thought he was ashamed that I didn't have a job and couldn't support the family..."

Li Banxia frowned.

He said calmly, "Is this the first time he's found out you don't like going to work?"

Su Hongying shook her head.

Of course not, he knew, he knew it all along.

Back then, she could go back to her parents' home to beg for money, and she could move her parents' belongings back to her husband's home. She had money to spend and things to take. All they had to do was say a few nice words, and she could have whatever she wanted, haha...

Su Hongying gave a mocking laugh and called out to her mother, "I'm such a fool."

Li Banxia remained silent.

Su Hongying looked up at her and said, word by word, "Mom, I want to divorce Zhang Haijun."

Li Banxia did not respond to her statement.

They simply said, "You gave birth to a boy yesterday, so they might not let you take the child with you."

"I don't want to."

Su Hongying said, "I feel disgusted just thinking about that family."

"Have you thought it through?" Li Banxia asked.

Su Hongying pursed her lips and nodded.

Li Banxia nodded, "Okay, your health is too poor right now. Wait until you're better, preferably after you've finished your postpartum period and can go out in the wind, before you go through with the divorce."

"Okay, I'll listen to Mom."

Su Hongying squeezed Li Banxia's hand, as if trying to draw strength from it. After a while, she dared to look directly into Li Banxia's eyes.

She said, “Mom, I know I was wrong. I actually wanted to go back to you many times, but I was too embarrassed. I felt ashamed. Yesterday, when I was struggling on the brink of death, I thought about many things from my childhood. Your selfless kindness to us was truly good. The kind of kindness that the Zhang family showed with ulterior motives was just scheming.”

"It's not too late for you to understand now."

Li Banxia patted her and said, "Go to sleep. You just had surgery and need to rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."

"Mom, you're not angry with me anymore?" Su Hongying looked at Li Banxia hopefully.

Li Banxia glanced at her and asked her a question, "If you stick an iron nail into a tree and pull it out ten years later, can the damage the nail caused to the tree be erased?"

Su Hongying shook her head.

Li Banxia tucked the blanket around her, sat on the chair at the head of the bed, patted the blanket gently, and said, "Go to sleep."

Su Hongying hummed in agreement and didn't ask the question again.

However, he didn't let go of Li Banxia's hand, turned his head to the other side, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes onto the quilt, and then lay down to sleep.

The next day, Su Laoda and Su Laosan came to the hospital to relieve Li Banxia so she could go back to rest.

Both of them were very happy to see that Su Hongying had woken up.

Su said, "Observe for a few more days, then go home to recuperate after childbirth. We've hired Grandma Qiu; she's the best at taking care of postpartum women. Your body will definitely recover."

Su Laosan looked at Su Hongying suspiciously and asked her, "Have you really realized your mistake? You're not going back to the Zhang family anymore, and you don't want the child either?"