Wanyu suddenly felt a heavy ache in her lower abdomen.
A gush of warm liquid flowed out.
Her long eyelashes trembled violently as panic washed over her like a tidal wave.
She and He Xiuyuan had a whirlwind marriage two years ago, but they hadn't been able to conceive a child.
There was a slight issue with her uterine lining, making natural conception very difficult.
He Xiuyuan's grandmother had fallen seriously ill and wanted to see them have a child before she passed away.
Grandma He had doted on Wanyu since she was a child. To fulfill the old lady's wish, Wanyu had undergone IVF treatments at the hospital several times.
Every egg retrieval was excruciatingly painful, but she silently endured it all just to have a baby.
Over a month ago, the IVF was finally successful.
She and her family were overjoyed, eagerly anticipating the birth of this child.
She had been resting at home recently. If He Xiuyuan hadn't been away on a business trip and unable to make it back, she wouldn't have come to attend the funeral alone today.
Wanyu clutched her lower abdomen. She didn't dare to stay any longer, terrified that something might happen to the baby.
"Wen Yan, I'm going to head back first. Let's chat next time we get the chance to meet."
Wanyu left in a hurry.
Because she was wearing black trousers, the bleeding wasn't visible.
Wen Yan looked at Wanyu's slender back, her brows furrowed tightly.
[Sigh, it looks like she won't be able to keep the baby she endured so much pain to conceive.]
[But maybe it's for the best. Why should she have a child for a scumbag anyway!]
Wanyu definitely wouldn't be able to drive herself to the hospital. Wen Yan stood up, told Shao Ning she was leaving, and chased after her.
Si Youyou accompanied Wen Yan outside.
The rest of the Si family remained at the funeral parlor to help Shao Ning with the funeral arrangements.
By the time Wanyu was nearing her car, her stomach was in unbearable pain.
It felt as if a sharp knife was ruthlessly carving into her flesh.
Why was this happening?
She had been resting and taking her medication exactly as the doctor ordered recently. Why couldn't she keep the baby?
Wanyu's face was deathly pale, and cold sweat beaded on her forehead.
Just as she was about to collapse from the pain, Wen Yan arrived in time to support her.
"Give me your car keys. I'll take you to the hospital."
Seeing Wen Yan, Wanyu handed over the keys with trembling fingers. "Thank you."
Wen Yan had Si Youyou help Wanyu into the car.
The long hair at Wanyu's temples was already soaked with cold sweat.
Si Youyou held her in her arms. Seeing Wanyu in such excruciating agony made her own heart ache in sympathy.
"Please, take my phone... and call my husband..."
The metallic scent of blood inside the car was growing heavier.
Not daring to delay, Si Youyou quickly pulled the phone from Wanyu's bag.
Wanyu had her husband, He Xiuyuan's, number saved at the very top of her contacts.
Si Youyou dialed the number.
It rang for a long time. Just when Si Youyou thought no one would answer, the call connected.
Wanyu spoke in a weak voice, "Hubby, are you back in Jingdu yet?"
He Xiuyuan had gone to Ningcheng on a business trip for the past two days, and he had told Wanyu he would return today.
He Xiuyuan didn't seem to notice the weakness or anything amiss in Wanyu's voice. With a hint of impatience, he said, "I'm still at the airport. I'm boarding soon. I won't be back for over an hour."
Before Wanyu could even tell him her current situation, He Xiuyuan threw out a "We'll talk about whatever it is when I get back."
The call was abruptly disconnected.
Being so close to Wanyu, Si Youyou clearly heard what her husband had said.
What kind of bullshit husband was this?
His own wife was on the verge of a miscarriage, yet his attitude was so cold!
She was absolutely furious!
Wen Yan glanced through the rearview mirror at Wanyu, who was spasming in pain, and her brows knitted tightly together.
To the original owner of Wen Yan's body, Wanyu was someone who had shown her kindness.
Wen Yan didn't want to see her suffer.
It was just that her life seemed pretty miserable.
[Damn that scumbag! Wanyu marrying him was simply her worst luck!]
