Chapter 20 Complete Despair
"The baby is more than five months old. It will cause great harm to your body if you abort it now. Besides, you have already had a miscarriage once. It will be difficult to have a child again after this one!" The doctor reminded after the examination.
"I also need to remind you that if the disease caused by the miscarriage has been cured and the remaining sentence is less than the legal limit, you should be imprisoned immediately, so you have to think it over carefully!" added the staff guarding her.
In other words, if Xie Meilan gave birth to the child, considering that the child cannot leave its mother, she could still stay outside and would not have to serve her sentence in prison, but if she had an abortion, she would have to go to jail.
On one hand, there is raising a child, and on the other hand, there is going to jail. No matter which one you choose, it will be stressful. Xie Meilan found it difficult to make a decision for a while. She went back and lay on the hospital bed to weigh the pros and cons for two days, and finally chose to give up the child.
Because the maximum time in jail is just two years, but if I have a child, I will be tied to this little guy for the rest of my life. When I was still working, I felt it was too much to raise a child, so I aborted the child without notifying Shen Lei.
Now that she has a criminal record, some mainstream jobs are basically out of her reach. How can she dare to have a child under such circumstances? It would be better to just go to jail and see if she can find a way out when she is released in the future!
At this time, she thought of Shen Lei again. He loves me so much, he will definitely not leave me alone, right? When the time comes, if I ask him to remarry, he will definitely agree, and then I can still survive in the capital.
She never thought that Shen Lei would marry someone else in the past two years, because in her opinion, Shen Lei was a useless man and no woman would like him, let alone marry him.
Helplessly, the doctor could only perform the operation according to her wishes. The staff who was guarding her did mention that the child was Lu Jie's, and now that you want to abort the child, shouldn't you listen to his opinion?
Just like when she aborted Shen Lei's child before, Xie Meilan had no intention of asking the man for his opinion. Lu Jie is bankrupt and has to stay in prison for another twelve years. Why should I give birth to a child for him?
According to the law, women's reproductive autonomy is protected. They can unilaterally decide whether to have an abortion without obtaining the man's consent, so Xie Meilan was sent directly to the operating room.
The fetus is basically formed at five months of pregnancy, and at this time an induced abortion is usually required to abort the child. Xie Meilan suffered a lot this time. She stayed in the hospital for a week and then returned to Lu Jie's house to rest for more than a month before she recovered.
Considering that she needed a better environment to recover and was about to serve her sentence, the court gave her the opportunity to return home temporarily.
At the same time, Lu Jie also learned the news. His mouth trembled for a long time. He first covered his face and cried, then burst into laughter. "Hahahaha, I tried every means to leave some money for the child, but I didn't expect her to be so superficial. She beat the child as soon as she heard me come in!"
After the madness, Lu Jie wiped his face and said, "Government, I want to surrender myself. I still have a sum of money left in a house bought in someone else's name. Go to the study and look for it. On the second row of the bookshelf on the right is an original English version of Paul Krugman's International Economics. Tear open the cover and you will see a HSBC bank card inside. There are two million US dollars in it, which is just enough for me to pay the fine!"
He is 42 years old this year and has been sentenced to 12 years. Even if he behaves well and gets a reduced sentence, he will be over 50 when he is released, and there will be basically nothing for him to enjoy. So the only thing he is thinking about now is the child in Xie Meilan's belly.
If it were outside, it would be easier. He has money and can easily find a young and beautiful girl to bear a child for him. But now, all other hopes are completely cut off. Only Xie Meilan can leave him a child.
So even though he knew that paying the fine and reimbursement in time would save him time in jail, Lu Jie was unwilling to spend the money. Staying in prison for a few more days would give him a better chance of getting his child in prison. This deal was a good deal!
As a result, Xie Meilan aborted the child without saying anything. What was the point of keeping the money now? It would be better to spend it and try to reduce his sentence.
Of course, this was also because Lu Jie was devastated by Xie Meilan's behavior. If he were allowed to think about it slowly, he might have chosen to keep the money and spend it after he got out.
This is also the reason why the staff told Lu Jie this news. According to their experience, prisoners often reveal some useful information when they are impulsive.
Now that their goal had been achieved, they immediately went to search the place Lu Jie mentioned and soon found the bank card. After some work and completing the confiscation procedures, the money went into the national treasury.
After Xie Meilan recovered, they told her the news, wanting to see if she could reveal some useful information like Lu Jie under impulse.
Who knew that Xie Meilan almost went crazy after hearing this.
"Ah~~Ah~~Hahahaha~~~Hahahaha~~~" She cried and laughed, tearing her hair and clothes desperately. This was two million US dollars. As long as she visited Lu Jie once, she would have a chance to get the money. Unfortunately, it was all gone now! "Be honest! Don't try to act crazy and stupid to avoid serving your sentence!" The staff scolded. Even though they were used to the ugly appearance of criminals, they were disgusted by extreme egoists like Xie Meilan.
Seeing that they could no longer get any more words out of her, the staff prepared to send her to prison. "Okay, you've recovered now! It's time to go to prison and serve your sentence. Come with us now!"
After getting on the prison van, Xie Meilan tried desperately to find reasons to comfort herself, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you still have Shen Lei. Shen Lei must be waiting for you outside. After you go in, serve your sentence well. Maybe you will be able to get out in less than two years. Then you can remarry Shen Lei. There is still hope in life!"
She looked greedily at the scenery outside through the car window bars. This was probably her last chance to appreciate the prosperity of the capital city in recent years. The next time she wanted to see these would be after she was released from prison.
Suddenly, something seemed to happen to the car in front, and the prison van stopped in the middle of the road. At the same time, a familiar figure came into Xie Meilan's sight.
Hey, isn't this Shen Lei? Why is he here, and who is the person holding his hand?
Xie Meilan saw Shen Lei, wearing a neat suit, and a beautiful young girl in a wedding dress, walking out of a photo studio on the street and getting into a photo shooting car. It was obvious that they were going somewhere to take wedding photos!
Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could anyone be interested in someone like him? Xie Meilan was completely desperate!
Thanks to Qingzhi Youming for the tip. You also tipped a lot for the last book, but I ended up cutting it off. Iām really sorry. I will definitely write more for this one ćć ć (end of this chapter)
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