The doctor saw that this living devil was angry again, so he slunk out of the ward and ran into Grandma Leng and Bai Lian coming in at the door.
"Grandma," everyone greeted.
"Go ahead," Grandma Leng nodded kindly.
"Yes." Upon hearing this, the doctors quickly withdrew.
Bai Lian met Grandma Leng at the door. She had originally planned to buy breakfast for Yan Zhi to salvage her image in Grandma's eyes, but she unexpectedly ran into Grandma. That was even better, saving her the trouble of finding a way to let Grandma know about her kindness towards Yan Zhi.
Grandma Leng and Bai Lian entered the ward and overheard the doctor talking about Yan Zhi's contraception. Bai Lian felt a surge of secret pleasure. Now that Grandma had heard about Yan Zhi's contraception, she wouldn't be on Yan Zhi's side anymore.
Bai Lian couldn't help but feel happy at the thought of Yan Zhi falling out of favor with her grandmother.
Grandma Leng walked over, sat down on the edge of the bed, and took Yan Zhi's hand, rubbing it gently.
"Zhizhi, are you using contraception?" Grandma Leng asked lovingly.
As the countdown to Yan Zhi's fall from favor began, Bai Lian couldn't help but add fuel to the fire: "Sister-in-law, you know how much Grandma and Brother are looking forward to the baby's arrival, how could you still hide it from them and use contraception?"
Grandma Leng held Yan Zhi's hand the whole time, her gaze gentle, but when she looked at Bai Lian, her eyes sharpened.
Bai Lian fell silent instantly.
Yan Zhi looked up and met Grandma Leng's kind gaze, momentarily speechless: "Grandma..."
Looking at her grandmother's face, Yan Zhi felt a little ashamed.
However, there were some things that Yan Zhi couldn't cruelly say directly to the old man.
This isn't a matter of moral blackmail. Although she's not her biological daughter, her grandmother truly loves her. She always thinks of her when she has something good and protects her without asking why. Her divorce from Leng Linli will inevitably hurt her grandmother, but at least the harm to the elderly woman should be minimized.
Grandma Leng patted Yan Zhi's hand: "It's alright, you're still young. Grandma understands that you two still want to enjoy your time together as a couple. It's okay to postpone the pregnancy. Although Grandma is over seventy, I can wait to hold my grandson. Zhizhi, I'm sorry to have wronged you. No matter what you do, it's Xiao Li's fault. You have your reasons for doing this, but Zhizhi, even if you're angry, please don't give up on him."
Grandma Leng spoke earnestly to Yan Zhi, without uttering a single word of blame.
Grandma's lack of blame made Yan Zhi feel even more guilty.
However, what Yan Zhi didn't say was that she had already decided to give up.
Leng Linli didn't love her and refused to accept her. Even though she had Leng Linli's child, it was all in vain.
Children should not be tools used to bind a couple; their arrival should stem from love.
Yan Zhi opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent.
"Don't say anything more. You'll be discharged this afternoon and come back to the old house with Grandma for a few days. Look how cold your little hands are. It breaks Grandma's heart to touch them. Grandma will give you some good nourishment when we get back." Grandma Leng said as she rubbed Yan Zhi's cold hands, trying to warm them up.
Returning to the old house meant that she and Leng Linli would have to sleep in the same bed but not dream the same dream, pretending to be a loving couple in name only. Yan Zhi subconsciously looked at Leng Linli, hoping that he could say a few words on her behalf, but Leng Linli kept his head down and his expression was indifferent from beginning to end.
Since Leng Linli didn't speak up for her, Yan Zhi had no choice but to make an excuse to refuse tactfully: "Grandma, I'll go straight back to Moon Bay after I'm discharged from the hospital this afternoon. The old house is too far from the company, and it's inconvenient for me to get to work."
Grandma smiled and said, "That's easy. Xiao Li can drive you to and from get off work. Grandma will take care of it."
Bai Lian listened to her grandmother's words from the side, feeling both angry and annoyed!
Why?
Why is Grandma still protecting Yan Zhi at this point?
In contrast, Leng Linli remained silent, his face cold and frighteningly gloomy.
Bai Lian felt a sense of disappointment, thinking, "How come Leng Linli hasn't exploded yet? When did he become so patient?"
Bai Lian felt a burning resentment and a stifling feeling in her heart when she heard her grandmother's favoritism.
"You rest for a while. I'll ask Xiao Li to come with me to get the Chinese medicine for your treatment." Grandma Leng pressed Yan Zhi back onto the bed and pulled the taciturn Leng Linli out of the ward.
At the stairwell not far from Yan Zhi's ward, Grandma Leng pulled the reluctant Leng Linli aside and gave him a lecture: "Who are you putting that grumpy face on? Now you know how sad you are?"
Her forced composure in the hospital room was immediately seen through by her grandmother.
Leng Linli felt extremely tired; all his enthusiasm and energy seemed to have been drained away in an instant.
His face was cold and gloomy, filled with nothing but resentment. Yan Zhi didn't want his child; she was afraid of getting pregnant with his child, so she secretly used contraception.
Knowing that Yan Zhi didn't want his child, for a moment, Leng Linli really hated her.
She doesn't love him, that's why she doesn't want his child!
During this time, he also tried his best to get her to have a child.
Yan Zhi knew everything, but said nothing.
His efforts seem so ridiculous!
Has she secretly mocked him many times?
Looking back at the details of Yan Zhi's indifference to him, his hatred deepened. The more he thought about it, the angrier Leng Linli became. The surging anger constantly reminded him that Yan Zhi did not love him, and it stabbed his heart again and again, making him feel so painful that he could hardly breathe.
Grandma Leng patted Leng Linli on the shoulder and earnestly advised, "You need to accumulate a lot of good deeds before you can meet the person who will wake you from your dream."
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings," Grandma Leng sighed, leaving Leng Linli alone in the stairwell to slowly come to his senses.
Leng Linli stood in the stairwell for a long time without making a sound.
He didn't want to go back to the ward and face Yan Zhi. Her indifference and apathy made Leng Linli feel suffocated.
As Leng Linli finished completing the discharge procedures and returned to his ward with the traditional Chinese medicine, Yan Zhi and her grandmother happened to be leaving the ward.
When Yan Zhi saw Leng Linli, she paused. Their eyes met, and the two seemed to tacitly avoid each other.
Leng Linli quietly took the insulated food container from Yan Zhi's hand, his face cold, and silently followed behind his grandmother and Yan Zhi.
After sending his grandmother and Yan Zhi back to their old house, Leng Linli grabbed the car keys and headed out.
Grandma Leng called out to him, "It's the weekend today, where are you going?"
"Something came up at the company," Leng Linli said indifferently, glancing at Yan Zhi before striding away.
Yan Zhi is a cold and stern secretary; how could she not know whether something was wrong at the company?
She probably went to find Bai Lian.
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