Chapter 388: Her Favorite Daughter-in-Law Has Arrived

"I..."

Shen Lan glared at his mother, wishing he could glare a bloody hole into her face.

It's over! Everything is over!

He didn't know why the Heavens had to arrange such a stupid mother for him!

It was simply stupid to the heavens!

What was he supposed to do now?

Yet Shen Mu was still urging him from the side, "Hurry! Hurry and tell the public security officers what you took that medicine for!"

If you don't say it now, what will you do if the public security officers misunderstand later?

As a mother, she was truly worried sick.

Shen Lan:...

Cold sweat ran down his back; if he didn't quickly come up with a reasonable use for it now, these public security officers might not let him off easily.

"Shen Lan, who are you trying to induce an abortion for?" Si Rong asked loudly. "Don't you know that drugging someone else is a crime?"

Shen Mu didn't like the look of her, especially seeing her pregnant with another man's child. "You fickle woman, that medicine of my son's is just...!"

Before she could finish, Li Xuan, who had just come out of the room, urgently covered her mouth.

"Mom, what nonsense are you spouting? Did you forget to take your medicine again today?"

She smiled apologetically at the public security officers and said, "Don't listen to my mother-in-law. She's mentally unstable; if she doesn't take her medicine, she'll spout nonsense everywhere!"

Li Xuan's appearance gave Shen Lan an inspiration. His mind shifted, and he said to the public security officers, "This is my wife! I bought that medicine to induce an abortion for her!"

"She's pregnant? Why do you want to induce an abortion at home?" a female public security officer questioned.

Shen Lan smiled indifferently. "What does that have to do with you? We don't want the child we conceived; is it against the law to have an abortion?"

"Give it here! I'll make her take it right now!"

Taking advantage of the female public security officer's momentary stupor, Shen Lan snatched the medicine back from her hand and poured it all into Li Xuan's mouth.

"Wuwuwu..." The medicinal powder choked her throat, and Li Xuan began to cough violently.

"Now it's a matter between us husband and wife, you can leave now!" Shen Lan said with a cold face, shooing them away.

He didn't know what stupid thing that Zhu Yun had done to get himself caught by the public security officers.

Now he had almost been implicated himself; luckily, he was quick-witted enough.

"That is a sign of disrespect toward women!" The female public security officer was disgusted by his attitude toward his wife. She stepped forward to help Li Xuan up, but was pushed away.

"I don't need your help! My husband will take care of me!"

Li Xuan didn't want to lose face in front of Si Rong, especially seeing Jiang Cheng's attentive care for her, which made her feel even worse. She had her own pride.

Female public security officer:...

Everyone:...

"Truly like a dog biting Lv Dongbin, unable to recognize a good heart!" The two public security officers left shortly after.

After they left, Si Rong and Jiang Cheng also left quickly.

Only the suffering Li Xuan and the bewildered Shen Mu remained.

"What kind of tricks are you playing? Bringing the public security officers here, you nearly scared me to death!"

And mentioning that Zhu Yun for no reason—that孽缘 (evil fate) was something she never wanted to bring up again.

It served him right to be caught by the police now! For someone like him who couldn't even manage to get revenge properly, just being caught by the public security officers was letting him off too easily.

Shen Lan couldn't be bothered to talk to her; he turned around and went back into the room to pour a glass of water for Li Xuan.

After Li Xuan drank the water, her stomach began to ache.

"Shen Lan, why is the potency of this medicine so strong?"

"Zhu Yun's medicine is just like this." Shen Lan helped her onto the bed. "Drink some hot water and sleep for a while, and you'll be fine."

Li Xuan drank the hot water Shen Lan had fetched for her, feeling very moved. She told herself she didn't need anyone else's help; Shen Lan would surely take good care of her.

But for some reason, as Li Xuan lay on the bed, her stomach hurt more and more. Tossing and turning, her forehead was covered in sweat, and she began to panic.

"Shen Lan, take me to the hospital. It hurts so much, this isn't right..."

"This is abortion medicine," Shen Lan said with some impatience. "Why would your stomach hurt? Don't think so much, just sleep for a while. I'm going out to smoke a cigarette!"

When he was with Si Rong before, Si Rong wouldn't let him smoke, but during this time, the job of feeding pigs really made him feel his dignity was insulted, and he only smoked because of the pressure.

"I asked A-Lan, he said it's just abortion medicine; only a pregnant woman would have a reaction after taking it, so stop pretending!"

Shen Mu curled her lip. "Every single day, all you know is how to put on an act! Trying every way to make men revolve around you!"

Looking at Li Xuan on the bed, she suddenly remembered herself when she was young. Back then, she had just given birth and her wounds hurt terribly, the baby was crying on the bed, and her mother-in-law had pointed at her lying on the bed and scolded her just like this.

At that time, how she wished someone could come and help her...

"It hurts a lot, doesn't it?" Shen Mu looked at Li Xuan's pale face. "Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital."

When she lifted the quilt, it gave her a fright; Li Xuan was covered in blood underneath.

"Lan'er! Lan'er!" Shen Mu shouted in a panic. "Come here quickly!"

Even Shen Yun was frightened by the blood all over the bed, and the family stumbled as they rushed Li Xuan to the hospital.

After the doctor at the hospital examined her, he scolded Shen Lan until he was drenched in shame.

"Are you trying to kill your wife! Such a large dose of abortion medicine, that's life-threatening!"

"Then what should we do?"

"Surgery, it must be surgery immediately!"

Li Xuan was pushed into the operating room. Shen Mu went to pay the medical fees unwillingly; the money she had saved over the past few months was emptied out again.

What a waste of effort! What kind of business is this every single day.

Three hours later, Li Xuan was finally pushed out of the operating room.

"The patient's uterus has been removed, and she will not be able to bear children in the future. Rest and recover your body well for a few months, and do not eat things indiscriminately again."

After Li Xuan woke up and learned that her uterus had been removed, she had no reaction.

Anyway, she already had two children; as long as she could find them, that would be enough.

It was just that during this hospital stay, Li Xuan felt her body had become much weaker; she would feel dizzy after standing for a while.

However, she did not blame Shen Lan for feeding her the medicine; as long as Shen Lan could treat her well in the future, then everything would be worth it.

On the other side, Si Rong was very happy because a joyous event was taking place.

Jiang Dacheng and Fang Ting were getting married, which was truly a cause for celebration.

For them, these two coming together had great significance.

Especially for the future composition of their family, it was of vital importance.

Her favorite daughter-in-law was about to arrive.

On the day of Fang Ting's wedding, she saw Si Rong applying her makeup with a look of joy on her face.

"Close your eyes," Si Rong said as she brushed on eyeshadow, humming a song in a very good mood, "All done."

Fang Ting opened her eyes to look at her, "Why do I feel like you're even happier than I am about me getting married?"

What is with this look of gratification?