Chapter 83

Lian Yijian reacted quickly and stood in front of Xia Zhongqin.

"Xia Zhongqin, if you hadn't insisted on taking Yueyue to Guanqian Street to eat Shanhuan, she wouldn't have lost her qualifications as a mother."

Zhang Xiaoshan almost roared these words from his throat.

Xia Zhongqin had thought that the most serious thing would definitely be miscarriage, and she already blamed herself. But when she heard Zhang Xiaoshan say that Ji Yue had lost the qualification to be a mother, Xia Zhongqin felt her head buzzing and her mind went blank. If she had the ability to predict the future, she would definitely not invite Ji Yue to eat Shanhuanhuan Hotpot in Guanqian Street.

"Xiaoshan, I understand how you feel right now. Calm down. Zhong Qin's waist is seriously injured and she needs to stay in bed for half a month. What happened today was not something we could have anticipated..."

Before Lian Yijian could finish his words, a fist hit his shoulder hard. Xia Zhongqin cried out in pain, "Brother Yijian." She wanted to reach out and support his already thin and shaking body, but she couldn't move at all.

Lian Yijian felt deeply sorry for someone. The pain of losing a child was deep in his bones, not to mention that Zhang Xiaoshan and Ji Yue would never have their own children again. This was really cruel for two people who loved each other so much. Men and women who loved each other deeply wanted to give birth to a child.

"Xiaoshan, if beating me can eliminate the resentment you have towards Zhong Qin, then go ahead. I have no complaints."

"If beating you to death can bring back the baby in Yueyue's belly and the qualification to be a mother, I will really beat you to death." Zhang Xiaoshan glared fiercely at Xia Zhongqin who was lying on the hospital bed behind Lian Yijian. After saying these two words, he left. Immediately afterwards, there was a "bang" sound of the door closing.

Xia Zhongqin lived in a double room, and the bed next to her was empty.

After Zhang Xiaoshan slammed the door of the ward shut, Lian Yijian sat down on the stool next to the bed again.

Xia Zhongqin took great effort to finally stretch out her left hand.

Seeing what Xia Zhongqin wanted to express, Lian Yijian hurriedly held her left hand with his right hand.

"Brother Yi Jian, thank you for defending me just now. Do you want to see a doctor for your arm? What happened at Shanhuanhuan Hotpot Restaurant tonight was so sudden that my mind is still blank. Brother Yi Jian, were you notified by the hospital?"

Lian Yijian didn't hold Xia Zhongqin's hand tightly as usual. This time, he used very little force. "Silly girl, you're my sweetheart, why are you being so reserved with me? It was Master Xia who told me to do that."

After hearing the three words "Uncle Xia", Xia Zhongqin looked confused.

Lian Yijian told Xia Zhongqin the details of how Xia Kaiqun informed him. It turned out that Xia Kaiqun also took Zhao Panpan to the Shanhuanhuan Hotpot Restaurant on Guanqian Street tonight. As soon as the two of them entered the first-floor lobby of Shanhuanhuan, they happened to see Ji Yue being pushed down the stairs by Lu Xiaojuan, and she, who was standing behind Ji Yue, was also knocked down by Ji Yue.

"Zhong Qin, is there anything you particularly want to eat? I'll go out and buy you something. I know you're in pain all over and have no appetite, but you still have to force yourself to eat something so you can recover faster."

It was rare for Lian Yijian, who usually spoke very little, to say so many words in one breath. From the moment he sat down on the stool beside the bed, his eyes never left Xia Zhongqin. He just looked at her with deep affection. The tone of his voice was also very gentle, without any coldness at all.

Seeing that Lian Yijian had said so much, Xia Zhongqin ordered a bowl of shepherd's purse wonton stew from Dongwu Noodle House.

When Lian Yijian stood up to go out to buy wonton soup, Xia Zhongqin said, "Brother Yijian, please go visit Ji Yue on my behalf. If possible, please get a wheelchair from the doctor. Brother Yijian, push me to see her. I'll apologize to her in person. I'll feel guilty for what happened to her tonight. What do the police say about Lu Xiaojuan?"

Lian Yijian leaned over and kissed Xia Zhongqin's forehead first, then her cheek. "We were thinking alike, Zhongqin. I'll go out and buy some nutritional supplements for Ji Yue and then visit her when I come back. You need to stay in bed for half a month to recuperate. You can't move around during this time. There's still a long time to go, and we'll have a chance to make amends later. Lu Xiaojuan has been detained for intentional injury."

"You should take a rest and don't think too much. I will arrange and handle everything, whether it is work or life. You just need to take care of your health." Lian Yijian tidied up the bangs on Xia Zhongqin's forehead and then left the ward.

Hearing the sound of the door closing gently, Xia Zhongqin reached out to take the phone on the bedside table to call Ji Yue, but she couldn't muster any strength. She could only give up. She didn't know which would come first, the accident or tomorrow. The most important thing was to cherish the present and live every day well. Regretting for what had happened and worrying about tomorrow that had not yet come were all manifestations of internal friction.

