We Are Destined to Meet

21. A Plot

Translator: Iris Guo

I prepared for two hours and sat on the sofa for three hours. Ling Mubai finally came back.

Noticing I sat upright, he was dumbfounded and then threw his coat onto the sofa, “Are you insane?”

My body was stiff for sitting still so long. Li also laughed at me because of my overly serious expression. I waited for him and only got these three words! Insane?

The romantic atmosphere that I expected for so long was totally spoilt. I glanced at him crossly, “All right, this’s my first date! I’m thrilled!”

He changed his business suit to casual dress. Blankly, I gazed at him while recalling the boy who carried me in the snowfield ten years ago.

Ling Mubai chuckled and touched the corner of my mouth, “You’re drooling.”

I drew in my saliva and wiped my mouth. I couldn’t take my eyes off him as if I had gone boy-crazy. “Ling Mubai, you’re so handsome.”

“I know that.”

I stayed close to him and held his arms. We were like a couple deeply in love.

“Ling Mubai, where are we going?”

“Funfair. Do you wanna go there?”

“Huh!” I sneered, “You’re 30, not 13! Funfairs are for the children!”

But I was so delightful inwardly. I had never been to a funfair since I was born.

Last time when I saw a funfair, my leg was broken by Shen Xiong’an. I could only walk with the help of a crutch. I took Mei by the hand. We peeped through the barrier and saw other kids having fun.

Sitting on the car, I looked at snowflakes dancing outside the window. I really hoped that the time could cease right now. I would cherish this moment for my entire life. Ling Mubai and I would never separate.

I was two months pregnant. It was easy for me to suffer miscarriage, so Ling Mubai was very cautious.

I had lots of fun today, and thought I was the happiest woman in the world.

Stepping out of the funfair, I found myself starve. My mouth watered when I saw the hotpot in the street stall.

Ling Mubai wanted to have dinner in an upscale restaurant, but I liked street stall food. My coquetry and cheekiness made him speechless. He was dragged into a stall by me.

The environment was a mess, but I ate each mouthful with great enjoyment. How the food tasted depended on my mood.

Ling Mubai didn’t eat anything. He just sat there and looked at me. After I finished my last bite, he took me back to the car and drove back home before the night fell.

I wanted to spend my rest life with him like this. Fortunately, we hadn’t divorced before.

However, as I had said before, that was life. No one could figure out what would happen.

God liked to pull my leg. There was something that I could never avoid.

When I felt throes cutting my body, the seat was soaked by my blood.

Trembling, I clenched Ling Mubai’s arm, “Honey, go to the hospital…”

When I woke up the next day, I touched my belly. I couldn’t feel anything. My abdomen was flat. My baby had gone.

I covered my face with the pillow and cried out loud.

A doctor changed the IV drip skillfully. A cold voice sounded in my ears, “Don’t eat heedlessly when you’re pregnant…”

Eat heedlessly…

These two words kept ringing in my ears. I was the one who killed my child. I was a murderer.

I began to slap myself fiercely again and again. I couldn’t feel anything.

Because the worst pain was in my heart.

‘It’s all my fault! Why did I behave like a spoilt child when I was pregnant? Why did I eat the hotpot in the street stall? Why couldn’t I eat less for my poor baby?’

‘It’s me that killed my child. I would rather kill myself.’

‘Shen Huansheng, you deserve to die!’

‘You should die!’

‘Go to hell!’

…

I grabbed the knife on the table and gasped. I wept, ‘My child is waiting for me. The weather is so cold. I’m going to hug my baby.’

“Sheng, what the hell are you doing?”

Doudou and Liang ran towards me from outside. They took away the knife and pressed me against the bed.

“Let go of me! I’m gonna find my babe…” I deserved to die. I should atone for my crime.

Liang reprimanded me, “Shen Huansheng, it was just a kid! You can have another baby. But if you die, you will become a coward!”

I didn’t care whether I would be a coward or not. People labeled me a bitch or a liar… I didn’t mind that they called me coward.

Doudou shook me by the shoulder and shouted at me, “Sheng, stay calm! If you are dead, the disgusting couple will be happy!”

‘The disgusting couple?’

I didn’t know what she was talking about.

‘Was she referring to Ling Mubai and Mei? Didn’t they break up?’

I was told that Ling Mubai hadn’t paid me a visit since he knew I miscarried. He was as nonchalant as the day he knew Mei lost her baby.

But it was useless to ask him for an explanation. My babe had gone.

Liang lifted me by the collar and reproached me, “Shen Huansheng, think about it! A hotpot will never make someone miscarry!”

My heart trembled as I heard his words. I clenched his hands, “What do you mean? Tell me!”

“I mean you are a moron! They set you up from the beginning!”

I froze. ‘It’s impossible! I know how Ling Mubai loves this child. How can he murder his own kid?’

‘He’s prepared the name for our baby. And he made a crib. He won’t do this!’

Doudou saw that I was out of control. She threw a glimpse at Liang crossly and comforted me, “Sheng, Liang’s guessing in the dark. Don’t take his words seriously. But… I think you should seek the truth.”

Lying on the bed, I fixed my eyes on the ceiling. I was like a dead woman.

I didn’t know how long it had been. My eyes blinked and I came to life, “You’re right. I should ask him for the truth. My child shouldn’t die for nothing!”

I asked Liang to go through discharge formalities. I got up and left the hospital with Doudou. We took a cab to the headquarters of the Ling Group.

I might be looking murderous. People got out of my way when they saw me. I headed to Ling Mubai’s office.

Before I opened the door, a woman said, “Mubai, what should we do next…”

‘Mei?’