Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

“Oh, I know.” Li Manni nodded her head. She had forgotten when the last time she had had dinner was. She wasn’t hungry at all.

The door opened. Chu Lui entered, wearing a frown. He saw a table of untouched dishes, and his lips pursed into a line.

“Why aren’t you eating again?” He rested a hand on Li Manni’s shoulder. What should he do with her? He felt so suppressed and suffocated around her.

“Lui, I don’t want it. I really don’t.” She shook her head as she wrapped her arms around Chu Lui’s waist. “Please, I beg you. Don’t go for that operation. Please. Don’t go. I don’t want you to go.”

There was a slightly crazed look on her face. He began to have difficulty breathing with her arms wrapped around him.

“Manni, calm down!” He gripped her shoulders with both hands and pushed her away from him. She wasn’t like this in the past. That child was only three years old. If he refused to save her, she would die. Even a coldhearted man like him could not bear to see such a young child suffer. How could she? Was she prepared to see the loss of a young life?

“Manni, there will be no problems with the operation. Please don’t be so unreasonable.” He was running out of patience with her.

“No. I don’t want… I don’t want to hear it.” Li Manni covered both her ears with her hands and shook her head constantly. She was not listening. She refused to listen to anything. By any means, he must not go through with that operation. That child must not be saved. She wanted her to die so she must.

Suddenly, everything before her turned pitch black. She passed out in Chu Lui’s arms.

“Manni. Manni, what’s wrong?” Chu Lui’s face changed. He patted Li Manni’s face. Then, he carried her immediately and walked out. She was fine one minute and passed out the next.

He walked swiftly; his thoughts solely on his wife.

Li Manni was having a medical examination at the hospital. Chu Lui’s parents, as well as Li Manni’s, had arrived. They were waiting anxiously. How could a healthy person faint for no apparent reason?

“Ah Lui, what happened?” Song Wan asked as she tugged at her son’s sleeve. Li Manni was perfectly fine a few days ago. They were worried sick about her.

Chu Lui leaned against the wall. The cold from the wall seeped into his back. He felt cold all over his body.

It did not cross his mind. However, Li Manni’s objection to the operation was much more intense than he thought. On the one hand, he had his wife. On the other, there was the child. He put his hand over his forehead. His dark eyes were unreadable.

“Ah Lui?” Song Wan asked again. However, she was met with silence from Chu Lui. He had not said a word.

Song Wan’s hands clenched into fists, worried that she would turn into a tiger mum and strangled her son’s neck. He was killing her. How did she give birth to such a son?

Chu Lui’s eyes remained down; his expression was unusually somber.

While everyone was pulling a long face, the emergency room door opened; and the doctor came out.

“Doctor, how is my daughter-in-law?”

“How is my daughter?”

Both women stepped forward. Each of them had one hand on the doctor. He looked at one and turned his attention to the other.

“Ladies, can you unhand me first? I can’t answer you like this.”