Chapter 465: Hoping She Can Get Over This

Qin Wenze was miserable.

He was also afraid Gao Lan wouldn’t be able to accept it.

Fu Mingxue didn’t know what to say either.

It really wasn’t her place to say anything about this.

When they mentioned the severe bleeding earlier—she had still been clinging to a sliver of hope.

She hoped Gao Lan would be all right.

As a woman, and with memories of her past life, she understood just how important having a biological child was to a woman in this day and age.

In a way, it was an obsession.

Take her, for instance. In her past life, she had raised the triplets as if they were her own, never really thinking about having a biological child of her own.

She figured she had raised them since they were tiny, and she had poured her heart into it, so whether they were biologically hers was completely unimportant.

Even in that sham of a marriage, she had raised those triplets with everything she had—and not for Song Yan’s sake.

In her heart, those triplets were her own children.

But as it turned out, it wasn’t until she was old that she discovered the children she had poured her heart and soul into raising were actually three ungrateful wretches.

That indignation was a hundred times more painful than the lonely, sexless marriage she had endured in the Song family.

This was what had given rise to her obsession—now that she was reborn, she wanted to raise a child of her own.

Unfortunately, plans rarely keep up with reality.

She had still become a stepmother.

However, the affection she felt for Qin Hao and Qin Keke was no different than what she’d feel for her own biological children.

But she still wanted to have a child of her own—partly to fulfill the obsession from her past life, and partly because she wanted to be a complete woman.

She wanted to experience what it was like to give birth.

So, in this moment, she could understand the pain Gao Lan must feel after learning she could no longer have children.

Fate was truly cruel.

’How did it come to this?’

A few moments later, Gao Lan was wheeled out.

Her eyes were shut tight.

"Gao Lan, Lan—" Qin Wenze rushed forward and called out to her.

A nurse immediately said, "Please don’t shout. The anesthetic hasn’t worn off yet. She’ll probably wake up in about two hours. We’re taking her to her room now."

They pushed the hospital bed toward the inpatient ward.

Qin Wenze immediately followed.

Mrs. Qin and Fu Mingxue followed as well.

There wasn’t room for many people in the ward, so the rest of the Qin family headed home.

Mr. Qin also felt it was inappropriate for him to stay long in his daughter-in-law’s room. Besides, his elder daughter-in-law wouldn’t be waking up for another two hours.

So he said to Mrs. Qin, "I’ll head home first to check on the two kids."

Mrs. Qin thought of the two children at home. They must have been terrified.

"All right, you should hurry back. Oh, and take Grandpa home with you. It’s better for Grandma to stay here for the night."

Mr. Qin nodded. "I know."

He turned to his younger daughter-in-law. "Mingxue, there’s nothing more to do here. You should go home, too. You have school tomorrow."

"I’m fine. I’ll wait a little longer."

Fu Mingxue planned to wait the two hours for Gao Lan to wake up before she left.

Seeing her mind was made up, Mr. Qin didn’t press the issue.

He went to his mother’s hospital room first.

When his mother saw him, she asked anxiously, "How is Gao Lan? Don’t you dare hide anything from me."

"Mom, Wenzhe’s wife is okay, but... the baby’s gone. And... she won’t be able to have children in the future."

He watched his mother carefully as he spoke, terrified she wouldn’t be able to handle the shock.

Thankfully, his mother didn’t faint again.

She was silent for a long moment before letting out a long sigh. "How are that mother and son supposed to face each other from now on?"

’The fact that Gao Lan can no longer have children... the one most hurt by this is my granddaughter-in-law herself.’

’If she can’t accept it, if she can’t get past this, what will happen?’

’Even though my great-grandson didn’t mean for it to happen, the Qin family has still failed her.’