lcionline Chapter 304 Confession
Chapter 304 Confession
After hearing what Grandpa Lin said, Lin Xiaoyan silently ladled out a bowl of matsutake mushroom soup and pushed it in front of Shen Feiwan.
Seeing that Shen Feiwan didn't move, he leaned closer and asked, "Are you feeling unwell? If not, just bear with it. We've only just started eating."
Shen Feiwan's forehead was covered in cold sweat. She glanced at Lin Xiaoyan's hand out of the corner of her eye and felt a sense of absurdity.
How did this person figure out that she "wasn't uncomfortable"?
The cramping pain in her lower abdomen almost made her see black, and she still can't straighten her back, but he just tells her to "bear with it."
She looked up at Lin Xiaoyan, then closed her eyes and took two deep breaths.
Once the sharp pain subsided slightly, Shen Feiwan sat up straight, supporting herself on the edge of the table.
She turned to look at Grandpa Lin, who was sitting at the head of the table. Although she was feeling unwell, she remained respectful, after all, she was a junior. "Grandpa, I'm so sorry... I suddenly feel a little unwell and may not be able to finish this meal with you. Could you please let me go back and rest?"
Grandpa Lin paused in his hand holding the soup spoon, his gaze sweeping over Shen Feiwan's slightly pale face. He neither asked her what was wrong nor nodded in agreement.
The silence caused a sudden change in the atmosphere, as if the air had been frozen.
Lin Xiaoyan's brows furrowed even more, and he suddenly reached out and placed his hand on Shen Feiwan's waist.
He leaned closer to Shen Feiwan, his voice low, "Can't you just bear with it a little longer? Do you have to spoil Grandpa's fun at a time like this? Today is the first time you're having dinner with Grandpa as his granddaughter-in-law, it's special."
As Lin Xiaoyan spoke, the force in his arm grew heavier, almost pressing Shen Feiwan into the seat.
Shen Feiwan found it utterly absurd: which is more important, eating or a person's health?
Lin Xiaoyan's palm was still gripping her waist, the old man's indifferent gaze, and the faint sarcasm on Ye Wanjie's lips—each of them made her want to vomit.
She was speaking to the old man in a very polite tone just now, but now she can't stand it anymore.
She abruptly pushed Lin Xiaoyan's hand away and stood up abruptly.
"Excuse me, I must take my leave now." With that, Shen Feiwan ignored everyone's expressions and walked straight out of the restaurant.
Lin Xiaoyan watched her retreating figure, his Adam's apple bobbing, his brows furrowed.
However, he quickly looked at Grandpa Lin and said, "Grandpa, she might not be feeling well. I'll go check on her."
Lin Xiaoyan waited until the old man gave a lukewarm response before quickly chasing after him.
Because of severe stomach pain, Shen Feiwan had to squat down anywhere she could find as soon as she reached the courtyard.
Soon, Lin Xiaoyan caught up with them.
"Shen Feiwan!" Lin Xiaoyan's voice was filled with anger, but softened a bit when he saw her curled-up figure. "Can't you be a little more considerate of the occasion? Why do you have to give the old man such a hard time?"
Shen Feiwan raised her head. "Lin Xiaoyan, I'm not feeling well right now. I'd rather live well than worry about your reputation."
"Can't you speak properly? What's the meaning of suddenly leaving the table? I brought you back so you could integrate into this family, not so you could throw a tantrum. I can do whatever I want in our home when it's just the two of us, but not here with Grandpa."
"Making a scene? Integrating?" Shen Feiwan found it amusing. "When I was in so much pain that I couldn't stand up, did anyone in your Lin family ask me if I was alive or dead? You all thought I was making a scene, right?"
Shen Feiwan was too lazy to waste words with Lin Xiaoyan here. She endured the pain, got up and left.
"Where are you going?" Lin Xiaoyan pulled her. "I have the car keys; you can't leave."
Shen Feiwan didn't say anything, but silently took out her phone to call a taxi.
Seeing her like this, Lin Xiaoyan suddenly bent down and picked her up in his arms.
Shen Feiwan instinctively tried to push him away, but he held her even tighter.
"Stop fooling around, I'll take you to the hospital," Lin Xiaoyan said, striding towards the garage.
However, Shen Feiwan did not intend to go to the hospital with Lin Xiaoyan.
If I go, my pregnancy will be exposed.
"I'm not going to the hospital."
Lin Xiaoyan had already put Shen Feiwan in the back seat of the car, and he himself was already sitting in the driver's seat.
Hearing Shen Feiwan refuse to go to the hospital, Lin Xiaoyan paused, his hand on the steering wheel. "What are you doing now? You were the one who said you were in so much pain you couldn't stand up, and now you're the one saying you won't go to the hospital."
“I didn’t say I wanted to go to the hospital. I just wanted to find a place to rest. If you had just given me a room to lie down in the first place, things wouldn’t have turned out like this. Don’t try to shift all the blame onto me.”
Lin Xiaoyan frowned, thinking that Shen Feiwan was just being stubborn.
Since things had already developed to this point, he stopped arguing and directly entered the address of "City Central Hospital" on the central control screen.
Just as he was about to start the car, the passenger door was suddenly pulled open, and Ye Wanjie sat down with a cold face.
"Mom? What brings you here?" Lin Xiaoyan asked in surprise.
Ye Wanjie glanced at Shen Feiwan in the back seat, feeling as if she had been pricked by needles. Her son was taking such good care of this woman on the very first day of his marriage. Where was her place as a mother?
She suppressed her anger and said in a sharp tone, "Who knows if she's faking illness to gain sympathy? If I hadn't come to see you, you would have really been manipulated by her. Leaving halfway through dinner with Grandpa on the first day of your marriage, what kind of behavior is that!"
