Outside the window, the cold wind was howling. City A ushered in the first snow at the onset of winter.

In the ward, there was uncertainty in the air.

Shen Yuechuan’s kiss was like a small flame, burning Xiao Yunyun’s reason and strength and melting her in the cold winter night.

Soon, there was nothing else in the way for the two of them.

“Yunyun,” Shen Yuechuan stroked Xiao Yunyun’s face. “I love you,” he confessed.

This was not a confession.

With great passion, Shen Yuechuan suddenly wanted his girl to know that he loved her.

Xiao Yunyun opened her eyes and looked at Shen Yuechuan, confused like a lost lamb. “How much do you love me?”

Her white cheeks were flushed, which made her look beautiful. Shen Yuechuan could not help kissing her deeply. After tasting her sweetness to his heart’s content, he whispered in her ear, “I love you very much.”

There was a smile in Xiao Yunyun’s beautiful almond-shaped eyes. “I love you too.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Yuechuan gently took her, stripped the last bit of reason from her, and took her into a deep whirlpool…

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, but the air in the room was burning hot.

The following day.

Xiao Yunyun opened her eyes and did not move at all. She continued to think about yesterday’s dilemma – what would happen if she questioned a man’s physical strength.

Well, now she knew what would happen.

She swore to herself that she would never question anything about Shen Yuechuan, especially his physical strength!

Shen Yuechuan also woke up. He took Xiao Yunyun into his arms from behind and nuzzled her head with his chin. “Do you feel happy after last night?”

Xiao Yunyun stiffly smiled and said, “I’m so happy that I’m about to cry.”

Shen Yuechuan frowned. Suddenly, his voice was less sexy, and became extremely gentle. “Does it still hurt?”

As it had been her first time, Xiao Yunyun was in pain for a long time, which was also the reason why Shen Yuechuan had been restraining himself for the past few days.

Xiao Yunyun blushed and threw herself into Shen Yuechuan’s chest. “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Shen Yuechuan stroked her head. “Can you get up?”

Last time, he’d also asked a similar question. Xiao Yunyun had been too shy then, so she could only be guided by Shen Yuechuan.

This time, Xiao Yunyun said bluntly, “No!”

“It doesn’t matter.” Shen Yuechuan whispered in Xiao Yunyun’s ear, “I’ll help you.”

Xiao Yunyun subconsciously looked at him with suspicion. Then she remembered yesterday’s lesson and finally decided not to blurt her doubts out.

Shen Yuechuan had already seen the clues in her eyes. He pressed his forehead against hers and said, “Don’t worry. Last night… I didn’t try my best.”

The implication was that his physical strength had not yet been used up.

Xiao Yunyun almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She was deathly exhausted, but Shen Yuechuan was saying that he had not tried his best?

“Damn, it’s unfair. This is absolutely the greatest unfairness between men and women!”

After breakfast, the nurse came in and hung up Shen Yuechuan’s infusion.

On the spur of the moment, Xiao Yunyun said, “Shen Yuechuan, I’ll help slide the needle into your skin! Don’t worry. I’m very skillful. It won’t hurt!”

The nurse pursed her lips, stuck to her professional ethics and prevented herself from laughing.

Shen Yuechuan took a deep look at Xiao Yunyun and motioned for the nurse to give her the infusion tube.

The nurse knew that Xiao Yunyun was also a doctor, but she still asked, “Miss Xiao, do you need me to stay with you?”

“No.” Xiao Yunyun smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I learned it at school like you!”

“Okay, then I’ll come in later and change the infusion bottle for Special Assistant Shen.”

The nurse left the room and closed the door.

Xiao Yunyun unwrapped the infusion tube and made some preparations. Then, she patted Shen Yuechuan hard on the back of his hand and abruptly inserted the needle into his blood vessels. She asked expectantly, “How is it? Does it hurt?”

Shen Yuechuan looked at the back of his hand and then looked at Xiao Yunyun. “It should be less painful than what you felt last night.”

Xiao Yunyun blushed, grabbed Shen Yuechuan’s hand, and kissed it.

She was reluctant to exert too much strength. Shen Yuechuan did not feel as much pain now the needle had just been inserted. He touched her head with a smile and let her behave in a mischievous manner.

Xu Youning was also receiving an infusion.

In order to hide her illness from Kang Ruicheng, Xu Youning could only ask Doctor Liu to help her contact the professor, so as to learn more about whether the blood clot would affect her fetus.

The professor asked Xu Youning, “Young lady, what’s your intention?”

Xu Youning’s answer was simple. “I want the child.”

The professor understood a mother’s mood and did not say anything more. He just told Doctor Liu that he would leave the rest to her.

Doctor Liu told Kang Ruicheng that pregnant women were weak at the early stage of pregnancy, so it would be better for Xu Youning to take in more nutrition.

Kang Ruicheng said that as long as Xu Youning was willing, he had no objection.

Thus, Doctor Liu prescribed some medicine for keeping Xu Youning’s fetus safe and sound, as well as some nutritional medicine. Xu Youning had to receive the infusion for more than seven hours a day.

Mumu felt sorry for Xu Youning and came to ask if she was in pain or if she felt tired from time to time. When Xu Youning was asleep, the little boy was quiet by her side. Of course, he often fell asleep as well.

After Xu Youning was done with the drip, Mumu would pester her to play games with him.

Xu Youning had played one online game, and she had been found secretly playing it by Mu Sijue. However, after her grandmother passed away, she had never logged into the game.

A few days ago, Mumu had also registered with this game and learned how to play it after just half a day. But he didn’t like being at a low level, so he pestered Xu Youning to help him advance in levels every day.

Anyway, Xu Youning had nothing to do, so she was happy to brush instance zones and kill the bosses with Mumu.

