Chapter 798: Shi Youxuan Suspects She Has a Terminal Illness

Shi Youxuan checked Baidu; she would have been better off not checking, but once she did, she felt hopeless.

According to what it said, she must have cancer!

She had been letting her imagination run wild these past few days, thinking that she was still so young, only thirty years old, and she already had cancer?

If she died in the future, her pair of adorable children would not yet be grown, and they would certainly not fare well in the hands of a stepmother.

Although her husband was not very young anymore, he was currently at the age where a man was most charming; while she was still alive, there were already quite a few women who wanted to be a mistress to Sheng Hanyu.

If she died, those women would surely latch onto her husband like leeches.

It would be fine if he married someone virtuous, but if he married someone selfish who couldn't tolerate others, Shi Ran and Zichen would be miserable.

When the time came, other women would move in, sleep with her husband, spend her money, and hit her children... Shi Youxuan's heart was a tangled mess, and it felt terrible.

She was agitated and very uncomfortable.

At this moment, Jian Yixin came to find her, asking her to go see an acquaintance.

It was the property manager from the Apartment where Shi Youxuan had first lived; later, Jian Yixin had also lived there for a period of time and was familiar with this older sister.

The older sister was very warm-hearted and had provided quite a bit of help when they lived in the Apartment.

Now that the older sister was ill, Jian Yixin got the news and asked Shi Youxuan to go visit her together!

The two of them ordered a bouquet of flowers at a flower shop, then drove to the hospital; when they pushed open the door to the Hospital Ward, they didn't recognize her at first glance.

The older sister used to be chubby, one meter sixty tall, weighing one hundred sixty jin.

But now she was lying on the hospital bed, thin as a skeleton, her whole person so gaunt she was unrecognizable.

"You, why are you here?"

She cried when she saw the two of them, struggling to sit up, but failing after several efforts.

"Lie still, don't get up."

There were three hospital beds in the Hospital Ward; the other patients all had family members attending to them, only the older sister's bed was desolate and cold, with not a single person there.

At first, the two of them didn't think much of it, but after sitting for quite a while, they still didn't see any caregiver.

"Where is your husband?"

"Don't mention him..."

The older sister was very heartbroken, and as she spoke, she began to cry: "Men are all heartless, ungrateful things. People say that only in adversity can you see true feelings; that is not wrong at all."

"He saw that I wouldn't live long, so he went out on blind dates, scouting for a suitable target first, and then waiting for me to die so he can get married immediately over there..."

The two of them widened their eyes, as if listening to a tall tale.

It was too world-view shattering.

The older sister's husband was a civil servant and a minor leader at his workplace.

He looked the part, but relying on having a more decent job and earning a few more pennies than his wife, he did nothing when he got home after work, acting like a master.

All the housework, taking Erbao, sending Dabao to school, taking care of the elderly... so many things were all done by the older sister alone.

The woman worked conscientiously and gave everything for this family, but in the end, when she fell seriously ill and lay on the hospital bed, the man didn't care or ask, and was even busy scouting for a second wife candidate without stopping; it was truly chilling!

Shi Youxuan was indignant: "That is fraud; if people find out, he will be spurned."

Jian Yixin: "Exactly, report him to a matchmaking agency; also, the women going on blind dates with him are pitiful, being kept in the dark."

The older sister: "You two are still too kind. There are no matchmaking agencies; they are all introduced by relatives, friends, and neighbors. My husband is a little bigwig at his unit and has some ability, so there are plenty of women eyeing him."

"Those women also know I'm still alive, and some even come over every few days to hypocritically check on me. The name is a visit, but the reality is just to see when I will die so they can quickly take my place..."

Emerging from the hospital, the hearts of both were heavy, their world-views fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces.

What is wrong with this society?

In order to live a comfortable life, can one abandon the bottom line of being a human?

The man's wife is still alive, yet people are already introducing the next wife to the husband, and they even prettily call it: line up early, get ready to take over, or you'll be snatched up by others if you go late.