“Mom,” Lin Xiaoyan interrupted, “she’s really not feeling well.”
"Just because you're not feeling well doesn't mean you can be unruly?" Ye Wanjie became increasingly angry as she spoke. "I think you've been blinded by love! When I wasn't feeling well before, I never said a single bad word to your grandparents. How come she's a person but I'm not?"
Ye Wanjie harbored a great deal of resentment towards Shen Feiwan.
Once you start talking about it, it goes on and on.
Lin Xiaoyan disliked this scene very much.
He abruptly pulled open the car door and got out, then walked around to the passenger side and opened the door, saying, "Mom, get out of the car."
"You want me to get out of the car?" Ye Wanjie could hardly believe her ears. "Lin Xiaoyan, have you forgotten your mother now that you have a wife?"
"If you're not getting out of the car, then you can stay in it. I'll go get another car."
Lin Xiaoyan spoke in a firm tone, and as he spoke, he reached out to hug Shen Feiwan in the back seat.
Ye Wanjie was furious. She didn't like seeing her son being too intimate with Shen Feiwan. It was unacceptable for him to hug Shen Feiwan right under her nose.
Ye Wanjie got out of the car, but she deliberately delayed and argued with Lin Xiaoyan for a few more minutes outside.
Lin Xiaoyan was in a bad mood because of what had just happened.
Actually, today was his first day of marriage, and he was in a good mood. However, his grandfather had just brought up the little "wedding snatching" incident from yesterday's wedding, criticized him, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Shen Feiwan. That's why he hoped Shen Feiwan could perform well in front of his grandfather.
result……
Now that Ye Wanjie is going on and on, Lin Xiaoyan's mood is even worse.
The mother and son are 'fighting'
Suddenly, the engine roared to life—Shen Feiwan, who had been sitting in the back seat, had somehow moved to the driver's seat and driven off.
Lin Xiaoyan froze on the spot, his brows furrowing.
Ye Wanjie also shut up, watching helplessly as the car disappeared.
After a long pause, she finally let out a cold laugh, "Look at the good wife you married! She doesn't care about the Lin family at all! She drove off with the car, ignoring her husband, in-laws, and elders."
Lin Xiaoyan ignored his mother's scolding, only staring at the direction the car had disappeared, his eyes dark and unreadable.
In fact, Shen Feiwan did not drive the car too far.
The pain in her lower abdomen came in waves, one after another, and every time she stepped on the gas, it felt like it was draining her last bit of strength.
Reason told her she couldn't continue driving, and more importantly, she knew that given Lin Xiaoyan's personality, he was probably already chasing after her in another car.
She forced herself to turn onto a secluded side road. Not seeing any familiar cars in her rearview mirror, he finally found a hidden corner by the roadside to stop.
Soon, she dialed Chen Youen's number, "Youen, I'll send you my location, come pick me up."
"What's wrong? Your voice sounds off." Chen You'en sounded anxious on the other end of the phone. "Did something happen to you?"
"My stomach hurts terribly." Shen Feiwan took a deep breath and pressed her hand against her aching lower abdomen. "Come quick."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll be right there! Send me your location quickly."
The moment the call ended, Lin Xiaoyan's caller ID flashed on the screen.
Shen Feiwan glanced at it and immediately pressed mute.
Her phone kept vibrating in the passenger seat, but she just pretended not to hear it.
Half an hour later, Chen Youen's car braked suddenly to the side of the road.
When she rushed out of the car, she saw Shen Feiwan slumped over the steering wheel, her hair disheveled and plastered to her pale face, looking so weak that she seemed like she would break at the slightest touch.
"Wanwan!" She immediately opened the car door. "Are you alright? Come on, let me help you to my car. I'll take you to the nearest hospital!"
"No... go to a hospital that's further away."
"Why? You're in so much pain!"
As they were talking, Chen Youen had already settled Shen Feiwan in the back seat of the car.
Shen Feiwan did not answer, but simply shook her head.
Her body slid down uncontrollably, eventually collapsing and curling up in a ball on the back seat.
Chen Youen saw Shen Feiwan's pained expression in the rearview mirror, and swallowed back the question that was about to come out of her mouth.
She pressed the accelerator, and the car sped along the road.
Because they needed to go to a private hospital in the far suburbs, it took them almost an hour to reach their destination.
As Chen Youen got out of the car, she reached out and touched Shen Feiwan's forehead, her fingertips finding it unusually hot.
"You have a high fever!" Chen Youen suddenly opened the car door all the way. "Come on, I'll carry you out."
Shen Feiwan barely opened her eyes. "No need, I can walk by myself."
"Come on, stop being so stubborn!" Chen Youen squatted down and picked up Shen Feiwan without saying a word.
"Which department should I go to? Emergency? General surgery? Or gastroenterology?" Upon entering the hospital lobby, Chen You'en felt a wave of dizziness.
She's usually in such good health that she's hardly ever been to the hospital.
At this moment, Shen Feiwan, who was lying on her back, spoke weakly, "Go to the gynecology department."
"What department?" Chen You'en thought she had misheard and suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"Gynecology, you heard me right." Shen Feiwan's breath brushed against the back of her neck. "I haven't told you... I'm pregnant. This stomachache is probably related to the pregnancy."
"What, pregnant?!" Chen You'en was so shocked she almost fell over. She whirled around, meeting Shen Feiwan's deathly pale face. "When did you get pregnant? Are you kidding me? Whose child is it...?"
After a barrage of questions, Chen Youen's words caught in her throat. Looking at Shen Feiwan's pained expression, all her questions turned into heartache. "Never mind, there's no point in asking these questions now."
She quickly placed Shen Feiwan on a waiting chair nearby. "Wait here for me, I'll get a number and come right back!"