Li Fei felt all the blood drain from her face and she became pale that instant.
Her mother had discovered about them in the worst way possible. She was tongue tied, unable to utter a word. Li Mei continuously glared at Jin Liwei until she screamed," What are you doing here?!! Didn't I ask you to leave this place?!!"
It was now Li Fei's turn to be dumbfounded. She told him to leave? Did they meet already?
"Mrs Li, please let me see her. A few minutes is all I ask for," he said politely. "Let you see her?!! Are you insane? You forced my daughter and you got her pregnant. Because of you, she is going to live with the pain of losing a child. Do you know how hurtful it is?!" she screamed again.
With every passing minute, Li Fei was getting more confused. Who told her mother that she had ever gotten pregnant? Was it Liu Han again?
Jin Liwei didn't like the fact that he was being blamed for the loss of his child when he himself was hurting. Taking a deep breath to calm down, he said, "The miscarriage wasn't my fault. It was for those who poisoned her."
Li Mei walked to the things he had brought and picked the bags one by one as she threw them around the room scattering them everywhere on the floor. Liling stared at the scene with wide eyes.
She then started picking them from the floor and hit Jin Liwei with them as she shouted at him to get out of the room but he kept standing still. Hearing the screams in the room, the guards rushed in and Li Mei said," Take him out of here right now! I don't want to ever see him come near this room." One guard approached him and Jin Liwei glared at him before saying,"I know the way out." The guard backed off and Jin Liwei's eyes looked at Li Fei who had collapsed on the floor in tears and he understood that she had known about the miscarriage. This is what he didn't want but it had already happened.
His eyes looked at Liling as if asking her to take care of her before leaving the room.
Liling walked to where Li Fei was sitting and she said," Li Fei, we didn't tell you because... we didn't want to hurt you." "So, it's true? I was pregnant," she said. "Yes," she replied. "How old was it?" she asked. "They couldn't tell. It was already damaged by the time they checked," she said. She raised her teary eyes to look at her and said," You would have told me. I can't believe I lost a baby."
She couldn't believe it. She now understood why she woke up only to find that she was thoroughly padded and she thought that it was her period. Although she was bleeding heavily, she hadn't given much thought to it assuming that it was an effect of the poison in her body. She now understood.
Li Mei came to where she was and said," You don't have to cry. The child might have been innocent but that man is not. You would have told me that he was threatening you Li Fei."
She looked at her mother and said," No mother. I wanted our baby and perhaps, Jin Liwei has never threatened me. You got it wrong. We both love and adore each other." She looked at her before saying," He told you to say that, didn't he?"
"No! I love him with all my heart and he loves me equally." "What are you saying Li Fei!! If you weren't sick, I would have slapped you hard to knock some sense into that head of yours! What nonsense are you spouting?!" "It's the truth mother," she said. She looked at her dumbstruck and asked,"Is he the lover you've been talking about all this while?" "Yes." She looked at her speechless before saying," You dare to say that after everything you've gone through? You are never being with that man. Not when I'm alive." "It was because of those things that we ended up together. Infact, I can face them again if they lead me to him. I'm glad things turned out the way they did," she said.
"You know what, I'm glad you lost that child. That child didn't have to be born," Li Mei revealed. Tears flowed from her eyes and she asked," How can you say that to me mother?" "You leave me with no option. Listen to me, you are never seeing that man again!" she declared. "This is not fair mother. I'm an adult who can decide for myself," she said and Li Mei left the room.
Liling who had been listening to the exchange of words said," You should go back to the bed. It's not nice that you're sitting here on the floor." She sobbed and asked," Couldn't the doctors do anything to save my baby?"
"I think they tried everything possible but it was too late," she replied.
"Could this be my punishment for aborting my first child?" Li Fei asked.
"I don't think so. The poison was the one that led to the miscarriage," she said. Later, she helped her get to the bed and she slept amidst tears while her hands subconsciously held her belly.
A long while later, Li Mei came back and took a seat at the couch. Liling looked at her and said," I think you should go home and have some rest Mrs Li Mei."
"I can't leave especially now. That man will come back here. Tell me, Liling. Do you find it sensible that Li Fei is spouting that kind of nonsense? I want you to be fair with your judgement," she said. "I will be honest on this. In reality, Li Fei shouldn't harbor those feelings for someone who made her life miserable but then, we don't choose who we love. It just happens and sometimes it's too late for us to move away."
"So you're telling me that it's fine?" she asked.
"I think letting her do what makes her heart happy is the right thing to do. If you want me to be honest with you, they both love each other so much," she said. She kept quiet before saying," I would have never guessed. No wonder she was hesitant on introducing her boyfriend. I'm so disappointed in Li Fei. I thought she would choose better. She has a very good fiancee, Jianyu." "But he's not the one that she loves," Liling intervened.