Chapter 872: The Child Is Gone

After all, having lived in this small town for so many years, a few older women and aunts stepped forward; after all, the one who had fainted was a Miss, and it was naturally inappropriate for men to lend a hand.

However, Qi Shufang might indeed have been having a streak of bad luck lately; as several people were carrying her toward the clinic, just as they turned onto the street, an ox cart happened to pass by from that direction.

Perhaps the red clothes Qi Shufang was wearing attracted the ox's eye; that ox actually charged toward their direction. The several women were greatly frightened, some panicked and lost their way, and one even stepped on empty air and fell to her knees by the roadside.

Fortunately, the driver, quick-eyed and nimble-handed, jumped off the cart and held the ox tightly; otherwise, the consequences were too terrible to imagine.

And with the release of the hand of the one who had fallen to her knees, Qi Shufang also slid down to the ground.

This fall actually woke her up, but she kept coughing nonstop.

After finally stopping her cough, seeing her situation, she began to curse loudly, directly causing her cousin's aunt to lose face, who kept apologizing to everyone.

Someone who disliked Qi Shufang said: "Since the person is awake, then you should walk to the clinic yourselves."

Upon hearing she had to go to the clinic, Qi Shufang, fearing others would learn of her pregnancy, naturally refused no matter what.

Seeing her cousin's aunt's firm refusal to go, and knowing what she was worried about, she did not insist any further.

It was just that not long after the two of them left, she felt severe pain in her stomach, but her cousin's aunt was still angry and did not pay attention to her: "Didn't you just say you wouldn't go to the clinic? Hurry up and walk a few steps; when we get home, I'll make you ginger soup to drink."

But receiving no response from Qi Shufang, she turned around and saw the person had fallen behind; she said impatiently: "If I had known you could cause so much trouble, I would never have agreed to take you in, no matter what I said."

Qi Shufang, already suffering severe stomach pain, was provoked by these words and immediately clutched her stomach and began to wail.

Her cousin's aunt only thought she was doing it on purpose, just seeing her fear, and felt her anger rise: "That's enough; it's only a few steps to home; don't make a scene outside and lose face."

But as she fell behind, she saw the fine beads of sweat on Qi Shufang's forehead; besides, this was the south, yet it was winter: "Shufang, what's wrong? Don't scare me."

As her words ended, they heard Qi Shufang cry out "Ah!"

As her gaze looked downward, it almost scared her to death, and both of them cried out at the same time.

People in the neighboring houses heard the commotion and came out to check; her cousin's aunt immediately begged for help: "Quick, help me, help me send my niece to the clinic."

After everyone, with many hands and feet, sent the person to the clinic, and after the doctor busied himself for a while, the child in the belly was ultimately not saved.

This scared the cousin's aunt, who was waiting outside, into a cold sweat; how could she explain this to the side of the capital city? What kind of thing was this?

Qi Shufang was mixed with joy and sorrow; the joy was that with this child gone, she could return to the capital; as long as she didn't say anything, who could know she had lost a child? Even if she had no fate with Fu Yan Cheng, she could still look for other excellent men.

The sorrow was: what if Yao Qidong returned, how would she explain it to him?

She thought for a long time but could not figure out a solution; however, upon seeing the child in the arms of the patient in the next bed, she thought of a plan: at worst, she could secretly find an unwanted child, later find a family to foster it, and if Yao Qidong returned, she would give this child to him.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt this idea was feasible, and her mood instantly brightened.

Seeing her cousin's aunt standing aside, full of worry: "Auntie, I want to go home to recuperate."

"Oh my ancestor, stop causing trouble; even if you want to go home, we must wait until the doctor comes to examine you first."