"Ah!" She opened her eyes suddenly as she sat up. Then, she realized that she had a nightmare!In the dream, she experienced the moment when Ye Wenming took her to the operating room. However, Ye Wenming did not stop the operation but insisted on making her go through with it. The anesthesia needle went into her body. She wanted to struggle and escape, but her body could not move no matter what...Fortunately... it was just a dream!Zhuo Qianyun gasped and looked at her son sleeping next to her. Lil Yan was still sleeping soundly, undisturbed by her.She got up and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, only to see Ye Wenming still leaning against the car from the kitchen window.His posture was the same as earlier.However, hours had passed since then!Zhuo Qianyun held the cup tightly in her hand. After a long time, she finally put it down and walked toward the door.When she opened the door, Ye Wenming seemed to hear her as he suddenly raised his head and looked toward
"Ye Wenming, enough is enough, so let's leave it at that. Just let me go, okay?" murmured Zhuo Qianyun. She loved and hated the man before her. It eventually became a complicated feeling, and she did not know how to face him.With that said, Zhuo Qianyun turned to return home and closed the door.Ye Wenming stood outside alone as if only a soulless body was left....Qin Lianyi's health recovered quickly ever since she woke up. She could already get out of bed slowly the next day, and she looked perfectly normal by the fifth day.Due to her health and the medications she had to take, she could not feed the baby. Therefore, she had no more breast milk. Qin Lianyi somewhat regretted it.However, at least she and the baby were alive.Qin Lianyi beamed as she held her daughter in the ward. Though the baby was skinny and looked like a little monkey after being born prematurely, Qin Lianyi found her baby beautiful.Especially those eyes that looked like Bai Tingxin's. They would prob
By the end of the week, Ling Yiran brought the triplets, Hao Jifei, and He Zixin—a total of five children—to Qin Lianyi's place. Qin Lianyi looked at the five children and could not help saying to her best friend with a smile, "With all these kids out here at once, people will think you run a kindergarten."Ling Yiran looked at the row of children standing behind her and smiled. She did seem like she ran a kindergarten."Yiran, there you are!" said Zhuo Qianyun as she stepped forward."Sis Zhuo. Hey, where's Lil Yan?" Ling Yiran saw no sign of Lil Yan."He's on the second floor looking at Yiyi. He'll be down in a minute," said Zhuo Qianyun.Sure enough, Zhuo Yan soon came down from the stairway.When Yi Qianjin saw Zhuo Yan, she immediately ran to Lil Yan with enthusiasm. After Zhuo Yan walked down the stairs, she hugged Zhuo Yan and shouted enthusiastically."Brother Yan!"Zhuo Yan naturally picked Yi Qianjin up. Although he was only nine years old, he had grown stronger from
Besides, after finding out yesterday that she would see Zhuo Yan today, Lil Jin kept talking about Brother Yan the entire night. She also took out her beautiful dress and asked him if she looked good in it and whether Brother Yan would like it, which made Hao Jifei feel uncomfortable.He did not want her to care so much about Brother Yan.He only wished that she would care about him alone!Just then, Zhuo Yan put Yi Qianjin down and politely walked forward to say hello to Ling Yiran and the other children.However, when he greeted Hao Jifei, Hao Jifei turned his head away and did not respond to Zhuo Yan.Zhuo Yan did not take it to heart either. He smiled and said to Qin Lianyi, "Aunt Qin, why don't I take them to see Yiyi?""Sure," said Qin Lianyi. She had confinement nannies and maids looking after her daughter, so she did not have to worry much.Therefore, Zhuo Yan led the group of children up the stairs.Qin Lianyi looked at the impressive team and could not help laughing w
Yi Qianmo frowned as if he was pondering something. His mother had told him Aunt Qin's newborn baby was beautiful, but he did not find her very beautiful at all.Yi Qianmo looked at his sister. 'Um... Lil Jin looks a lot better.'Yi Qianjin stared at the baby curiously before carefully touching the baby's face. She thought that the baby was tiny, just like some of her bigger dolls.Hao Jifei was not paying attention to the baby at all. All his attention was on Yi Qianjin."How cute!" He Zixin mumbled as she looked at the baby.She had nothing to do with the Bai family, but Aunt Ling wanted to bring Lil Ci here, and Lil Ci insisted on bringing her. Hence, she came to have a look too.Her eyes lit up as soon as she saw the baby. She thought the tiny baby felt soft and looked cute.Just then, as if feeling the gazes of so many people, the baby opened her eyes and began to cry.The confinement nanny nearby immediately held the baby and coaxed her. Soon, the baby stopped crying, and
As if she had discovered something new, Yi Qianjin said with a smile, "The baby's yawning. Haha, she looks so cute when she yawns! Brother Yan, did you see the baby yawn just now?""Yes," Yi Qianmo replied lazily.Zhuo Yan said, "It seems Yiyi's comfortable.""Yiyi, hurry and grow up. I have a lot of beautiful dolls. I'll give you some to play with when the time comes!" Yi Qianjin appeared like a big sister. Bai Yiyi seemed to understand this. The corners of her lips curved as if she was smiling.Therefore, Yi Qianjin became even more excited. "Look, Brother Yan. Yiyi's smiling at me. Does she like me too?""Yeah, she must really like you," Zhuo Yan said gently.Hao Jifei felt like a fifth wheel as he watched the scene unfold.He looked down and slowly walked out of the room.He should not have come here in the first place. He had nothing to do with this place.Hao Jifei went out to the corridor. When he passed the window, he happened to see He Zixin and Yi Qianci talking ab
She was curious and envious when Xiaoyin talked about her boyfriend.'Um, how would it feel to have a boyfriend? Would it be like what I see on TV?' Although she was only in the first grade, she knew what a boyfriend was. After all, it was all on TV."Then don't like someone else," Yi Qianci's smile faded again as he spoke sulkily."How is that possible?" He Zixin rejected right away, not noticing Yi Qianci's eyes dimming slowly!...Hao Jifei squatted in the corridor for an unknown length of time.'Even though I left the room, no one noticed. Even... Lil Jin didn't come out looking for me.'Is it because I'm nobody important?'Maybe Lil Jin only finds me interesting because I play the piano and a lot of kids can't play the piano or keep up with her. That's why she wanted to play with me.''But if she meets someone she likes better, I’ll be cast aside like now.‘Will it be like what the servants' children said? If she loses interest in me or gets bored with my piano playing,
They only saw Hao Jifei standing at the top of the stairs, while Yi Qianjin was staring at him with anger and shock. It was obvious that she had witnessed something.Ling Yiran hurried to her daughter's side. "Lil Jin, what happened?"Yi Qianjin said, "Mommy, I saw Lil Fei push Brother Yan downstairs! I wasn’t the only one who saw it but Brother did too!"She could not understand why Lil Fei pushed Brother Yan. If Brother Yan had not grabbed the handrail in time, he would have taken a bad fall.She had once seen a TV show about a woman who died after being pushed down a flight of stairs.Although her mother told her that everything in TV shows was fake, she still had nightmares about it for a long time.Ling Yiran looked at Yi Qianmo. "Lil Mo, is what Lil Jin said true?"Yi Qianmo nodded. "Lil Jin and I saw Lil Fei suddenly rushing out and pushing Brother Yan when he was going down the stairs."All eyes were instantly on Hao Jifei.Hao Jifei's tiny body winced a little."Lil
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he