lcionline Chapter 246 Don’t understand
Chapter 246 Don’t understand
Duan Mingzhu slowly loosened her grip, and the pain in Xue Yunting's arm gradually lessened until his arm fell out of Duan Mingzhu's mouth.
Xue Yunting intertwined his fingers with Duan Mingzhu's hand with one hand, and gently stroked her face with the other, repeatedly calling out softly, "Mingzhu... Mingzhu... Mingzhu..."
Duan Mingzhu had no strength left to respond to him. She kept her eyes slightly open by willpower until she heard the baby crying. A barely perceptible smile appeared on her face, and her fingers twitched slightly.
Luo An pressed the wet baby against Duan Mingzhu's face, while Nian Yao said from the side, "She's very pretty and well-behaved..."
She was all pink, and she only cried twice before stopping. She was such a good girl! Nianyao thought to herself, but she choked up and couldn't say anything more.
Duan Mingzhu slowly closed her eyes, tilting her head towards the child, and kissed the child's forehead. The child, who had been sleeping with eyes closed, seemed to be startled and began to cry.
This little child wasn't wailing loudly, but crying pitifully, which was heartbreaking to hear.
Nianyao quickly picked up the child, wiped her clean with warm water, wrapped her in a bright red swaddle blanket, and went around to Xue Yunting's side: "Yunting, she's very beautiful, come and see..."
Xue Yunting seemed not to hear. The handkerchief covering his eyes was already wet, and the veins on his hand, which was holding Duan Mingzhu's increasingly cold hand, bulged. Suddenly, he buried his head in Duan Mingzhu's hair and cried.
Nianyao stood there, holding the child, stunned and unsure how to react: Xue Yunting was actually crying!
In Nianyao's mind, Xue Yunting had always been very elegant since childhood, and this only increased as he grew up. He should be the kind of person who never cried from childhood to adulthood, no, he should be the kind of person who never cried from childhood to adulthood.
Luo An rose through the ranks from Level 1 to Level 8, and has seen all kinds of patients, including pregnant women and even a case where both mother and child died.
No matter what suffering the patients endured, Luo An remained indifferent. Sometimes, when the bereaved families wept bitterly in front of him, he would occasionally feel a little annoyed.
But at this moment, looking at Duan Mingzhu's ever-present smile and the slight upturn of her lips, and hearing Xue Yunting's low and suppressed sobs, he felt sadness for the first time.
It's so sad! It seems like he hasn't felt this way in a very long time; the last time was probably when his father passed away.
Luo An's hands never stopped; following Duan Mingzhu's instructions, he meticulously stitched up the wound. After finishing, he washed his hands with clean water, took off his soiled coat, and took the child out.
Seeing that he seemed somewhat depressed, Nianyao didn't say anything. She wiped the bloodstains off Duan Mingzhu's body clean, bringing in basins of clean water and carrying out basins of reddish water...
Upon seeing Luo An, Qin Jiu quickly stepped forward to take the child and gave Liang Qingcheng a wink. Liang Qingcheng hesitated slightly before going into the room to help.
Nianyao washed Duan Mingzhu thoroughly and, with Liang Qingcheng's help, changed her into brand new clothes and bedding. Liang Qingcheng then opened her makeup box and carefully applied makeup to Duan Mingzhu.
Liang Qingcheng finished her makeup and went out. Nianyao had already tidied the room spotless, and squatted down, placing her hand on Xue Yunting's knee.
Xue Yunting never looked up.
Nianyao's tears fell, her voice filled with sorrow: "Yunting, please don't be like this."
In the tea room, he casually remarked: "Mingzhu probably won't make it through childbirth. I'll have to take her to Mount Oulu and bury her there."
Xue Yunting had clearly prepared himself mentally and was prepared to accept the facts. But when the facts actually came and he had to face them, he still found it hard to bear.
This steady and reserved boy ultimately overestimated his own acceptability and underestimated Duan Mingzhu's influence on him.
Xue Yunting cried, "I don't want the child, I just want her to live... I don't understand... I don't understand..."
Xue Yunting couldn't understand Duan Mingzhu's obsession with having a child, even though she knew the child would harm her. Without this child, at least she could live a little longer.
Nianyao said, "The child is very beautiful and well-behaved. She is very happy and has no regrets."
Xue Yunting neither looked up nor responded.
Nianyao waited a while, then said softly, "Yunting, I'm right outside. Call me if you need anything."
Only Qin Jiu remained in the small hall. Nian Yao glanced around, but before she could speak, Qin Jiu said, "The child has been given to the wet nurse. Young Master should be in the tea room."
A wet nurse? Nianyao almost forgot about hiring a wet nurse. No, she hadn't even considered it. Chongming Island was so big; raising a child shouldn't be a problem. She herself was raised by her father.
Nianyao then realized she was tired and slumped down, saying, "Thank you, Ninth Brother."
Qin Jiu poured her some tea and opened the clay pot on the table: "Chief, have something to eat before you rest. There are brothers on guard outside, so you don't need to worry."
Looking at the porridge in the clay pot, Nianyao felt very grateful: Qin Jiu is really thoughtful, it's so good to have such a group of brothers.
Luo An wasn't in the teahouse, so Qin Jiu thought for a while and went to Xianyue Lake. Luo An had just come up from Xianyue Lake and was sitting under a willow tree by the lake, holding a small round sword in his hand, his body steaming.
Qin Jiu sat down next to Luo An: "Young Master, did you only start learning martial arts after you arrived at Chongming Island?"
Luo An didn't say anything.
Qin Jiu asked again, "After the late emperor gave you the sword, did you start practicing martial arts?"
The late emperor gave him his sword and martial arts manual. With Luo An's talent, even if he can't beat Xu Sheng, he's definitely not inferior to them.
Luo An tucked the small round sword back into his sleeve and shook his sleeve: "You said Xu Sheng hugged Nian Yao, and Xu Sheng didn't say anything to you?"
Qin Jiu immediately protested, "Young Master, I didn't say that the Prince hugged the Gang Leader, I said..."
Luo An interrupted him: "That's not important."
How could this not be important? Qin Jiu firmly said, "Young Master, I want to emphasize again that what I said at the time was that the leader almost fell when she went down the mountain, and the Prince helped her up."
Luo An asked, "What's the difference?"
A helping hand versus a hug—the difference is huge! Qin Jiu suddenly realized: "Young Master, you argued with the gang leader today because... you suspected the Prince hugged the gang leader?"
What do you mean by suspicion? Luo An's expression was somewhat cold: "You said Xu Sheng hugged Nian Yao."
Luo An's calm and certainty made Qin Jiu doubt himself, and he rested his head in his hands, thinking back and forth. When Luo An came to find him, he asked him about what had happened along the way, telling him in detail, not leaving out a single thing.
Qin Jiu explained in great detail, including the line, "We are engaged. If you marry me, you will be my empress when I become emperor..."
He told it to Luo An purely as a joke, adding, "Young master, the prince's love of joking hasn't changed at all."
Luo An didn't laugh, but simply asked, "And then?"
Qin Jiu said, "Later we continued down the mountain. When the gang leader was walking in front, she was accidentally bumped by the prince and almost fell. The prince pulled her up in time. The gang leader cursed loudly, and after the prince got on the boat, he even called the gang leader a shrew."
Qin Jiu thought it over and over, and was quite certain that that was what was said back then. But why was Luo An so certain now?