Chapter 155: Who else would she bite if not you?
The words "miscarriage has been disturbed" struck Ningxin like a thunderbolt.
She shuddered, her grip on the sheets tightening abruptly. Her long, neatly trimmed fingernails, deliberately grown long, almost broke off.
"No...impossible!"
She screamed hoarsely, her voice filled with terror, "I'm carrying twin boys! The Zhang family's heir! How could the pregnancy be in trouble? Doctor, please take another look! You must have made a mistake!"
The doctor on duty had seen many pregnant women like this before. He simply frowned and instructed the nurse, "Take her for an ultrasound and a blood test to check her progesterone levels."
The nurse responded and hurriedly prepared to push the bed.
Ning Xin struggled frantically, refusing to lie down, and kept shouting incoherently, "I won't go! I'm not sick! I just fell! My baby is fine! Don't try to lie to me!"
Her outburst aggravated her abdomen, causing another wave of excruciating pain that made her vision blur and her body go limp.
She had no strength left to struggle and could only lie paralyzed on the bed, panting heavily, tears mixed with cold sweat streaming down her face.
Several elderly women who had been watching the commotion hadn't left yet, and seeing her like this, they couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
"What a tragedy! Such a good child, why do you have to make him suffer like this?"
"Exactly, she's been acting recklessly just because she's pregnant with a son. Now look what's happened, she's probably going to get into trouble."
"Dr. Ning didn't touch her at all. She was the one who rushed up to stop him. She deserved to fall."
"As the old saying goes, the more trouble a person causes, the less likely they are to be smug. Look at how she acted when she got pregnant with her son. Now look what happened, she just took her son away. It's karma."
These words pierced Ningxin's ears like needles.
She wanted to argue, but she didn't even have the strength to open her mouth.
I could only watch helplessly as the nurse wheeled me away.
In the ultrasound room, the cold probe of the instrument was pressed against her lower abdomen. Ning Xin's heart was in her throat as she stared intently at the screen, even though she couldn't understand the images at all.
The doctor stared silently at the screen, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. After a long while, he finally withdrew his probe, his tone calm yet carrying an undeniable certainty: "The gestational sac has detached; neither baby can be saved."
With a loud bang.
Ning Xin felt her mind go blank, as if all her strength had been drained away.
She stared blankly at the doctor, her lips trembling, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
"What...did you say?" Her voice was terribly dry, like a rooster with its neck being choked.
The doctor repeated, "You miscarried. You lost both babies. This was a threatened miscarriage caused by a violent impact. In addition, you always stayed in the hospital, had irregular sleep patterns, and experienced too much emotional fluctuation. You didn't take good care of the pregnancy at all. Even if you hadn't fallen this time, the babies might not have survived."
These words completely shattered Ning Xin's spirit.
She sat bolt upright in bed, lunging at the doctor's arm with a frantic rage in her eyes: "You're lying! You must be lying! I was carrying a son! Twin sons! How could they be gone? Give me back my son! Give me back my son!"
The doctor winced in pain as she gripped his hand, frowning as he shook it off: "Calm down! These are the test results; what's the point of lying to you?"
Ning Xin was thrown back onto the bed, completely devastated.
She covered her face and let out a heart-wrenching cry.
The cries were filled with despair and regret, making one's heart sink.
She reflected on her actions over the past few days.
She recalled how she had acted arrogantly in the hospital because she was pregnant, looking down on the old woman from the countryside and mocking Ning Tang.
Remembering how he secretly collected money from his family, he planned to abort the child and run away if Zhang Yanfei couldn't get out.
retribution.
This is all retribution.
Ningxin cried so hard she almost passed out. The pain in her stomach grew stronger with each wave, and warm liquid began to gush out from her lower body.
The nurse rushed over to treat her, sighing as she worked, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have taken better care of her back then. Why did she have to suffer like this?"
Hearing this, Ningxin cried even harder.
She has nothing left now.
The child is gone, and Zhang Yanfei is under investigation; whether she will be released is still unknown.
Even if he gets out, he'll probably beat her to death if he finds out he's ruined the lives of his two long-awaited sons.
Those tickets and money?
What use are all those things if you don't have children?
Ning Xin lay on the bed like a puppet whose skeleton had been removed, her body ice-cold, and she gradually lost even the strength to cry.
The ward gradually quieted down.
Only Ningxin's increasingly loud sobs could be heard.
After an unknown amount of time, the ward door was pushed open, and several people in uniforms walked in. The leader, holding a piece of paper, walked solemnly to Ningxin's bedside.
