My mother spoke excitedly, but due to her serious illness, her voice was weak and intermittent.
"Mom, you are not in good health. You can talk about it some other time."
"No! I...I must...must say it today!"
In the end, she couldn't resist her stubborn mother. Li Muxin listened to her mother's narration with tears in her eyes.
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About twenty years ago, Li Muxin's adoptive mother, Yang Sifeng, took her sick son to the hospital for emergency treatment.
During that time, many children in T city were suffering from pneumonia, so the ward was crowded with people, mostly women carrying their children for IV drips.
Sitting next to Yang Sifeng was a very beautiful and elegant woman, holding a pair of twin babies in her hands. She had fair skin and big eyes, but because she was so ill, she cried so hard that her voice was almost hoarse.
The seats for the IV drip were tight. The woman had two children and there was only one seat. It was very inconvenient, so Yang Sifeng took the initiative to help the woman temporarily hold one of the babies.
"This child is so cute, let me hold it for you."
"Thank you." The woman said gratefully.
"You're welcome." Yang Sifeng coaxed the crying child and looked at the baby girl in her arms. She was pink and cute, especially lovable.
The strange thing was that after Yang Sifeng held her for a while, the baby girl's crying became quieter.
Since the nurse was too busy, the woman had to get the medicine herself again. So she hugged another baby girl, left her seat, and went to the medicine collection place not far away.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed in, and the ward, which was already crying, became even more chaotic and noisy.
Yang Sifeng waited for the woman for a long time and was a little worried, so she asked her son to sit still and then she went to find the baby girl in her arms.
Just at the door of the ward, she saw the woman again.
"Please, give me back the child!!" The group of people surrounded the woman, who cried and begged.
But those people didn't care about the woman's pleas and snatched the baby girl fiercely. During the robbery, the woman accidentally pushed her to the ground.
There were too many people in front of Yang Sifeng. She finally squeezed forward and was about to speak to the woman when she saw the woman wink at her.
Yang Sifeng seemed to understand what she meant. If she returned the child to the woman, the little baby girl would also be taken away.
Afterwards, the group of people forcibly took away the woman on the ground. Yang Sifeng clearly remembered that when the woman was taken away, her eyes were filled with unyielding tears, she shook her head and always begged Yang Sifeng not to hand over the child.
Yang Sifeng coaxed the crying baby girl, and after those people left, she secretly looked worriedly toward the corridor of the hospital.
I hope...that woman will be okay.
However, Yang Sifeng waited in the hospital for a whole day and never saw the woman again.
For the next week, Yang Sifeng waited at the hospital with her baby girl in her arms every day. She even asked the nurses and doctors at the hospital, hoping to find the child's mother, but the case information filled out by the woman was all false.
Was the baby girl abandoned by her mother? Did something unexpected happen to that woman?
Yang Sifeng held a half-year-old baby girl in her arms, with a pair of watery eyes and pitiful eyes. In addition to the baby girl's poor health, Yang Sifeng couldn't bear to send her away.
Finally, Yang Sifeng decided to take her in, and this shelter was kept secret for twenty-three years.
Now that her life has come to an end, she is afraid that if she doesn't say anything, she will never have a chance again.
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Li Muxin stared at her mother, but her eyes had no focus.
She suddenly turned her head and glared at Lin Hongde with hatred!
How could he be so cold-blooded back then!
After listening to Yang Sifeng's words, Lin Hongde said regretfully. "Mu Xin, my father misunderstood that your mother fell in love with someone else during her pregnancy, so he was confused and kicked your mother out of the Lin family. At that time, I didn't know that your mother was pregnant.
Once, I learned that someone in City T heard that your mother was seen with a child in her arms. I was so happy that I sent someone to City T to bring you mother and daughter back. Although I finally found Youya,
But your mother escaped midway despite the infant Youya, and then disappeared and was never found again. It was not until three years later that I sadly learned that your mother died of illness in City T, so I never knew about you.
The presence."
"Is this your reason?" Li Muxin said coldly, his tone full of sarcasm. "It sounds quite convincing."
"Mu Xin, I know you can't accept Daddy for a while. But Daddy really doesn't want to do these things. In fact, I am also very puzzled by your mother's behavior back then. She neither went back to you nor came back with me. She
Death from illness may have been indirectly caused by me, but I never thought of harming your mother or abandoning you!" Lin Hongde said excitedly, even shedding tears of grief.
"I don't want to hear your explanation. I've heard too much of this explanation! What you men are best at is lying and abandoning your wife and daughter!" He looked back at Lin Hongde with hatred.
"No……"
Lin Hongde was about to explain when suddenly——
"Beep beep beep..." The electrocardiogram on the screen, like a rapid note, suddenly accelerated in frequency, the blood pressure became unstable, and the mother's face turned purple and she gasped for breath.
"Mu...
