At ten o'clock in the morning, at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.
Lin Xi was sitting in the corridor waiting to be called. Since she had registered with an expert, there weren't many people here.
A woman beside her came up to chat with her. "Sister, has your husband ever accompanied you here?"
Lin Xi's heart tightened. "There's no need. He's very busy with work."
The woman shook her head. "My husband has never accompanied me either. He even blamed me. If I can't get pregnant, I'm afraid he'll divorce me."
Speaking of this, the woman patted Lin Xi. "Hey, look. You should find a husband like that one. He's handsome and knows how to care for his wife. Judging from how cautious he is, you can tell that he loves his wife dearly. It's not even time for childbirth yet. If it comes to that, he'll surely be extremely worried."
Lin Xi looked up and followed the woman's gaze. That face made her carefully adjusted state of mind collapse in an instant.
Shen Yize was following a woman who was fully armed, with a serious expression on his face.
And that woman, wasn't it Chu Xinyi?
Apparently, Chu Xinyi also saw her at this moment. She accidentally slipped, and Shen Yize quickly supported her, saying softly, "Be careful."
His tone was gentle.
Although Chu Xinyi was wearing a mask, the movement of her pursing her lips was clearly visible.
When she looked at Lin Xi with her eyes, the smugness in her eyes was even obvious to the woman beside them.
"If a husband loves her so much, anyone would be proud," the woman said.
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment. It wasn't because of Chu Xinyi's provocation but because she remembered that Shen Yize had gone abroad for a few days last month.
A wave of nausea rose from her stomach. Now it seemed that what he did last night was deliberate revenge.
Shen Yize saw her and his expression froze for a moment. Then he let go of Chu Xinyi and walked up to Lin Xi.
"Did Aunt ask you to come?"
Lin Xi didn't say a word. As if she didn't know him, she got up and walked past him.
"Lin Xi, what's wrong with your body?"
Chu Xinyi came up and looked at her maliciously, but her voice sounded concerned and warm.
Lin Xi glanced at her and walked past her casually.
"Go back," Shen Yize said in a deep voice and reached out to hold her.
Lin Xi replied angrily, "I'm here to see a doctor when I'm sick. It's rare that someone reserved a number for me. Shouldn't I come? Even if I divorce you, I still have to have children with someone else. How can a woman live without her own children in her lifetime?"
Hearing her words, the smile on Chu Xinyi's face froze there.
Shen Yize beside them had a frosty expression on his face. He took a step forward and stared at her. "Your tricks are a bit clumsy. You're making a fuss with me on one hand and still want to have children with me on the other. How credible is it when you say you want a divorce?"
Lin Xi was so angry that her hands trembled. She thought to herself that this man was really like a dog, biting back at the slightest provocation. The person last night definitely wasn't him.
After scolding him in her heart, she smiled and said to him in a low voice, "Shen Yize, not to mention the number of times we've shared the bed over the years. As for me, polycystic ovary syndrome doesn't necessarily mean infertility. But you, you've never had a check-up all these years. Maybe you're the one with fertility problems. I suggest you go to see a urologist. Otherwise, your family line might be cut off."
Shen Yize: "Lin Xi..."
Chu Xinyi saw that his face was extremely angry and didn't know what Lin Xi had said to him, so she didn't dare to say a word while standing aside.
Lin Xi didn't look at his furious face and turned around to leave. Whoever wanted to see the doctor could do it. It was worth it to make him, who was usually so cold, angry. Although what she said was a bit far-fetched.
While walking, she took out her mobile phone, clicked on Shen Yize's profile picture on WeChat, and transferred two thousand yuan to him.
She left a message: "The hard work fee for last night. Mr. Shen's performance was okay, but there's still room for improvement. It's recommended that you learn and practice more in the future. With this level of skill, you won't get far in this world."