"Ningxin, your husband Zhang Yanfei is suspected of embezzling public funds and accepting bribes. The evidence is conclusive, and he has been formally arrested. This is the arrest warrant. Please sign it."
Ning Xin suddenly raised her head and looked at the paper with black words printed on it, as if the last bit of life had been drained from her.
Her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a single word.
The child was lost, and the man was arrested.
Everything she was so proud of shattered completely at that moment.
Therefore, Ning Xin couldn't understand how she could live her life like this after being reborn.
She should have chosen to marry Xu Qiaofeng back then.
In that case, her life as an official's wife from her previous life would still be hers. How could it possibly fall to that bitch Ning Tang?
In her past life, she married Xu Qiaofeng in a grand and glamorous way, stepping on Ning Tang's face.
At that time, Xu Qiaofeng did not have the high position and power he has now, but he was a promising young talent.
Relying on her powerful status, she pretended to be gentle and virtuous in public, but secretly she did a lot of things to trip up Ning Tang.
Finally, seeing Ning Tang alone in the countryside, married to an old bachelor, being beaten every day, even when she was pregnant, she was still beaten.
Later, Xu Qiaofeng rose through the ranks, and she followed suit, enjoying wealth and luxury.
Ning Tang, however, could only endure hardship in the countryside, married to an old man who loved to drink, and lived a mundane life.
Back then, every time she saw Ning Tang, she would feign pity and offer a few words of charity. Seeing Ning Tang's forbearance, she felt incredibly pleased.
But who could have imagined that, after being reborn, she would lose her mind!
Knowing full well that Xu Qiaofeng would achieve great things in the future, and knowing full well that Ning Tang would eventually take her place, she still chose Zhang Yanfei because she was tired of Xu Qiaofeng's strictness and rigidity in her previous life, and because she was attracted by Zhang Yanfei's sweet words and his military prestige!
She thought she had the script in her hands, that she could avoid all the pitfalls, and that she could live a more glamorous life than in her previous life.
She thought that by being pregnant with two sons, she could keep Zhang Yanfei firmly under her control, walk sideways in the Zhang family, and trample Ning Tang underfoot, ensuring she could never rise again.
In the end, everything was wrong.
Zhang Yanfei is no good man at all. He seems to be very obedient to her, but behind her back he has been doing dirty work, embezzling public funds and accepting bribes. How come she didn't find out about these things before?
She was so busy enjoying the false prestige he provided and showing off her pregnancy with a son that she didn't even notice the shady dealings he was up to.
There's also Xu Qiaofeng.
After her rebirth, she deliberately distanced herself from Xu Qiaofeng and even spoke ill of Ning Tang in front of him, thinking that she would cut off Ning Tang's hopes and also break the old path she had followed in her previous life.
But she never expected that Xu Qiaofeng would actually end up with Ning Tang!
What makes Ning Tang so special?
Based on her cold, aloof face?
Based on her background as an orphan?
Or was it because of the director position she earned in the hospital?
Ning Xin grew increasingly resentful, so much so that her teeth itched and her nails dug deep into her palms, drawing blood without her noticing.
She remembered that in her past life, Ning Tang missed several opportunities because of her scheming, and in the end, she became depressed and couldn't even keep her child.
But what about this lifetime?
Ning Tang not only secured her position as director, but also became pregnant with Xu Qiaofeng's child. Xu Qiaofeng treated her with utmost sincerity, and even when he was on a mission, he would try his best to have someone bring things back and tell her to take good care of herself during her pregnancy.
This kind of treatment should have been hers!
How did it become like this?
With her child gone and Zhang Yanfei arrested, she not only became a despised and abandoned woman, but also had to bear the mess left behind by Zhang Yanfei.
The public funds he embezzled, and the evidence of him accepting bribes, might even implicate her.
What should she do then?
Will he end up in jail with Zhang Yanfei, or will he be pointed at and gossiped about, ultimately ending up homeless?
Ning Xin dared not think about it, nor did she want to.
She sat up abruptly in bed, ignoring the sharp pain in her abdomen, a glint of madness flashing in her eyes.
This can't be let go. She's a reborn person; she shouldn't have lost so miserably!
Ning Tang!
It's all because of that bitch Ning Tang!
If it weren't for Ning Tang, how could she have drifted apart from Xu Qiaofeng?
If it weren't for Ning Tang, how could she have gotten into an argument with those old women in the hospital, ended up falling, and lost her child?
If it weren't for Ning Tang, why would Zhang Yanfei be under investigation?
