Chapter 188
The baby is due in less than a month. It would be a shame if the baby were to die at this time.
Father Yao glared at Aunt Xie and said, "Stop saying bad things! Go and borrow a cart. Zhong Lan can't ride a bicycle in her condition."
Aunt Xie hurried to borrow a cart from her neighbor.
Yao Hong, Yao's father and Aunt Xie took Zhong Lan to the hospital on a cart, but Yao Yi did not go and stayed at home for dinner, saying that she would bring food to everyone later.
After Zhong Lan was sent to the hospital, she was taken to the delivery room.
After Yao Yi had eaten and drunk her fill, she cried silently for a while before packing three meals in a thermos bucket and taking them to the hospital.
Zhong Lan hasn't come out of the delivery room yet.
"How long has she been in there? Why hasn't she come out yet?" Yao Yi handed the thermos to Aunt Xie and the others. "Could the child really be gone?"
"I don't know." Aunt Xie looked worried and kept praying in her heart.
"She didn't do anything at home. She just cooked a meal. How could she suddenly start bleeding?" Yao Yi said.
No one answered her question because no one knew the answer.
Yao Yi waited for his father and others to finish their meal, sat for a while, and then went back.
She didn't care at all whether the baby in Zhong Lan's belly was really gone or not. She was more worried about her and Lei Xiao's affairs.
When Yao Yi returned to the compound, Aunt Liang asked her, "Yiyi, did you just send Zhong Lan to the hospital? What's wrong with her? Is she about to give birth?"
"She's bleeding." Yao Yi replied simply.
Aunt Liang was surprised: "Why is there bleeding all of a sudden? And what about the baby? Is it born?"
"She's still in the delivery room and hasn't given birth yet," Yao Yi said. "We don't know why she suddenly started bleeding."
Aunt Liang nodded. She didn't really care about Zhong Lan's situation, she was just gossiping.
She stared at Yao Yi meaningfully, "Why did you suddenly come back to your parents' home? I heard that you came back crying this afternoon, and that your parents and Yao Hong went out with you again that evening. Did you get bullied at the Lei family?"
Yao Yi's face looked a little ugly.
She was simply too sad, upset, and aggrieved that afternoon. Otherwise, she wouldn't have let the people in the compound see her coming back crying.
"I'm not crying, nor have I been bullied by the Lei family. Aunt, I'll go into the house first." Yao Yi said perfunctorily and hurried into her house.
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A few hours later, Zhong Lan gave birth to a baby girl prematurely.
Because of premature birth, the baby girl was very weak, and Zhong Lan was also very weak and needed to stay in the hospital for a period of time.
Seeing the skinny and weak baby girl wrapped in the swaddling clothes, the Yao family members all looked a little subtle.
"It's actually a girl." Aunt Xie's tone was full of disappointment.
Zhong Lan was lying on the hospital bed. When she heard Aunt Xie's words, she said in a weak voice, "Mom, didn't you say that daughters are better? I gave birth to a granddaughter for you, you should be happy."
"When did I say such a thing?" Aunt Xie asked back with a stern face. She had no recollection of it at all.
"You said that before Yao Yi went back to her parents' home in anger for the first time. You said it was better when Yao Yi was at home, because at least someone was on your side. And you also said having a daughter was better."
Aunt Xie still hadn't remembered. However, if it was because of Yao Yi, she might indeed say something like "Daughters are still the best."
"Can the girl you gave birth to compare with Yiyi?" Aunt Xie said unconvinced.
Zhong Lan sneered, "Why can't they be compared to Yao Yi? They are both descendants of the Yao family, with Yao blood flowing through their veins. Is one of them more noble than the other?"
Aunt Xie was about to say something when Father Yao spoke up.
"Alright, my daughter-in-law just gave birth and hasn't fully recovered yet, so stop talking. After all, she's our Yao family's own flesh and blood. Zhong Lan and Yao Hong had a miscarriage, so they had this child. As long as she gets better, she can have children in the future."
Aunt Xie curled her lips and stopped talking.
The next day, before Yao Yi went to work at school, she already knew that Zhong Lan had given birth to a daughter prematurely.
Yao Yi's mood remained unchanged and she was not happy for Zhong Lan.
When she went to school, she was absent-minded and kept thinking about her and Lei Xiao.
She wondered if she would apologize to Teacher Yang right now. She didn't really want to apologize, but she was the principal's daughter. If Lei Xiao's work was affected by her, it would be bad.
After much deliberation, Yao Yi decided to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, take them to Lei Xiao's school, and personally apologize to Teacher Yang. This would also allow Lei Xiao to see her sincerity and see that she was truly repentant, which might go a long way in improving their relationship.
With the solution, Yao Yi seemed to see the light, and her mood became lighter, no longer so sad and heavy.
When Yao Yi was thinking about what to buy from the supply and marketing cooperative to give to Teacher Yang, the dean of studies came to find her.
"Yao Yi, did you skip class yesterday afternoon and run away without even asking for leave?"
Seeing the dean's serious expression, Yao Yi secretly complained in his heart, "Oh no! The dean caught me."
She lowered her head in a well-behaved manner and said, "I had something very urgent to do yesterday and forgot to ask for leave."
The Dean snorted coldly, "How many times have you done this? What do you think of school? You can come and go as you please?! Besides, you had class yesterday! What would have happened to those students if you had skipped class and run away?"
"I won't do this again next time." Yao Yi admitted her mistake obediently, but she was not convinced in her heart.
The other teachers in the office were often late and left early without asking for leave, but they were lucky enough not to be caught by the dean, so nothing happened. She was just unlucky yesterday and was caught by the dean.
"Humph, whether you will have a next time or not, it's hard to say."
Yao Yi suddenly raised her head and looked at the dean with a puzzled look on her face, not understanding what the dean meant.
"The principal wants to see you, please go to her office." After the dean of studies gave the notice, he walked away with his hands behind his back.
The other teachers in the office looked at each other with gossipy expressions, but Yao Yize was still confused.
Why did the principal want to see her? Because she missed half a day of work yesterday?
This is not a big deal. There is no need for the principal to look for her for such a small matter.
Yao Yi went to the principal's office full of doubts and finally knew why the principal was looking for her.
When the principal saw her coming, he asked straight to the point with an unhappy look on his face, "Did you skip class yesterday afternoon and cause trouble at Red Star High School?"
Yao Yi was stunned. She didn't expect that even the principal knew about what happened yesterday.
She explained in a panic: "I didn't, it was all a misunderstanding. I thought my man had an improper relationship with a teacher at Red Star High School, so I went to Red Star High School to ask about it. It was all a misunderstanding."
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