Chapter 100: Why are you never there when we need you?

The people of the Gu Family also rushed over.

In the hospital room, Lin Jingshu, Gu Huaiyuan, Gu Qinghuan, Gu Laoyezi, Gu Lichuan, and Zhuang Mingyue had arrived.

The only figure missing was the child's biological father, Gu Tingyan.

In this room, how many people had been hoping for the child in her womb to die.

Zhuang Mingyue looked at Qin Shu on the hospital bed, her eyes turning red, and said with heartache, "My poor niece-in-law."

"In your condition, why isn't Tingyan by your side?"

"He actually went abroad with his ex-girlfriend."

Upon hearing this, Qin Shu felt a heartache so intense she could not suppress it.

Gu Laoyezi's expression was cold: "Say less."

Zhuang Mingyue pursed her lips and fell silent; Lin Jingshu looked at Qin Shu with a cold expression, not at all surprised that her child was gone.

When Qin Shu woke up and did not hear the baby crying, she looked at Ji Yanli and asked, "Where is the baby?"

Ji Yanli lowered his eyes: "The baby had no breath when born; it was a stillbirth."

Gu Qinghuan's expression was on the verge of tears: "Sister-in-law."

Hearing that the child was gone, Qin Shu's expression turned blank; her heart felt as if it were being tightly gripped by a pair of hands, and her breathing became labored.

Even though her heart ached terribly, she could not cry at all.

Yet she did not know that invisible scars hurt the most, and tears that cannot flow are the most bitter.

That seven-month-old child clearly already had life and was about to be born.

Yesterday, it was still naughtily kicking her in her womb.

Today, it had left her.

Qin Shu lay on the hospital bed, pale and weak, unable to bear such a blow, and she fell into a coma once again.

Gu Qinghuan was frightened silly and cried out loudly: "Sister-in-law!"

Gu Laoyezi hurriedly pressed the call button, and the doctor soon entered to examine Qin Shu's body.

Abroad.

Large, brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky.

Gu Tingyan had just concluded a ten-billion-dollar project with the largest merchant in A Guo; the two parties signed the contract quickly and shook hands.

"Mr. Gu is truly an elite in the business world; it is my honor to cooperate with you."

Gu Tingyan smiled faintly: "It is also my honor to cooperate with your company."

The foreign merchant looked at Chu Sheng, stunned by her beauty: "Is this beautiful lady your girlfriend?"

Gu Tingyan showed the ring on his hand: "I am married."

"She is the daughter of a business partner."

The foreign merchant raised an eyebrow and smiled cryptically; since ancient times, heroes have been matched with beauties.

For a big figure like Gu Tingyan, bolstered by power and wealth, even if he were married, there would be countless women chasing after him one after another.

Fireworks filled the sky; the group stopped and looked up: "Today's fireworks are exceptionally beautiful."

"Gu Tingyan!"

Someone came running from not far away, panting, and upon seeing Gu Tingyan, they caught their breath: "Hurry and answer your phone!"

"Something has happened at your home!"

Gu Tingyan took out his phone and unlocked it; his phone was vibrating frantically, and there were hundreds of calls on it, all from Beijing.

WeChat messages had exploded past 99+.

A call from Gu Yichen came in; Gu Tingyan answered, and the little guy's voice was hoarse: "Dad, Mom fell down the stairs and was also in a car accident; the baby in Mom's womb is gone."

"Zhang Ma died trying to save Mom."

"When are you coming back?"

His voice trembled with a sobbing tone: "Why are you never there when we need you?"

Gu Tingyan's whole body stiffened; he could barely hold the phone in his hand, feeling a chill permeate his entire body.

Something had completely slipped through his fingers, no matter how hard he tried to hold on.

Chu Sheng naturally knew that Qin Shu's child was gone; she feigned ignorance, walked over, and intimately took his arm: "Tingyan, what's wrong?"

Gu Tingyan pulled his arm away and walked quickly toward the outside, his figure staggering and stumbling, barely able to stand; every step he took felt like stepping on the tip of a knife.

Gu Tingyan took a private jet back to the country; on this journey, he suffered immense torment, as if he had gone through a frying pan.

Returning to Beijing took over twelve hours.

Gu Tingyan's tall figure appeared in Qin Shu's hospital room.

Qin Shu was still unconscious.

Gu Yichen stood guard by Qin Shu's bedside; he trusted no one else, never leaving her side, keeping watch without eating or drinking.

Gu Yichen looked up and saw Gu Tingyan; in those deep, dark eyes, there was no hope.

When they needed him most, he was not there.

They had already passed the time when they needed him most.

Gu Tingyan saw the unconscious Qin Shu on the hospital bed; he staggered over and called out in a hoarse voice: "Huahua."

The person on the hospital bed could not respond to him.

She had lost a lot of weight; her chin was sharp, her palm-sized face had thinned out significantly, and the oversized hospital gown hung empty on her.

Ji Yanli's eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse: "The doctor said her heart vessels were damaged; the loss of the child was a huge blow to her."

"Whether she can wake up depends entirely on her willpower."

Gu Tingyan gripped her hand tightly, tears falling and landing on the back of Qin Shu's hand; a desperate pain surged across the man's face: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"I didn't know it would turn out like this."

Seeing Qin Shu on the hospital bed looking like a broken rag doll, his heart felt as if it were being torn apart petal by petal.

Ji Yanli walked over, grabbed him by the collar, and raised his hand to land a punch on him!

His brows were dark and fierce, and a thick sense of irony appeared on his face: "You know how to put on a show of deep affection at a time like this?"

"When she needed you the most, where were you?"

"You were abroad watching fireworks with Chu Sheng!"

"Gu Tingyan, are you worthy of her at all?!"

Gu Qinghuan pleaded with a sobbing tone: "Brother, if you don't love sister-in-law, then divorce her."

"Let her go."

Gu Tingyan staggered back a step, taking the full force of Ji Yanli's punch.

Hearing these words from his younger sister Gu Qinghuan, his face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Did he not love Qin Shu?

He did love her.

He loved Qin Shu; how could he not love her?

Gu Tingyan's eyes were bloodshot as he said this sentence, word by word: "I love her."

Gu Laoyezi felt like he had seen a ghost upon hearing this.

Gu Laoyezi slammed his cane heavily against the floor, his eyes deep and dark: "Divorce Qin Shu."

Upon hearing this, Gu Tingyan's entire body stiffened, and he looked at Gu Laoyezi in disbelief: "Grandfather."

Old Master Gu sighed deeply: "Huanhuan is right; if you don't love her, then let her go."

"Even after leaving you, she will still be my granddaughter-in-law."

"She is the only one I acknowledge!"

Chu Sheng had just stepped into the hospital room when she heard these words, and she felt that Gu Laoyezi was saying this specifically for her to hear.

Gu Tingyan stood there with a rigid body, paranoid and persistent: "Grandfather, I will not divorce her."

The corners of his eyes were moist and red, his eyes filled with a frantic paranoia as he whispered: "I love her, Grandfather, I love her."

Gu Laoyezi raised his cane and struck his back hard, his voice ice-cold: "You must divorce her."

Gu Laoyezi looked at the persistent Gu Tingyan, his voice hoarse: "If you truly love her, where were you before?"