Her fingers were stiff and had no warmth. Li Muxin's face turned pale with fright, and tears flowed down rapidly.
"Doctor! Call the doctor quickly!!" Lin Hongde immediately called the doctor and nurse.
Li Muxin was pushed away, and doctors and nurses immediately performed rescue operations.
"Mom..." Li Muxin sobbed, crying until she almost collapsed. Lin Hongde supported Li Muxin and comforted her beside the fragile Li Muxin.
In his blurred vision, he could see his mother's trembling lips. She could no longer open her eyes, and her voice could no longer break through her throat, but in Li Muxin's heart, she could hear the words her mother repeated over and over again.
Be sure to get to know your family!
Mom, is this the last thing you want to tell me? What is the other half of the sentence...
please tell me……
However...
That straight flat line on the screen cruelly ended the life of the person on the hospital bed. Li Muxin never had the chance to ask clearly what the last half-sentence of his mother's unfinished words was...
The harsh "beep--" sound dragged on for a long time, and there were no more ups and downs of notes.
Li Muxin's eyes darkened.
Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer and fainted in Lin Hongde's arms...
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I don’t know how long I was in coma before I woke up. Since my mother passed away, I have spent the past few days in a state of confusion.
When she felt sleepy, she fell asleep. It wasn't until someone called her that she moved a little and ate a few mouthfuls of food.
Looking up at the unfamiliar room, the goose-yellow decoration style, warm-toned furniture and decorations make the whole room gorgeous, romantic, warm and comfortable.
But her heart could no longer feel any warmth, and all the colors turned into gray.
The door was pushed open.
At this time every day, a middle-aged man with a haggard face would talk to her, but she would just listen quietly and not respond.
"Mu Xin, are you still unwilling to forgive me? Daddy understands that I have wronged you for so many years and owes you a lot. Daddy promises that in the future, I will compensate you little by little for the father's love that you have not received for so many years.
.Whatever you want, as long as daddy can do it, I will give it to you." Lin Hongde looked at Li Muxin sadly, like a doll who had lost his soul, with no color on his face, his already thin face, and even his chin.
Sharpen.
Lin Hongde sighed and looked down at the food on the plate. It was already cold. In the end, he could only persuade him as a last resort, "Mu Xin, even if you don't eat and have no intention of living, you have to do it for the food in your belly."
Think about the children.”
Li Muxin's empty watery eyes suddenly moved slightly, and his body trembled slightly. His cold hands slowly moved to his abdomen, and then he gently and unconsciously drew circles on his flat belly.
Tears rolled faintly in his watery eyes. Li Muxin swallowed painfully. The hot tears fell one by one like broken pearls.
Her heart could no longer bear so many blows, and the heavy pain made even her breathing feel painful.
Closing her eyes in pain, salty tears rolled down her lips, and she asked God why he had made a joke on her again!!
Why was she told at this time that she was six weeks pregnant?
what to do……
What should she do!!
It turned out that the blood on the sheets that morning was not menstruation, but... bleeding caused by excessive exercise that night.
This child should never have chosen to come into the world at this time.
Lin Hongde looked at Li Muxin worriedly, his pale face looked haggard and haggard. How could this be the look of a person who was about to become a mother?
"Whose child is this? Shilin's?" he asked softly.
Li Muxin's hand covering his stomach suddenly tugged, and the joints between the slender fingers turned white and trembled violently.
Lin Hongde's words were like the sharpest cold sword, piercing Li Muxin's fragile heart. The pain he had suppressed repeatedly finally collapsed.
Suddenly, she burst into tears, shook her head sadly, grabbed her hair with both hands, and scratched it until it was messy, like a madman, her hoarse cry was miserable.
Lin Hongde was shocked and comforted nervously, "It's all Daddy's fault. Daddy will never ask who this child is anymore. It doesn't matter who the father is, because one thing will never change."
Yes, he is my grandson! I will protect my daughter and grandson."
A pair of loving hands gently patted Li Muxin's fragile shoulders. Li Muxin's tears suddenly burst into tears, and she vented them wildly in Lin Hongde's arms.
She just cried and didn't speak.
Who else can she rely on?
Mother, passed away...
And that man cheated on her feelings several times.
She will not be a third party, only... cut off love!
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"Cry, have a good cry!"
Li Muxin had suppressed tears for so many days and took Lin Hongde's suit.
She cannot accept this strange "father" yet, but she is so fragile that she really needs a generous embrace to give her warmth and encouragement.
Finally, I was tired of crying and my eyes were swollen... My eye sockets were so dry and painful...
Li Muxin raised his head and looked up at Lin Hongde for a long time. In those old eyes, there was the same love as his mother's. In a trance, he found the feeling of his mother back then.
Lin Hongde stroked Li Muxin's hair lovingly, smoothed out her messy hair, and then asked carefully, "Have you cried enough? Can you have some food?"
