Chapter 634 - 221: Qin Mei Won’t Get Pregnant (2)

Li Axiu glared at Lin Yaru. Her gentle and virtuous daughter, the daughter who was a teacher and a role model, the daughter who had been her pride and joy... how had she turned into such a shrew?

It would be a lie to say she wasn’t disappointed. At this moment, she was utterly disappointed in Lin Yaru.

"Lin Yaru, do you have any conscience at all? Don’t you realize how your father and I have treated you all these years? We made sure you never lacked for food or clothing. We gave you all of our family’s resources, worked so hard to raise you, and helped you become an excellent teacher. When you were assigned to teach in a small county town, it was your father and I who used every connection we had to get you transferred back here. After all our hard work, we haven’t gotten to reap any rewards. Instead, all we’ve gotten is your resentment. Lin Yaru, you’re nothing but an ungrateful wretch," Li Axiu said, her heart aching with grief.

"You gave birth to me, so you were supposed to raise me! You poured everything you had into raising me, but can you honestly say you didn’t expect anything in return?" Lin Yaru demanded sharply.

"We raise children to support us in our old age! We’ve given so much, shouldn’t you repay us?" Li Axiu asked, gritting her teeth.

"My way of repaying you is by taking care of you in your old age, not by letting you use me without a shred of guilt, trading my happiness to get my brother transferred back to the city!" Lin Yaru roared back, refusing to back down.

Li Axiu was so enraged she clutched her chest tightly. Disappointment. She was filled with nothing but disappointment for her daughter. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she began to cry sorrowfully.

"You two are brother and sister. You have the ability to help your brother, so what’s wrong with that?" Li Axiu’s words were nothing short of moral blackmail.

Lin Yaru started crying too, feeling wronged and heartbroken. "Do I have the ability?"

’I don’t have the ability. I know my own limitations perfectly well. Mom and Dad just want to use my marriage, to get my in-laws to find a way to bring my brother back to the city.’

’Marrying Jing Si, she would have been happy to do it. But marrying Jing Er? She was completely against it, especially since her mother wanted her to fulfill her wifely duties to him.’

’The thought of Jing Er with her... It was disgusting. So disgusting. She was repulsed by him, both physically and mentally.’

"You don’t have the ability, but your in-laws do," Li Axiu blurted out.

"Heh." Lin Yaru laughed, but the tears wouldn’t stop streaming down her face.

Seeing her daughter’s tears falling like rain, Li Axiu’s anger was instantly extinguished, replaced by a pang of heartache. She took a step forward and wiped the tears from her daughter’s face. "Yaru, don’t cry. You’re pregnant. Your emotions will affect the baby."

Lin Yaru tilted her head, staring at Li Axiu as a wave of desolation washed over her. "The baby, the baby, it’s always about the baby. Mom, you don’t care about me at all. All you really care about is the child in my belly. Mom, if this baby I’m carrying wasn’t a child of the Jie Family, would you and Dad still care so much?"

"Silly child, you’re our daughter. No matter whose child you’re carrying, your father and I would still care," Li Axiu soothed.

’I can’t provoke her any further. If something happens, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.’

The temperature was high, and Li Axiu’s forehead was beaded with sweat, but Lin Yaru had no sweat, only tears.

Suddenly, Lin Yaru bent over, clutching her stomach, her face twisted in agony. "Mom, it hurts. My stomach hurts so much."

"Yaru!" Li Axiu froze in terror. Seeing Lin Yaru curled up on the ground and clutching her stomach, she finally snapped back to her senses and knelt to hold the trembling Lin Yaru. "Yaru!"

"Mom, my stomach hurts," Lin Yaru said, her voice trembling as she looked at Li Axiu with tears streaming down her face.

Li Axiu’s face went pale with fright, and her own tears gushed out. "The hospital. I’ll take you to the hospital."

Li Axiu used all her strength to try and lift Lin Yaru, but her daughter wouldn’t cooperate. Frantic with worry, she didn’t know what to do.

"Mom, Dad and Jing Er have both gone to work. You need to find someone to help take me to the hospital," Lin Yaru said. Her voice was weak, but her mind was perfectly clear.

For a moment, Li Axiu suspected her daughter was faking it. But seeing Lin Yaru’s pained expression, she was filled with a regret so sharp she could have killed herself. ’My daughter is in this state, and I actually suspected her of pretending.’

’This pregnancy had been high-risk from the start. There was always a danger of miscarriage. This wasn’t the first or second time she had gone to the hospital for stomach pains.’

"Okay, I’ll go find help," Li Axiu said, frantically wiping the tears from her face.

"Mom, I just saw my father-in-law’s car. Go to the Jie Family’s house and ask my father-in-law for help. He has a car. It’ll be faster and safer to get me to the hospital," Lin Yaru said weakly.

Li Axiu, not suspecting a thing, nodded quickly. "Okay, I’ll go get your father-in-law."

"Mom, hurry back! My stomach hurts so much," Lin Yaru cried, burying her face against the ground, her body twitching uncontrollably.