Chapter 48 Chapter 48 The time when a person is most vulnerable and helpless...

The time when a person is most vulnerable and helpless is not very long, just like Xiaozhen's regret is very short. After calming down, she regains her sanity because he was not there when she needed him.

Qiao Yihua's mother has been ill for a year, and he often goes back to take care of her for a while. Qiao Xiaozhen certainly doesn't know these things. Every time she disappears, she thinks that he is busy with work or deliberately avoiding her.

At the end of this year, she went abroad for heart surgery and her body really got better.

His mother is old, and she is no longer as stubborn as she was many years ago or even a few years ago. She will miss him from time to time. As

Qiao Yihua grows older, he will cherish many feelings more. Before leaving, he still went to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, and he was relieved that there were no major problems. He still wanted his mother to come to Shanghai to live with him, take care of her in her old age, and see her to the end of her life, but he didn't know why she refused. When

he came back from Beijing on the fourth day of the New Year, he went home and saw Xiaozhen. She was wrapped in a blanket and sat in front of the French window, staring blankly outside. Everyone in the family was on vacation, and there was no one.

The room was warm. He didn't even take off his coat. He pulled a chair over and asked her softly what she wanted to eat.

Xiaozhen shook her head.

"Would you like to eat rice noodles?" She always liked to eat this when she was not feeling well.

"Yes."

The assistant brought in the luggage and clothes and left quickly, leaving two people at home.

Qiao Yihua hadn't cooked for a long time. The rice noodles were a little overcooked, but they tasted good. Over the years, he followed her to change many eating habits, but he still didn't like this thing very much. Fortunately, he made it more often and it was still pretty good after not cooking for a long time.

He pulled her to the dining table and said, "You can make do with what you have first, we'll go out for lunch."

"No."

Qiao Yihua was very patient: "Okay, I've registered, and I'll go for a checkup tomorrow morning."

Qiao Xiaozhen had been picking out food with her head down, but when she heard about going to the hospital, she immediately said, "No... No, no."

"Don't be nervous, it's just a physical examination, you haven't had a physical examination in several years."

"I don't want to. I don't want to, I just don't want to go."

She was too willful, and Qiao Yihua's voice was a little louder: "If you don't feel well, you should tell me. The pain and discomfort are all your own. If you don't pay attention to it yourself, who can help you bear it?"

"I know." She suddenly asked, "Do you like children?"

To be honest, he had never considered this issue. It would be better to say that he needs it rather than like it.

Xiaozhen saw that he was a little hesitant, and her heart was very sensitive. "Do you think I'm annoying? I always play tricks in front of you. Actually, you can see through it, right? You know I'm vain sometimes. When I was in college, my classmates said you didn't look like me, but I insisted that you were my real brother. I know you work hard to make money, but you still say that others don't like me because they want to cling to you. This time, I was obviously the one who took the initiative. I wanted too much, but now I always blame you and put all the blame on you."

She said it with sincerity, and Qiao Yihua was even moved. Of course, her tricks are easy to see through, but it's always hard to see what her purpose is.

She is resolute and doesn't care about the consequences.

Men will feel tired to communicate with such women. If it weren't for the unbreakable relationship for so many years, I'm afraid they would have broken up and returned to their own homes long ago.

She thought a lot these days at home, and so did Qiao Yihua.

Sometimes, isn't it because he is too persistent? He always thinks that things that cannot be obtained are the most attractive, so he wants to explore and completely own them. However, feelings are not business. There is no exploration and the old social thinking of not giving up until the goal is achieved.

"Don't think too much. We shouldn't discuss things that are higher than family affection. Let's talk about the future later." He didn't force her to do anything she didn't want to do. He took out a red envelope of New Year's money and gave it to her. He said in a relaxed tone: "I hope you can make money next year."

The red envelope of New Year's money was placed next to him and he left quickly.

She didn't want to hear these things. She wanted him to refute her, to say that it was his fault, so as to relieve her mental burden.

None of these happened.

On the morning of the sixth day of the New Year, Qiao Yihua's female secretary came to her home and asked Xiaozhen what she must bring with her when she went out. Only then did she know that she was going to be sent away without any preparation, no idea where she was going, and no advance notice.

In the past, I imagined that breaking up would be a scene of separation and death, but the real experience was plain and bland, like an insignificant little thing.

The secretary packed a lot, including cosmetics, jewelry, and several boxes of clothes. Qiao Xiaozhen was angry and didn't take anything. She didn't need anything.

When she got in the car, there was only one bag, which contained a little money, a watch, a lipstick, two bottles of lotion, and nothing else.

Qiao Xiaozhen looked up and saw the man sitting in the passenger seat. It was Xia Qiang.

He personally sent someone off? Him? For some reason, she was thinking of the scene of the corpse dumping site at the junction of Hong Kong and the high seas. She was leaving and he had to come to visit her.

With this kind of person, she knew what her ending would be.

After the car started, Qiao Yihua exchanged a few words with the driver and told Xia Qiang something.

The person in the rear window was always unwilling to open the window to say a word, even "goodbye, brother."

The driver opened the automatic window, and Qiao Xiaozhen turned her head to the side and refused to say a word to Qiao Yihua, as cold as ice.

Xia Qiang: "Awesome!"

