Chapter 266: You’re Pregnant
Qiao Yin was puzzled, “Otherwise, why else are you speaking to me so gently? You used to hate me so much that you couldn’t wait to strangle me.”
Qiao Jiasen opened his mouth, saying nothing.
Indeed, he used to be at odds with her. They did not share the same mother, and he was biased against her.
Yet, when their family went bankrupt, she emptied all her savings, providing money to the family continuously. She even sold off her dowry car just to pay for his tuition fees.
When he started working, she was incredibly distressed and couldn’t stop fussing, refusing to let him work.
When he got injured, she cried her heart out. Those who didn’t know might have thought she was the one who got hurt.
Even though she was incredibly poor—to the point that she only ate compressed biscuits and could only afford to buy a second-hand bicycle to commute—she still paid his hefty tuition fees and gave him hundreds of thousands in living expenses.
She was truly foolish.
She didn’t know that her parents at home continued to live lavishly, using the money she gave them to indulge in good food and luxury clothes and shoes.
He tried to stop it, even causing a scene. But it was all in vain.
He owed her in his heart.
He wanted to make amends.
After a long time, he finally spoke, “I won’t upset you anymore.”
Qiao Yin was delighted by her brother’s understanding. She sat up, “Since I don’t have a terminal illness, why are they giving me an IV? I’m perfectly healthy, I don’t need this.”
As she spoke, she was about to pull out the IV.
Qiao Jiasen stopped her hand, “It’s a medicine to prevent miscarriage.”
Qiao Yin was struck frozen, “What did you just say?”
“You’re pregnant.”
“What?!”
“It’s true. You’re pregnant. The doctor said so. The doctor also said you showed signs of miscarriage, so he gave you this medicine.”
Qiao Yin sat there in a daze, her mind utterly blank.
A bolt from the blue!
Why did this have to happen?
Why is God so cruel to her?
She didn’t want to have Lu Lingche’s child, she didn’t want it!
So that’s why she felt nauseous every now and then. The morning after Lu Lingche proposed for divorce, she even threw up in the bathroom, splattering all over Lan Yuyi’s clothes.
It wasn’t that she had a bad stomach, nor was it excessive crying that caused the vomiting, it was because she was pregnant!
She didn’t consider this possibility because, every month, she always had something similar to a period.
Now she knew, it wasn’t a period.
It was bleeding caused by an impending miscarriage!
Her periods used to be very regular, but it had been out of sync these past two months. She thought it was due to the stress from the divorce.
Tears flooded out in an instant. Crying, she looked at Qiao Jiasen, “I’m about to get a divorce from Lu Lingche, how come I’m pregnant?”
But Qiao Jiasen was much more composed, “What’s to cry about? If you want to get divorced and don’t want the child, then abort it. When you meet a good man and want to have a child then, it won’t be too late. Lu isn’t worth it.”
Qiao Yin wept uncontrollably, “He really isn’t worth it, but I feel like there won’t be any good man left.”
She lowered her head, looking at the IV needle, once again raising her hand, preparing to pull it out.
Again, Qiao Jiasen stopped her, “Are you sure you want to terminate the pregnancy?”
Qiao Yin nodded, “I’m sure.”
“You won’t regret it? If you have the child, Lu might change his mind, there’s a possibility that you two may reconcile.”
Qiao Yin laughed bitterly, “There’s no such thing as reconciling. Once a mirror is broken, it stays broken. It can never be restored. Even if we forcefully stay together for the sake of the child, there will still be countless cracks. We will fall apart before we know it.”
“You don’t love him anymore?”
“I will stop loving him. I will forget him completely, as long as I’m given enough time. But if there’s a child, how can I forget?”
“You want to forget him?”
“Very much so.”
Finally, Qiao Jiasen lifted his hand, no longer obstructing her, “Then pull out the IV..”