"Yanyan..." Zhao Yulan called out to her niece distressedly, gently stroking her forehead, "Eat sothing. Only by nourishing your body can you truly recover. Listen to your aunt, alright?"
Since waking up, Zhao Qiyan had been staring blankly at the ceiling, ignoring everyone, refusing to eat or drink. Chuxia even suspected she might have transmigrated; otherwise, how could soone who always cherished herself beco so neglectful?
Helpless, Zhao Yulan continued to persuade, "Yanyan, you’re still young. If you take care of your body, you can beco a mother next year. If you continue like this, you won’t even have the chance to be a mother."
"Yanyan..." Liu Zhenqiang stepped forward, "Your aunt personally made pigeon soup for you. At least have so. The doctor said that if you don’t take care now, you might not be able to have children in the future. Are you really content with spending your life with just the two of us, without a child?"
Zhao Qiyan’s eyes finally moved, and after a while, she sighed, "She said she’s in a lot of pain, blad for not protecting her well, she kept calling out to , she didn’t want to leave..."
Liu Zhenqiang’s eyes imdiately reddened, "Yanyan, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault, I hard both you and our daughter. Please give a chance to make it up to you, won’t you?"
"Are you just afraid you won’t be able to keep your job?" Zhao Qiyan looked at him steadily, "If leaving won’t affect your work, would you just abandon , Liu Zhenqiang?"
"No, no..." Liu Zhenqiang shook his head repeatedly, "I really want to be with you for a lifeti, I never thought of leaving you, really, you must believe ."
"Now that the child is gone, you can be with Kim Lan..." Zhao Qiyan looked at him indifferently, "If your heart isn’t with , binding you to is useless, you should leave."
"Yanyan, don’t scare ..." Liu Zhenqiang anxiously grabbed her hand, "I really, really am not lying to you, please don’t say such frightening things, okay?"
"I’m not saying anything scary. After going through a near-death experience, I understand, truly..." Zhao Qiyan looked at Zhao Yulan and Chuxia, "Aunt, Chuxia, I’m sorry, I’ve treated you badly before, please don’t be angry with ."
"Yanyan, what nonsense are you saying? How could your aunt be angry with you, and Chuxia wouldn’t be either. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have co here, right?" Zhao Yulan was also quite frightened by Zhao Qiyan’s change, it was like she’d beco a different person. Nonetheless, she still needed to keep persuading her.
With a long sigh, Zhao Qiyan looked at Liu Zhenqiang, "I don’t want to see you right now, you should leave first. We’ll talk about our matters when I’m better, alright?"
"Yanyan..." Liu Zhenqiang’s expression was a bit flustered. Having been abandoned by the i family, if he also divorced Zhao Qiyan, he wouldn’t be able to keep his job; then, what about his mother and sister? "Yanyan, I’m not leaving, I want to take care of you. I know I’ve wronged you before, and you’re mad at , but if you really don’t want to see , I’ll wait outside the door, is that okay?"
"I’m not speaking out of anger, nor am I deliberately making things difficult for you. I genuinely have co to an understanding. You know, lying on the operating table, my mind was incredibly clear, and the scenes from childhood to now flashed by like a movie.
Things I couldn’t understand before, things I cared about before, thinking back, they really weren’t much at all. If I could trade my life for my daughter’s, I truly would, but unfortunately..." Zhao Qiyan’s voice carried a choking sound, "Unfortunately, I realized too late; otherwise, our daughter wouldn’t have died."
"Yanyan, I’m not lying either. I really, really want to be with you for a lifeti. I used to yearn to marry Kim Lan because she was a childhood dream.
So when that dream was about to beco reality, I disregarded everything else. Looking back now, I was worse than an animal; otherwise, our daughter wouldn’t have died unjustly.
Give a chance to make ands for the wrongs I’ve committed, will you?" Liu Zhenqiang grabbed Zhao Qiyan’s hand and gently kissed it, "Yanyan, I love you."
Even those words were uttered... Chuxia was incredulous. She absolutely didn’t believe that in such a short span of two days Liu Zhenqiang’s feelings for Zhao Qiyan had transford so dramatically. This man... she really didn’t know how to evaluate him.
Perhaps realizing his words seed insincere, Liu Zhenqiang added, "Yanyan, from the first ti I saw you, I liked you, truly. Later, my mind got muddled with confusion. Now, I’ve co to my senses, and those original feelings have naturally returned. Can you trust ?"
Trust your own sister, indeed! Chuxia couldn’t help but curse inwardly over the hypocrisy. Her gaze shifted to Zhao Qiyan. After all, she was here with her mother just fulfilling their familial duty. Her second uncle and aunt were arriving today; Zhao Qiyan would make her own choices, and she wouldn’t interfere.
