Chapter 175: Sorry, We Really Did Our Best

Li Dafu and the others haven't come out yet.

One of the embroiderers said.

Qiao Sheng was busy following Li Xia, so he didn't have time to ask what had happened.

He listened as the embroiderer finished speaking.

Qiao Sheng looked at Li Xia and asked, "Li Xia, what exactly is going on?"

Li Xia led Qiao Sheng to a deserted spot and told him what had happened.

"It's like this: our shop had nothing to do today, so we went out with master to stroll. After a short while we ran into Tian Ge's mother. She came with a few women, and as soon as she arrived she berated master for being fickle and even pushed him. We stepped in to protect him, but we couldn't keep master safe."

Qiao Sheng: "…"

Is Shi Shi's mind full of holes, not even believing his own son's words!

Didn't Yun Tian just clarify it to her not long ago?

Qiao Sheng asked Li Xia again, "Did you inform Yun Tian?"

Li Xia glanced around.

She hadn't spoken yet.

A somewhat thin woman stepped forward and said, "I went to the Yamen looking for Yun Tian, but he wasn't there. According to the other clerks in the Yamen, he went out on a case with his subordinates."

What kind of nonsense is this!

Qiao Sheng was thinking, when the door of the room in front of him burst open from the inside.

Besides an elderly doctor, an older woman also came out; they both appeared to be in their forties or fifties.

The woman who had spoken earlier asked, "Li Dafu, Li Da Niang, how is our family's master?"

"The child in her womb cannot be saved."

Li Da Niang sighed and said.

"What!"

Li Xia, excited, grabbed Li Da Niang's sleeve and said, "Grandma Li, please help my master; she cannot lose this child. If she loses this child, she will be devastated."

"Child, I'm sorry; we really did our best."

Li Da Niang was also helpless.

She and Li Dafu are a married couple; when such situations arise, she always helps handle them together.

She has seen such things more than once.

She also wants to keep this child.

But it cannot be done.

Qiao Sheng asked Li Dafu about Cheng Xianglan's condition.

Upon learning that Cheng Xianglan's bleeding had stopped, but the dead child had not yet been removed, she immediately told them to get the child out as quickly as possible.

"Qiao Niangzi, if my master finds out…"

Li Xia dared not think.

After all, she knew how much her master cared about this child.

Qiao Sheng said in a moderate tone, "There's nothing that can be done; the child cannot be saved, now we can only protect the adult."

Half an hour passed.

Li Da Niang only then finished treating Cheng Xianglan.

After this ordeal, Cheng Xianglan's complexion grew even paler; if it weren't for the rise and fall of her chest, everyone would probably think she had already passed away.

Qiao Sheng didn't go back; he stayed with Li Xia, sitting at the bedside waiting for her to wake up.

They waited for over two hours.

Cheng Xianglan finally showed signs of movement.

Li Xia said excitedly, "Qiao Niangzi, my master's hand moved…"

"Sister Xianglan."

Qiao Sheng called out several times before Cheng Xianglan opened her eyes.

Cheng Xianglan opened her mouth, placed her hand on her belly, seemed to realize something, and tears instantly fell.

"Sister Xianglan, don't do that…"

Qiao Sheng tried to calm Cheng Xianglan, but as he kept speaking he suddenly didn't know what to say.

Cheng Xianglan's large tears streamed down: "Qiao Sheng, I'm in pain, I regret so much, if I had valued what you said back then, I wouldn't be like this now…"

(End of chapter)