Chapter 108 Chapter 108 She could have lived a better life, but...
"I don't know what happened. I was driving and she just rushed over."
"If you don't believe me, ask them. I stepped on the brakes the first time. It really wasn't intentional."
"Comrade police, can you let me make a phone call? We need someone to take the goods away first. They are all frozen goods. If we wait too long, they will go bad."
Outside the emergency room, the driver was being questioned by the police.
Faced with this sudden and unexpected disaster, the driver was speechless.
Who would have thought that someone would suddenly rush out while driving smoothly?
The streets in urban villages are no wider than the asphalt roads outside, and most of the residential buildings in urban villages are close to the streets. Therefore, people living in urban villages know to be careful when going out, and they always remind their children to be careful of cars.
The street in front of Shen Miao's house was considered wide, so the driver dared to increase the speed to fifty or sixty miles per hour, but no one could have imagined that someone would deliberately rush towards a moving car.
After understanding the situation, the police temporarily divided the responsibilities:
The driver had to bear 20% of the secondary liability, partly out of humanitarianism and partly because the cargo on his vehicle was overweight, so the huge inertia when he braked doubled the impact force on Gao Huifen.
Gao Huifen should bear 80% of the main responsibility. Although she "seeked her own death", she is currently receiving emergency treatment in the operating room and cannot make such sarcastic remarks.
Sitting on the bench outside the operating room, Gao Zhiwan felt extremely guilty. She looked up at the red light in the emergency room again and again. On the one hand, she hoped that her mother would be safe, but on the other hand, she blamed herself for causing trouble.
It's all her fault. If she hadn't provoked her mother, how could this have happened?
If she had been obedient and followed her home to eat, maybe...
Tick-tick, tick-tick.
On the other side of the corridor, Mrs. He was walking towards this side quickly after receiving a call.
Behind her were two men in suits who were there to help with follow-up matters.
"mom……"
He Manru was very frightened. When she saw her mother coming, the image of Gao Huifen lying on the ground covered in blood suddenly appeared in her blank mind.
He Manru threw herself into her arms and couldn't help but cry.
But she did not just vent her emotions, but looked again at Gao Zhiwan who was in deep self-blame and worry.
She was the one who felt the most pain when she saw her mother lying in a pool of blood.
Putting down the bag in her hand, Mrs. He carefully walked over to Gao Zhiwan and sat down.
At this moment, Gao Zhiwan was like a falling apart building that could collapse into ruins at any time. He Manru had no way to support her broken emotions. Only Mrs. He's shoulders and arms could temporarily stabilize her.
The moment she leaned on Mrs. He's shoulder, Gao Zhiwan burst into tears: "It's all my fault, Aunt He, it's all my fault... If it weren't for me, my mom, my mom wouldn't have..."
"Shh, I don't blame you. This has nothing to do with you." Holding Gao Zhiwan's shoulders, Mrs. He patted her back gently, trying to help her relieve the self-blame in her heart. "This is just an accident. It has nothing to do with anyone."
Mrs. He heard what happened today on her way here.
Gao Huifen's car accident today was essentially just a case of her "throwing a tantrum", but she didn't expect that she would overdo it and cause an unnecessary disaster that hurt everyone.
But we can't blame her in this situation anymore, as long as her life can be saved, it's fine.
About twenty minutes later, the red light on the emergency room did not go out, but two nurses came out in a hurry.
"Family members? Who are the injured's family members?"
"I, I am!" Gao Zhiwan quickly stood up from the bench, "I am her daughter."
Because of fear and having sat for too long, Gao Zhiwan's legs felt a little numb. Fortunately, Mrs. He and He Manru supported him in time, so he did not fall.
Nurse: "The injured person has lost too much blood and needs a blood transfusion urgently. His internal organs are severely damaged and his condition is not optimistic. He must undergo a risky thoracotomy. The family members need to sign this notice."
Upon hearing that Gao Huifen's condition was serious, Gao Zhiwan's legs and feet went weak and he almost fainted.
Gao Huifen was old, how could she withstand such a collision? Moreover, she was thrown so far away that not only did she break two ribs, but the broken ribs also pressed on her more fragile internal organs.
"I'll do it."
Gao Zhiwan didn't have the strength to bear the life and death of her mother. At the critical moment, it was Mrs. He who helped her sign the document and told the nurse, "Please do your best. No matter how much money you spend, it doesn't matter!"
"It's not a matter of money. The blood bank doesn't have that much blood right now." Another nurse said, "The injured person has type O blood and can only receive blood of the same type. Do you have any relatives or friends with type O blood?"
"I am!"
