Chapter 118 Pain
No! It's not yours!
The stronger Bai Zhenzhu's reaction, the more Shi Jin felt that she was lying.
"Whose is that?"
"It's... Li Zifeng's! Yes, it's his!"
The name Li Zifeng flashed through Bai Zhenzhu's mind. She silently apologized to him in her heart: Li Zifeng, I'm sorry, please forgive me for using you as a shield.
"But I just called Li Zifeng, and he said he's never touched you. Tell me, how could this child be his?"
"I might be mistaken. It's not Li Zifeng's. It's the guy I had a one-night stand with at the bar. Anyway, it's definitely not yours!"
“But I checked your abortion records in the Italian hospital. The surgery was a month after you went to Italy, which showed that you were almost three months pregnant. Three months, Bai Zhenzhu, the father of the child can only be me!”
Bai Zhenzhu was speechless.
No amount of excuses or pretexts can stand up to direct evidence.
Knowing she couldn't fool him, she simply admitted, "Yes, it's your child."
Her gaze was firm and cold, yet a nonchalant smile played on her lips, seemingly a provocation.
"Bai Zhenzhu, you finally admit it! You were so heartless as to hit my child? Did you ever respect me as the father of this child? What right do you have to make decisions on your own? You are the most ruthless and vicious woman I have ever met!"
Shi Jin was truly furious.
It was a small life, and he didn't even have the chance to know that this small life had appeared before he was forced to accept the result that it had disappeared.
Bai Zhenzhu quickly wiped away the tear that had rolled down her cheek, and said with a contemptuous smile, "Shi Jin, you're ridiculous. It's just a little embryo, not some kind of love child. Why would I tell you? I don't love you, and I would never have a child out of wedlock. Do you know how disgusted I felt when I found out I was pregnant with your child? How much I regretted it? I suffered so much to get rid of it, do you understand? Don't give me that moralistic act of being a loving father. In my eyes, you, Shi Jin, are nothing but a scumbag who only brings me trouble!"
The anger and hatred that had been suppressed in his heart slowly began to grow. He clenched his fists tightly, like a bloodthirsty wolf.
"White Pearl, you've finally made me realize just how despicable I, Shi Jin, really am. From now on, I will never bother you again. Even if I see you on the street, I will take a detour. And if I hear anything about you, I will cover my ears and refuse to listen!"
"Now you don't have to feel nauseous anymore..."
His mood was like a leaf blown down, filled with boundless disappointment.
This time, it's really time to let go...
As Shi Jin left, Bai Zhenzhu felt a constant, throbbing pain in her heart, and the pain intensified over time.
Her limbs convulsed uncontrollably, her back was soaked in cold sweat, and all the strength in her body seemed to have been drained away in an instant.
Her voice was hoarse and broken as she spoke to the empty doorway: "Are you just going to leave like this?"
...
Not long after Shi Jin left, Yin Jiaxi returned from buying food.
"Pearl, you scared me to death! You used to be so healthy, how could you just faint like that? Luckily, the doctor said it's nothing serious, just that your body is too weak..."
Yin Jiaxi rattled off a lot of words, but Bai Zhenzhu didn't react at all.
"Pearl, I bought you your favorite pumpkin porridge. Sit up, and I'll feed you some."
The white pearl remained motionless, this time seemingly not even blinking.
Yin Jiaxi was terrified. She sat down next to Bai Zhenzhu and anxiously called out, "Zhenzhu, don't scare me! What happened to you? Did Shi Jin do something to you?"
Yin Jiaxi was unaware that Bai Zhenzhu had miscarried, so she assumed that Shi Jin had said something unpleasant.
Just as Yin Jiaxi was about to confront Shi Jin indignantly, Bai Zhenzhu suddenly turned around, her eyes vacant, and said listlessly, "Jiaxi, I had a miscarriage, and it was Shi Jin's child. He knows..."
She stated these facts calmly, but Yoon Ga-hee could sense the pain and torment in Baek Jin-joo's heart.
She hugged Bai Zhenzhu with heartache, neither shocked nor condemning her because of what Bai Zhenzhu said.
"Pearl, how could you be so foolish? Why didn't you tell me when something happened? With me by your side, at least you wouldn't have been so scared and helpless..."
Bai Zhenzhu imagined herself alone in a strange Italian hospital, completely unable to understand what the doctors were saying, lying alone in a cold operating room listening to various abortion instruments churning her flesh, making extremely unpleasant and terrifying sounds...
She had never been so afraid in her life. She said in very broken Italian, "No! Don't!"
But the doctor sternly stopped her, "Ms. Bai, you must have this surgery, because..."
"Jiaxi, do you also think I'm heartless for killing my own child?"
"Pearl, you had already broken up with Shi Jin back then. You were studying in Italy all by yourself. Did you think you could just give up your studies and raise a child every day? Your life had just begun. Of course, you can't ruin your future for the sake of so-called responsibility! You did the right thing. Don't blame yourself, okay?"
“Jiaxi, actually I lied. I do love that child. I did consider having him, but… but…” Bai Zhenzhu seemed to recall some unpleasant memories and suddenly became emotional.
"Pearl, calm down, stop thinking about it, let's stop thinking about it, it's all in the past, okay?"
Bai Zhenzhu hugged Yin Jiaxi and started crying. All the sealed memories and suppressed pain poured out in that instant, unstoppable.
She was overwhelmed by pain.
"Jiaxi, you wouldn't understand. I really didn't want to abort him, really..."
After crying for an unknown amount of time, Bai Zhenzhu fell into a deep sleep in Yin Jiaxi's arms.
Yin Jiaxi covered Bai Zhenzhu with the blanket and then left temporarily.
...
After leaving the hospital, Shi Jin went to a bar to drown her sorrows.
He hadn't been this drunk in a long time; it felt like he was back in those days when he was abandoned by Bai Zhenzhu.
He drank one cup after another, muttering repeatedly, "White Pearl, why? Why did you do this to me?"
Suddenly, a pair of fair hands grasped his wrist. He turned his head and looked at the familiar face with a dazed expression. His cheeks flushed, and he smiled and said, "Pearl, you've come?"
The woman returned the same warm smile, "Shi Jin, you're drunk. Come home with me."
"Pearl, tell me, you love me, right? You don't want to abort our child, do you? Pearl, please, don't be so cruel, okay? Please..."
Finally, he almost knelt before the woman, tears blurring his vision. He buried his head in his hands, collapsed onto her lap, and kept pleading.
"Shi Jin! Look carefully, who am I really!"
Shi Jin slowly raised his eyes, his pupils dilating sharply. "Mai Mai? You're Mai Mai!"
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