Chapter 85: She Wants to Keep the Child

It should just be some minor issue like malnutrition!

Shen Lan hoped for this in his heart; Li Xuan hadn't taken proper care of their daughter during this time, so it was all her fault.

The doctor adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at the dejected man and woman before him, and asked, "What are you to the girl?"

"Parents. I am the child's mother. Doctor, please tell me quickly, what is wrong with the child?"

"She is pregnant."

These words from the doctor were like a thunderbolt striking the two of them.

Shen Lan suspected he had misheard.

How could that be?

His daughter was only seventeen years old this year; she was still so young, how could she be pregnant?

"Doctor, what did you say?"

His teeth chattered as he asked again.

"Your daughter is pregnant," the doctor said, having little patience for such irresponsible parents, "she is malnourished now, go to the ward and wait!"

It was truly outrageous.

If even one of her parents were reliable, they wouldn't have let such a young daughter get pregnant.

It must be a lack of discipline.

P-pregnant?

With whom?

Pregnant at school?

Li Xuan grabbed the doctor, "Did you misdiagnose her? My daughter isn't married, she's still a student."

The doctor shook her off and handed her an examination sheet, "Shen Yuan? Your daughter, right? Go inside and see for yourself."

Shen Lan snatched the examination sheet, and upon seeing the words "five weeks pregnant" clearly, his whole person instantly wilted.

He felt that the looks the doctors and nurses gave him were filled with mockery; it was so shameful.

At this moment, Li Xuan naturally pushed all the blame onto the school and the teachers.

"Teacher, we entrusted our child to the school, and now the child is pregnant for no reason. The school must give us an explanation for this!"

The teacher's expression turned ugly in an instant.

"During this period, student Shen Yuan has changed a lot, especially in the last two months; she often skips class and hangs out with bad kids. I've always wanted to ask, has something happened in your family?"

The teacher looked at Shen Lan.

This former Deputy County Magistrate Shen—his affair with this girl was something everyone knew about.

But the adults' business had nothing to do with the child.

Seeing Shen Yuan, who used to be such a lively and clever girl, turn into what she was now, he felt heartbroken as a teacher.

Could it be that this biological mother who returned was actually worse than a foster mother?

It really left one not knowing what to say.

Shen Lan was incredibly embarrassed; the teacher's words were alluding to his divorce that had caused such a sensation in Huaiyang.

"Yes, some things did happen at home," he said with difficulty, "but after all, the child spends more time at school. We just want to know which bastard did this!"

He would absolutely not let that person off!

"For this, I suggest you talk to Shen Yuan first," the teacher glanced at the watch on his wrist and said tactfully, "Show more concern for the child!"

After the teacher left, Shen Lan and Li Xuan stood speechless, then walked into the ward together.

In the ward, Shen Yuan lay on the bed, her palm-sized face pale, like a lifeless rag doll.

Shen Lan couldn't help but think of the Xiao Yuan from before, cheerful and cute, and his heart softened before he even spoke.

He sat by the bed and gently rubbed his daughter's forehead, "Xiao Yuan, don't be afraid, Dad is here. Tell Dad, this matter of you... being pregnant, what is it all about? Did some bastard bully you? Dad will definitely go and get justice for you!"

Shen Yuan glanced at him, her eyes seemingly filled with disappointment and distrust, and she turned her head away.

Li Xuan grew anxious seeing her like this.

At a time like this, she was still acting out.

As a woman herself, she knew all too well what kind of scheme her daughter was playing.

She wanted her father to coax her and keep all his attention on her.

"You have to say it! Tell us who did it. We can wait, but the child in your belly can't!"

It had already been five weeks; if they waited any longer, this secret wouldn't be able to be kept.

Shen Yuan glared at her angrily.

Her heart was now filled with hatred; she hated Li Xuan for destroying their happy life before, and she hated Si Rong for leaving so resolutely.

Even cutting off ties with her.

That night outside the internet cafe, if Si Rong had been willing to call out to her and forbid her from entering that internet cafe, things wouldn't have turned out like this now.

"Is it one of your classmates?" Li Xuan continued to ask, "Don't be afraid at a time like this. We'll call the police and he'll have to go to jail! You're a minor this year, this counts as rape!"

"Stop talking!" Shen Yuan couldn't bear to hear such ugly words used to describe herself; she covered her head and hid under the quilt.

Shen Lan also glared at Li Xuan, "You shut up first!"

Li Xuan stood there for a while, feeling that she was somewhat redundant.

"Shen Lan! Xiao Yuan is a grown girl now. Her belly is big, she can't just keep hiding behind you like a child, can she? Things have to be resolved."

"If you refuse to say who that person is, then we have no choice but to investigate it ourselves!"

"We can't just cowardly get rid of the child in secret like this, can we?"

Shen Yuan suddenly threw off the quilt, and because of the sudden movement, blood surged out of the IV line in her hand; in an instant, blood flooded the tube, looking quite horrifying.

"Are you ashamed of me? I'm telling you, I don't even know who the child's father is!"

At that time, she wasn't just with one man.

"I'm just a piece of trash! A piece of trash without a mother! Don't worry about me, just let me die!"

Li Xuan quickly helped her press down on the wound on the back of her hand, her heart aching terribly from her daughter's words.

"Alright, alright, Mom won't force you; if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it, but you are still young, this child must be aborted, otherwise your life will be ruined!"

She once thought her own intellect and schemes were peerless.

She had played the Si Family heiress for a fool, and under her own calculations, her husband had risen steadily in his career, and her children were being raised by others.

But until this very moment, she had some doubts about whether she had done wrong all these years.

If she had just stayed properly with Shen Lan back then and raised her own son and daughter with her own hands, even if life had been a bit impoverished...

Why?

Why, when everyone was the same kind of person, did she have to live an impoverished life?

While Si Rong had everything?

Therefore, she could not regret it.

Since Heaven was so unfair, she could only go and snatch whatever she wanted herself.

No matter what, she was now a person with both a son and a daughter, while Si Rong had nothing.

Shen Yuan touched her stomach and rejected her proposal, "No, I want to give birth to this child."

She would be a good mother and give this child the maternal love she had never enjoyed herself.