Chapter 66: Chapter 65: No Emotion Surpasses Joy 2
For a moment... her nose started to sting.
It turned out that what she was counting the seconds for while sitting in front of the hospital bed was not the so-called abortion surgery, but an embrace, a simple "Don’t be afraid, I’m here."
Actually, it was the same last time...
When Ren Yixuan told her she was pregnant, what she wanted was not questions, not quarrels, but simply... don’t be afraid, I’m here.
Because... she was really scared.
It felt as if she had stepped into a no-man’s land, surrounded by unknown dangers, yet no one was by her side.
She feared the operating room filled with the smell of medicine, feared the surgical knife that would be stained with her and the child’s blood...
She was so scared that she trembled all over, her legs were weak, she couldn’t stand up, tears flowed like a fountain, but no one was there beside her, so...
She fled.
Not because she had feelings for the little life inside her, but purely out of fear, purely to escape.
Isn’t it foolish?
Can you escape today, escape tomorrow?
But she seems to have the nature of a turtle hiding its head, when something happens, if no one shields her, she might just drag it out for one more day, and another day...
Never thought of giving birth to this child, yet feared taking it away.
"Uncle..."
"Hmm?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
"...Go ahead."
Yin Shixiu lowered his head and kissed her hair, holding her tightly.
"Do you... like children?"
"Like them?"
Su Xiaomeng saw him not speaking and couldn’t help asking again.
"If they’re yours, I’d like them."
Hmm... Su Xiaomeng chewed over the meaning of his words, which meant... he actually doesn’t like children!
"Why?"
But why would he like them if she gave birth to them?
"Because I like you."
Yin Shixiu said without a hint of hesitation, which was from his heart.
Buried in Yin Shixiu’s embrace, Su Xiaomeng pouted her cheeks, hesitated for a while, and stammered, "Then... how much do you like me?"
"...A lot."
"How much is a lot?"
"Just a lot."
"But I don’t like children, so... do you still like them?" Su Xiaomeng tentatively asked.
"If you don’t like them, then I don’t like them either."
Yin Shixiu thought about how the person in his arms had just undergone an abortion, her body so weak, his heart softened thoroughly.
Whatever she said, he went along with her.
Not to mention answering a few questions honestly, even if she asked him to fetch the moon, he’d study how to really get it!
Teasing her like usual? That’s something he couldn’t bear to do.
And Su Xiaomeng?
She was like a clever little spirit reincarnated, realizing that Yin Shixiu was at her disposal right now!
Thinking about all the grievances she’d suffered recently, remembering how he usually annoyed her to the point of chest tightness, she felt she must get something back!
"Uncle... I’m cold..."
Yin Shixiu furrowed his brow, "Let’s go back to the ward first."
Saying that, he was about to let her go, Su Xiaomeng quickly said, "But I don’t want to go back... the ward is full of the smell of alcohol and medicine, it makes me feel sick..."
"Let’s go through the formalities and then go home."
"But I just want to sit here..."
Su Xiaomeng murmured pitifully.
But the little devil in her heart was shouting: Hmph hmph hmph! Freeze you old man to death! Freeze you, freeze you!
Yin Shixiu couldn’t care about much else, sighed, held Su Xiaomeng’s still cold little hands, pulled up the hem of his sweater, and tucked her hands inside.
At the moment her hands touched the heat source, Su Xiaomeng clearly felt her heart skip a beat.
The hand pressing against his skin, a tremor reached to her fingertips, tingling like an electric shock.
She could truly feel how her ice-cold hands made him take a sharp breath when they touched his warm skin.
Uncle...
"Still cold?"
He asked, his deep, rich voice tinged with seductive gentleness.
The little devil in Su Xiaomeng’s heart now hung its head, slowly retracting its neck, feeling slightly... guilty.
She wanted to withdraw her hand, but Yin Shixiu held her tighter, pressing her closer.
"It’s not the first time you’ve been in my arms, still shy?"
Su Xiaomeng kept her head down, "How is it not the first time? ...Hmm, that night doesn’t count! I was drunk, so it doesn’t count for anything!"
"I’m not talking about that night..."
"Ah?" Su Xiaomeng quickly lifted her head, then frowned, "Did you take advantage of me when I wasn’t aware?"
"Fell asleep watching a movie, confusedly hugged me like a bear... almost strangled me, can that be considered taking advantage of you?"
Watching a movie?
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t forget that day because she slept so soundly, so peacefully.
It turns out... it was because she was hugging Uncle to sleep...
"Remember now?"
"No!" Su Xiaomeng lowered her head, firmly refusing to admit!
Yin Shixiu didn’t push her, just held her.
"Uncle... can you promise me something unconditionally?"
"Huh? You said..."
Don’t just mention one thing, even a hundred things, Yin Shixiu can agree to them all without blinking an eye now!
"Tomorrow..." Su Xiaomeng swallowed, and slowly said, "Tomorrow... can you come to the hospital with me too?"
"Of course."
"Then... can you also hug me like this and say... don’t be afraid?"
