novelAlta Chapter 642: Side Story 055 The Tragic Death of Wan Quan (One more update)
Chapter 642: Side Story 055 The Tragic Death of Wan Quan (One more update)
Chapter 642: Side Story 055 The Tragic Death of Wan Quan (One more update)
“How is an abortion procedure done?” Xin Zaozao asked.
The doctor uncertainly asked, “You don’t want the baby?”
“I don’t.” Xin Zaozao was definite.
“Considering your age, Miss Xin, it’s a suitable time for you to give birth. I suggest you consider this option. Generally, the health status of the first child tends to be better.” The doctor consoled.
“This isn’t my first child.” Xin Zaozao cut in.
“Oh, you already had a child?”
“No, I had an abortion a few years ago.”
“Then I recommend you even more not to have an abortion. Having too many operations not only affects your physical health but most importantly, it might lead to difficulties in conceiving in the future.”
Xin Zaozao looked at the doctor.
“Abortion can significantly affect your uterine health. The more operations you have, the higher the risk of miscarriage. Besides, other complications may arise during the procedure.”
“A lot of people go through abortion procedures nowadays.” Xin Zaozao didn’t want to be scared off by the doctor.
“Most approach it with a fluke mentality.” The doctor smiled, “Of course, the final decision is yours. I just want to make you aware of the potential risks that I can think of. I believe, Miss Xin, you are at a perfect age to bear a child. You could talk it over with your husband. The fetus is still quite small, postponing the surgery by a few days won’t have a significant impact.”
At that moment, Xin Zaozao fell silent.
The doctor added, “Although abortion seems to be a minor surgery, it’s a major affair for a family. As doctors, we aim to provide advice that you won’t regret.”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” The doctor was quite gentle, “Please think it over, Miss Xin.”
“Alright.”
Xin Zaozao nodded.
She admitted that she was somewhat moved by the doctor’s words at that moment.
Just for a moment, she thought of Ji Baixing.
She remembers that Ji Baixing seemed to have had an abortion, and then suffered a severe uterine bleed.
It seemed the doctor was right.
Surgery is a matter of probabilities.
If it happens to you, it’s a hundred percent collapse.
She took her medical report and walked thoughtfully toward the doctor’s office exit.
Walking through the hospital’s main hall, she was too engrossed in her thoughts to notice Mu Cidian approaching.
Mu Cidian had just left the ward to purchase sweet dumplings in brown sugar for his mother. As soon as he returned, he saw Xin Zaozao in the hall. She seemed not to have noticed him, holding a medical report in her hand, apparently lost in thought.
The report was for an ultrasound. Was Xin Zaozao sick?
Mu Cidian was afraid of medical reports now.
Therefore, he walked over and took the ultrasound report from Xin Zaozao’s hand without hesitation.
Xin Zaozao didn’t react until this moment. She abruptly looked up at the person who had taken her document and her facial expression immediately changed upon seeing Mu Cidian.
As Mu Cidian read the ultrasound report, his face changed too.
Gestational sac... early pregnancy... 5 weeks?
He looked at Xin Zaozao in disbelief.
Xin Zaozao’s face went pale in that moment. She swiftly snatched the document back from Mu Cidian.
“Are you pregnant?” Mu Cidian asked her.
Xin Zaozao turned and walked away.
“Xin Zaozao.” Mu Cidian instantly grabbed her.
Xin Zaozao couldn’t push Mu Cidian away and retorted fiercely, “What does this have to do with you?”
“It’s mine.”
“So what?” Xin Zaozao asked him.
Mu Cidian looked at her.
“Aren’t you already married?” Xin Zaozao mocked with a sarcastic smile, “Mr. Mu, do you want to maintain both your wife at home and lovers outside, and even have an illegitimate child?”
“My marriage to Lei Qian is a sham.” Mu Cidian said.
Xin Zaozao was unfazed.
“My mother is critically ill, she forced me to marry Lei Qian. Once my mother passes away, I will divorce Lei Qian.” Mu Cidian explained.
