Chapter 102 Mother Shen Arrives
Lu Zhenyu fainted again and received a blood transfusion of 2,000 milliliters. Her vital signs did not stabilize until midnight.
Shen Jingsi was completely lost in thought, kneeling by the bedside, tightly holding the cold little hand. His face was even paler than the wall, no better than Lu Zhenyu's.
It's estimated that the stitches on the wound have come undone; the shirt on the back has been soaked to a dark reddish-black, and blood is dripping from the hem onto the floor.
This can't go on. He'll probably be crippled before Lu Zhenyu even wakes up.
After discussing it, the group decided to send Bei Tingwan, who was good at persuasion, over.
The closer the girl got to the couple, the more distressed she became.
How could there be such a tragic love story between two star-crossed lovers?
"The doctor said Zhenzhen's condition has stabilized, so you can relax a bit."
Shen Jingsi stared intently at the girl.
It was his momentary carelessness that led to the current situation.
If he had been more cautious and ruthless, eliminating any potential threats at the outset, the mother and daughter would never have met with this accident.
At this moment, Shen Jingsi hates himself more than his enemies.
"I have to stay by her side. The child isn't here, and I can't let her wake up and not be able to find me either."
He knew that if she did that, she would die.
Suppressing his emotions, Shen Jingsi said in a hoarse voice, "We've been dealing with this all day, tell them all to go home."
Bei Tingwan tucked the blanket in and leaned against the edge of the bed.
“You won’t be able to sleep even if you go back, so it’s better to stay here and feel at ease. But you can’t do this. You are the backbone of this family. Zhenzhen has collapsed, and there are so many things waiting for you to handle. If you collapse too, your family will fall apart.”
Home?
That's not how it's argued.
Shen Jingsi's gaze was fixed on his wife's face, and his breath became shallow. "She is my home. If anything happens to her, I will be the one who has nowhere to go."
Bei Tingwan looked up and held back her tears.
"That's why you need to take better care of yourself, accompany her as she slowly emerges from the shadows, and then rebuild your home."
Bei Tingwan raised her hand and placed it on the man's shoulder, which was half white and half red, but she didn't even dare to squeeze it lightly.
"Don't worry, with all of us here watching over her, nothing will happen again. Go and treat your wounds first, and clean yourself up before you come back to be with her."
Shen Jingsi remained silent.
"Do you want her to wake up and see you looking even more dejected than she is, causing her to have another emotional breakdown and massive bleeding?"
Shen Jingsi looked at the peaceful sleeping face and pressed his lips against the small hand in his palm.
"I don't have the strength to lose her again. I'm not going anywhere."
Unable to persuade him, they had no choice but to call a surgeon to stitch up his wound.
The shirt and gauze were stuck to the lacerated wound. When the doctor cut them off with scissors, the mangled back was exposed to the air, and in some places, protruding white bone could even be seen.
The girls couldn't bear to watch this, so Shi Yiqiao closed her eyes and turned her back, while Si Wei held her head and pulled her into his arms.
He felt sorry for the man and cursed at him, who was sitting there motionless, "Can't you be a little more shrewd?"
From the moment he was injured, Shen Jingsi had not felt any pain.
His heart ached far more than the wound on his back.
Whether he was crazy or not, he didn't know, but he knew he was a sinner, an incompetent husband and father.
The collapsing boulders could not break his spine that protected his wife and children, but his wife's painful pleas could break his unyielding spirit.
Shen Jingsi could not find a way to remedy the situation.
Because he knew that even if he killed all his enemies, his wife would never come back.
For several days, torrential rains fell, and dark, inky clouds remained hanging over the capital.
The mayor of a city, along with two bureau chiefs and deputy bureau chiefs, were forced to kneel for three days and three nights by armed guards at the Shenyang Jing Hospital building.
This matter caused quite a stir in political circles.
Some felt that Shen Jingsi was acting so lawlessly right after taking office, so they impeached and reprimanded him at the meeting, wanting to remove him from his position as vice chairman.
Some understood his grief over the loss of his son and demanded that the leaders responsible for the dereliction of duty in the explosion be demoted or punished.
The trend of forming factions and assigning positions, which had been absent for many years, has returned thanks to the recent storms.
With the person mentioned above currently out of Beijing, and the group leaderless, just look at the daily morning meeting room – it's so noisy it's practically tearing the roof off.
Duan Hong, who was in the eye of the storm, asked for sick leave and requested dozens of guards to stand guard at his door, staying indoors.
