Chapter 0043 Inspection
Ruyi's menstrual cycle is always punctual, with a maximum error of no more than one day. However, this time, a month and a half has passed since her last period, but she still hasn't experienced the premenstrual aches, pains, and heaviness in her lower abdomen.
She thought of a possibility and felt uneasy. She immediately went out to a pharmacy a five-minute walk from her home and bought two pregnancy tests, just to be on the safe side.
I went home and immediately locked myself in the bathroom. I fiddled with the things according to the instructions, and both of them tested positive.
The two bright red lines stung her so much she almost cried. She sat silently on the toilet for a moment, propping her head up. Then she gathered everything into a black plastic bag, tied it tightly, and went downstairs to throw it into a garbage collection point more than 30 meters away.
After dealing with that thing, Ruyi took out her phone to hail a taxi, then slowly walked to the alley entrance to wait for the car, her expression somewhat dazed.
The detective desperately wanted to fly to the trash can and rummage through it, but Ruyi was blocking the way to the trash can and didn't know when she would leave. He was really anxious.
Judging from her expression, he was almost certain that Ruyi had won the lottery! But how could he do justice to his profession if he only speculated based on words without taking concrete evidence?
Fortunately, after standing there for a moment, Ruyi suddenly remembered that she had left some things behind, so she went back upstairs.
The detective rushed to the garbage station with lightning speed. Without even searching, he saw the black plastic bag on top. He opened his camera, his heart pounding and his hands trembling, and took a picture to confirm his suspicions. He sent it immediately.
Upon seeing the unmistakable two stripes, Chen Yan almost immediately jumped up from his chair, not even bothering to put on his suit jacket, and rushed straight out.
The ever-observant secretary calmly reminded him, "Mr. Chen, there's an important meeting in half an hour..."
Without turning his head, he ordered, "Reschedule! Cancel all of today's events!"
Chen Yan clenched his fist and pressed it to his lips. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he hurried toward his car, asking the detective on the other end of the phone, "How...is she now?"
Although it was a bit cruel, the detective had to tell the truth: "She went upstairs to get her medical insurance card and medical record book, and she's now in a ride-hailing car."
They are all intelligent people; it's self-evident where Ruyi wants to go without needing to be said.
Chen Yan, with his brows furrowed and eyes narrowed, exuded a cold and stern air. He gave a deep command: "Share your location with me and stay close to her!"
With the birth rate now dismal, even in top-tier hospitals, the obstetrics and gynecology departments are no longer as prosperous as they once were, and on weekdays, the corridors of the departments are deserted.
Ruyi registered on-site, took the escalator to the second floor, and just as she found the obstetrics and gynecology department by following the signs, she sat in the waiting area for only a few minutes before it was her turn.
The doctor was a woman in her thirties. She sat down somewhat nervously and said she wanted to take a pregnancy test.
Upon hearing this, the doctor nodded expressionlessly and ordered a blood HCG test. Ruyi, still uneasy, asked, "How accurate is this test? If it also shows pregnancy, does that mean I'm really pregnant?"
She knew she had asked a stupid question, but she was so scared that she desperately needed someone to tell her that these results were inaccurate, that she wasn't actually pregnant, and that her period was just delayed due to extreme emotional fluctuations.
The doctor clearly wasn't going to cooperate with her, and stated speechlessly that the test had an accuracy rate of 99% and there was almost no possibility of misdiagnosis.
At the same time, the other party also judged from her reaction and the fact that she came alone that she was another foolish woman who was pregnant out of wedlock.
Ruyi understood the doctor's gaze and felt so ashamed that she wanted to bury her head in her chest.
She forced back her tears and opened the door, only to see Chen Yan leaning against the wall beside the door. She wondered how much of her conversation with the doctor had been overheard by him.
Almost the instant Ruyi opened the door, Chen Yan immediately straightened up, looked over with sparkling eyes, and made as if to pull her up.
Ruyi's pent-up grievances turned into anger upon seeing the culprit. She forcefully shook off his hand and looked at him as if he were an enemy.
"Despicable man!" She cursed him for the unexpected pregnancy that was caused by him, and also for using the same old trick of having someone monitor her. Otherwise, how could he have arrived so quickly, in less than three hours since she suspected she was pregnant? What a coincidence!
Even when scolded, Chen Yan remained unfazed and said in a good-natured manner, "The laboratory is on the third floor. I'll take you there."
