Wang Hao's mind went completely blank.
What surgery?
What kind of surgery was Lin Wanyi going to have?
He looked up at the large characters above him: Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Was she going to get an abortion?
Wang Hao was terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat.
He quickly walked over to Lin Wanyi and grabbed her:
"You can't get an abortion. You can't abort my son.
"Lin Wanyi, that is my son! You can't make this decision on your own without my permission!"
The young woman he had grabbed screamed in terror:
"What... what are you doing? Who's aborting your son?
"I don't even know you! What kind of nonsense are you spouting?"
The woman's husband threw a punch right at Wang Hao:
"Where did this psycho come from? This is my wife! Where is your son?"
The woman took out her phone to call the police:
"Don't you dare leave, you creep! Coming up to me spouting nonsense, you're not going anywhere.
"I'm having the police arrest you."
Wang Hao awkwardly clutched his bruised face and apologized profusely:
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I really apologize, I mistook you for someone else. I'm truly sorry."
They weren't going to let him off easily, especially the woman:
"You running up and saying all that out of nowhere—if my husband hadn't been here, people would have gotten the wrong idea! You need to give me a proper explanation."
Wang Hao was sweating bullets. He apologized for ages and finally managed to settle the matter by handing the husband a pack of cigarettes.
His heart was inexplicably pounding with anxiety.
He thought of Lin Wanyi; he needed to go back and see her immediately.
He rushed home as fast as he could, but only Lin Jiajun and Wang Keke were there.
He hurriedly asked Wang Keke:
"Where is Mommy? Where did she go?"
Wang Keke didn't know. She hadn't seen Lin Wanyi since she woke up.
Lin Jiajun didn't know either.
In the morning, Li Suhua had said that she and Lin Wanyi were going out to run some errands and told him to watch Keke at home.
Wang Hao felt even more uneasy. He tried calling Lin Wanyi again, but he just couldn't get through.
Just as he was panicking, he received a call from Wang Meijuan:
"Hao, get over here quickly! That bitch Lin Wanyi is at the Maternity and Child Health Hospital trying to get an abortion."
"What?"
Wang Hao shouted, "Are you sure?"
"What do you mean, am I sure? Hurry up and get here! I've got hold of her right now, otherwise your son will be gone today."
Wang Hao sprinted toward the Maternity and Child Health Hospital.
His worst fear had come true. Lin Wanyi had intentionally gone to a different hospital to get an abortion in order to avoid him and Liu Chunlan.
Did she really not want to keep this child at all?
He was terrified the entire way there.
As soon as he rushed into the hospital, he heard Wang Meijuan scolding Lin Wanyi:
"This is my brother's child! This is the Wang family's child! What right do you have to make this decision on your own?
"Lin Wanyi, how can your heart be so toxic and cruel?
"You know perfectly well how much our whole family wants this child. Why are you still trying to abort him?"
Li Suhua shielded Lin Wanyi behind her:
"Stop twisting the truth! What do you mean, the Wang family's child? He is in my daughter's belly, and whether she keeps it or not is entirely up to her.
"None of you have the right to interfere! Especially you—you're just the sister-in-law. Is it any of your business?"
"How is it not my business? That is my brother's child, why wouldn't I have a say?"
Wang Meijuan jumped in fury:
"Anyway, my brother isn't here yet, so none of you can make a decision."
Just as she finished speaking, she spotted Wang Hao and waved at him frantically:
"Over here! Hao, hurry up! Lin Wanyi is right here."
Wang Hao hurried over and tried to grab Lin Wanyi's hand, but Li Suhua blocked him firmly.
"Honey, are you really pregnant? And you really want to abort our child?
"Why? We finally got this child, why would you abort it?
"You can't do this, do you understand? You absolutely cannot.
"Let's go home. From now on, you can do whatever you want in the house. You can act however you please.
"You can eat whatever you want. As long as you protect our child, anything goes."
Lin Wanyi was not swayed in the slightest.
She touched her still-flat stomach and said to Wang Hao:
"Since you already know, I don't need to hide it from you anymore. Wang Hao, I do not want this child.
"So I cannot keep it. I am going to get an abortion. I will abort it no matter what."
"But why?"
Wang Hao's eyes almost grew red with tears:
"This is our child, a living, breathing life! Why must you abort him?
"Honey, Wanyi, let's go home, okay?
"Keke doesn't know yet, does she? If she knew she was getting a little brother, she would be so happy.
"Let's go home. Let's just go home."
Lin Wanyi was utterly heartbroken. She stared coldly at Wang Hao:
"Why does it have to be a son? Why couldn't it be a daughter?
"Wang Hao, deep down you still only want a son. Were you planning to wait until I was four or five months along to get an ultrasound to see if it's a boy or a girl?
"And if it was a girl, would you force me to abort her too?
"Wang Hao, it is truly a tragedy to be your child. I will not give birth. I will never have another child again."
Wang Hao begged her:
"It's not what you think. I didn't say I'd make you check if it's a boy or a girl, and I wouldn't ask you to get an abortion.
"Honey, I promise you, just this one. This will be the last one.
"We won't get an ultrasound. Whether it's a boy or a girl, we'll keep it, alright?
"We'll never have any more kids after this, never again, okay?"
Lin Wanyi would never believe him again.
He had said before that she could have kids if she wanted to, and not have them if she didn't.
But look at him now.
Yet another child was growing in her belly.
Li Suhua went to call the doctor, but Wang Meijuan blocked the doctor's path:
"This is a child of the Wang family, and no one has the right to take him away. If you dare to perform this surgery on Lin Wanyi, I will file a complaint against you immediately.
"I'll make sure you can never be a doctor again."
The doctors were at a loss. With the family members disagreeing, they didn't dare proceed with the surgery recklessly.
Lin Wanyi still insisted:
"Doctor, the child is in my body. It is mine. If I say I'm getting an abortion, I'm getting an abortion.
"Besides, my mother will sign the consent forms."
"I do not agree!"
Wang Hao's voice was even louder than Lin Wanyi's. He pointed at the doctors and nurses:
"If anyone dares to help her abort my son, I will kill them!"
The medical staff were all frightened.
It was just a job; there was no need to risk their lives over it.
They backed out of performing Lin Wanyi's surgery.
Wang Meijuan had gotten her way, and she eagerly claimed credit with Wang Hao:
"Hao, you really need to thank me. If I hadn't come here to visit someone and spotted them acting all sneaky...
"...your dream of having a son would have been completely shattered!"
Lin Wanyi was going mad with anger, but no matter how much she begged the doctors, they refused to agree.
Wang Meijuan gloated, "Stop bothering them while they're trying to work, Lin Wanyi. If my brother doesn't agree, you can't have this surgery.
"To put it plainly, this isn't just your child. It belongs to both you and my brother.
"If you ask me, you should just be a good girl and give birth to him.
"I can guarantee that as long as you give birth to a son, our whole family will treat you well!"
