"Serene, where have you been? Doctor Li has asked several times why you haven't arrived yet. If you don't come soon, Doctor Li will have to postpone the surgery!" As soon as she entered the ward, Mother Shen grabbed Shen Qingyou's hands. What was going on? Why were her hands so cold?
"Mom, I'm sorry, there was traffic on the way, which delayed me!" Shen Qingyou pulled her hands away from her mother's grasp and avoided Mother Shen's gaze as she walked over to the bedside, flashing a big smile at Father Shen. "Dad, don't worry, the surgery will definitely go smoothly!"
"Hey, where's Yuan Mufang?" Mother Shen looked out the door. "What? Is Yuan Mufang too busy today?"
Yuan Mufang—a name that made her heart ache just by mentioning it. "He had an urgent matter at work that only he could handle. He asked me to convey his best wishes to Dad!"
In front of her parents, she was putting on a good act, smiling brightly without a hint of abnormality. However, her evasive eyes and anxious emotions went unnoticed by Father Shen and Mother Shen, who were preoccupied with the upcoming surgery.
"It's fine; it's just a surgery. If he's busy, then so be it!" Father Shen comforted her. He was quite satisfied with this son-in-law. No one could be perfect; however, this son-in-law had already scored a ninety-five out of a hundred, which was quite good.
"Serene, you're here!" Outside the door, Li Haoran's warm voice rang out. Shen Qingyou glanced apologetically at him. "Dr. Li, I'm sorry; I got held up!" She didn't know that Li Haoran had seen her at Qing Cang's place last night.
"That's alright; now let's prepare for the surgery!"
Li Haoran gave Shen Qingyou an understanding look before entering the operating room with the nurse accompanying him. Father Shen was also pushed into the operating room by the nurse. The world seemed to come to a halt; Mother Shen sat silently on a bench outside the operating room and began to cry quietly while Shen Qingyou stared blankly at the white wall ahead. Not far away, Qing Cang sat alone in silence, quietly watching Shen Qingyou. She didn't want him to appear in front of her parents; he had promised not to do so. But at this moment, he wished he could stay by her side to give her warmth and strength.
"Baby, I'm sorry for you!"
She hadn't had time to grieve earlier; she needed to rush to her father's side to give him courage and strength. At this moment, her father was facing death itself while she mourned the life that had just slipped away from her womb. Was all of this fate? Did this baby mark an end to the ten-year relationship between her and Yuan Mufang?
Her heart felt numb; tears had dried up; her soul felt detached, leaving only a shell behind in this world struggling to survive. This was life—happiness and suffering always came in proportionate measures. Would God close one door only to open another window for her? If so, she hoped it would be for her father's health. Her life had already hit rock bottom—a sea of gray—and she wondered if any of this could exchange for her father's health and happiness...
Child, a gift she had longed for so much, instinctively touched her abdomen, where a life had once been nurtured. Although it was very brief, it had existed, it had been within her body. Yuan Mufang, you destroyed the love between us and personally killed our child. Child, you were so eagerly awaited; did you ever think it would end this way? A sinister smile gradually appeared at the corner of Shen Qingyou's mouth, and the pain in her heart was something no one could know...
Love had transformed from initial watchfulness to despair. At the stairway, a familiar figure was rushing over but was stopped by Qing Cang. Shen Qingyou glanced at her mother beside her, then stood up and walked over. The two entangled individuals stopped all their actions upon seeing Shen Qingyou. "Qing Shao, I want to talk to him alone!"
At the other end of the corridor, Shen Qingyou and Yuan Mufang sat side by side, with Qing Cang not far away, observing their every move.
"Yuan Mufang, let's get a divorce!"
Divorce, mentioned again after such a short time apart. She once thought that as long as she deliberately adorned it, that crack would eventually be forgotten. But once shattered, it remained shattered; no matter how much she tried to mend it, she could not heal the wound in her heart.
"Serene, I'm sorry. Last... last night I drank too much and didn't know what I did. I... I..." Yuan Mufang clenched his fists tightly. Had that man been by her side all along? The thought drove him mad. However, without the numbness of alcohol, he calmly told himself deep down that he must endure; he could not be without Shen Qingyou. He could not be without this woman before him; he would not divorce her or allow her to be with that man.
"Yuan Mufang, stop it! Let's leave each other some dignity!"
Shen Qingyou's cold tone no longer held any trace of affection for this relationship. Once, he promised to accompany her until a certain year and month; today, however, he left her in a dark night on some day. Once, sleeping together in your embrace turned into a ground covered in white snow. At this moment, Shen Qingyou searched through all her memories but could not find the bright future they had promised each other.
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