Li Muxin turned around and looked at the cold food on the side. He was about to reach out to take it, but was moved away by Lin Hongde.
"Look, these dishes are already cold. I'll prepare another nutritious dinner for you." Lin Hongde carefully put the stacks of side dishes into the dish and said, "Now that I have a child, I need more fresh and nutritious food."
Food, so that the child born will be healthy. I didn't have the chance to take good care of your mother when she was pregnant, which makes me regret it now. Now... just give me a chance to take good care of my daughter.
and my grandson.”
Lin Hongde dragged the dinner plate and prepared to leave.
Li Muxin stared at Lin Hongde blankly. At this time, he was just an ordinary father. Although there were servants at home, it was Lin Hongde who personally supervised the servants cooking every day. It was also him who served three meals a day on time and advised them with sincerity.
Li Muxin eats.
For some reason, my eyes suddenly became wet.
"Wait a minute!" Li Muxin called to Lin Hongde who had already reached the door.
She got up, got out of bed, and picked out some clothes.
"Don't bother me. I'd better go downstairs and eat by myself. Give me the plate."
Li Muxin reached out to grab the dinner plate, but was stopped by Lin Hongde.
"You are a pregnant woman now, so you can't do these things. I'd better let the servants carry the dishes and I'll help you downstairs." Lin Hongde didn't allow any mistakes. This was the daughter he had finally found and was pregnant with her.
He is the first grandson of the Lin family, so of course he has to be extra careful.
After that, Lin Hongde handed the dinner plate to the servant, and then carefully helped Li Muxin downstairs.
Li Muxin, who hadn't gotten out of bed for a long time, was still a little uncomfortable with her feet on the ground. Coupled with her weak body, her walking was a little unsteady.
"Be careful, Daddy is holding you up."
Li Muxin looked at Lin Hongde beside him with a nervous look on his face.
A trace of warmth overflowed in my heart...
"I can do it myself." She turned her head away and stopped looking at Lin Hongde.
As he walked, he reached the top of the stairs, holding on to the carved handrail, Li Muxin walked down from top to bottom, and his eyes fell on the dining table...
Lin Youya!
Suddenly, Lin Youya, who was preparing to eat, raised her head and looked directly at Li Muxin with a cold gaze.
Li Muxin shivered in fright and couldn't help but take two steps back.
"Child, what's wrong?" Lin Hongde asked.
"I...I won't eat." Li Muxin didn't want to face Lin Youya, but suddenly remembered something and asked Lin Hongde nervously, "Have you... told anyone about my pregnancy?"
Her already pale face was even more pitiful than a blank sheet of paper, and her watery eyes were filled with fear. She was afraid... afraid that Lin Youya would do something to hurt her and the child if she knew about it.
Lin Hongde was startled.
He squinted at the indifferent Lin Youya downstairs and the panicked Li Muxin beside him.
Could it be that...this child is really Han Shilin's?
"Don't worry, I have ordered people to keep this matter secret. No one else knows about it except you, me and the doctor." Lin Hongde consoled him.
"Really?" Li Muxin gasped, her watery eyes fixed on Lin Youya. Listening to Lin Hongde's comfort, the fear in her heart did not diminish at all.
She touched her belly again.
Baby, should mother give birth to you?
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I originally wanted to update this chapter on the 22nd, but now that it’s written and the 21st is almost over, I think I’d better post it, and I’ll post another 6,000 words tomorrow.
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It’s time to answer questions again (+﹏+)~
Sweat, I don’t know if I didn’t write it clearly enough or if the story is a little complicated. I’d better not write it too obscurely and write more straightforwardly in the future.
The original wedding of Li Muxin and Han Shilin was a remarriage. They only signed a contract and did not register their marriage. Do you still remember this? Therefore, everyone including Li Muxin, including Lin Hongde, thought that Han Shilin and Lin Youya were married.
Divorced a year and a half ago.
In Li Muxin's opinion, Han Shilin was actually single. Although Lin Youya was once with Han Shilin, they had no legal relationship. So when Han Shilin showed love to Li Muxin, although she hesitated, she finally obeyed her.
My heart accepted Han Shilin's love.
However, it is impossible for a woman like Li Muxin to be the third party to destroy other people's marriages. In fact, Han Shilin and Lin Youya did divorce that year, but they did not get divorced (for reasons that will be mentioned later). They are still legally husband and wife.
Han Shilin did not confess this matter to her, so... Li Muxin thought that she had been deceived by Han Shilin again.
Li Muxin is a relatively traditional woman. She thinks that since Han Shilin has a wife, why should he give her hope and promise?
What do you think? If a man keeps saying he loves you, but he actually has a wife, what would you do? I think Li Muxin’s reaction is quite mild.
If you still have questions, please continue to leave a message :)