It must be Ning Tang's doing!
It must be Ning Tang who was jealous that she was pregnant with two sons and that she was living a better life than her, so she secretly tripped her up, not only causing her to miscarry but also reporting Zhang Yanfei!
The more Ning Xin thought about it, the more convinced she became. She gritted her teeth and a twisted smile appeared on her lips.
“Ning Tang…”
Ning Xin murmured the name softly, her voice filled with venomous hatred.
"Do you think you've won? Do you think that by marrying Xu Qiaofeng and getting pregnant with his child, you can rest easy?"
Ning Xin struggled to get out of bed, but because she was too weak, she fell back onto the bed as soon as she moved, wincing in pain and sweating profusely.
But she didn't give up. She supported herself on the edge of the bed and moved her body little by little, her eyes fixed on the door of the ward.
She couldn't just give up like that.
She still has a chance.
As long as she can get out, as long as she can find evidence, as long as she can expose Ning Tang's true colors, she can take back everything that belongs to her!
Xu Qiaofeng is hers, the position of an official's wife is hers, and all the wealth and honor, and the envious glances of others, should all be hers!
Ning Tang is nothing but a cheapskate who takes advantage of others; why does she have all of this?
The people in uniform inside the room, seeing Ning Xin sign the papers, ignored her erratic behavior and turned to leave.
Back in the detention center.
Zhang Yanfei had been locked up for several days without a change of clothes. He usually had the air of a playboy, but now he looked more disheveled than a stray dog on the street.
He saw that those who had imprisoned and interrogated him had left and then returned.
Their eyes immediately lit up.
Zhang Yanfei asked anxiously, "How are they? How are my sons?"
"Your son?"
“You don’t have a son. When we went there, we only saw a crazy woman.”
Zhang Yanfei knew that this woman was Ning Xin. He said, "My son is in this woman's belly. Has she been taking good care of herself during this time? Are my sons still safe?"
Upon hearing this, the interrogator couldn't help but sneer and threw the transcript he was holding onto the table.
A sharp cracking sound rang out, startling Zhang Yanfei so much that he trembled all over.
"Proper pregnancy care? Safe?"
The man crossed his arms and looked down at Zhang Yanfei, who was huddled in the corner, his tone full of mockery.
"Zhang Yanfei, you can't even protect yourself, and you still have the mind to care about your precious son? Let me tell you, Ning Xin not only failed to save those two children, but she's gone mad!"
"What?"
Zhang Yanfei sprang up from the ground as if he had been kicked hard.
He lunged at the iron railing, gripping the cold metal bars tightly with both hands until his knuckles turned white.
"You're talking nonsense! Impossible! Ning Xin was carrying two boys, the very foundation of our Zhang family! How could she have lost them? You must be lying to me!"
What good would it do me to lie to you?
The interrogator, with a cold face, pulled a piece of paper from the case file and threw it in front of Zhang Yanfei.
"This is the hospital's diagnosis. Ningxin got into an argument with someone today, tripped and fell, causing severe bleeding. She lost both fetuses. She's in the hospital now, and just now she was muttering to herself; she's completely confused!"
Zhang Yanfei stared intently at the diagnosis certificate. The handwriting on it seemed to come alive, distorting before his eyes, making it impossible for him to read.
He staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes frighteningly empty.
My son is gone?
His two sons, whom he had been eagerly awaiting, were gone just like that.
Zhang Yanfei recalled Ning Xin's smug look when she first became pregnant.
He recalled how he had patted his chest and boasted to his brothers that he would have two sons in one go, so that the Zhang family would have an heir.
He even asked someone to bring him a lot of supplements and forced Ningxin to eat them every day, hoping that the two children could be born healthy.
But what about now?
Everything is gone.
The interrogator looked at him like this without any sympathy, and continued coldly.
"Furthermore, we have solid evidence of your embezzlement and bribery. Ning Xin handed over all the embezzled funds and receipts you hid at home to protect yourself. Do you think you can still turn things around?"
"She paid?" Zhang Yanfei suddenly raised her head, her eyes bloodshot, as if she wanted to devour someone.
"That wicked woman! I've treated her well! I bought her new clothes and cooked her delicious food, and she dared to betray me!"
"You treated her well?" The interrogator seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
“Zhang Yanfei, put your hand on your heart and tell me, where did you get all that money? You embezzled money from your subordinates' sons, you accepted bribes from others, and you did all these shameful things against your conscience! Ning Xin followed you only for your false pretense of respectability. When it comes down to life and death, who else will she turn on if not you?”
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