In the morning when the two were on the table, the Butler arrived and said," Mrs Li Mei, the young miss has refused to eat her breakfast yet she had nothing for supper." "She completely refused the dinner?" Li Mei asked. "Yes." "Okay. I will talk to her," she said. After her breakfast, she went to talk to her but she didn't change her mind and she decided to call Liling. "I'm sorry for bothering you but we have a problem. Li Fei has refused to eat anything yesterday yet she's not completely healed," she said. "Why?" Liling asked confused. "She just says that she has no appetite. I was thinking that maybe if you talk to her, she might change her mind," she said. "I will come by quickly," replied Liling. "Thank you so much." "It's no big deal."
A while later, Liling arrived and walked straight to her room. "Li Fei, why do you refuse to eat?" she asked the moment she settled down. "I just don't have an appetite," she replied before asking," Did mother ask you to come here?" "Yes. She's so worried about you. Li Fei, you have to eat however much you have no appetite. The body needs it," she said. Li Fei took a while to say, "To be honest Liling, I feel so terrible. The guilt is killing me." "What did you do?" she asked. "I...It kills me knowing that Jin Liwei is not a father because of me. For three times yet it's all because of me and albeit he can't say it, I feel like he thinks the same way," she said and when she looked at Liling, she saw that she was crying.
Surprised and confused, she asked,"Liling, what is it?" Sniffing, she said, "It's just that... I'm feeling so bad. At least you have gotten pregnant for two times yet here I am, married for a full year but nothing," she completed amidst tears.
"Liling don't exaggerate. You've been married for five months now," she said. "Five months? I thought it was a year. But still, you got that opportunity however little it was," she said sobbing again.
"I think you are better off than me. Losing a baby is something any woman shouldn't go through," she said.
"I understand but we've been trying for a baby yet nothing has happened at all," she said and before she could reply, Liling's phone rang. "Jin Liwei is calling. He definitely wants to talk to you," she said looking at her. "Tell him I'm sleeping," she said and she nodded before answering.
"Yes?" she said. "Did she eat?" he asked. "Yes she did. She's sleeping right now," she said. "Okay. Tell her I called to check on her and that I want to talk to her," he said and Liling who was looking at Li Fei replied," I will inform her."
"Why don't you want to talk to him?" she asked the moment she hang up. "I don't know. It might be because of this feeling that I wronged him," she said.
For the whole day, Li Fei refused to eat anything despite Liling's pestering and she also avoided speaking to Jin Liwei on phone.
"Ms Li Mei, I'm sorry but I've failed. She has refused to eat anything at all," she said much to her disappointment. "Oh, what are we going to do? She hasn't eaten anything since yesterday. She hasn't taken her medicine either," she said. 'Perhaps Jin Liwei could help,' she thought but she knew not to mention it.
"I really don't know what to do too. She keeps saying that she has no appetite," she said. "Thank you for coming anyway," said Li Mei walking her outside.
When Jiang came back in the evening, Li Mei informed," Jiang, Li Fei refused to eat anything for the whole day. What do we do?"
He paused and looked at her to say," She wants to see Jin Liwei. You either let her leave the house and go see him or invite him over such that he could convince her to eat something," he suggested. "Neither of that is happening!" she objected immediately.
"Then let's leave her. She knows what she's doing after all," he said. "But she's still sick. What if her condition worsens?" she asked worriedly. "I don't know what else mother. I gave you my opinion," he said and she thought about it.
Inviting that man to her house? No, there's no way she was doing that. She was sure that by tomorrow, Li Fei was going to feel extremely hungry and eat on her own accord.
In the morning, the Butler reported the same news, that she had refused to eat anything and Li Mei lost it.
Going to her room, she asked, "What is wrong with you?! Do you want to die?!!" "What mother?" she asked back. "What do you mean by what? For two good days Li Fei, you're not eating anything," she said. "But I drink water mother," she said. "What do you mean by you drink water? Had your father been here, would you have done this nonsense?"
When she didn't reply, she said," I want to let you know that I'm not begging you to eat ever again. If you want, you will eat."
With that, she stormed out of the room.
When she didn't have lunch either, Li Mei started thinking about Li Jiang's proposal. But inviting that man to her home was something she couldn't do. Just why was Li Fei making everything so complicated?!!
The next morning when they were done with breakfast which Li Fei skipped too, Li Mei said," Uhm...Jiang, it's been three days since Li Fei has eaten anything. Can you... tell that man to come over today? That is if he's not busy." "It's no problem. I think he will come," he said. After the breakfast, he gave a call to Jin Liwei.
"Mr Jin Liwei, good morning." "Good morning to you," he answered. "Have you gotten any news about the maid?" asked Jiang first.
"Not yet but my men are doing everything possible to find her," he replied. "Okay," he said before adding," I called to inform you that Li Fei hasn't anything for three days."
"Why?" he asked. "She says she has no appetite. I was wondering if you could come and maybe convince her? We are worried that she might end up going back to the hospital."