"I don’t trust you!" Zhao Qiyan shook her head at Liu Zhenqiang, "We’ve been together not just for a day or two, I’m very clear about your character. You’re saying this now because you’re afraid you won’t even have the chance to be a worker.
The last ti I sought my sister’s help was because I was pregnant with your child. I didn’t want our child to be born fatherless, and I couldn’t support her myself, so I had to ask my sister to force you to stay with .
Now, there’s nothing holding us together..." She paused and looked at Chuxia, "Chuxia, I genuinely want to let him go. Tell him not to worry about what he does anymore, let him go his own way."
This ant asking Chuxia and Zhou Mikang not to interfere in her matters with Liu Zhenqiang anymore. Naturally, Chuxia wouldn’t refuse and simply nodded to agree.
"Are you at ease now?" Zhao Qiyan looked back at Liu Zhenqiang, "However, I have one condition. You can marry anyone except Zhong Hongying, or I will absolutely make you regret it for a lifeti."
"Impossible, impossible..." Liu Zhenqiang shook his hand repeatedly, "She caused you to end up like this, how could I marry her? Yanyan, you still don’t understand .
Our family is poor, Dad left early, and so I started school two years later than others. I wasn’t particularly good at studying and suffered the most discrimination growing up.
Later, when I reached the marriageable age, no one was willing to marry ; I was older and not good-looking, not tall, and the family was poor to the point of clinking sounds; who would choose ?
You’re actually my first true girlfriend and my first woman; I genuinely have feelings for you, it’s just that being together for so long, my career suddenly took off remarkably, and my thoughts started to wander.
Zhong Hongying is a deeply scheming woman, willing to sacrifice anything for profit. Truly, after being with her, I regret it, especially given what she’s done now, how could I marry her?
I know you’re disappointed with now, but I believe you have feelings for too, so I’m willing to wait for your forgiveness.
When Dad and Mom arrive, I’ll apologize to them in person, and we must make up for our wedding, I can’t let you stay in this ambiguous state with . Yanyan, we’ll definitely be better in the future, you must believe ."
Zhao Qiyan remained silent, unsure of the truth in Liu Zhenqiang’s words, and she suspected he might not fully believe her, hence his repeated vows.
After all that’s happened, what kind of person she could find later is unpredictable. If possible, she’d still want to be with Liu Zhenqiang. However, if similar issues arose in the future, she absolutely wouldn’t be able to endure.
Thus, she didn’t dare to express herself easily; she could see that her aunt and Chuxia didn’t want to ddle in her emotional affairs anymore. In fact, given her past behavior towards them, who would dare to get involved? Therefore, she had to make this decision herself.
"Liu Zhenqiang, let’s separate for three months. If we still find each other suitable by then, we’ll be together." Finally, Zhao Qiyan made up her mind, wanting to determine their future through Liu Zhenqiang’s behavior over this ti.
In truth, she feels quite lost about the future too. If she leaves Liu Zhenqiang, she’ll have to return ho to recuperate; people will talk then, and searching for a partner there would likely result in an old bachelor or a family with very poor conditions.
Add it all up, it seems like staying with Liu Zhenqiang might be better. But thinking of that lost little life, she couldn’t make such a rational choice, and thus decided to take a gamble.
If Liu Zhenqiang really chooses another woman, then it ans she was blind from the start, and she would choose a man with good character based on her conditions, even if it’s tough and tiring, even if she has to care for soone else’s child, as long as he’s kind to her and treats her parents well, it’ll be enough.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Qiyan was so resolute this ti. Liu Zhenqiang pleaded repeatedly but to no avail, ultimately agreeing to her terms, though he didn’t return ho but sat outside the hospital room.
"Alas!" Zhao Yulan sighed resignedly, looking at her niece who seed completely changed, "Yanyan, are you sure you’ve made up your mind?"
"Aunt, I’ve thought it through." Zhao Qiyan nodded, "If I’d figured it out earlier, I wouldn’t have caused trouble for you and Chuxia, I’m sorry, I’ve dragged you both into this."
"Zhao Qiyan, how could you change so drastically?" Chuxia finally couldn’t help but ask. She could hardly imagine, even though Zhao Qiyan explained, she still couldn’t imagine.
"What I said earlier is true, lying on the operating table, I felt my life’s ebb and sensed my daughter’s reluctance to leave , suddenly I understood many things.
Chuxia, you’re about to be a mother too. Now, you may not feel it deeply, but after a while, when the child moves and can kick you, you’ll understand what I an.
They beco the existence you cannot leave behind in this world, truly. Ask Aunt if you don’t believe , she should know that what I’m saying is true." (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian to read.)
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