Ruyi ignored her and assumed she had come alone. She walked to the hospital floor plan next to the escalator, confirmed the location of the laboratory on the third floor, and then took the escalator upstairs.
Helpless, Chen Yan could only follow closely behind at a distance.
After having her blood drawn at the window, the doctor handed her a sterile cotton swab and gestured for her to hold it down. She quickly took it, only to realize that she didn't have a hand to hold the canvas bag on her lap. Just as she was about to let go of the cotton swab and free up one hand to hook the bag to make room for the person behind her who was going to have their blood drawn, Chen Yan snatched the bag just in time before she could let go.
Among those waiting in the blood-drawing waiting hall were elderly people in their twilight years, emaciated patients, and toddlers held on the laps of their gloomy parents... In this environment where one is facing illness head-on and may even brush past death at any moment, all love and hate seem insignificant. She had neither the mood nor the energy to argue with him, so she let him be.
Chen Yan, observing her expression, immediately seized the opportunity and sat down next to her in the empty seat on the left.
She didn't chase him away again. She overheard him make two phone calls and vaguely knew that he was using his connections to get the lab at this top-tier hospital to expedite his test results.
She didn't say anything to dissuade her.
Chen Yan couldn't wait to know the result, and neither could Ruyi. However, their purposes were completely opposite. The former wanted to officially stamp the basically confirmed good news with the official seal, while the latter was eager to see the definite conclusion of "not pregnant" in the last line of the report, otherwise she would have to make plans as soon as possible.
She silently prayed that the pregnancy test from that pharmacy was of poor quality and the result was incorrect, otherwise...
Ruyi had seen the entire abortion process in a medical documentary. After a medical abortion, there were still embryonic fragments remaining in the uterus, and the doctor had to perform a second curettage.
The woman lay sprawled on the operating table, legs spread wide, utterly humiliated, like livestock awaiting slaughter. The doctor's eyes, visible above his blue mask, remained calm and unwavering. He first used instruments to pry open the woman's vagina, then inserted a pair of forceps twenty or thirty centimeters long. The woman's eyebrows twitched violently. The doctor then took a spoon-shaped instrument from a nurse and, as she rotated it back and forth on her wrist, the woman in the video emitted a painful moan. By the time the surgery was over, she looked as if she had been submerged in water; her lips were as pale as paper…
However, that documentary was filmed a long time ago. With the continuous advancement of medical technology, there should already be truly painless abortion procedures available...
Ruyi was overwhelmed with thoughts and her mind was in turmoil. She didn't even notice that Chen Yan got up, with her canvas bag slung over his shoulder, went downstairs to the convenience store, and came back with two sandwiches and a glass of milk, one of which was still warm.
Unlike outside, the hospital's convenience store offers hot drinks all year round. Chen Yan, dressed in a silver shirt with subtle patterns, looked dashing and handsome. He specifically asked for a hot milk, which made the usually impatient cashier secretly wonder which lucky girl had saved the banking department in her past life, making this obviously successful and good-looking guy willingly carry a canvas bag printed with Doraemon and help run errands at the hospital, and even thoughtfully order a hot drink just for her.
Chen Yan inserted a straw into the hot milk and tentatively brought it to Ruyi's lips. While he went downstairs to buy things, Ruyi had already silently prepared for the worst. If she needed surgery, she definitely couldn't go hungry, and besides, given the sins he had committed, it was only natural for her to eat something.
She took the milk expressionlessly and sipped it slowly. After all that fuss, she was indeed a little hungry.
Seeing that she was willing to accept, Chen Yan felt a burst of joy in his heart, and quickly tore the chicken sandwich apart, wanting to feed her.
She took it and ate it without hesitation.
Chen Yan was almost overjoyed and cried. She naturally took Ruyi's series of reactions as a sign that her attitude had softened. The more she hated him, the more she loved him. She loved him so much, how could she bear to really abandon him? Now that she was pregnant with a baby by chance, she was even more inseparable from him!
He smiled and said in an extremely gentle tone, "After we finish eating, we'll check the results, and then I'll take you out for a proper meal. A sandwich for lunch won't fill you up..."
Ruyi nodded and quickened her eating pace. She was indeed eager to see the test results and hoped that God would bless her.
Little did he know that this nod plunged Chen Yan into a wonderful fantasy that the two would soon reconcile. So when Ruyi saw the words "confirmed pregnancy" on the report and looked pained and indignant, Chen Yan was momentarily stunned.
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