The statement about "sinking into the twilight" doesn't mean that they truly believed Xu Tingchuan could provide an answer.
Rather, it was the pain he had been suppressing for so long that needed an outlet, and he had been asking himself that question for the past few days.
But there really is no answer. Choosing either option would be wrong and would hurt someone, which is why he ran away for so many days.
The private room was quiet; neither of them spoke again, and the atmosphere was very heavy.
The waiter brought the coffee. Xu Tingchuan pursed his lips, thought for a long time, but could only say one sentence: "Time is running out. You can't avoid this. You have to make a decision as soon as possible."
Su Yan doesn't have much time left to wait. Zhi Lan is almost seven months pregnant now. If she decides to have a C-section early, she needs to start preparing now. Pregnancy only lasts seven months, and she can only give birth in September. She cannot give birth in August.
However, Xiang Zhilan was pregnant with twins, and a premature cesarean section would not be good for the babies. No mother would want to give birth before full term.
"If it were you, what decision would you make?" Shen Muzhi felt that this was the most difficult question he had faced in his thirty-odd years, and he really had no answer.
After listening to Shen Muzhi's words, Xu Tingchuan pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "I will not face this situation, so there is no point in asking me."
For him, Ni Sitian and the children are the most important things; there is no other life form that can rival them.
Shen Muzhi understood his meaning and gave a bitter smile.
Xu Tingchuan didn't know what to say. He only felt that Shen Muzhi was also tragic. Back then, he and Su Yan had a series of mishaps and suffered for ten years before finally having a child with Xiang Zhilan and starting a new life together, only to face this situation again.
None of the three of them were wrong; the mistake was in timing. If Xiang Zhilan wasn't pregnant now, or had already given birth, then there wouldn't be a problem. Or, if Su Yan relapsed in a few months, that would also be fine.
But they just happened to run into each other, so choosing either side would be a mistake.
"Either you talk to Zhi Lan, this matter can't be kept secret sooner or later." Xu Tingchuan couldn't offer any advice, only feeling that the couple should be able to communicate.
"How do we talk about it?" Shen Muzhi couldn't even bring up the fact that she and Su Yan were half-siblings. Was she supposed to tell her that she had undergone a cesarean section in advance so that she could donate bone marrow to Su Yan?
Xu Tingchuan fell silent again. Xiang Zhilan was the most innocent one in this matter. She was forced to have a child back then, and he couldn't justify hurting her again now.
If Ni Sitian knew, she would probably fight Shen Muzhi to the death.
The two sat in silence for a long time when Shen Muzhi's phone rang. It was Butler Chen calling. He picked it up and answered, but before he could speak, he heard an urgent and flustered voice: "Madam, Madam has fallen."
"What!" Shen Muzhi suddenly stood up from his seat.
"They're taking her to the city hospital now." Butler Chen said breathlessly. The servants had already helped Xiang Zhilan into the car, and he got in after them.
"I'm coming right away." Shen Muzhi put away her phone and, without even saying goodbye to Xu Tingchuan, quickly walked towards the coffee shop door.
Xu Tingchuan also heard the phone call from Butler Chen and immediately ran out.
When he went out, Shen Muzhi had already started the car and driven away, leaving him only two rows of exhaust fumes.
He watched his car drive away and sighed deeply. Was Xiang Zhilan's fall at this moment an act of fate?
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