CHAPTER 460: CHAPTER 462 MISCARRIAGE

At that moment, Xia Xiao even considered whether or not to give Yuhua the "Divine Water" to save her child.

But Yuhua wanted to terminate the pregnancy. Even if she used spring water, she wouldn’t be able to save it, let alone cause the child more suffering.

Xia Xiao felt conflicted at this moment. Over at Xianghong’s side, as she boiled the medicine and came over to check, she exclaimed, "How could you be rolling around? Lie down and stay still."

"It hurts." Tears streamed down Yuhua’s face as she cried, the pain was for the loss of her child as well.

Xianghong blamed herself, "How could I have not thought of this? If I had known, I wouldn’t have let you eat wood ear mushrooms and amaranth, which can easily cause a miscarriage."

Jiazhi turned pale, "Mom, what should we do now?"

Xianghong said, "I’ll go and prepare the medicine, an antiabortifacient, to see if we can save it."

Yuhua had eaten a lot, not just in one meal, and the fetus was less than two months old, a particularly vulnerable time. How could it possibly survive?

Xia Xiao’s mind was also in chaos, but the children kept running over and disturbing her, especially little Weilin, who, upon seeing Yuhua in bed crying out in pain, also teared up, looking at Xia Xiao and asking, "Auntie, is my mom going to die?"

"No, she’s just sick." Xia Xiao’s mouth twitched as she comforted Weilin, "Grandma is treating your mom now. Weilin, take your brothers to play over there, okay?"

But little Weilin didn’t want to leave: "Auntie, I want to stay and watch over Mom."

Xia Xiao didn’t know what else to say. By now the medicine was ready, and Xianghong had brought it over, blowing on two bowls back and forth to cool it down.

When the medicine was cool enough, they called Jiazhi to feed it to Yuhua. But as soon as Yuhua drank it, she immediately vomited it up, getting it all over Jiazhi.

Xianghong exclaimed, "Why did you vomit? You need to swallow it, drink it again, don’t waste it."

"Mom, I feel nauseous." Yuhua said.

"There’s a little left, drink it quickly, I’ll go prepare some more." Xianghong also felt frustrated. The antiabortifacient surely needed to be ingested to be effective, vomiting it out served no purpose.

Xianghong left again, and Jiazhi anxiously stayed by Yuhua’s side. Xia Xiao couldn’t bear to watch anymore, sympathizing with Jiazhi. At that moment, she also found Yuhua rather annoying.

In her heart, Xia Xiao thought that they should just respect Yuhua’s wishes. If she wanted to leave, then let her leave, if she wanted to go back to the city, then so be it. In the future, she would find someone better for Jiazhi.

Xia Xiao couldn’t stand to watch any longer and turned to go to the kitchen. Xianghong was still boiling the medicine and turned to Xia Xiao, "Mom, can I help?"

"No need, just look after Weilin and Feiyang and Feiyue and Feiyi," Xianghong shook her head.

Xia Xiao didn’t insist, and as she left the kitchen, she saw Guoqiang had returned and asked Xia Xiao, "Where’s your mom?"

"She’s in the kitchen." Guoqiang nodded and headed toward the kitchen.

Xia Xiao thought that Guoqiang still didn’t know, but he would surely find out upon entering the kitchen. As Xia Xiao passed Yuhua’s room, she glanced inside and heard Jiazhi rush out shouting, "Mom, Yuhua is bleeding a lot."

Xianghong was also anxious, reboiling the medicine dregs before bringing them out and saying to Jiazhi, "Quick, cool it off and feed it to her."

Zheng Xianghong held Sun Yuhua’s wrist, her expression growing increasingly grim, while Sun Yuhua took a sip and spat out half, infuriating Xia Xiao as well. It was far too distressing for the family.

"Yu Hua, do you really want to preserve the pregnancy or not? If you do, just gulp down the medicine in one go; otherwise, stop sipping and spitting it out like this," Xia Xiao couldn’t hold back and spoke up seriously, truly unable to bear Sun Yuhua’s torturous behavior.

"Xia Xiao, what do you mean by that? This is my child, how can I not want it? But my stomach is upset and I can’t keep it down, can you blame me?" Sun Yuhua’s eyes reddened and she burst into tears, weeping.

Gao Jiazhi, watching most of the medicine being vomited, also sighed heavily, saying to Sun Yuhua, "It’s getting cold, just drink it down in one go, endure it and it’ll be fine."

"Whimper." Sun Yuhua’s lower abdomen continually ached, her tears flowing more and more, and her crying intensified, which also made Xia Xiao very angry.

At last, Sun Yuhua managed to drink down the last of the medicine, but much had already been wasted.

Zheng Xianghong said, "I’ll brew some more." Zheng Xianghong also dared not brew too much, fearing it would be too time-consuming. Thus, she brewed one bowl at a time, not anticipating that Sun Yuhua would nearly vomit it all out.

Xia Xiao really wanted to tell Zheng Xianghong not to bother, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it; it was something she just couldn’t say.

After much commotion late into the night, Sun Yuhua finally miscarried as expected. After checking her pulse, Zheng Xianghong sighed deeply, announcing the miscarriage, which made Gao Jiazhi unable to help but get teary-eyed.

Gao Guoqiang also sighed, adding, "You both are still young, get healthy, and there will be children in the future."

No one could expect to sleep well that night. Weilin was sleeping over at Xia Xiao’s place. Xia Xiao, seeing Weilin sleeping restlessly, gently stroked her back and sighed.

Feeling distraught, Xia Xiao then went into her space. Shitou said, "You know, don’t you? What’s there to be so upset about?"

"It’s because I know that it hurts. If I didn’t know, it probably wouldn’t hurt as much." She just watched Sun Yuhua go through an entire act of miscarrying without exposing her. How could she not be upset?

"She didn’t want the child, she could have said so. Or she could have waited until no one was home to take care of it on her own, however she wanted, without making a big scene and troubling everyone. I’m really angry today," Xia Xiao said.

"Why do you care about what she does? It’s her own choice," Shitou said.

"Do you know if the baby she carried was a boy or a girl?" Xia Xiao asked.

"Don’t know," Shitou replied.

"If she remarries someday and has both sons and daughters, even leads a good life, she probably won’t regret it. But if she doesn’t, she probably will regret it. I really don’t understand her. Gao Jiazhi has been working so hard, studying for the college entrance exams with her in mind, and yet she doesn’t want the child. Can you imagine how much it would hurt Gao Jiazhi, even though the timing for this child was off, there was still a chance," Xia Xiao sighed again, gently stroking her own belly, as she herself was pregnant. Seeing Sun Yuhua like this made her feel very uncomfortable. If Sun Yuhua’s child had come earlier, or perhaps the year before, things might have been better, but alas, that fetus and Sun Yuhua were not meant to be.

Sun Yuhua had a miscarriage and was recuperating in confinement. Zheng Xianghong and Gao Jiazhi both tended to her while Sun Yuhua lay in bed reading a book.

Seeing Xia Xiao coming in, Sun Yuhua said, "Xia Xiao, could you pour me a glass of water?"

"It’s not like it’s cold water, you can get up and pour it yourself." Xia Xiao ignored Sun Yuhua, observing her comfortable demeanor, tempted to throw in a sharp remark but then reconsidered. She didn’t want to argue with Sun Yuhua, preferring she just leave, not wanting to make a fuss with her.

"I don’t feel well," Sun Yuhua said.

"I’m pregnant," responded Xia Xiao, leaving without another word to Sun Yuhua.