Chapter 1225 Weaning
Li Jinxing said on the phone: "I don't care about her anymore."
Hearing what he said, He Tian laughed. Who would believe Li Jinxing if he said he didn't care about Gu Wanqiu?
He Tian didn't tell him anything and just went along with what he said.
"Okay, whether you care about her or not, as long as you know it in your heart, I won't ask you. But if you want to know how Gu Wanqiu is doing now, I can still answer you. She is still as selfish as before. She is not a good woman, let alone a good mother. You should have known this when she poisoned you and asked Si Yan and Si Xu to give it to you to drink."
"What do you want to say?"
What He Tian has to do now is to assist Gu Wanqiu's plan and convey the side of her that she wants to show Li Jinxing in advance.
"Now, she doesn't care about the child anymore. I took the child to find her, but she didn't even look at me. She asked me to put the child in the stroller and stay away from her because she didn't want to see it. Apart from breastfeeding, she doesn't care about anything else. I see that she is even abandoning her own child. I take back what I said ten years ago. I thought that a woman's body could be trapped as long as she had a child. This statement has no effect on Gu Wanqiu."
"Does she...really not care about the child?" Li Jinxing was a little unconvinced. He was at the scene when Gu Wanqiu gave birth. Gu Wanqiu cared about the child very much. When the doctor brought the child over, she held it close to her for a long time.
He Tian: "Believe it or not, ask the nanny and confinement nanny you hired. My words are biased. You can ask those who have no prejudice against Gu Wanqiu."
Li Jinxing was silent for a while, and then he responded after a moment: "I understand."
"Boss, she's already given birth, so her mission is complete. How long are you going to keep her?"
"I keep her now just to torture her." Li Jinxing's voice was full of ruthlessness.
"Are you willing to do that?"
"What's there to be reluctant about? She was willing to sacrifice her child and poison me, so naturally I won't be soft-hearted towards her anymore."
Hearing what he said, it seemed like he could really do something. In the past, He Tian hoped that Li Jinxing would be crueler to Gu Wanqiu, and it would not be his business even if he killed her.
But recently, He Tian has slightly changed his mind about Gu Wanqiu. He doesn't want her to die, mainly because who will save Li Jinxing after she is killed by Li Jinxing.
"What if Si Yan and Si Xu knew? If they knew that Gu Wanqiu had returned and was still being held captive by you in Qiule Manor, given their feelings for that woman, they would have watched her leave helplessly. If they knew you were going to hurt her, they would definitely be the first to disagree."
"Then don't let them know."
"How long can you keep it a secret?"
"Wait until you can no longer hide it."
This is not like Li Jinxing's style at all. Li Jinxing is a person who thinks deeply and is used to thinking before doing. But now, he obviously doesn't want to waste time thinking.
His go-with-the-flow mentality was probably related to the toxicity in his body. Knowing that he wouldn't live long, he simply stopped thinking too much and lived in the present.
He Tian knows Li Jinxing well. He thinks that Li Jinxing is a good father who puts his children's thoughts first. Considering his two children, he will not be cruel to Gu Wanqiu.
If he wanted to be cruel to Gu Wanqiu this time, he would move the two children out. With the two children in Qiule Manor, he would not do anything to Gu Wanqiu.
Li Jinxing asked, "What did Gu Wanqiu say when you went to Qiule Manor?"
"Nothing much. She and I don't like each other, but she suddenly asked about Mrs. Liu today."
"Why did she suddenly ask about Mrs. Liu? Did she remember something?"
He Tian's heart skipped a beat, and he tightened his grip and almost crashed the car into a street lamp. It turned out that you couldn't just answer the phone while driving. He Tian broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't want Li Jinxing to know that Gu Wanqiu had recovered her memory, and Gu Wanqiu probably didn't want Li Jinxing to know either.
He Tian found a place to park the car: "She hasn't recovered her memory. I tried to find out. Maybe she just has some impression of Mrs. Liu."
Li Jinxing said "hmm". Gu Wanqiu had suddenly mentioned Mrs. Liu before. It seemed that the possibility of Gu Wanqiu recovering her memory was very small. He was afraid that he would die and would not be able to see the day when she recovered her memory.
Li Jinxing thought about it with self-mockery. Even if Gu Wanqiu recovered her memory, he would always be the most shameful one in her heart.
"Boss, do you have anything else to say?"
"It's nothing, just drive carefully, I have something to take care of here."