Qiao Yihua saw that she turned away and had no intention of turning around to talk. I don't know if her face was embarrassed or not, but she must be very angry. She waved her hand and said to the driver: "Let's go."

Not many people went out during the Spring Festival. It was not until the prosperous buildings and walls were gradually far away and they drove into the highway that they felt real. They finally broke up and separated completely. The moment just now was probably the last time they met in their lives.

She stubbornly didn't even look at him for the last time, telling him that it was me who didn't forgive him, not you.

No one spoke in the car, like a prisoner being escorted. She knew very well that no one around him liked her, and there was no possibility of escape. Her fate was always in the hands of others.

Slowly, the accumulated sorrow lingered all over her body. Xiaozhen lowered her head, crying softly at first, and then it became more and more painful. She cried for more than an hour on the highway.

Even so, the two people in the front row still didn't speak.

Maybe they were tired of crying, so they finally stopped and stared out the window in a daze.

"I want to go to the hospital first."

Xia Qiang glanced at her in the rearview mirror and ignored her.

Qiao Xiaozhen strengthened her tone: "I want to go to the hospital first."

"There are many local hospitals."

Qiao Xiaozhen: "I have an appointment today." She

still fantasized about going back to Shanghai when she got here, but Xia Qiang and the driver didn't care about this excuse.

"I'm pregnant, and I made an appointment to abort the child today."

She said it without any ups and downs, as if it was an insignificant matter.

Xia Qiang turned around and looked at her, his face full of disbelief.

Xiaozhen gave him the color ultrasound list, which had been more than two months.

He was even more unbelievable, like a fool, and was completely shocked! Probably shocked that two people quarreled so fiercely, and they could still do it after such a quarrel. It was really strange.

I don't know if it was inconvenient in the car, Xia Qiang asked the driver to stop at the nearest service area quickly and call Qiao Yihua.

Qiao Xiaozhen couldn't guess how Qiao Yihua would react after knowing that she was pregnant, but no matter what the reaction was, it would not affect the current outcome.

At this time, many people were returning to Shanghai, and not many people were going out. Sitting at the empty outdoor table in the service area, she asked for a cup of hot water.

There was a moment a few years ago when she wanted to give birth to a child, and wanted to have a child with him. But he left when she needed comfort and coaxing the most, and he was just a little short of telling her about the pregnancy.

Now that things are settled, he will take her to a faraway place away from him. She doesn't know whether he will be detained or imprisoned or have a more high-sounding reason and excuse, and how long she will not see him and have freedom. It turned out that after escaping for a week, she still had to abort it, and there was no possibility of staying.

Qiao Yihua came very quickly, wearing very decent clothes, which was different from the casual clothes when he left the villa a few hours ago. He

might be working, in a meeting, or doing something else.

The car was not ready yet, he ran over, walked straight to Xiaozhen, squatted down and stared at her, and couldn't say anything.

After a long time, he touched her face with both hands and said with a guilty look: "It's all my fault."

Xiaozhen turned her head and didn't want to look at him.

"Let's go home now."

"No." Xiaozhen said again, "No."

She suddenly saw his eyes moist, a kind of eager eyes.

"You can do whatever you want, you can do anything."

"I want to abort the child."

Qiao Yihua had already knelt on one knee on the ground, "I know you are uncomfortable, you blame me, come home with me first, okay?"

Xiaozhen shook her head, "No."

He could predict her reaction at this moment. When he received a call from Xia Qiang more than an hour ago saying that Xiaozhen was pregnant, his reaction was how much she hated me and how sad she was these days.

Why did he hurt her every time when she was the weakest and helpless, and she left him when she longed for his company.

There was no time to think about it, he quickly picked up his things and rushed over, and on the way he was gradually overwhelmed by the joy of this matter. No one in the world is as suitable for him to get pregnant as she is, he is really excited and blames himself.

It is not easy for him to blame himself once.

Qiao Yihua said: "Xiaozhen, I haven't cared about your feelings for so many years, especially after going to college, I rarely care about your inner thoughts. I still treat you like a child, and I don't think too much about your opinion. I have always known that you are sad and unhappy these years, and you are forced to submit to me. I can't do anything, Xiaozhen, I can't watch you get married, have children and leave as you wish."

Why didn't you tell her these things before? Even if these speculations are not necessarily her thoughts.

"I don't want to hear these."

"I know you blame me and don't want to forgive me. But Xiaozhen, what relatives do you have in this world? Who can I care about?"

At least what he said is true. Qiao Xiaozhen has no relatives in this world to rely on and entrust, and he really cared for her and loved her differently from others.

Xiaozhen looked at him, "You drove me away, and now you want me to go back."

She asked softly: "Do you want to keep the child?"

Qiao Yihua didn't say whether to stay or not, "Your physical condition is very poor, can you go for a check-up first?"

"The doctor said the child is developing well." She said silently.

Seeing that her attitude had softened, Qiao Yihua stood up and sat beside her. "I'm not worried about the child, I'm worried about you. I know I should have accompanied you to the hospital before the New Year, but I kept putting it off for various reasons. It's all my fault now."

"It's not your problem. I don't want to go."

He reached out and held her hand. "Then can we go home first? With me here, you don't have to be afraid of anything."