After sending the message to Shen Yize, she sent another message to Shen Yueru: "Auntie, Yize said that he has problems himself and has been hiding it from us without telling us. Now he has agreed to see a doctor. Please help find an expert in male reproductive health. Don't tell him about it for now. Let me know after you've made an appointment. I'm afraid his self-esteem won't be able to take it."
After sending the messages, Lin Xi felt relaxed.
After leaving the hospital, Lin Xi took a taxi to Beishan Sanatorium. Over the years, she had developed a habit. The weekends belonged to Shen Yize, and only during working hours could she go to see her mother.
It was called a sanatorium, but in fact, it was a comprehensive private hospital. Only the rich and the powerful could afford to stay here.
Lin Xi's mother, Liang Rumei, had been in a coma for nearly a year after a car accident and was disoriented after waking up.
Half a year ago, she was diagnosed with renal failure, and it was very likely to develop into uremia in the next step.
When Lin Xi arrived, the caregiver, Sister Wang, was pushing her mother for a walk in the small garden of the hospital.
"Sister Wang, thank you for your hard work."
Lin Xi smiled slightly and held Liang Rumei's hand and called out, "Mom!"
"Don't mention it. It's all my duty. Madam doesn't make trouble except that she doesn't recognize people. But you, running over here every few days, you're also quite hardworking."
Lin Xi curved her lips and didn't say anything.
Looking at her mother getting thinner day by day, she felt very sad. She raised her hand to tidy up her mother's hair beside her temples and pushed her mother for a walk in the yard.
"It's a bit chilly. I'll go get a blanket for Madam. Be careful not to catch a cold." Sister Wang quickly walked back to get the blanket.
The mother and daughter stopped in front of a stone bench. Lin Xi sat on the stone bench and kept massaging Liang Rumei, telling her that she might be busy in the next two days and couldn't come to see her frequently.
In the winter sunshine, quietly accompanying her mother like this, Lin Xi felt happy. Although it was a hospital here, it was a place where she could feel relaxed.
However, this tranquility was soon broken by the untimely ringing of a mobile phone.
Seeing that it was Sun Miaomiao's call, Lin Xi didn't feel as irritated as when she first heard the ringtone.
"Hello, honey. Come to our company at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Our person in charge wants to talk to you in person."
"Okay, I'll be there on time."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Xi looked at Liang Rumei and smiled. "Mom, I'm very capable now. We can live well without relying on others. Believe me, it won't be long before I can make it."
After having lunch with her mother at the sanatorium and watching her take a noon break, Lin Xi left.
On her way back, just as she got out of the taxi, the phone rang again.
After answering it, she realized that it was Shen Yize.
She had just deleted all the messy settings on her phone this morning. Now she realized that it was inappropriate for her to answer his call so quickly. But since she had already answered it, it would be even more inappropriate to hang up.
So, before Shen Yize could speak, Lin Xi said with a smile, "Mr. Shen, are you free this afternoon? Let's go get a divorce!"
"Lin Xi, don't try to provoke my bottom line. If you keep disgusting me like this, I'll make you bankrupt."
There was a hostile tone in his cold voice.
Lin Xi sneered dismissively, "I don't have a company, so I don't care if I go bankrupt or not."
"Really? Two thousand yuan a night. How long can you last?"
The smile on Lin Xi's lips suddenly froze, and then she cursed, "You bastard! Have you no shame? Aren't you afraid of exhausting yourself?"
Shen Yize didn't expect her to curse so rudely. "Lin Xi..."
"Shen Yize, could it be that you can't bear to divorce me because you can't live without me?" Lin Xi deliberately tried to annoy him.
Sure enough, the other person replied unkindly, "Where do you get your confidence from? Just with your little figure?"
"Right. Mr. Shen likes women with big curves and charming looks. I'm just an appetizer for you at best. So please take some time this afternoon and go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with me to handle the divorce procedures. I don't want to hold on to something that's not mine..."
The busy tone of "beep beep beep" cut off the words that Lin Xi hadn't finished saying.
Shen Yize hung up the phone angrily.