chapter 2

"Ling said that he'll divorce you once we've taken your baby's heart. Aren't you thrilled?"

Miao Xiaobei sneered after hearing those words.

"If you're really all that then, after so many years, why has he still not divorced me yet? A fake will always be a fake. He's just blinded by the lies now. Then again, when it comes to a ruthless scumbag such as Murong Ling, I think you two are perfect for each other."

The moment she had decided to knock herself into the wall, she had already given up on him.

Her heart, which had loved him for years, had been completely crushed to dust.

Miao Wanwan hadn't expected her to say that. Rage boiled within her and the blood rushed to her face.

"Miao Wanwan, do you really think that Ling kept you beside him because he's in love with you? Get real. He just wants to have a good time torturing you. Considering the half-dead state you're in now, Ling will never bother to take another look at you. Just wait and collect your child's body after a couple of days."

She mercilessly threw these venomous words at her and then flounced out of the ward with a pale face.

Miao Xiaobei thought Miao Wanwan was ridiculous and she would never let the both of them succeed with their plan.

Early in the morning, she was inexplicably woken up by a noisy group and pushed directly into the surgical room.

When she saw the familiar faces of the doctors and Murong Ling, she could somewhat guess what was going on.

"Drink it," Murong Ling said curtly, taking a glass of brown sugar water and placing it in front of her.

Miao Xiaobei took a glance at the cup and ignored it, then raised her arm and said tonelessly, "Weren't you going to draw blood from me? Take it then."

She shut her eyes, allowing the doctors to do whatever they wanted with her arm.

Murong Ling was slightly taken aback by her reaction and his brows furrowed.

Looking at her pale and sallow face, he felt his chest inexplicably tighten.

That strange feeling had become stronger, and it now felt as though his heart was going to drop out of his chest anytime. He could not control the sensation.

"Young Master Murong, we can't continue anymore. She has just given birth. If we continue to draw her blood, we'll be drawing the life out of her."

The doctor standing to one side could no longer watch. He immediately stopped what he was doing and advised them to stop the entire procedure.

"My life is worthless anyway. Just do it," said Miao Xiaobei in an eerie monotone.

From the way she was speaking, one could very well be forgiven for thinking that she was having something like a harmless haircut rather than a life-threatening medical procedure. She didn't seem to care about her own life.

After hearing her words, Murong Ling bent over and used his slender fingers to pinch her bony chin. He glared at her face ferociously.

"Seeking death? It won't be that easy, Miao Xiaobei. You can never escape from me. I'll slowly let you have a taste of what you've done to Wanwan."

"Send her back to the ward," he said, releasing his grip on her in disgust.

Miao Xiaobei opened her eyes widely and slightly lifted the corners of her mouth. A hint of coldness flashed through her eyes, but her chest felt painful.

Miao Wanwan was hiding at the corner of the surgical room. She understood Murong Ling too well. It was obvious that he was in love with Miao Xiaobei.

She had vividly seen the hint of pity that had flashed through his eyes just then.

She could not let them be together. She had put in so much effort and plotted all of this for a long time, she could not let it go down the drain.

"Miss Miao, it's time for your medicine." In the morning, a nurse pushed a trundling cart into her ward.

"Ah, thank you." she replied with a smile, taking the medicine given by the nurse and gulping it down with a mouthful of water.

The nurse was slightly surprised by her sudden change in attitude since yesterday.

Moreover, she had heard the nurse on duty mentioning something about the incident that had happened last night.

She thought that if Miao Xiaobei's attitude remained the same as yesterday when it had been time for medicine, she would probably console her.

Who knew that Miao Xiaobei's smile would instead be making her feel flustered?

After swallowing the medicine, Miao Xiaobei saw the dazed look on the nurse's face, so she tilted her head curiously and asked, "What's wrong?"

The nurse shook her head vehemently and said, "Nothing, nothing. It's just that you still need to take your medicine at noon and in the afternoon. The timings are written there. Do remember to take them on time."

She stammered as she spoke, then took the medicine from the cart and placed it on the table.

"Puff... "

Miao Xiaobei couldn't help but chuckle as she listened to the nurse. The nurse reminded her of how she had been when she had first started her internship in the hospital, when she'd been just as nervous and unsure.

Every time when she was nervous, her eyes would wander and she would nervously grab onto anything she saw. She would even stammer over her words.

The nurse was suddenly stunned and stared at her with a blank face.

Miao Xiaobei stopped her chuckling and leaned back onto the headboard as she said, "I was like you when I first started my internship. Every time, I would follow the professor to perform routine ward rounds. The professor would ask me about the patients' conditions and I would be like how you're behaving now. Looking at you reminds me of my younger days."

After hearing this, the nurse subconsciously replied, "You are still very young now. Wait... you're a doctor?"

She nodded.

"Then why are you...?"

The nurse actually wanted to ask, "Since you're a doctor, why didn't you look after yourself?"

But she suddenly remembered what her colleagues had told her this morning and her mouth instantly clamped shut.

Miao Xiaobei looked at her with wide eyes and asked, "Do you know something? Is there something wrong with me?"

"Nothing," the nurse responded and shook her head.

"You have to understand that many things in this world are beyond your control, just like how I..."

Suddenly, Miao Xiaobei grabbed the nurse's hand as if she had thought of something.

"Can you do me a favor?"