"Okay." He Tian responded, then suddenly thought of something, "Wait, Boss, when are you going to Qiule Manor to see your daughter?"
"What's it to you if I see my daughter?"
"Nothing, I just asked casually. Your daughter is now able to get out of the incubator and has even taken a bath. She is pink and tender. Apart from being a little thinner, she is no worse than Si Yan and Si Xu back then. She will definitely be a little beauty when she grows up."
Grow up... Will he be able to see his daughter grow up? Hearing He Tian's words, Li Jinxing felt a pang of pain in his heart, as if a hand was grabbing and pulling him down, and the pain made it difficult for him to breathe.
He had been looking forward to this child's birth, even more than when Si Yan and Si Xu were born. Now his daughter had finally arrived. He was thirty-four years old, had a son and a daughter, and was wealthy. He could be considered a winner in life. It was so wonderful...but he was poisoned and would not live for more than a year? He would not be able to see his three children grow up.
Li Jinxing had never imagined that this would be his ending. If he had known earlier, he would have cut off all feelings and love. What was love? If he couldn't have it, then just destroy it. Love wasn't the only thing that could make people happy. Why should he waste his life on this relationship? Unfortunately, it was no use regretting it now.
Li Jinxing didn't want to see his daughter, but if he did, he wouldn't be able to let her go, and he wouldn't be able to help but get angry at Gu Wanqiu.
Now, he has something more important to do, which is to expel Gong Qing from the country and prevent him from ever returning home.
He had been wary of Gong Qing from the beginning. It was he who took the initiative to hand J City over to the other party. He knew better than anyone how many problems there were. He was also good at setting traps and creating problems for others. Even if Gong Qing had followed him for a few months, it would have been difficult for him to solve all the problems in such a short time.
Since he likes to confront him and wants him dead, he won't let him live easily.
After dealing with Gong Qing, he connected Haicheng and J City, controlled them in a short period of time, and handed them over to He Tian and Zhou Yi.
He Tian and Zhou Yi, the two of them together can replace him. When he dies, his shares will be divided among them, and Li's will be temporarily kept by them. As for the three children.
Even if he died, he could still arrange the future for the three of them so that they would never have to worry about money for the rest of their lives.
But the three children are too young, two are six years old and one is just born, and they need someone to take care of them.
"He Tian, if I'm gone, I'll ask you to take care of these three children..."
He Tian interrupted him before he could finish his words: "Go take care of your own children. I don't even have a girlfriend. If I take care of three children for you, who would be willing to marry me?"
"My body."
"What's wrong with your body? The doctors are studying it now. They haven't given up yet, so why are you giving up? This is not like you, Boss. I know you trust me and are willing to entrust the three children to me, but no one can take care of them as well as you. Besides, these three children are more willing to have you, their father, with them than me, Uncle He. So save your energy and don't put your ideas on me. Even if you don't think about me, you should think about the three children. They have no mother, so they need you, their father, to protect them. Okay, enough, I have to go find Zhou Yi to deal with something."
After saying that, He Tian hung up the phone directly. There was no point in saying more, as it would easily reveal his true identity and make Li Jinxing suspicious. Besides, he didn't want to hear Li Jinxing's "last words" again.
On the sixth day after giving birth, the day after Gu Wanqiu met Li Jinxing, she developed a fever at night without any warning, and her temperature suddenly reached nearly 40 degrees Celsius.
If the chef hadn’t prepared the meal and the nanny hadn’t brought in the food, I’m afraid Gu Wanqiu would have fainted on the bed.
Gu Wanqiu had to receive antipyretic treatment and stopped breastfeeding. Fortunately, the current milk powder is very good. Li Jinxing chose imported milk powder. Although it is not as good as breast milk, it is enough to supplement the nutrition needed by the child.
Gu Wanqiu hadn't had a fever for a long time. This time, the fever came on fiercely, as if it couldn't be reduced. The whole person was like a small furnace. When the quilt was lifted, white steam was still coming out. He was sweating all over, his face was red from burning, and even his eyes began to feel sore and swollen. Tears welled up as soon as he opened his eyes.
Sick people are the most vulnerable. Not only do they suffer physically, but their psychological defenses are also tortured, and they feel unprecedented despair and helplessness.
In addition to fever, there is also breast engorgement, mastitis...all kinds of illnesses attack at this time, and the immune system collapses directly.
