"It's just a dull ache now, but before taking the medicine, it felt like a knife was twisting in my stomach," Ye Wan thought of the pain and started to sweat.
Gu Yun Ting frowned as he listened. Could a girl's menstrual cramps be that severe?
"You can't always take painkillers," Gu Yun Ting said, holding her on his lap and taking her hand. He found her small hands were ice cold. "Why are they so cold?"
"They're always like this." Ye Wan felt better thinking about seeing her brother and was willing to talk more with him.
Gu Yun Ting frowned and put her hand inside his clothes to warm it. His large hand rested on her lower abdomen, and the continuous stream of warmth made Ye Wan more comfortable. She subconsciously snuggled closer into his embrace, seeking warmth.
Gu Yun Ting realized that not only were her hands cold, but her stomach was also cold. Even with a thick cotton coat on, there was no improvement.
...
Jin Lan drove Ning Xin to school. After Ning Xin got out, Jiang Yan said she wanted to go home and asked Jin Lan to give her a ride, as she actually had something to tell Jin Lan.
Ning Xin waved goodbye to both of them and returned to school in a good mood. She felt that Jin Lan wasn't entirely indifferent to her, and perhaps she still had a chance!
In the car, Jin Lan was driving with intense focus. His mood was extremely foul, and the thought of Jiang Yan's firm decision to abort their child made him even more agitated.
Although the child was just an embryo now, it was his first child. Thinking that in ten months, or rather, four or five months, the child would be fully formed, a tiny life. To have it aborted now, how could he not be sad?
Jiang Yan's heart also ached. She never wanted to do something so cruel. Although she had consistently said she would abort the child, whenever she was alone late at night, she would toss and turn.
Her conscience was deeply tormented. In the middle of the night, she would touch her flat stomach and repeatedly apologize to the baby.
The two in the car were lost in their own thoughts, neither speaking. When the traffic light at the intersection turned green, Jin Lan drove forward. A car in the oncoming lane suddenly lost control and veered directly towards his car.
Jin Lan quickly turned the steering wheel, but it was too late to avoid the collision. The other car slammed heavily into Jin Lan's car, and Jiang Yan was terrified.
Jiang Yan thought she was going to die, but when she came to her senses, she found she was alive, and Jin Lan had fainted.
"Jin Lan, are you okay? Jin Lan, don't scare me!" Jiang Yan anxiously pushed the man shielding her, pushing him with all her might.
Inside the hospital.
The traffic police were taking statements, and Jin Lan was being treated for his injuries in the emergency room. Jiang Yan sat anxiously on a bench outside, waiting. She didn't know how he was, only that he had bled a lot.
The police officer came over to ask her for details. Jiang Yan shook her head, saying she hadn't even reacted before seeing the car from the opposite lane lose control and crash into them.
The police officer said, "Your boyfriend truly loves you. If he hadn't protected you with his life, it would be you lying inside now."
Jiang Yan looked at the officer taking her statement with a dazed expression. Seeing that she seemed not to understand, the officer explained, "Normally, when a driver encounters danger, they instinctively protect themselves by turning the steering wheel to the left, leaving the passenger in the co-driver's seat exposed to the danger. This is human instinct. But in your life-or-death moment, he chose to turn the steering wheel to the right, putting himself in the most dangerous position. Then he used his body to shield you. His left arm is severely injured. A man who loves you so much, you should marry him."
Jiang Yan's body stiffened as she listened to the traffic officer's explanation, her mind in a turmoil. She subconsciously looked towards the emergency room where the man was being treated for his injuries. Jin Lan had already been bandaged by then, and he walked out.