Her heart felt much more open after Lian Yijian's enlightenment. She could only make up for the accidental harm caused to Ji Yue when she had the chance in the future.

Next to Xia Zhongqin's ward was a single room. Ji Yue, who had just come out of the operating room, was lying lifeless on the bed. Her face was frighteningly pale, and her eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling. Her tears had already dried up when the doctor took the lifeless embryo out of her uterus on the operating table, and not a single drop could flow out.

The once handsome man sitting beside the hospital bed had aged almost ten years in an instant because of this sudden disaster. He took Ji Yue's right hand and placed it on his chest, then raised his left hand and swore, "No matter what my Yue Yue becomes, I will always pamper her and love her. If I break this oath, God..."

"Brother Shan." Ji Yue's sudden voice interrupted Zhang Xiaoshan's oath.

"This is my karma. I shouldn't have interfered with your marriage and snatched you away from Lele and his mother, so God punished us with our unborn child. I wish I had listened to my sister. I was too stubborn and not only hurt myself, but also caused my sister to get hurt as well."

Zhang Xiaoshan, whose heart was already broken, heard Ji Yue's sharp words again. He looked at Ji Yue, whose face was still expressionless, with a face full of pain. "Yueyue, if you regret following me, it's not too late now. Don't worry, I will compensate you and will never bother you again."

As Zhang Xiaoshan blurted out these thoughtless words, Ji Yue, who had been staring at the ceiling, suddenly retracted her gaze. She felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She wanted to slap the man sitting beside her bed, but found that she didn't even have the strength to lift her hand. In the end, she could only muster all her strength and shouted, "Zhang Xiaoshan, are you talking nonsense? I used to be a woman with bottom lines and principles. If it weren't for my love for you, I would never have been with you even though I knew you were married. I have never regretted falling in love with you and being with you. If I do regret anything, it's that I didn't meet you before you got married. Then what happened today wouldn't have happened."

As the word "了" fell from Ji Yue's lips, Zhang Xiaoshan held Ji Yue's slightly plump hands tightly. He stared at Ji Yue with deep affection in his eyes: "Yueyue, I love you too. My love for you will not change with the passage of time. Time reveals a person's true character. When you recover, we will go to the End of the Earth in Hainan, which is the place you wanted to go. When we go on our honeymoon, we can go to other places you want to go. From now on, as long as Yueyue wants to eat, want, and play, I will do my best to satisfy you. If there are no conditions, I will find a way to create them. For the rest of my life, I will pamper you and love you."

"Brother Shan." Two drops of clear tears slid from the corners of Ji Yue's eyes to her face.

I originally thought that my tears had dried up on the operating table and would not flow again, but there was still a soft spot in my heart that always stayed for the person I cared about the most. Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't bear it anymore, he bent down and fiercely blocked Xia Zhongqin's mouth with his thin lips.

Five minutes later, the two reluctantly separated. Zhang Xiaoshan got on the hospital bed in slippers and held Ji Yue in his arms.

"How's the situation over there, Brother Shan? This isn't my fault, Brother Shan. You can't vent your anger on me. It's me who has implicated her. Even if my sister and I didn't go to Shanhuanhuan on Guanqian Street to eat hotpot tonight, if I met Lele's mother somewhere else, she would treat me the same way. I heard you say Lele's mother was detained. Who is taking care of Lele now? Are you going back to see Lele tonight?"

Every time Ji Yue finished a sentence, Zhang Xiaoshan would hold her tighter. By the time she finished speaking, she was almost out of breath in Zhang Xiaoshan's embrace, but she didn't push him away or say anything. Instead, she looked like she was enjoying it and let him hold her tightly in his arms.

Zhang Xiaoshan answered Ji Yue's questions one by one, and finally said, "My Yueyue is always so kind. Lele's grandmother is taking care of her. She just came out of the operating room. Yueyue, you said you had no appetite and couldn't eat. How about some millet porridge now?"

Ji Yue did not refuse. Zhang Xiaoshan opened the medical mobile dining table that came with the bed and took the thermos cup on the bedside table.

He opened the thermos, took out millet porridge and scrambled eggs, and fed Ji Yue small mouthfuls with a spoon.

Ji Yue barely ate half of the millet porridge in her thermos cup and couldn't eat any more. She suddenly remembered that Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank was going to launch its first functional management module, "Seal Management," tonight. She hurriedly reminded him, "Brother Shan, the seal management function of Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank is going online tonight. Do you want to go back and watch over it?"

"What the hell are you doing? The Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank project has changed project managers. Let Xia Cheng handle it. I'm going to learn from President Lian. When they can't handle it anymore and beg me for mercy, I'll step in. Yueyue, take good care of yourself. Don't worry about the project or work. I did something wrong when I went to Xia Zhongqin's ward tonight. I shouldn't have said that to President Lian..."

A few soft knocks on the door interrupted what Zhang Xiaoshan was about to say, and the door was opened from the outside.

Lian Yijian walked in carrying three large boxes of nutritional supplements and a fruit basket.