Gao Zhiwan, He Manru and Mrs. He said in unison.
The nurse looked at them and said to He Manru and Mrs. He, "Who of you will come with me?"
Unless in extremely special circumstances, immediate family members are generally not allowed to donate blood to avoid more serious accidents.
So under the premise that all three of them had type O blood, Gao Zhiwan was the first to be excluded from donating blood.
"I'll go," He Manru said to Mrs. He, "I'm young, it's okay for me to donate some blood."
Although she was a little worried, Mrs. He nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead."
"Thank you, thank you Manru!"
Gao Zhiwan couldn't help herself and almost knelt down to He Manru. Fortunately, He Manru stopped her in time and prevented her knees from hitting the ground.
Pulling Gao Zhiwan to stand up again, He Manru frowned and said, "Why are we talking about thanking each other? I am also responsible for Aunt Gao's accident. If I can help, I will definitely help!"
In order not to waste time, after saying that, He Manru quickly followed the nurse to the blood collection room.
In less than ten minutes, the nurse came back.
"Is there anyone else with type O blood? The blood of that girl just now is not recommended for use." The nurse said to them.
Mrs. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my daughter's body?"
"daughter?"
The nurse felt her brain suddenly burned. She looked down at the blood test results in her hand and said, "Isn't that right? Miss He Manru not only has the same blood type as the injured person, but after the test, their kinship rate is over 99%. They are mother and daughter."
As she spoke, the nurse handed her the test report.
Mrs. He: ???
There are many test items on the test report, and basically I can't understand them all. Only the number "99.999%" in the last column of parent-child relationship is particularly eye-catching.
He Manru and Gao Huifen are mother and daughter? How is this possible?
If He Manru is Gao Huifen's daughter, then where is her own daughter? Where is she?
Looking up at Gao Zhiwan beside her, Mrs. He had a bad feeling.
Not only Mrs. He, Gao Zhiwan was also stunned.
However, she did not have time to reorganize her shattered thoughts. Saving lives was the most important thing. She did not have time to figure out the reason and hurriedly followed the nurse to the blood collection room again.
At the same time, Mrs. He also calmed down and decided to do another check to find out the truth of the matter...
After several hours of rescue, Gao Huifen finally saved her life. The operation was successful. Although her condition was serious, she still escaped from the clutches of death.
However, her injuries are very serious and she will have to stay in the intensive care unit for a short time. The nurse in charge also said that she cannot wake up in her current condition.
Gao Zhiwan, He Manru and Mrs. He have already learned the truth, but they want to hear Gao Huifen explain the whole story in person and tell them what is going on.
So every day after that, they stayed outside the ward, waiting for Gao Huifen to wake up.
After being transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward, Gao Huifen's condition finally stabilized after about half a month.
Even though the three of them were getting very anxious waiting, in order to hear the whole story, Mrs. He repeatedly confirmed with the nurse that Gao Huifen was able to communicate and that her physical condition would not be affected before she opened the door of her ward.
Gao Huifen actually woke up a few days earlier. Mrs. He instructed that her condition must be kept stable, so even though visitors were allowed in the previous few days, no one spoke to her, including the nurses.
So much so that when Mrs. He brought them in that day, Gao Huifen, who had been feeling suffocated, was in a very good mood and felt like she could almost sit up from the bed.
"You, you guys are here..."
Gao Huifen seemed to have had a very long dream. Although her whole body ached when she woke up, she felt a warm feeling of relief in her heart the moment she saw He Manru.
But He Manru couldn't be as happy as her. When their eyes met, there was only blame and resentment in her eyes.
After taking a deep breath, Mrs. He tried to calmly ask, "Sister Fen, I have something that has been in my heart for several days. I want to hear you tell me the truth."
Even though she had been thinking and calming down for half a month, she almost couldn't control her emotions the moment she saw Gao Huifen.
In her daily life, she was calm and composed, but when she thought about how she had been deceived for more than 20 years...
Gao Huifen: "What do you say?"
Walking closer to her bed, Mrs. He asked her word by word, "Manru and Wanwan, who is my biological daughter?"
This one sentence froze the smile on Gao Huifen's face.
She thought she could keep this secret forever, but she never expected that after she escaped death, the truth would come to light.
Beep…beep…
The electrocardiograph now turned into a lie detector. As the numbers on the screen increased, even though Gao Huifen didn't speak, her heartbeat told Mrs. He the answer she wanted.
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After coming out of the obstetrics and gynecology department after the B-ultrasound, Zheng Rou immediately noticed the woman sitting on the flower bed to rest.
"Yanheng, look, is that Sister Fen?"