“And then you’ll come find me?” Xin Zaozao asked.
Mu Cidian nodded.
“That would be a tragic death for your mother.” Xin Zaozao reminded.
Mu Cidian pursed his lips.
“Your mother never wanted us to be together. Mu Cidian, as a filial son, can you live with that? Don’t struggle anymore, let’s leave things as they are. I never intended to be with you again. Whenever I think of Wan Quan, any feeling for you besides disgust vanishes. Let’s not waste time torturing each other.” Xin Zaozao was very cold, “As for this child, I’ve already scheduled an abortion. It will be done tomorrow.”
“Xin Zaozao!” Mu Cidian suddenly tightened his grip on her arm.
Xin Zaozao frowned, her facial expression turning grave.
Watched his mother, who in the end chose such a drastic way out.
She seemed to have lived a weary life. To the very end... to the very end... she left him without any peace of mind.
Without any peace of mind to move on...
He was just watching.
Just kept watching.
A crowd quickly gathered below.
Soon, many doctors and nurses in white coats arrived.
Jumping ended in splattered body and death, jumping meant immediate death. There was no need for rescue.
Mu Cidian went to claim the body.
Wan Quan’s death was not a pretty sight, her body already disfigured, now even her face was beyond recognition due to the widespread injuries.
Mu Cidian stayed with her body in the hospital morgue all night.
Early next morning, she was to be cremated.
He quietly sat next to her.
He thought about his mother’s life, how unhappy she had been.
He thought about why she would end her sick life in such a tragic manner.
Lei Qian stayed with him all the while.
Lei Qian’s eyes were swollen from crying, but Mu Cidian seemed to be the calmer one.
He calmly sat next to his mother, not crying, showing no emotion.
“Mu Cidian.” Lei Qian called out to him softly.
She didn’t want to disturb him.
Mu Cidian was not the kind to show his emotions easily. He had hidden his love for Xin Zaozao very well, it was not obvious to others. Just as he had deep feelings for his mother, but still appeared cold. But at this moment, at this moment, she could feel Mu Cidian’s immense grief.
She didn’t understand why Wan Quan had chosen such a brutal way to end her life. If she had died of her illness, Mu Cidian possibly wouldn’t have been this distraught.
He wouldn’t have been so heartbroken.
“The car is here.” said Lei Qian, “It’s time to take aunty for cremation.”
Only then did Mu Cidian seem to blink.
He stood up and said, “Let’s go.”
“Mu Cidian...”
“It’s fine.” said Mu Cidian, “Everyone is going to die eventually.”
Yes.
Everyone is going to die.
But Wan Quan chose a way that left the living in immense sadness.
The hearse took Wan Quan to the crematorium.
Mu Cidian watched as Wan Quan went in, and came out as ashes.
Lei Qian couldn’t stop crying by his side.
Mu Cidian held Wan Quan’s ashes and went to the funeral home.
The necessary processes still needed to be followed.
It was said that only this way the dead can leave in peace.
But, very few people attended Wan Quan’s funeral.
She didn’t have much family to begin with, and she had experienced many hardships in life, so not many people came.
In contrast, some relatives from Lei Qian’s side and a few of her friends came.
Mu Cidian stayed at the funeral home all the time until Wan Quan was buried three days later.
Very few people were present on the day of burial.
Only Mu Cidian and Lei Qian were there, watching as Wan Quan was laid to rest next to Mu Cidian’s father’s grave.
Mu Cidian just stared at the black and white photograph on Wan Quan’s tombstone.
He didn’t know if this was the final resting place Wan Quan wanted.
Her final resting place.
“Mu Cidian, I...” called Lei Qian.
The moment she called his name, she fainted.
Mu Cidian caught her.
From the moment Wan Quan passed away, she had been with him. How much he endured, she endured too. It seemed like she couldn’t hold on any longer.
He hadn’t imagined that one day a woman would willingly accompany him through such grief without complaints.
He held Lei Qian, leaving the cemetery.
All the happiness and sadness that his mother had given him were buried here.
From then on, he had no “mother”.