Chapter 1268 - 1368: Save the Mother or the Child
Chu Ci immediately gripped the phone tightly, his voice tense, "What happened?"
While speaking, he started the car with one hand, and the well-performing vehicle quickly sped away.
On the other end, the servant’s voice was still trembling: "I don’t know what happened with Madam. After she made a call and received a message, her expression changed... she clutched her belly in pain, and soon the sofa was stained red."
Chu Ci’s hand holding the phone turned white at the knuckles, "Where is she?"
"The driver took her to the hospital," the servant quickly said, "For safety reasons, they went to Yunxi Hospital. With the Bo Family connections, Madam should be fine."
Chu Ci directly hung up the phone, pressed the gas pedal, and headed to Yunxi Hospital. When he arrived, he encountered Bo Xichen and Gu Anxi, and surprisingly, Chu Yan was there too, along with Bai Xun.
But at that moment, Chu Ci couldn’t focus on them; he stepped forward with a tense voice, asking, "How is Mo Ran?"
Gu Anxi leaned against the wall, arms crossed, her voice extremely cold: "Difficult childbirth! No news from inside yet."
Chu Ci walked to the door of the delivery room, wanting to push it open. Gu Anxi spoke again: "Chu Ci, you should be aware of what happened. You can accompany her in the hospital, but entering now won’t help and might just agitate her."
Chu Ci clenched his hand, "What... what exactly happened to her?"
As he finished speaking, Gu Anxi tossed a phone over. He reached out to catch it.
It was Zhao Mo Ran’s phone. He directly unlocked it and opened it, and subsequently was dumbfounded.
The images were quite unsavory—scenes of him with Song Yunfei.
One after another... Chu Ci gripped the phone tightly, after a moment, opened his mouth in a hoarse voice, "It was Song Yunfei who sent these to Mo Ran while I was taking a shower."
Gu Anxi sneered: "Seems you’re not as foolish as you look. Having such a cunning young girl beside you, aren’t you afraid she’ll harm your wife? Or maybe you don’t care. Yes, indeed, how could a wife compare to a sweet young girl outside? I suppose she’s quite good at making you happy."
Chu Ci looked at her, then his gaze fell on Chu Yan’s face.
Chu Yan knew about the young starlet, naturally aware that the starlet had gone for minor cosmetic surgery just to resemble herself in order to please Chu Ci. She didn’t want to be caught in the middle of this matter; she was just coincidentally at the hospital to check things out.
Beside her, Bai Xun looked at Chu Ci and spoke lightly: "With Chu Ci here, we shouldn’t stay."
He held Chu Yan, smiled slightly: "Yan Yan is pregnant. I’ll take her back to rest."
Chu Ci was stunned, staring at Chu Yan, while Chu Yan leaned against Bai Xun’s shoulder, making a sound of acknowledgment, seeming very compliant to Bai Xun, but before leaving, she said to Chu Ci: "Since you’re married, treat her well, Mo Ran... is a good woman."
At least right now, Chu Ci wasn’t worthy of her.
Chu Ci didn’t say anything, just leaned against the wall, fumbling for a cigarette to light, then looked at Bai Xun: "Aren’t you taking her back?"
Bai Xun smiled slightly again and left, supporting Chu Yan.
With only Bo Xichen and Gu Anxi left behind, Chu Ci softly asked, "Can’t you go in and see? Aren’t you the best in Beicheng?"
"Sorry, we’re not obstetricians," Gu Anxi snorted: "Just wait, wait for Director Sun to come out."
Chu Ci took only two puffs from the cigarette on his lips and irritably extinguished it, slamming his fist against the wall a few times. Gu Anxi kept watching him, pondered for a moment, still asked: "What are you planning to do about the young seductress outside? Are you really going to spend your life blundering through like this? Even if Yan Yan knows you’re looking for a replacement, do you think she’d feel touched or what? Chu Ci, you’re only making her feel that the small amount of beauty in the past is completely gone."
Chu Ci raised his eyes, looked at her.
"I don’t believe you care much about those girls," Gu Anxi’s voice was cold: "You’ve already let down one, are you going to let down a second?"
Chu Ci smiled, bitterly: "You overestimate me, Mo Ran doesn’t care about me, does she? She doesn’t care."
Gu Anxi’s voice turned colder: "Maybe she doesn’t love you, but I don’t believe a woman would discard her dignity in marriage. If she doesn’t care, it’s only out of necessity and no choice, after all, not everyone likes shared toilets."
Chu Ci: ...
He was about to speak when the door of the delivery room opened, and Director Sun came out. She first looked at Bo Xichen, then addressed Chu Ci: "Madam Chu is quite at risk right now, and cesarean is already too late. If necessary..."
’Save the adult.’ Chu Ci spoke without thinking.
Director Sun paused for a moment, then smiled: "I didn’t mean that, I mean if absolutely necessary, a small incision would be needed."
Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
Director Sun went back in, and as the door closed, Chu Ci heard Zhao Mo Ran’s voice from inside—
Pained, fragmented sounds... it was the suffering she endured to give birth to his child. All at once, his heart tightened and an indescribable feeling surged up within.
Gu Anxi saw a trace of pain in him, so she decided to ease up, her tone softened: "As long as she’s okay, in the future... Chu Ci, if you don’t like her, then let her go."
Chu Ci didn’t respond, standing there, started smoking again.
Gu Anxi softly said: "You think you can’t forget Yan Yan, but Chu Ci, are these actions truly because you can’t forget Yan Yan, or are you doing this deliberately to anger Zhao Mo Ran? If it’s the latter, then you’ve succeeded, it works, no woman can tolerate it, so even if you won’t let her go, I think she’ll eventually find a chance to leave you."