The doctor prescribed her medicine and injections and infusions. Her condition didn't improve on the first day, and her fever finally subsided on the second day. But in the afternoon, she started having a low-grade fever again, and it kept coming back. When she closed her eyes, she seemed to be back on the boat on her eighteenth birthday, swaying and seasick to the point of vomiting.
Even though she had a nanny and many doctors by her side taking care of her meticulously, she still felt uncomfortable. It seemed that this disease could not be cured, but she had to get better as soon as possible.
Maybe the depression in my heart was too deep, and after my body gradually recovered, I could no longer produce breast milk.
The child had just started drinking milk powder and wasn't used to it. She wouldn't drink and would cry when she was hungry. Gu Wanqiu held her but felt powerless. Listening to her cries, her head felt like it was being pierced by needles.
She also wanted to breastfeed her, but she really had no milk, and the nutritional supplements prepared by the chef were not effective for her.
The child was so hungry that he had to drink milk powder even if he didn't like it. Seeing that she was finally eating milk, Gu Wanqiu simply asked the servants to take the child away. In the future, he would not have to bring the child to her to be breastfed. Anyway, she couldn't go out, so it didn't count as going out. After not feeding the child, her body should recover faster.
Her cold attitude made the confinement nanny who was taking care of the child feel a little disappointed.
Gu Wanqiu really didn't seem to care about the child at all. If you didn't know, you would think the child was not hers.
When the child cried, she even frowned and looked very impatient. When she was asked to breastfeed, she just remembered to ask her to hold the child farther away.
During the day, Gu Wanqiu acted indifferent to her child in front of everyone, but in fact, at night, she would especially miss her child. She would blame herself for not being able to feed her child breast milk and would cry breathlessly in her quilt.
This resulted in her looking very bad during the day.
Ten days had passed since the baby was born, and she had seen him less and less frequently, which was something she had deliberately arranged.
Sometimes, she would have a sense of unreality, as if she had not given birth yet and the baby was still in her belly. She subconsciously touched her belly, but the originally bulging belly had deflated and she felt nothing.
There were no little hands and feet pushing her inside, and when she was alone, she couldn't find anyone to talk to. She used to feel very uncomfortable with the belly and wanted to take it off early, but now that she finally gave birth, she began to miss the time when she was pregnant.
She lifted up her clothes and saw that her stomach was particularly uncomfortable, loose and sagging, with a layer of skin drooping. She had a lot of stretch marks and a scar on her abdomen.
This is the price of being a mother
On the first day that Gu Wanqiu had a fever, Li Jinxing received a call from Qiule Manor. Both the nanny and the doctor called and told Li Jinxing about Gu Wanqiu's condition.
The doctor will describe Gu Wanqiu's condition in more detail, while the nanny will focus on the problems the child is facing.
Ever since Gu Wanqiu fell ill, the nanny contacted Li Jinxing every day, either by phone or text message, telling him about Gu Wanqiu's specific situation in the past few days, so that he wouldn't blame them if something happened later.
Gu Wanqiu couldn't breastfeed her baby because of her illness. Everyone thought that once she recovered, she wouldn't have to feed the baby formula. However, she directly said that she didn't want to breastfeed the baby anymore, and even asked them to hold the baby farther away. Not only at night, but sometimes she couldn't even see the baby during the day.
Only then did Li Jinxing realize that Gu Wanqiu really didn't like the child she gave birth to, and everything He Tian said to him on the phone a few days ago was true.
When He Tian went to Qiule Manor to see the child, at least Gu Wanqiu was willing to feed the child with breast milk. But now, she doesn't even want to feed the child. She got sick and had a high fever. Has her original maternal instinct been burned away?
Li Jinxing temporarily stopped the work at hand and took a car to Qiule Manor.
Gu Wanqiu lived on the second floor. The window was open and she leaned against the headboard looking outside.
She can now get out of bed and walk around, but the wound on her stomach still hurts when she moves, so most of the time, she likes to find a place to lie down or sit and avoid moving if possible.
Hearing the sound of a car outside, this sound... was different from the sound of driving while buying groceries. Gu Wanqiu stood up and walked to the window. As soon as she stood there, she saw Li Jinxing getting out of the car.
It seems like the last time we saw each other was a month ago, almost two months.
Li Jinxing had become thinner and more haggard. She had never seen Li Jinxing so haggard before.
Why did Li Jinxing come here today? They used to know each other best, so it was not difficult for her to guess what Li Jinxing was thinking at this moment.
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