She could feel the cold instruments on her abdomen.
At that moment, Jiang Nuan remembered an old legend she heard long ago: aborted children have no place to go, cannot be reincarnated, and eventually sink to the bottom of the sea.
With a strength she didn’t know she had, she grabbed the nearest nurse.
Everyone stopped in surprise to look at her.
How could she still be conscious with the full dose of anesthesia?
Jiang Nuan forced out a voice from her throat, “Doctor, please, after you take out the child, give her back to me…”
The doctor, with a tool in hand, nodded at Jiang Nuan.
The anesthesia finally took hold, and Jiang Nuan’s hand slowly dropped.
In the numbness, she felt something being detached from her body.
A faint voice called out in her ear, “Mommy… it hurts…”
Jiang Nuan blinked, a tear rolling down her cheek.
…
Outside the operating room.
Fu Yumo was about to leave when the ‘In Surgery’ light suddenly went off!
A doctor rushed out: “Mr. Fu, the patient has a slight clotting disorder, continuing the surgery might be life-threatening!”
Fu Yumo glanced at the message from Jiang Nuan’s mother on his phone: Yumo, the baby in Nuan Nuan’s belly is a boy, ten million might not be enough.
He sneered, “Continue.”
Chapter 10
When Jiang Nuan woke up again.
The sky outside was dark, rain pouring down.
She turned her head to see a small box on the bedside table.
Her eyes reddened instantly, carefully cradling the box in her hands, murmuring, “Don’t be scared… don’t be scared…”
Ignoring her own pain, Jiang Nuan got up and slowly left the hospital.
On the street, few people were out, the heavy rain beating down on her.
She walked with difficulty, not knowing how long it took, before she finally made it back home.
After standing stiff for a long time, Jiang Nuan took out a large box from the cabinet.
Inside lay a peace charm, a sour plum keychain, and a photo of three people.
The peace charm was given to her by her father the day before his accident, the keychain… marked the beginning of her affection for Fu Yumo.
It was the first time Jiang Nuan realized that having someone she liked could make her heart beat so fast.