This time, Lu Zhenyu slept for even longer, a full five days.
Even though Shen's mother still harbored resentment towards her two children for secretly getting married after such a huge incident in her family, she collapsed on the sofa for a long time after learning that one of the mother and daughter had died and the other was injured.
Hearing that Lu Zhenyu's vital signs were stable, I made some nourishing soup and came to the hospital in the pouring rain.
Seeing how thin and frail her son had become, her eyes reddened. "Heaven is cruel. You two were destined to suffer this calamity. You couldn't escape it. Son, try to accept it."
Shen Jingsi stood stiffly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, never turning around.
"You've seen it all, and you're quite satisfied with the result, right? Well then, take care, and don't bother seeing me out."
The mother paused in her hand as she ladled out the soup.
I came here out of good intentions, but I wasn't welcomed. They didn't even give me a second glance from beginning to end.
This is the son she raised with her own hands, but in the end, he benefited someone else.
Chen Jie felt inexplicably wronged and resentful, but since he was an elder, she was just asking for trouble and would only give others something to talk about.
"Mom knows you're in a bad mood right now. If saying a few words can make you feel better, then just say it. Mom is listening."
Shen Jing chuckled, his thin face reflected in the window displaying a sarcastic expression.
He really resented his mother.
When Duan Xi'er was hospitalized, she, an outsider, ran around doing everything for her. Before Duan Xi'er even died, she wailed more pitifully than anyone else at the operating room door.
Nowadays, regardless of whether she is a daughter-in-law or not, even if she is the daughter she raised herself, where was she when she received two critical illness notices?
Of course, he still complained.
He regretted that if his mother hadn't messaged him that night, he wouldn't have gone to the hospital, the Duan family wouldn't have had a chance to take advantage, and his wife and daughter wouldn't have...
As Zhenzhen once said, there are no "what ifs" in this world.
Despite all the grievances, he actually hates himself the most.
But then Mother Shen continued to speak from behind.
“Zhenzhen is such a poor child. When the fortune teller told her when she was little, he said that she was cursed by a malevolent star, which would either bring disaster to those around her or to herself.”
He sighed a few times, wiped his moist eyes, and came over with the soup.
"But no matter what, you two are already married. Now you are the head of the household. If something happens, you, the pillar of the family, cannot collapse."
Passing by the doors and windows, Chen's mother glanced at the girl on the sickbed.
"Isn't there a saying, 'A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise'? Mom feels sorry for her suffering, but that child..." She pursed her lips regretfully, "...is gone, so be it."
A furrowed brow appeared on the floor-to-ceiling window.
Mother Shen came over with a bowl of soup. "It's not that I'm heartless, it's just that the child's lineage is unclear. I just asked the hospital director, and she's six months pregnant. If you do the math, that's the time Zhenzhen was at the Zheng family's house."
The question of whether the child in Lu Zhenyu's womb belonged to the Zheng family or their Shen family had been troubling Shen's mother for many days.
To be honest, the woman felt a little relieved when she learned that her child had perished in the explosion.
The fact that the two children got married behind their families' backs was an unchangeable fact, and she accepted it. From now on, everyone should just take good care of the Shen family and live a good life.
But this child is different. No matter how tolerant she is, if he is truly the offspring of her enemy, she will never tolerate him.
"Mom knows that you've liked Zhenzhen since you were little. If she says the child is yours, you'll definitely accept it," Mother Shen said earnestly. "But the problem is, who knows if she's lying to you because she's worried about the feud between our two families and afraid that we won't accept the child?"
Having finally found an opportunity to vent her grievances, Chen's mother had no time to observe her son's emotions.
Instead, she let out a long sigh, her tone one of relief, "That's why I say, the child is gone, it's gone. You two are still young. Once you've recovered, you can..."
"Bang!"
The soup bowl was smashed hard on the ground.
Startled, Chen's mother shuddered and looked on in astonishment.
Shen Jingsi's bloodshot, dark eyes seemed to want to devour people alive. "Are you done talking? If you're done, please leave."
Shen's mother was also furious, "Shen Jingsi, have you lost your conscience? I'm your mother."
"go out!"
The mother and son glared at each other, but in the end, the mother gave in.
With trembling fingers, she pointed at her son, her heart utterly chilled. "Fine, I'll pretend I never had you in this life."
With red eyes, he picked up his bag from the sofa, slammed the door, and stormed out.
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