“Stop wiping and come down now.”
“I’ll be done soon. Just a bit—ahh!” Yan must have stretched her hand out too far and her leg slipped. It looked like she was about to fall off the ladder. At that moment, she only had one thought in mind and that was the child inside of her. She was beyond flustered and regretted not listening to Han Qing earlier. Why did I insist? Why did I…
But the pain she was expecting did not come from her body. Han Qing had caught her in his arms and she fell right into his embrace. He had predicted that she would be in danger, but he did not think that it would actually happen. He felt his heart almost stop when she fell off, but luckily he was able to catch her.
Yan looked into his eyes frantically as her heart was about to beat out of her chest. After looking at him for a while, she suddenly hugged his neck and choked, “That scared me to death!”
She even bumped into his chin when she leaned in suddenly. His chin hurt slightly, but he had also been scared to death. Nonetheless, he was Han Qing after all. He quickly calmed himself down then placed her on a chair at the side. “Are you hurt anywhere?” She did fall from quite a distance. Even though he caught her, he was worried that she might have sprained her wrist or cut herself somewhere, so he started to examine her.
On the other hand, Yan’s heart was still pounding furiously from being frightened. Although she was sitting down in a chair now, she still had a terrified look on her face. She could not imagine what would happen if Han Qing had not come home earlier or if he had not been standing at the side of the ladder to catch her. Would I have just fallen to the ground? If I had fallen, the baby might have… The color in her lips faded, and she instinctively cradled her belly.
As he was examining her, that movement made him frown. “What’s wrong? Does your stomach hurt?”
At the same time, she did not know how to answer his question. She just shook her head. “No, I’m fine.” Then, she slowly moved her hand away from her stomach and took a deep breath to regulate her breathing again.
“Don’t worry.” His eyes narrowed upon seeing her pale face and flickering gaze. “This won’t do. I still don’t feel assured. Let’s go to the hospital to get you looked at.” It did not matter whether she agreed to it or not, he just lifted her in his arms.
Actually, things like that were trivial in daily life. Moreover, Han Qing had caught her when she fell off the ladder, so she did not land on the ground. However, he was very anxious over her. She was the most important person to him and he feared that something bad would happen to her. It was still better to go to the hospital for a quick checkup.
When he lifted her, she automatically wrapped her hands around his neck. She finally responded after hearing what he said, “No, I don’t want to go to the hospital. Put me down. I’m really fine.”
“It’s just a quick examination to let me feel more assured. Don’t worry; it won’t take long.” No matter what, he was determined to bring her to the hospital.
Once they arrived at the car, Yan hugged onto the car door and did not want to let go. “I’m not going to the hospital. I don’t want to go to the hospital. I’m really fine. You even caught me earlier, so I didn’t fall at all. Can we not go to the hospital?” She looked at him pitifully. Her tone and expression made her seem weak and fragile. She looked at him with glimmering eyes that pleaded with him.
Even Han Qing could not handle a gaze like that from the woman he loved. But for the sake of Yan, he reached over and pinched her cheeks. “Why don’t you want to go? You almost fell. Let’s go to the hospital for a quick checkup and if there is a problem, we can fix it. If not, we can just come home. Wouldn’t it be good for both of us to feel reassured?”
“I just don’t want to go.” She was definitely not telling him the reason she did not want to go to the hospital because she had prepared to tell him about the good news on their wedding day. If she had to tell him now all because she almost fell, then all the time she spent hiding it from him would be for nothing.
“So stubborn.” He looked at her helplessly. “Just a regular physical examination will do.”
“I really don’t want to go. Didn’t you catch me earlier? My body doesn’t hurt anywhere. I was just frightened. There are so many people at the hospital every day; won’t I be wasting hospital resources if I go there over nothing? Let’s just not go, okay? The wedding is approaching soon. It doesn’t feel auspicious to go to the hospital at this time.”
The last few sentences must have convinced him because he did not force her anymore. He just stepped back and said, “Okay then, we won’t go to the hospital for now. But if you start to feel unwell, you have to tell me. We will go to the hospital then.”
“Okay!” When she saw that he was no longer forcing her to go to the hospital, she immediately agreed. “No problem.”
Alas, they did not end up going to the hospital. But Yan was indeed frightened out of her wits that day because she kept having nightmares that same night. In her nightmare, she kept seeing herself fall off the ladder and Han Qing was not there to catch her. When she fell onto the ground, fresh blood trickled down her legs. She suddenly woke up in a cold sweat and sat upright in bed.
However, she saw that Han Qing was not in the space next to her anymore. Looking at the time, she realized that he had already gone off to work. She lifted her hand to wipe the sweat off her forehead and lay back down in bed again to regulate her breathing. She did not know if she was overthinking or if the nightmares had affected the baby, but she kept feeling a blunt pain in her belly that was making her incredibly uncomfortable. After tossing and turning, she still felt worried, so she got out of bed, changed her clothes, and headed to the hospital.
…
Xu Yanwan was also at the hospital that day for a follow-up. Not too long ago, she hurt her forehead and was admitted into the hospital for some time. She was only discharged when she was almost fully recovered. Because she had hurt her forehead, she had to be more cautious.
“There are no apparent issues. When the wound heals completely, it shouldn’t leave a scar. But you should eat a cleaner diet and pay more attention to yourself to prevent an ugly scar in the future.”
“Thank you, Doctor. I got it.”
When she left, she took out a small mirror from her purse and looked at the wound on her forehead. Even though it was already healed, the color of the skin in the injured area was completely different from the rest of her skin. Moreover, work at the company had kept her busy for a while, so her skin was not in a good condition. Her dark circles were also deep—worlds apart from the old Xu Yanwan.
I-If Dad and Mom were still around, how nice would it be? If Han Qing were by my side, I probably would not have to suffer this much. But now, she had lost everything. The fresh wound on her forehead served as a reminder to how foolish she had been. See, you hurt yourself on purpose for him but he still won’t take a second look at you.
