Lan Xiao Wu wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb. There was no blood there, but he felt Lan Yu Xi's strength. If it had been someone else, they would have been kicked until they vomited blood by her.
"She..."
Lan Xiao Wu bit his lip. He had heard his sister, Lan Liu, talking on the phone earlier, and he had overheard everything. Xin Mo Li was pregnant and then had a miscarriage.
"Is she alright?"
Lan Yu Xi shot him a glare. "Not well! To save you, she lost her child. I finally understand why she kidnapped you to the island and why she chased you all the way to China. If you had just shown her a little kindness, that child wouldn't have been lost."
Lan Xiao Wu slid onto the waiting room chair, clutching his head.
Lan Yu Xi sighed. "I know you have feelings for her, but your damn pride has pushed her away time and time again. If it were me, I would have stopped caring long ago, let alone risked my own life and my child's life to save you!"
After hearing his sister's words, Lan Xiao Wu's head felt like it was about to sink into his chest. Anyone who saw him would be filled with worry.
Lan Liu didn't know how to comfort him either, rubbing her hands together and glancing at the operating room door from time to time.
The hallway was eerily quiet. After a long while, Lan Yu Xi saw that her fifth brother had reflected enough. She reached out and patted his shoulder.
"That's enough. Mo Li will be out soon. No matter what happens in the future, for the next few days, you must take good care of your benefactor."
Lan Xiao Wu rubbed his face and let out a muffled "Mm." He then quickly walked to the door of the operating room.
"Beep, beep..." Lan Yu Xi's phone suddenly rang.
Lan Yu Xi quickly pressed the answer button. "Did you find anything?"
"It wasn't man-made..."
Lan Yu Xi breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it wasn't man-made. She was afraid that person would extend their claws to other family members. Ever since Chao Chao and Mu Mu were schemed against, she had vowed never to let anyone around her be harmed again!
Ten minutes later, Xin Mo Li was wheeled out.
Lan Xiao Wu's gaze slowly shifted from her pale face to her flat abdomen, where his child had once been nurtured. But because of his obstinacy, that child was gone.
Xin Mo Li saw him staring at her abdomen and knew he knew everything.
She smiled bitterly and looked at Lan Yu Xi. "My phone is broken. Can I borrow yours?"
Lan Yu Xi smiled and nodded. "Of course. When we get back to the ward, you can use it anytime."
Lan Xiao Wu saw her nod in agreement and quickly cooperated with the medical staff to send her to the ward.
"Here, use mine." After she was settled, Lan Xiao Wu quickly handed over his phone. "Is there anything you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you."
Xin Mo Li did not respond to him but used his phone.
"Come to Huo's Hospital to pick me up. I want to go home."
Lan Xiao Wu looked over sharply. Xin Mo Li hung up the phone expressionlessly.
"You're still sick, you can't leave..." Lan Xiao Wu heard footsteps and turned to look at the doorway. Seeing his sister enter, he quickly said, "Xi'er, what did the doctor say?"
"She lost too much blood and needs a good period of recuperation." Lan Yu Xi walked to the bedside and tucked the blanket around Xin Mo Li. "Silly girl! Why didn't you say something sooner?"
Xin Mo Li gave a weak smile. "Would it have made a difference if I had said it sooner?"
Lan Xiao Wu said anxiously, "Of course, it would have!"
Xin Mo Li smiled self-deprecatingly and turned her head to look out the window.
Lan Yu Xi gave Lan Xiao Wu a meaningful look, but he acted as if he hadn't seen it, staring intently at Xin Mo Li.
Lan Yu Xi was so angry that she pushed him out directly.
The moment the door closed, Lan Xiao Wu said anxiously, "Xi'er, Xin Mo Li wants to go back to the island. Please persuade her. She's in no condition to travel long distances right now."
Lan Yu Xi paused slightly as she closed the door. What had she said? The child was gone, and Xin Mo Li would definitely leave.
Lan Yu Xi returned to the ward and sat down on the chair beside the bed. "As a mother, I can understand how you feel right now. I know you can't get over it, but if you don't take care of yourself, he will never come back."
Xin Mo Li was slightly startled and quickly turned to look over. "Will he come back?"
Lan Yu Xi smiled and tidied the stray hairs on her forehead. "Of course, he will. You are so wonderful, how could he bear to give up such a good mother?"
Xin Mo Li's eyes immediately filled with tears. "I'm not a good mother. Between someone who doesn't love me and him, I chose to give him up... The moment the steering wheel hit my belly, I felt as much pain as I hate Lan Mu Shu now."
Xin Mo Li closed her eyes, and a tear trickled down from the corner of her eye.
"Don't cry, don't cry. This is considered your postpartum confinement. Crying during confinement is bad for your eyes." Lan Yu Xi quickly took a tissue and wiped away the tears on her face. "You have every right to hate my fifth brother. If it weren't for his behavior, you and the child would be fine. But you've said something wrong. Who says my fifth brother doesn't love you? It's just his pride that makes him speak coldly to you. In fact, he already regrets it, but he's too embarrassed to say it."
Xin Mo Li smiled bitterly and shook her head. "Even if he loves me, what's the use? The moment the child was removed from my body, I realized everything. In fact, it's no one's fault but mine. I wanted to make up for my childhood regrets so much, always wanting to give my child a complete family. If I had decided to be a single mother from the start and not come looking for him, the child wouldn't have gotten hurt."
Lan Yu Xi squeezed Xin Mo Li's hand. "So, I'm not the only one who longs for family. Can you tell me about yourself?"
Xin Mo Li was at her most vulnerable now. If she didn't help her open her heart, she might become another version of herself.
Depression was not a good illness.
"My mother was actually taken to the island by my father."
Xin Mo Li's words shocked Lan Yu Xi.
Xin Mo Li smiled slightly. "Did I startle you? But that's the truth. She was very beautiful. Everyone says I have a stunning appearance, but I'm not even half as beautiful as her."
Lan Yu Xi swallowed. If her appearance was less than half of her mother's, then her mother must have been a truly extraordinary beauty!
"Although she was taken to the island, she eventually fell in love with my father. However, her love was all fake. She did it only to make my father let his guard down. Shortly after I was born, she finally found an opportunity to escape.
My father could have captured her, but he didn't. He gave her freedom, while he drowned his sorrows in alcohol every day and neglected me. I grew up in that kind of environment. Can you imagine? I didn't even know what my first menstruation was, and I thought I was sick and dying.
It was from that moment on that I decided that if I ever had a child, I would give them a complete family. I admit, I liked Lan Mu Shu, and I could feel that he treated me differently than other girls. Otherwise, no matter how much I drank, I wouldn't have done something so bold. But the situation developed in a completely opposite direction to what I had expected..."