If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 745: Chapter 745: Painless Abortion (Request for Monthly Tickets)
 

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She didn’t want the bank card, nor a single penny; all she wanted was Shen Chi…

The person she loved most in this world was him and the little bun in her belly.

Tears fell onto her pillow as she gathered all her strength and, with a snap, broke the bank card in half and tossed it into the trash can.

The bank card traced an arc through the air and landed precisely in the trash can…

Shen Cexian had just left Xu Chaomu’s hospital room when Wen Zhiyuan happened to see him.@@novelbin@@

As the bodyguard was pushing Shen Cexian into the room, he stood by the door.

“Director Shen, may we have a talk?” he said, his tone indifferent.

Shen Cexian looked up and recognized Wen Zhiyuan, Shen Chi’s friend, and the family doctor of Shen Di back in the day.

“I know what you want to ask,” the piercing eyes of Shen Cexian turned towards him.

“Oh?”

Shen Cexian let out a cold laugh: “Wen Zhiyuan, if you are doubtful, come up with evidence, but don’t expect me, Shen Cexian, to draw blood again!”

“What I doubt is that for thirteen years, Director Shen, you have never questioned whether Chaomu is your daughter. Even if you had an iota of doubt, over thirteen years, you would have taken Xu Chaomu for a paternity test at least once, but you didn’t. This means you never doubted; furthermore, it means that you and Chaomu’s mother never had anything happen.”

Shen Cexian scoffed in disdain.

Wen Zhiyuan continued, “Now, you suddenly bring Chaomu for a paternity test, it must be you don’t want Chaomu to be with Shen Chi.”

Shen Cexian still let out a cold laugh, “Five years ago, I warned Xu Chaomu to stay away from Achi. So, Dr. Wen, your reasoning doesn’t stand.”

“Then why haven’t you taken her for a paternity test all these years?”

“That’s simply because I didn’t want to acknowledge this daughter!”

“But after five years, when Shen Chi started living with Chaomu, you didn’t stop them immediately, which also shows that you never doubted Chaomu being your daughter. But this time, you suddenly bring Chaomu for a paternity test, I’m afraid that it’s a plan you thought of not long ago.”

Wen Zhiyuan spoke unsparingly, hitting the nail on the head.

“Wen Zhiyuan, everything should be based on evidence. Making baseless accusations like this is hardly becoming of a gentleman,” Shen Cexian retorted sharply.

“I’m just speaking the truth. As for evidence… I’ll continue to investigate.”

Wen Zhiyuan had thought about it all night; what was lacking was nothing but evidence.

The motive for Shen Cexian to conduct a paternity test with Xu Chaomu was fully established: to prevent Xu Chaomu from being with Shen Chi.

He never believed the result of the paternity test: father and daughter, how could it be possible.

If they were truly father and daughter, could Shen Cexian hold his peace? And for thirteen years?

Yet, the paternity report showed no signs of tampering, which was the only thing Wen Zhiyuan couldn’t understand.

“Then keep looking for it!” said Shen Cexian, spare of civility, “Until you find it, please don’t come bothering me again, or I will sue your Luo Family Medical Group for disturbing the peace!”

After saying this, Shen Cexian gave a signal, and his bodyguard pushed him into the room and—unceremoniously—shut the door of the hospital room!

Wen Zhiyuan was left outside the door, his face betraying no emotion.

He shook his head and left the hospital room.

Evidence, he would keep looking.

But what he was now concerned about was not this, but Xu Chaomu.

Xu Chaomu had become so impulsive that she wanted to end the pregnancy, and her entire emotional state was very unstable.

He wasn’t particularly close with Xu Chaomu, and he didn’t know how to cheer her up a bit.

After leaving Shen Cexian’s hospital room, he thought about it and decided to buy a talking plush toy for Xu Chaomu from downstairs.

This young lady was simple-minded; despite being in her twenties, she always liked beautiful things; her world was not complicated.

She should like this plush toy as well.

She was all alone in the hospital room; the toy would be good company for her.

But what he didn’t expect was that when he returned to Xu Chaomu’s hospital room, it was eerily empty—nobody was there!

He hurriedly dropped the plush toy and rushed to the reception desk.

“Where is the patient from this room?” Wen Zhiyuan asked, unable to suppress the unease in his heart.

The reception nurse glanced into the room and said cluelessly, “I don’t know, I didn’t pay attention.”

Wen Zhiyuan held back his temper—so many eyes and not a single person could keep watch!

Xu Chaomu was very weak; how could she just wander about like this!

“Dr. Wen, I saw her as if she went to the restroom,” said a young nurse.

Did she go to the restroom? Wen Zhiyuan didn’t know.

He waited outside for a while but still didn’t see Xu Chaomu.

He began searching the hospital, and after about a quarter of an hour, he thought this wasn’t the way to search.

He simply pulled up the hospital’s video surveillance.

Sure enough, Xu Chaomu walked out of the hospital room looking trance-like. Initially, she went to the restroom, but after visiting it, she didn’t return to her room but left the hospital!

Wen Zhiyuan wasn’t wrong; she left the hospital through the main entrance!

The monitor cut off, and Wen Zhiyuan quickly left the hospital to look for her.

“Chaomu!” he called out, but no one responded to him.

He began to search, continuously asking passersby.

Soon after, he was searching frantically, sweat-soaked, but still had not found Xu Chaomu!

Wen Zhiyuan was desperate, his face showing urgency—where on earth had this girl run off to?

Even someone as calm and gentle as he couldn’t help feeling the impulse to lose his temper now!

While Wen Zhiyuan was looking for Xu Chaomu all around the hospital entrance, Xu Chaomu was walking alone on a path.

It was already evening, and the residual light of the sunset stretched her shadow long and far.

The orange hues of the sun lit up her figure, lending her face a touch of softness and tranquility.

She wore a light yellow coat and walked slowly on the street.

Her black hair cascaded over her shoulders, adding softness to her features, her complexion still somewhat pale, but her lips had regained a bit of color.

She stared at the road beneath her feet, walking silently.

Her figure in the sunset looked lonely and isolated.

When she got up from the sickbed, she felt feeble, but after walking for over half an hour, she felt much better.

As she walked slowly on the road, suddenly, she stopped.

Because she saw a small clinic by the roadside.

It was an abortion clinic, with a huge sign advertising painless abortion.

The corners of her lips twisted into a bitter smile; she clutched her phone tightly as she looked up at the sign.

Shen Chi hadn’t called her all day, and she had no desire to call him—she feared the voice on the other end of the phone wouldn’t be the one she longed to hear.

She stood at the entrance of the clinic for a while and finally, she walked in.

After answering a few simple questions, she registered herself and still chose to terminate the pregnancy.

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