Chapter 289: Chapter 289: Kneeling Apology
Old Mrs. Chen was crying and coughing, looking very pitiful. “Xiao Bing, I know you’re a good child. You have known Chen Shu for many years, and it’s been three years since you got married. Your relationship has always been good, and I can’t bear to part with you either, but do you know how a woman who does not bear children is talked about in our place? They will say you’re a hen that doesn’t lay eggs…”
ixi couldn’t help but ask, “Auntie, since you treat Wang Bing as your own child, what would you think if your daughter couldn’t beco pregnant and her mother-in-law wanted to find soone to replace her?”
Old Mrs. Chen was not affected by ixi’s comnt at all. “Then, I would certainly take my daughter back ho. If she can’t bear children, staying at her in-laws’ place, she will only be despised. Why wouldn’t she return ho? Don’t you think so?”
ixi: “…”
Wang Bing squeezed ixi’s hand and said, “Xiao Xi, let’s go.”
“Just like that, we’re leaving?” ixi felt that the matter was not fully discussed.
Wang Bing said, “Yes, I just wanted to confirm sothing, and now that I have, there’s no need to continue this conversation. I know what I should do.”
ixi looked at Wang Bing and just felt a surge of heartache.
The more understanding a woman is, the more she becos the one who is bullied.
Seeing that Wang Bing was about to leave, ixi couldn’t help but turn back to Old Mrs. Chen and said, “Auntie, you know that your son and Wang Bing have a military marriage, right? Military marriages are protected. If you blatantly destroy a military marriage like this, you will be sued, you know?”
“Sued? What lawsuit?” Old Mrs. Chen asked.
ixi shouted toward the cousin’s room door, “In a military marriage, the third party is liable to go to jail. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!”
Although the cousin had been keeping her room door closed, she had been standing at the crack of the door eavesdropping. After hearing ixi’s words, she imdiately opened the door.
“Auntie, I, I… won’t really have to go to jail, will I? Maybe I should just go back. After all, Brother Shu doesn’t think much of .”
Old Mrs. Chen scolded her, “You go back, this is a family matter. Even if a military marriage is protected, that doesn’t an others can just cut off the family line. There’s only Chen Shu to carry on our family na!”
Wang Bing paused at the door, then quickened her steps toward the elevator.
ixi hurried after her, resting her hand on Wang Bing’s shoulder to offer comfort.
Tears fell from Wang Bing’s eyes, but she didn’t say a word.
ixi didn’t know what to say either, so both remained silent together.
Once they left the neighborhood, ixi said to Wang Bing, “Wang Bing, actually, Gu Wei and I almost divorced once. It was because my mother-in-law didn’t support our marriage. Gu Wei’s family has money and power, but , I’m just an ordinary girl. My mother-in-law said that Gu Wei marrying wouldn’t help his future at all. At that ti, for Gu Wei’s sake, I also thought of leaving him, but he has proven his love to over and over again with his actions. Look at us now, aren’t we doing well?”
Wang Bing asked, “What if you faced the sa situation as , not because of family background, but because of a child? Would you and Gu Wei willingly remain childless forever?”
ixi paused, then said with conviction, “As long as Gu Wei doesn’t have the desire to continue the family line, I would continue to be childless with him. I believe in him.”
Wang Bing gave a bitter smile.
ixi said no more. Everyone’s situation is different. Gu Wei still had a brother, Zhou Yuan already had a son, and Qiu Yurou already had a grandson. But Chen Shu’s family had only one son. If Wang Bing didn’t bear children, she must be filled with guilt.
Even though she didn’t believe that a woman must have children, she didn’t want to be accused of occupying the toilet without defecating.
When they got back to the compound, Wang Bing bid goodbye to ixi.
ixi was sowhat worried, “Shall I co over and keep you company?”
Wang Bing smiled, “I’d like so ti to myself.”
Then ixi left her be.
…
In the following days, ixi kept an eye on Wang Bing, but Wang Bing seed no different from usual. ixi couldn’t detect any trace of sorrow.
ixi felt embarrassed to bring it up, waiting for Wang Bing to speak when she was ready to.
ixi didn’t wait for Wang Bing to bring it up; instead, she waited for Chen Shu.
Knowing that ixi was close to Wang Bing, he actually sought ixi’s help.
“Dr. Su, Wang Bing is adamant about divorcing . Could you please try to persuade her?” Chen Shu inquired.
ixi looked at Chen Shu.
Chen Shu was decent-looking and well-built, and he seed very honest.
ixi said, “I’ve tried to persuade her, but she can’t get over the issue with having children. She fears she will affect your family’s lineage.”
“I honestly don’t care about continuing the family line; that’s all my mother’s idea. Besides, Wang Bing and I have never truly tried. If it cos to it, we could still try IVF, right?”
“And what if IVF also fails? Do you know what IVF entails? It requires egg retrieval under general anesthesia, and it’s not guaranteed to succeed in one go. This is a huge challenge for a woman’s physical and ntal health.”
Chen Shu paused for a mont.
“Wang Bing already feels so guilty. If IVF fails several tis, how depressed would she be? If you really want to spend your life with her, then you should be prepared to live without children forever. You need to show her with your actions that even without children, you will still live a life with her.”
Chen Shu said, “That’s exactly what I think.”
“But isn’t your mother still living in your new house? And your cousin, do you know what your mother said about her that day? She called her a hen that doesn’t lay eggs. Who wouldn’t want to divorce after hearing that?” ixi stated.
Chen Shu replied incredulously, “My mother actually said that?”
“Hasn’t your mother said these things in front of you? Bringing the cousin ho, what else is there that they wouldn’t dare do?”
Understanding dawned on Chen Shu, “I’ll speak to my mother right away. She and that so-called cousin must leave here. I can’t lose Wang Bing.”
ixi thought to herself that Chen Shu wasn’t so bad after all.
However, the next morning, when ixi arrived at work, she saw Old Mrs. Chen kneeling in the hospital’s lobby, crying and wiping tears while kneeling.
Surrounding her were doctors who had just started their shifts, and many patients who had co early to get their numbers, standing around in a circle.
“Auntie, what are you doing kneeling here so early in the morning?”
Old Mrs. Chen looked pitiable, crying and saying, “I’ve co to apologize to my daughter-in-law. Because of , she and my son had a falling-out. My son wants to go back to my hotown, but I can’t bear to leave him. So, I can only co here to apologize to my daughter-in-law. I did wrong, and I’m willing to lose face to say I’m sorry.”
Hearing Old Mrs. Chen say this, ixi couldn’t help but get angry.
What a crafty white lotus!
Soone else asked, “So what did you do to your daughter-in-law that you have to kneel and apologize?”
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