And the husband who was once deeply affectionate with her really did go on those blind dates.

After arriving home, Shi Youxuan was even more despondent.

She collapsed onto the bed, not even eating dinner, having no appetite.

Sheng Hanyu had said his business trip would take a week, but he returned early.

"Wife, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" He was nervous, not even changing his coat, hovering around his wife to ask after her.

"Why did you come back early?"

"Mom said you were in a bad mood and seemed to be sick, so I came back early."

Shi Youxuan felt a warmth in her heart; she wrapped her arms around her husband's waist and pressed her face against his chest: "Don't move, let me hug you for a while."

"Okay."

The two hugged for quite a while, and Shi Youxuan asked faintly: "Sheng Hanyu, if I die, you must observe mourning for me for three years."

Sheng Hanyu:...

He was displeased: "Why are you talking about death when everything is fine? If you die, I will be buried with you; I won't live alone."

"No."

Shi Youxuan objected: "Sheng Hanyu, you cannot be too selfish. Mom and Dad are both old; you have to fulfill your filial duties."

"The children are still small and haven't grown up; you have the responsibility to raise them, so you cannot die... If I die, it will indeed be very hard for you to raise the children alone. You can find a woman to live with, but it cannot be too soon. Work hard for the first few years, and marry again after three years, otherwise I won't let you go even as a ghost..."

As long as Shi Youxuan thought about another woman lying in her husband's arms, her heart felt sour and particularly terrible.

Sorrow welled up from her heart, and tears fell down in torrents.

Sheng Hanyu:...

He had only said the words "buried with you," and it led to such a huge pile from her?

"Wife, stop talking nonsense. Look into my eyes and tell me, what illness do you have? You are not allowed to hide it from me."

"I'm about to die... boo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"

She did not say anything specific, only that she was about to die.

Sheng Hanyu did not listen to any excuses and forcibly took her to the hospital for a check-up.

The doctor asked about the situation, then wrote out a pregnancy test slip for her to go get an ultrasound.

Shi Youxuan shook her head: "It's not pregnancy, I tested it at home with a pregnancy test stick, it was one line."

Seeing this, the doctor did not dare to be careless and wrote out a few more test slips for a comprehensive examination.

They were busy all morning.

The test results finally all came out, there was nothing wrong—she was just pregnant!

Shi Youxuan was both surprised and happy: "I'm pregnant? Then why didn't the pregnancy test stick detect it?"

The doctor: "Pregnancy test sticks aren't one hundred percent accurate either; to confirm whether you are pregnant, you still have to come to the hospital for an examination."

It was a false alarm.

Shi Youxuan felt a joy like surviving a disaster, but even though her mood was good, her appetite was still not.

Wang Yinghao was overjoyed to learn that her daughter-in-law was pregnant again.

She went to the kitchen in person to stew a pot of braised pig trotters with peanuts.

Shi Youxuan loved eating this dish, but this time she wanted to vomit as soon as she smelled it.

She couldn't even stand the smell of scallions, ginger, and garlic being sautéed in the pan.

She could only drink some plain congee, holding a bowl of oil-free pickled vegetables to go with the rice.

Even so, if she felt unwell after eating, she would still vomit it back up.

It wasn't like this when she was pregnant with Shi Ran and Sheng Zichen before; it was a bit more difficult at the beginning with Shi Ran, but she basically had no pregnancy symptoms when she had Sheng Zichen, eating everything and having nothing she didn't like.

Now she basically vomits whatever she eats.

Sheng Hanyu felt heartache for his wife and discussed it with her: "Let's go to the hospital and abort it, it's too much suffering, we already have two children, there's no need to have another."

When she was vomiting until the world went dark, Shi Youxuan agreed: "Okay."

But when she wasn't vomiting, she couldn't bear to: "People say that before every child is reincarnated, they are angels in heaven choosing their mothers; they chose me after much deliberation, yet I want to abort him, it's too cruel, I don't agree."