"..." Yin Shixiu paused for a moment.
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly said, "Um, just hug me for a moment, and after that, you can go!"
A little bit of courage now, tomorrow she certainly wouldn’t run away!
Yin Shixiu vaguely sensed something was wrong.
"Forget it, if you don’t come, then forget it! It’s not like I was expecting anything—"
"I can, I will accompany you, I will hug you!"
Yin Shixiu now couldn’t bear to hear Su Xiaomeng feeling wronged, so he readily agreed.
In Su Xiaomeng’s heart, the little evil person showed crescent-shaped eyes, silently making a V gesture!
"Su Xiaomeng?"
Suddenly, an unfamiliar female voice came over.
To Yin Shixiu, this female voice was unfamiliar, but to Su Xiaomeng, this voice wasn’t so unfamiliar...
Her heart gave a "thud"!
Secretly calling out that something was wrong!
She quickly snuggled her head into Yin Shixiu’s embrace and whispered to Yin Shixiu, "Don’t let that nurse find me!"
Though she said that, the nurse was already standing in front of them the next moment.
The nurse always had a cold expression on her face, and now with a slight hint of menace, she seemed exceptionally intimidating!
"Are you her boyfriend?"
The nurse glanced at Yin Shixiu and raised an eyebrow, asking, with an expression that seemed somewhat provocative.
Su Xiaomeng quickly pinched the flesh on Yin Shixiu’s waist to signal him not to speak recklessly!
But this hint got a bit reversed when it reached Yin Shixiu’s side!
He looked at the nurse and nodded, "Yes, I am."
Oh my God...
Su Xiaomeng felt like she wanted to die.
Sure enough...
"You’re her boyfriend?!"
"...I am." Yin Shixiu was puzzled, why was the nurse’s tone so harsh?
"I’m just asking, is Su Xiaomeng going through with the induction surgery or not?!"
Yin Shixiu was stunned for a moment, momentarily not knowing how to respond.
Su Xiaomeng secretly gritted her teeth!
This nurse couldn’t have come earlier or later, why did she have to come at this moment!
"Why aren’t you talking? Do you think the hospital is your personal playground? Miss Su Xiaomeng, you came here crying early in the morning, demanding the surgery! The doctor saw you crying so sorrowfully, feeling soft-hearted, and specially postponed other surgeries to put you as the first one in the afternoon!"
"Ha ha! And as a result, well, in all my years as a nurse, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone like you! Daring to stand the doctor up!"
"...I didn’t do it on purpose..."
Su Xiaomeng remained nestled in Yin Shixiu’s chest, her voice muffled.
"You didn’t do it on purpose? I think you did it on purpose!"
"...Really not on purpose." Su Xiaomeng mumbled again in a muffled voice.
"Lift your head up!"
The nurse took a deep breath, at this moment resembling a strict teacher.
"...I won’t."
Raising her head to face that fierce face and getting scolded again, she wouldn’t do it.
"Sir, are you sure this is your girlfriend? And not some rascal?!"
The nurse was furious, at the moment even ignoring her professional decorum as a white-clad angel, just wanting to smack this exasperating girl!
Yin Shixiu suddenly laughed!
Perceiving the little girl’s thoughts, saying he wasn’t annoyed would be a lie, but... this joy of seemingly regaining what was lost was too overwhelming!
The nurse’s face, originally flushed with anger at Su Xiaomeng, turned azure, her single brow raised, looking at Yin Shixiu, coldly asking, "Sir, may I ask... is it funny?"
"Ahem!"
Yin Shixiu quickly cleared his throat, then said, "She’s just a little rascal, Nurse, don’t take it to heart."
Su Xiaomeng rubbed her head against Yin Shixiu’s chest to protest the term he used!
Yin Shixiu ignored her and said to the nurse, "For the trouble this little rascal caused you, I apologize on her behalf."
The nurse frowned, "So... is the induction surgery going to be done or not?"
"No."
"Yes!"
Su Xiaomeng, who kept her head buried the whole time, finally lifted her turtle-like head!
But as soon as she looked up, she met two pairs of fierce gazes staring straight at her!
Yin Shixiu’s expression was dangerous... Su Xiaomeng shivered coldly, quickly turning her head to look at the nurse, only to see the nurse’s eyes even fiercer! Like a she-devil!
"What did you just say, I didn’t quite hear it clearly."
Yin Shixiu, with a solemn gaze, said calmly.
Su Xiaomeng licked her lips, eyes sneaking up to peek at him, then quickly retracted, and muttered in a low voice, "The surgery... still needs to be done..."
"Do you even have a plan?!"
This nurse was evidently impatient, being messed around by Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu, she was standing on the verge of collapse!
"It needs to be done, tomorrow it will be done!" Su Xiaomeng gathered her courage and said earnestly to the nurse!
Yin Shixiu tugged slightly at the corner of his mouth, "She’s a rascal, do you believe what she says, Nurse?"
"...You’re the rascal! I—"
"I don’t believe it."