[What business trip to Ningcheng? He just went to accompany his precious first love to record a show, taking a relaxing vacation on the side.]
Si Youyou's eyes widened.
Looking at the woman in her arms who was in so much pain she looked like she was dying, the anger in her heart flared up wildly.
Sister Wanyu was so pitiful!
Thank goodness she had heard her sister-in-law's inner thoughts earlier and stopped liking Lu Yanchuan.
Otherwise, her fate after marriage would have been even more tragic than Sister Wanyu's!
What should have been a thirty-minute drive to the hospital took Wen Yan a mere fifteen minutes.
Wanyu was wheeled into the operating room.
Wen Yan and Si Youyou stood outside.
Si Youyou had clearly never experienced anything like this. Thinking of how incredibly weak Wanyu looked and the river of blood when she was wheeled in, her eyes grew red. "Sister-in-law, can Sister Wanyu's baby still be saved?"
Wen Yan shook her head. "No, it can't."
Wen Yan scrolled through her Gossip System, looking up the love-hate entanglement between He Xiuyuan, Wanyu, and the first love.
[Fuck! What a cliché and trashy drama!]
[He Xiuyuan and Wanyu were childhood sweethearts from families of equal social standing. Up until high school, He Xiuyuan treated Wanyu very well. In the eyes of both families, they were a match made in heaven.]
[But during high school, Su Yu'er suddenly entered the picture. Su Yu'er wasn't your traditional, delicate, and weak 'white lotus.' She was a typical delinquent girl—clubbing, smoking, fighting, she was a master of it all.]
[Both He Xiuyuan and Wanyu had grown up following the rules step-by-step since childhood, with all sorts of etiquette and dogmas carved into their bones. It was He Xiuyuan's first time meeting a girl as uniquely different as Su Yu'er.]
[She taught him how to skip class, how to smoke, and how to fight. Being with her, He Xiuyuan experienced a rebellious life he had never known.]
[Originally, He Xiuyuan was supposed to study abroad with Wanyu for college, but he found an excuse not to go. He stayed in the country for university, fooling around with Su Yu'er on the side.]
[Later, the He family found out. Madam He forced the two to break up, gave Su Yu'er a sum of money, and made her leave the country.]
[But after Su Yu'er spent all that money, she returned to the country. She hired a private investigator to look into He Xiuyuan, and fully knowing he was married, she became a resident singer at a bar he frequented.]
[When He Xiuyuan reunited with Su Yu'er at the bar, she set it up so she'd be harassed by someone, perfectly timing it so He Xiuyuan would see and play the hero saving the damsel in distress.]
[He Xiuyuan had always felt guilty about Su Yu'er being chased out of the country by Madam He back then. To make it up to her, he signed her to the He family's media company and authorized Su Yu'er to sing the original songs that Wanyu had painstakingly composed.]
[Because Su Yu'er smoked too much during her school days, she developed a raspy voice. He Xiuyuan marketed her as a cool rock girl, and as soon as she debuted, she gained a huge fan following.]
[He Xiuyuan elevated his precious first love into a rock star taking the domestic entertainment industry by storm, yet kept his brilliantly talented wife at home as a full-time housewife, sugarcoating it by saying he cared about her too much and didn't want her to be exposed to the public eye! Oh my god, even a dung beetle would gag at this!]
Si Youyou knew of Su Yu'er; she had actually been quite a big fan of hers for a while.
Su Yu'er was rebellious and wild. With smoky makeup, punk clothing, and a guitar slung over her back, she stood on stage radiating untamed charisma and dazzling light, capturing the hearts of countless fangirls.
Just half a year ago, during winter break, Si Youyou had even gone to her concert with Bai Youwei.
Such a flamboyant, unique, and cool girl was actually a homewrecker?
Si Youyou felt like her entire worldview was about to shatter!
Recalling the sight of Sister Wanyu so utterly frail and lying in a pool of blood, Si Youyou decided that the moment she got back, she would burn all of Su Yu'er's posters and autographed photos and throw them into the stinking gutter.
