Contract Marriage: Boss, Let's divorce
Chapter 386 - 385 Let’s Get Divorced (17)

Chapter 386: Chapter 385 Let’s Get Divorced (17)

After an unknown duration, the red light in the operating room switched off, and the door opened, revealing a doctor in a white robe, who removed his mask as he stepped out.

Xiao Chen moved his stiff eyeballs to look at the doctor, but the doctor’s expression was solemn. He approached Xiao Chen, sighed lightly, "We did everything we could; the child could not be saved."

The child could not be saved...

Xiao Chen’s feet wobbled momentarily as if he couldn’t stand firmly, lurching suddenly and stumbling back a few steps before he managed to steady himself.

As the doctor sighed and walked away, Xiao Chen stared wide-eyed, unwittingly looking down at his own hands.

His hands were stained with Ling Chuxia’s blood, now long since dried—not as startlingly crimson as before, yet this dulled red was like a knife, deeply plunging into his heart.

All of this was Chuxia’s child’s blood, all of it...

His hands began to tremble violently, uncontrollably.

If... if he hadn’t hesitated just now, if he had promptly carried Ling Chuxia to the doctor, perhaps her child wouldn’t have died.

Though he wasn’t the direct murderer, he was an indirect accomplice, indirectly responsible for the death of such an innocent life...

Xiao Chen’s entire body shook uncontrollably, his eyes gradually consumed by guilt and pain.

He was a doctor; his duty was to save lives and heal injuries, but now, his hands were tainted with a child’s blood...

His strength seemed to drain from him in an instant, his legs gave way, and he suddenly knelt down, "I’m sorry... Chuxia, I’m sorry, baby... I’m sorry."

Xiao Chen’s phone rang for a while before he answered it. Barely managing a "hello," Ling Yunshu’s voice eagerly came through, "How are things on your end?"

"The child... is gone," Xiao Chen’s voice was hoarse yet stiff, with an undertone of extreme darkness.

On the phone, Ling Yunshu paused for a moment and then slowly laughed, her voice clearly relieved, "That’s good."

Xiao Chen felt as if something was clutching at him, making it nearly impossible to breathe, something forced him to speak, "Yun Shu, that child was innocent after all..."

But before he could finish, Ling Yunshu coldly scoffed, interrupting him, "Innocent? Who isn’t innocent? Xiao Chen, don’t forget what my past three years were like! Wasn’t I innocent?"

Xiao Chen’s words choked in his throat. He knew all too well the kind of life Ling Yunshu had been through in those three years—so well that even though he knew she was doing wrong, he couldn’t stop her, and even helped her.

"But... Chuxia is your younger sister, and that child, your nephew..."

"So what, have you grown sympathetic? Are you planning to report me? But Xiao Chen, do you dare? Do you really dare? You feel guilty about Chuxia, don’t you feel guilty about me? Let me tell you, you can never repay what you owe me!"

The phone was abruptly hung up. Xiao Chen held the phone, standing rigidly in place, his gaze blankly fixed on the floor. After a long time, he moved slightly, glanced at Ling Chuxia who lay quietly on the hospital bed, and resolutely, turned to leave the room.

As he closed the door, Xiao Chen still murmured softly, "Chuxia, I’m sorry, I can’t abandon Yun Shu. Whatever she wants, I have to help her get it."