【20.】

  The doctor looked at me suspiciously and asked: "How old are you?"

  Twenty-three.

  "It's a pregnancy......" She pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "It's already been seven weeks. You need to make a decision about whether or not to keep this child quickly, dragging it out won't be good."

  "After some thought, I added another sentence: 'It's also bad for you personally.'"

  I reached out and took back my own test results: "Thank you."

  The old doctor nodded, seemingly unconvinced, and thought that with the decline of morals in society, there must be many female college students like me.

  I walked out of the hospital with the test results in hand, and the sunlight was a bit dazzling, so I had to stretch out one hand to block the sun. Just a few steps later, I saw Du Bin standing in front of me.

  He walked up to me and asked in a soft voice, "Are you ill?"

  I turned my head away and ignored him.

  Du Bin slightly bowed his head and looked at me, hesitantly asking: "Gynecology...?"

  I smiled coldly: "You already know everything, why bother asking me?"

  "Yao Jia..." He didn't care about my emotions at all, and still gently said to me "Let's go abroad. To a place where no one knows us, without him... we'll live well."

  Just as she was about to speak, a timid female voice beside her said, "Sister?"

  I looked back... Liu Xin stood three steps away from me with an innocent and pure face.

  And behind her...

  Shen Duan's face was as gloomy as water, but those eyes seemed to want to crush me into dust.

  The scene was so dramatic that I couldn't help but want to laugh, but as soon as my mouth opened, I tasted a salty flavor. I touched my face and felt a chill.

  In a daze, I was pulled over by Shen Zong's great strength. Before the two people could react, I had already been dragged and stuffed into the car by Shen Zong.

  He drove the car at a breakneck speed, a high-end sports car, like lightning and thunder. I subconsciously covered my abdomen with my hand, but bit my lip tightly, not saying a word.

  It wasn't until after a long while that Shen Zhuang finally stopped the car. I looked out of the window, and in the end, we had arrived. It had been two months since I last came back, and seeing it again felt like being in another world.

  Before I could react, he had already pulled me off the car with great force. Jiang Ma was chatting with the gardener in the garden and saw us two, a smile on her face: "Finally back..."

  After seeing Shen Diao's iron-green face, the smile on her face suddenly disappeared. Hurriedly walked over: "What...what's wrong? Ah, young master! Don't get angry!"

  Seeing Shen Dang ignoring her, Jiang Ma walked up and wanted to reach out to pull me away: "If you have something to say, say it nicely, Jiajia can't take your antics!"

  Shen Duan seemed to have not heard, and entered the house, dragging me all the way to the bedroom. Jiang Ma was old and couldn't keep up with Shen Duan, panting as she climbed the stairs, while Shen Duan had already slammed the door shut.

  I was flung to the ground by him with great force. Shen Dong looked down at me from a high vantage point, his eyes narrowing slightly as a murderous intent flashed in them: "Whose?"

  I've been exhausted by him all along, but I couldn't tell whether it's more painful, my body or my heart.

  Seeing me not speaking, he took a deep breath and asked again: "How long has it been?"

  "Seven weeks."

  "Seven weeks... seven weeks..." Shen Dong's face sank a little with each mention, until later his gloomy expression made people unbearable to fear.

  I didn't dare look again, but I said, "You already know everything, even if I don't say it, someone will tell you eventually."

  He suddenly burst out laughing: "So it was..."

  "How can I forgive you? What am I supposed to do with you..." He was still smiling, but that expression hurt me more than anything else.

  I stood up, swaying. As I passed by Shen Dong's side, he grasped my hand, and unlike his furious state earlier, his hand was icy cold, yet it conveyed an unbelievable tenderness.

  "I know......" As soon as I opened my mouth, tears fell down. "Even I myself can't forgive myself. Shen Zong... everything in the past, just treat it as a dream. There's no feast that doesn't disperse... we two can only be like this."

  "Maybe the kid is mine..." His tone suddenly softened, like a stubborn child "If it's a boy, maybe he'll be as mischievous as I was when I was young. If it's a girl, she should be as clever and mysterious as you are. Whether it's a boy or a girl... they'll definitely take after the two of us."

  "You knew it all along..." I looked at him, Shen Zong's profile was still stunningly beautiful, but upon closer inspection, he looked so haggard. The man who had always been meticulous about his appearance now had a faint stubble on his chin.

  "I don't care!" His eyes were slightly red, but the tears didn't fall, brimming in his eyes, so sorrowful. "Whether or not it's mine, as long as you stay by my side... I'll pretend it never happened."

  The more he is like this, the more I feel uneasy in my heart. With countless thoughts, it turns out that all along, he has been accommodating me. But with him being like this, how can I bear the emotions? How can my conscience let me be at peace?

  I pulled back my hand, but he refused to let go. I used a lot of strength, and he didn't look at me, only increasing his grip even more.

  He suddenly let go: "Forget it... What I want is not just you."

  One sentence made me almost cry again, so I had to hurry towards the door.

  As soon as the door opened, I saw Jiang's mother with a worried face. She walked over, looked me up and down, and let out a slight sigh of relief: "He still can't bear to part with him after all. With that attitude just now, I thought he was going to use force."

  I smiled and said: "Aunt Jiang, thank you for taking care of me all this time. In Beijing, I don't have many acquaintances, only you are a kind-hearted elder who truly cares about me, thank you for being so concerned about me."

  "Cough! What's the point of saying all this? As long as you're happy with the young master, I'm happier than anything!"

  "After... after I'm gone, take good care of Shen Dang."

  "Are you leaving? Where are you going? Oh dear... couples always quarrel, but it's not right to just leave like that."

  "I won't let go..." I grasped her hand, reluctant to release it, as if not letting go of this pair of hands would keep me connected to this place forever. But in the end, I had to let go... no matter how much I didn't want to.

  Before Jiang's mother could speak, I turned and left.

  I never thought this neighborhood was so big, every step I take feels like a kind of torture. The farther I walk, the more distant is the happiness I once took pride in, and what's ahead of me is a dark and uncertain future.

  Shen Diao, you made me believe that dreams can come true. Now it's like this, and I don't blame others.

  I don't know how long I walked, but finally I saw the coming and going vehicles, roughly out of that upscale residential area. The bustling crowd, the desolation after the excitement, the loneliness behind the glamorous curtain. Everything in front of me became so unreal.

  I only heard someone loudly calling me, and the voice seemed to pierce through time and space, reaching deep into my heart. As soon as I turned around, I felt that person gave me a strong push.

  In the dim light, it was Shen Zhong's panicked face.

  Everything in front of me seemed to be in slow motion, the screaming crowd, the ear-piercing screeching brakes. The light shone on his face, making it look even brighter, Shen Zhong slightly narrowed his eyes and looked at me. In that gaze, there was a hint of relief, as if he had finally fulfilled some wish.

  Consciousness slowly returned, I futilely stretched out my hand trying to grasp Shen Zhong.

  "No!!!!!!"

  The answer was his heavy footsteps landing on the ground.