Looking in the direction Zheng Rou pointed, He Yanheng also recognized her, "It really is her."
The He family has been wealthy for several generations. Since the grandfather's generation, the family has hired servants to work. Although the terms "servants" and "slaves" no longer exist after the reform and opening up, the He family still hired many "aunts" to work at home.
There are many aunts in the He family, but Zheng Rou was most impressed by Gao Huifen.
Gao Huifen sings very well. While cleaning the room, she always hums some tunes that she has never heard before. In the first two months of her pregnancy, Zheng Rou was very anxious, but every time she heard Gao Huifen's singing, she would feel much more at ease.
Three months ago, Gao Huifen resigned from the He family. Zheng Rou felt very sorry at the time, thinking that she would never be able to hear her beautiful singing voice again. But Gao Huifen said that she was pregnant and wanted to bring the child's father back home to get married.
Zheng Rou did not stop her and even gave her an extra half year's salary, hoping that she could live a good life in the future, but...
Sitting next to the flower bed, Gao Huifen drank cold water from the bottle while eating the buns that had just been heated up in the morning.
She made the buns stuffed with leeks, eggs and vermicelli the day before yesterday. Maybe it was because the weather was too hot, even though it was too hot, I could still taste the sour and spoiled taste inside.
She didn't want to eat either, but she had no other choice because she had to save her money for pregnancy checkups and had no extra money to buy food.
Faintly watching the children running up and down the stairs, Gao Huifen did not feel the slightest joy of becoming a mother. Instead, she fantasized that they would land on her belly when they jumped down the stairs, so that she would not have to endure the pain of pregnancy anymore...
"Sister Fen?"
Suddenly, she heard a familiar and gentle voice.
When she turned around, she saw the gentle face that lived up to its name.
"Mrs. He?" Gao Huifen subconsciously put away the buns in her hand as she stood up. "Oh, what a coincidence..."
Gao Huifen is eight months pregnant, but her belly is smaller than Zheng Rou's who is seven months pregnant.
There was no other way. She was not like Zheng Rou, who was pampered at home all day long, with nutritionists and chefs carefully preparing every meal for her. It was her limit as a mother to be able to keep the child safely in her belly.
Holding Gao Huifen's hand, Zheng Rou asked her curiously, "Why are you alone? Where's your man? Didn't he come with you?"
When talking about men, Gao Huifen's already embarrassed lips stiffened even more.
Everyone has self-esteem. Although she knew that Zheng Rou did not mean to ask this, she was still deeply hurt by this sentence.
He Yanheng saw the pain in Gao Huifen's face, so he gently pinched her arm and signaled her with his eyes not to ask any more questions.
"It didn't work out. He ran away."
Taking the buns out of the plastic bag, Gao Huifen told the truth: "He was fine when he was trying to get me married, but when I really wanted to go home, he disappeared."
The man's name was Zhao Dabao, which should be his real name. At least that's what he told Gao Huifen.
Zhao Dabao was a driver who would deliver fresh vegetables and meat to the He family every morning. It was during this half-hour of contact every day that Gao Huifen gradually fell into his sweet words.
Zhao Dabao said that she sang beautifully, that she looked like a star, that if she went to the south to develop her career, she would definitely become a famous singer, and that he wanted to marry her and help her realize her dream...
But before Gao Huifen’s dream began, her stomach started to react.
When he told Zhao Dabao that she was pregnant, he was very happy and promised Gao Huifen to marry her. However, after Gao Huifen resigned from the He family, on the night she was about to go home with him, Zhao Dabao stole her money and then disappeared.
Gao Huifen returned home, but in that era, status was extremely important to a woman, especially in the countryside. As a result, she was kicked out after only staying at home for half a month.
Gao Huifen thought about having an abortion, so she started doing odd jobs to earn money. After she finally saved enough money, the doctor told her that the baby in her belly was already big and that abortion was very dangerous. Not being able to have children was a small matter, but if the bones pierced the baby, she might also die...
"In that case... Sister Fen, come back."
Holding her hand, Zheng Rou said softly, "You are pregnant now, it is not easy to find a job, and there will be greater expenses after giving birth. Come back and continue to work in our house. The salary will be the same as before."
As a woman who is about to become a mother, Zheng Rou could feel the pain in Gao Huifen's heart when she saw her big belly.
Who can guarantee that their life will be smooth sailing?
Since I have the ability to help her, I have to lend her a hand, even if it is just to accumulate merit for my unborn child.
Looking at her husband beside her, He Yanheng understood her thoughts and continued, "Yes, after you come back, just take care of the flowers and plants in the garden as before. Having a place that can shelter from the wind and rain will at least allow the baby to be born safely."
