My brain felt like it had been churned up into paste. The stone pavement outside was scorching hot from the sun, and every step I took was burning hot.
The woman seemed oblivious, standing at the intersection trying to stop a car.
But there are already few cars around midday.
Then came Jiang Meimei's urgent cry from behind: "Madam, Madam—"
She had difficulty walking and lagged far behind.
A black Buick slowly drove up from a distance and stopped in front of the convenience store.
Sun Lifang immediately ran over and knocked on the window.
The car window rolled down, revealing the face of a young man. Sun Lifang, her eyes blurry with tears, couldn't make out his features clearly. She pleaded urgently, "Could you please help me get to the hospital? I'll pay you, I'll pay you..."
As he spoke, he took out banknotes from his bag. The man reached out to stop him, and the banknotes scattered on the car seat.
"Help me, please help me."
Sun Lifang has lost her mind and can only say this one sentence.
Jiang Meimei, who was behind her, saw her and was about to run over.
Sun Lifang got into the car, closed the door, sniffed, and ordered, "Drive."
Lu Jiacheng had come to the shop to buy two packs of cigarettes when a woman ran off in his car.
This woman even tried to bribe him with money.
That's hilarious.
Just as he was about to tease her, his gaze swept down over the woman's protruding belly, and Lu Jiacheng's playful attitude vanished.
I took a deep breath, didn't think too much, and started the car.
"Thank you, thank you." After calming down, Sun Lifang lowered her head and stroked her belly.
It's hard.
She couldn't help but think of lying on the operating table in her past life.
The feeling of cold instruments removing a child from under the body.
The white bed, the glaring shadowless lamp, and the heavy, pungent smell of disinfectant.
Scenes flashed before her eyes, and despite the sweltering heat, she broke out in a cold sweat.
I vaguely recall my past life, and I can hardly tell which scene was real.
"arrive."
Hearing a man's clear voice, Sun Lifang, disoriented, pushed open the car door, got out, bowed slightly, and ran towards the obstetrics and gynecology department.
If things ended like this, that would be fine, but—
Lu Jiacheng looked at the banknotes scattered all over the car, rubbed his temples, and sighed.
He got out of the car, locked the door, and strode after the woman in the direction she had left.
Sun Lifang booked an expedited appointment with a specialist, and the doctor took her to get tested.
"More than five months?" The doctor smiled and told her to take a deep breath. "Don't be nervous."
Lying on the medical bed, the nurse asked her to lift her clothes so she could apply a cooling gel to her belly.
"Let's take a look at the ultrasound."
The female doctor was very kind and tried to distract her, saying, "Oh, the baby is so cute."
"Look, these are her little hands," the doctor said, pointing to a dark shape. "She's playing with her mother's umbilical cord."
As they talked, Sun Lifang's attention was drawn to the doctor.
From her angle, she could only vaguely make out a fleshy ball.
But the doctor spoke with great conviction: "She's very active, developing..."
The doctor paused at this point, saying that Sun Lifang's heart was about to stop beating.
The doctor pointed with his finger and said, "Compared to the last prenatal checkup, it's a bit bigger, not like it's more than five months along, but there are no other problems."
Hearing this, Sun Lifang breathed a sigh of relief and then subtly mentioned the family's "secret recipe."
The female doctor's expression immediately changed, and she said seriously, "That's all a lie."
"A child has a gender from the moment of conception; how can you change it so easily?"
As he spoke, he took a photocopy from the filing cabinet next to him and showed it to her. "What they mean by changing gender is changing physical form."
"They are all freaks. Our hospital has received one before."
"She dresses like a boy, but she's not physically developed and still has some feminine characteristics."
"Not being male or female, isn't that harmful to people?"
The picture shows two gender characteristics coexisting. Sun Lifang asked what would happen if she accidentally ate it?
The doctor didn't see anything unusual on the ultrasound and told her to get a blood test.
"We need to observe further."
The nurse wiped the gel off her belly with a tissue, and Sun Lifang tidied herself up, feeling much relieved.
Only after calming down did I realize—
She completely forgot to listen to Jiang Meimei's answer.
The small ceramic jar appears to be unopened; the opening was sealed with a plastic bag before being plugged in.
What if I've never used it before?
A glimmer of hope rose in Sun Lifang's heart.
Because she had come barefoot, the female doctor told her to wait a moment.
Ask the nurse to go to the supermarket downstairs in the inpatient building and buy a pair of slippers.
Sun Lifang thanked her repeatedly, saying, "No need."
The female doctor was talking to the nurse at the door when she saw something and nodded.
At the same time, the female doctor walked over and frowned, saying, "Sir, how could you let your wife come to the hospital barefoot?"
"She's pregnant, shouldn't her husband be more attentive to her?"
His tone was full of good intentions: "You're going to be a father, is it really that hard to set a good example for your child?"
The female doctor had seen this kind of thing many times in the hospital.
A man and a woman get married and become husband and wife. The woman becomes pregnant, but the man is still a child.
Ideological education is essential.
Lu Jiacheng neither refuted nor intended to explain.
He was quite cheerful and seemed to have a good attitude, his peach blossom eyes glistening as he looked at the female doctor.
It's truly enviable that a man has such beautiful peach blossom eyes; even those who were being stared at couldn't bring themselves to say anything after a few words of criticism.
Sun Lifang had just gotten off the bed, wearing slippers sponsored by the doctor, and had just pulled back the curtain.
She made eye contact with the man who had hitched a ride with her earlier.
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