Chapter 784 After the Surgery
"Ayan..." After the anesthesia wore off, Sang Ruo was a little confused about whether it was day or night: "What time is it now?"
Has she had surgery?
Why is her mind blank?
Upon hearing this, Bo Jinyan glanced at the time on his watch: "It's 6:30 PM."
She was wheeled out of the operating room at 5:30 p.m. and slept for a full hour. He waited there for her to wake up, but who knew that this wait would last for an hour.
“The child…” Sang Ruo seemed reluctant to say those two words, so she spoke with difficulty: “Is he gone?”
Although somewhat reluctant to admit it, Bo Jinyan nodded slightly: "Yes, the doctor said your surgery was very successful, but your physical condition is too poor, so you need to continue to recuperate in the hospital."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sang Ruo felt as if she had been struck by a heavy blow, the pain so intense that she could barely breathe.
She had foreseen this outcome, hadn't she? Why is her heart aching so much?
This was her and Ayan's first child, but they had to abort it due to congenital malformation.
Thinking of this, her eyes suddenly reddened, and a crystal-clear tear slid down from the corner of her slightly reddened eye, dripping onto the white pillowcase. However, because she bit her lip tightly, she did not make a sound.
But it was precisely because of her silent crying that Bo Jinyan felt even more heartache: "Xiao Ruo, please don't be like this, okay? This child is destined not to be born. Before the surgery, the doctor said that this child was born with congenital malformation and would be mentally challenged. You know all of this, don't you?"
He assumed that she had already mentally prepared herself for losing the child in the twenty-six days leading up to the surgery.
But seeing her like this now, I suddenly realized that she didn't actually have that.
She still feels heartache for this child with congenital developmental defects.
"Yes, I know all that." Because she knew, Sang Ruo also understood that this surgery was inevitable: "I'm just heartbroken about losing this child. I always thought that besides Xiaokang, I would never have another child in my life..."
He gave her a child, but then he personally shattered all her hopes.
Although she knew it wasn't his fault, she would blame herself.
If her health hadn't been so poor, would things have turned out this way?
Noticing the vulnerability in her voice, a pang of heartache flashed in Bo Jinyan's eyes: "Xiao Ruo, this is not your fault, it should be my fault. I didn't think it through. I knew that you almost lost your life in the past to give birth to Xiao Kang, but I was still greedy enough to want a child."
"If it weren't for my selfishness and greed, why would you be suffering like this here?"
She's only able to lie here because of him!
He got her pregnant! He's the culprit! Why is it always Xiaoruo who ends up getting hurt?
She did nothing wrong...
“Ayan, you did nothing wrong.” Sang Ruo felt this was only natural: “I’m not blaming you, I just think this child came at the worst possible time.”
Unfortunately, she came before she was fully recovered, and given her past health issues, she was indeed not suitable to have another child.
She was just a little sad. Even if it was a congenital developmental defect, it was still a piece of her own flesh.
Only those who have experienced it can truly understand this profound pain.
Seeing how mature and sensible she was, so mature it was heartbreaking, Bo Jinyan still comforted her: "Xiao Ruo, the child is gone, so don't be sad. The important thing is to take good care of your health. If you get better, you can have another child."
That's what they said, but it was just something to comfort her.
After what happened, Bo Jinyan was determined not to let her suffer like that again.
They now have two children, neither of whom are his biological children, but he still treats them as his own and raises them as if they were his own.
“Yes, we will definitely have more children in the future, but no matter how many we have, it won’t be this one,” Sang Ruo said with a forced smile.
"Xiao Ruo..."
Does she know how much it breaks his heart to see her like this?
After a period of sadness, Sang Ruo quickly composed herself: "Ayan, don't worry about me, I'm fine. I know this is God's arrangement, and I don't blame anyone."
Bo Jinyan originally wanted to tell her the results of his conversation with Lu Jinan, but seeing how down she was, he suppressed the idea: "Okay, you should stay here and take good care of yourself. I will have Acheng protect you completely and make sure you don't get hurt."
Sang Ruo's gaze remained fixed on the night outside the window, never responding to him.
Bo Jinyan knew she needed time to accept this cruel reality, so he didn't pressure her. After exchanging a few pleasantries with her, he left.
Only after his figure completely disappeared from her sight did Sang Ruo turn her gaze from the window to the spot he had just left.
Even though the place was empty, she was still unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
...
On the other side, at Xiangshan Hospital.
Wen Qingyi discovered that ever since she told Xu Chen about losing her kidney, Xu Chen seemed to have disappeared. She couldn't reach him by phone, and he didn't come to see her.
She didn't know how many times she called him before he finally had to appear at Xiangshan Hospital to pay her hospital bills.
"Where have you been all this time?" Wen Qingyi gave him a cold look as soon as she saw him: "Are you planning to leave me here to fend for myself?"
He hasn't come to see her for so long.
She truly had no idea that if it weren't for the fact that her hospital bills needed to be paid and the hospital had to call her, she wouldn't know how long he would disappear!
Upon hearing this, Xu Chen frowned, a hint of impatience flashing in his deep eyes: "I didn't leave you to fend for yourself here. I just maintained the distance that should have been between us."
As the son-in-law of the Lu family, he should be mindful of his image. Otherwise, if word gets back to New York, how will he explain it to the elders of the Lu family?
"The distance that should have been between us?" Wen Qingyi murmured repeatedly, her eyes slightly amused, as if she found it somewhat funny: "What distance? Do you want to completely sever ties with me and then completely ignore me like Gong Lian?"
Maintaining distance, isn't it just another way of saying estrangement?
He treated her so well, so well that even Lu Nanchu felt jealous and even went so far as to try to harm her several times. Why would he suddenly want to keep his distance from her?
What exactly happened in between that caused him to change like this?
Xu Chen didn't speak, but the unease in her eyes proved that she was right.
He just wanted to distance himself from her and avoid being in such close contact anymore.
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