Faced with the kindness of the He couple, Gao Huifen was so moved that her eyes suddenly became moist.
What she lacks most now is a job and a salary that can keep herself and the baby in her belly alive.
Holding Zheng Rou's hand, Gao Huifen wanted to kneel on the ground and kowtow to them: "Thank you! Thank you, ma'am, thank you, sir! I, I will definitely do my best!"
In order to thank the He couple for their help, Gao Huifen has been working hard after returning to the He family.
But when Gao Huifen was nine months pregnant, she suddenly went into premature labor. When she was sent to the hospital, it took her twelve hours to give birth to the baby.
However, because the child was malnourished during pregnancy and did not develop well, he was placed in an incubator as soon as he was born and was cared for by a nurse.
"In another half a month, the baby will be able to be moved out of the incubator. Do you want to go see her?"
When Zheng Rou came to visit Gao Huifen in the ward that day, she said to her, "It's a girl. The nurse said she's very beautiful."
Gao Huifen turned aside and said coldly, "It's not even a month old yet, how can you tell whether it's pretty or not?"
"Won't we know after she comes out?" Walking to the bedside, Zheng Rou picked up the cup of warm water on the bedside table and handed it to her, "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the child's medical expenses, household registration, etc. Yan Heng will have someone take care of it."
Looking at the dead leaves on the tree outside the window that were about to fall, Gao Huifen felt as if she saw herself, and tears flowed down her face unconsciously.
She was not crying for her child, but for herself, crying for the second half of her life which she could see ending before it even began.
"Madam, please send her to an orphanage. I don't want to keep her anymore."
Gao Huifen's words made Zheng Rou pause for a moment, "Sister Fen, what are you talking about? She is your child."
Gao Huifen shook her head. "If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be like this now. It's her. She ruined my life. I don't want to see her..."
If she didn't have children, she would be free. Maybe she wouldn't be able to pursue her dream of becoming a star, but she would have more opportunities to try.
But now it’s different. With a child, her life is “tied” up.
Just like that leaf, even if it is swayed by the wind, it cannot fall off the branch.
She hates!
I hate Zhao Dabao, I hate myself, and I hate this child even more!
She could have lived a better life, but what about now?
Zheng Rou didn't say anything, but just tucked the corner of the quilt for her.
She did not agree with Gao Huifen's idea.
She felt that the reason Gao Huifen thought this way now was because she suffered too much during her pregnancy. When she sees her own flesh and blood, the maternal love in her heart will awaken, and she will love her daughter wholeheartedly, just like herself.
Zheng Rou believes that no mother would abandon her daughter, and the same goes for Gao Huifen.
Half a month later, on the second day after Gao Huifen's child was moved out of the incubator, Zheng Rou's child was also born.
That day, everyone was in the ward celebrating for Zheng Rou, except Gao Huifen, who dragged her not fully recovered body towards the nursery.
Through the glass, Gao Huifen found the child in the crib with the number 1116.
That is Zheng Rou's child.
Small and tender, wrapped in a layer of white cloth, it looks like a little angel just brought from heaven.
Watching her child sleeping soundly, her chest ached slightly, and the maternal love that she thought she did not have seemed to be looking for an outlet to vent.
Before coming, Gao Huifen just wanted to help Zheng Rou see her child, and didn't want to see the "illegitimate child" she gave birth to.
But there was a mysterious force leading her in another direction.
1018
She heard Zheng Rou mention it a few days ago. This was the number of her child's crib.
However, even without the number to guide her, she recognized her child at a glance.
She was so small and pitiful. She was clearly more than half a month old, but she looked about the same age as Zheng Rou's child...
This was the first time she saw her child.
Gao Huifen smiled, but her eyes couldn't help but become wet. She thought she could be cruel, but her body and her heart would not allow her to let go of the responsibilities on her shoulders.
At that moment, Gao Huifen really wanted to give her the best things in the world and make her the happiest child in the world.
But she had nothing in her hands, nothing at all, not to mention happiness, she couldn't even have a decent home.
Unlike Zheng Rou, who has a husband who loves her, endless money, and so many people who love her.
Her children will surely live a brilliant life like her in the future, while her own children are destined to be ordinary and colorless like herself.
When she thought of this, a bold idea suddenly flashed through Gao Huifen's mind.
Looking back towards the nurses' station, several nurses were checking some documents and there was no one outside the baby room.
So she plucked up the courage to open the door and walked in, and walked out a few minutes later.
She did it without anyone noticing.
She took the initiative to turn that fleeting thought into a terrifying reality...
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