This way of living went on for a week.

On the eighth day, Doctor Liu proposed to Mu Sijue that it was time for Xu Youning to have a checkup.

Mu Sijue had something to deal with, so he sent Dongzi to go with Xu Youning. He told Dongzi to keep all of Xu Youning’s schedule a secret and to destroy the checkup records in time.

All in all, he just wanted Mu Sijue to find out nothing in a short time.

In the Eighth People’s Hospital.

Before the checkup began, Xu Youning asked Doctor Liu, “What’s the main purpose of this project?”

“To check if the fetus is fine.” Doctor Liu smiled and said, “Don’t be nervous. Lie down.”

Xu Youning lay on the bed. It did not take long until the checkup was over. She went to Doctor Liu’s office to wait for the results.

Unexpectedly, the professor in the Neurology Department, who had done the examination for her, came back with Doctor Liu.

Xu Youning suddenly had a bad feeling and stood up from the sofa. “Doctor Liu, how is my baby?”

Doctor Liu sighed helplessly and said, “Let the professor tell you.”

“…”

After listening to the professor’s words, Xu Youning’s world collapsed into ruins in an instant, and smoke and dust swept across her world.

Her head was buzzing, and her eyes seemed to be burning all of a sudden. Tears fell uncontrollably.

“Girl, you should be hospitalized as soon as possible for treatment,” the professor advised. “If it goes on like this, you will die!”

Xu Youning had thought that after she’d lost her grandmother and then had left Mu Sijue, there was nothing in the world that could hurt her.

But now, a new wound had been added to her deadened heart.

Dongzi was outside the door, so Xu Youning could not cry out loud. She could only hold her knees and squat on the ground. She bit her lips tightly, like a desperate little beast, sobbing silently.

“Miss Xu, I’m sorry. I should have told you a week ago.” Doctor Liu put his hand on Xu Youning’s shoulder. “But at that time, I thought that there might still be a glimmer of hope. I really did my best Lately. I used all the drugs I could use…”

“Doctor Liu.” Xu Youning looked up and grabbed Doctor Liu’s hand. “Could it be that something had gone wrong? Could it be…”

“No.” Doctor Liu shook his head, crushing Xu Youning’s last hope. “I’ve repeatedly checked it.”

Xu Youning let go of Doctor Liu’s hand and closed her eyes, unable to hold back her tears.

Although she’d experienced so much, she had never complained about fate.

Was that the reason why fate was so cruel to her?

“Knock, knock—”

There was a knock on the door, followed by Dongzi’s voice. “Doctor Liu, are you done?”

“Not yet.” Doctor Liu said, “I have something to tell Miss Xu.”

Dongzi did not dare to urge Xu Youning, so he was silent.

Doctor Liu helped Xu Youning to sit down on the sofa. “Miss Xu, Mr. Kang… is a little fierce, but it’s clear that he really cares about you. You’d better go back and have a discussion with Mr. Kang about when to be hospitalized. The blood clot is too big a threat to you. You must be hospitalized as soon as possible.”

“Kang Ruicheng?”

Xu Youning suddenly woke up and asked Doctor Liu, “Don’t let Mr. Kang know about my situation. As for that blood clot, I will come back for treatment later. Don’t worry. I won’t give up my life so easily.”

Of course, the premise for all of this was that she could come back.

Doctor Liu nodded and promised Xu Youning. She handed a white medicine bottle to Xu Youning. “Miss Xu, take this as soon as possible.”

Xu Youning held the bottle tightly and silently tried to calm down. When she looked up again, the tear stains on her face had disappeared.

She shook her head and said, “Let’s talk about it another day. Doctor Liu, I’ll to take my child somewhere. I’ll contact you when I come back.”

“Okay.” Doctor Liu understood Xu Youning’s feelings, but from the doctor’s point of view, she still advised, “But you can’t delay it for too long.”

“I understand.”

Xu Youning washed her face, took out a pair of sunglasses from her bag, put them on, and left the ward.

Dongzi did not pay much attention to it. He asked Xu Youning, “Shall we go back to the old residence?”

Xu Youning said yes and walked straight into the elevator.

Back at the old Kang family residence, there was no trace of tears left on Xu Youning’s face. Mu Sijue asked, “How was the checkup?”

“Everything’s fine.” Xu Youning did not want to say more, so she changed the subject. “How well are you prepared for it? I want to get the memory card back as soon as possible for fear of any accident.”

“Everything is ready. I’ll ask Ah Jin to go with you,” Kang Ruicheng said.

Ah Jin was a trusted subordinate of Kang Ruicheng. He asked Ah Jin to go with her, because on the one hand, he wanted to help her, and on the other hand, he wanted to keep an eye on her, didn’t he?

Xu Youning did not give anything away. She said, “Let’s get this done as soon as possible. I’ll go tonight.”

Kang Ruicheng was surprised. “Do you need to be in such a hurry?”

“We’ve been waiting for half a month.” Xu Youning said with a poker face. “Woud it be ‘such a hurry’ if I went tonight?”

This Xu Youning was that Xu Youning in Kang Ruicheng’s memory, who was brave, smart, decisive and strong.

Kang Ruicheng smiled with relief. “You can go whenever you want.”

“I’ll go up and get ready.”

When Xu Youning went upstairs, Kang Ruicheng called Dongzi and asked, “What was result of the checkup?”

Dongzi replied, “The doctor was very thorough. After the checkup, she removed the records immediately and no results came out. Later, I asked the doctor and got the reply that everything was normal.”

From Xu Youning’s look, it did not seem that there was anything wrong with her.

Kang Ruicheng at last felt utterly relieved and waited for Xu Youning to help him get the memory card back.