Jin Liwei looked at her clothes which were sticking wet and he was sure that she was going to catch a cold. It was already ten when she entered the house. Earlier when he came back, Yin Chen informed him that Ms Li Fei wasn't home. "Where are you coming from?" he asked after so long. "I-I was with Liling. We were at her house and...on my way here, I found traffic and then the cab broke down that's why I'm late, Mr Jin Liwei," she said.
Jin Liwei looked at her before asking," What were you doing at the hospital then?" Li Fei's face turned pale as a sheet of paper the moment he asked that question. How did he find out? Does he know everything already?
"I'm waiting for your answer," he got her out of her stupor and she said," I- I mean we were at Liling's house when she started feeling sick and we went to the hospital, that's why." He could tell that she was lying but he asked," Is she okay now?" "Yes, she is fine," she replied. "This should never happen again. You can leave," he said and she turned to leave when dizziness kicked in and she got support on the wall. When she became steady, she slowly moved to her room. Jin Liwei who noticed this stood up to go to his room and on reaching, he called Yin Chen instructing her to check if she was okay.
On reaching her room, Li Fei felt like finally she could breath. She nearly fainted when Jin Liwei asked about the hospital. How did he find out she was there? Did he hire someone to spy on her in private? Unbeknownst to her, he had placed a GPS tracker in her phone before giving it to her and when Yin Chen informed him that she wasn't home yet, he located her there and then but that's all he did. She removed the wet stained clothes and dropped them on the floor before getting a towel and wrapped it around her body to go have a bath. That instant, the door opened and Yin Chen came in. The first thing her eyes saw were the clothes and blood stained garments that were on the floor.
On noticing this, Li Fei hurriedly removed them and Yin Chen asked," Li Fei, are you alright?" "Yes, yes Ms Yin. I'm alright," she replied placing them in the laundry basket. Yin Chen came to stand in front of her and touched her forehead to see that she was burning with fever. "But you don't look to be okay. I will make you some herbs for the fever," she said before leaving the room. Li Fei took this opportunity to bathe and changed into large pajamas given her condition. Yin Chen had already come by the time she came back to the room and she drank the herbs. The moment she entered the bed, she immediately drifted off to sleep.
Waking up the next day in the afternoon, Li Fei's condition had worsened. Yin Chen brought her food and medicine but she didn't even have the energy to sit without being supported. She placed the pillow at her back such that she could sit comfortably. When she ate a little on the food, Yin Chen stood up to take them back and told her that she was coming back. Shortly, she came back and sat besides her on the bed before asking," Li Fei, Tell me, what are you hiding?" Li Fei's eyes widened before saying," Nothing Ms Yin. I'm on my period and it's why I'm like this."
She looked at her and said," I think you should tell me because if the Young Master finds out about it, he is going to call the doctor who will tell him whatever you're hiding." At this, Li Fei understood that she had to speak the truth. "Ms Yin, please don't let him know that I'm sick," she pleaded. "He's already suspicious. He will eventually find out."
Li Fei wondered if she could trust her with something like this. "Ms Yin, I-I had an abortion," she whispered and the woman confirmed her suspicion. "Why did you do that Li Fei?" she asked not looking like someone who's surprised. "I thought it was the right thing to do. There's no way Mr Jin Liwei would want to have a baby with me. That night was under the influence of a drug," she explained.
"The Young Master would have loved that baby irrespective of his relationship with the mother. I saw how happy he was when Ms Shan had conceived."
"It was because he loved her," Li Fei reminded her. "Not only that. I'm sure he would have done whats necessary when there's a baby in the picture. But anyway, what's done is done," she said. "I didn't want it either. I'm so sorry but I was so confused and it's what my brain could come up with at that time. Please don't tell him or anyone," she pleaded. "You shouldn't worry about me. I won't say a thing even though I know that I will be in trouble if he ever finds out." "Don't worry, he won't find out and even if he does, he will never know that you knew about it."
Away from there, Jin Liwei stood at a distance looking at the sea where he had poured Shan's and their daughter's cremation. It was the third time he was coming to this place ever since they left him but unlike other times, he stopped at a distance. He didn't reach because of the guilt he was feeling. He didn't know what to say for he felt like he had betrayed them. Instead of punishing the person who had separated them, he was protecting and caring for her instead. And it was so absurd and funny that he could no longer stop himself from doing it despite him knowing that it was wrong. He looked at the water as he conveyed his message through his heart and later, he turned to leave the place.
In the evening, Yin Chen was done giving Li Fei the herbs so as to reduce the excessive bleeding and when she slept, she prepared to leave the room. But on opening the door, she found Jin Liwei who was planning on entering.