Chapter 127: So They Had Known All Along; They Were All Deceiving Her

The words echoed in Shi Runrun’s ears, over and over again...

Their child...

Then what of the one in her own womb, the one she had fought and risked her life to protect?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuezheng turned back and glared fiercely at Chi Wanwan, his gaze cold and icy. Chi Wanwan recoiled under his look, instantly falling silent, yet she could not suppress the triumphant, mocking sneer in her heart.

*Hahaha, the goal is achieved!*

*Let’s see how she can possibly stay with Xuezheng now!*

Xiao Xuezheng shifted his gaze to Shi Runrun, who had a bandage wrapped around her head. He took a step forward and reached out with a large hand, intending to touch her forehead, his voice deep and bitter: "How did you get hurt? Why can you never take proper care of yourself?"

Words that were once tender and loving now sounded like nothing but sarcasm and mockery to Shi Runrun’s ears.

Every single word...

She slammed his hand away, shrank back, and screamed at him through her tears: "Don't touch me!"

She had used every ounce of her strength for those three short words. The wound on her head felt as though it were tearing open, throbbing with intense pain, but what did that matter now?

The greatest pain was the shattering of her heart.

Her husband—when had he become someone else’s, and how had they come to have a child together?

How ironic...

No wonder he had been coming home late and leaving early these past few days, silent and withdrawn.

It was because he had a woman elsewhere and no longer wanted to speak to her or acknowledge her!

Shi Runrun found it truly laughable; she was nothing but a colossal joke!

If she hadn't come to the hospital for a checkup today, if the medical dispute hadn't occurred, if she hadn't been injured, how much longer would he have kept up the charade?

Xiao Xuezheng’s hand hung in mid-air, rebuffed. His handsome face darkened. Unable to bear the look in her tear-filled eyes, he looked away and said in a low voice: "It’s not what you think..."

Before he could finish, the hospital room door was suddenly shoved open from the outside!

A crowd of people swarmed in.

Grandfather Xiao, who was supposedly in critical condition, had actually risen from his bed in the top-floor VIP suite to come and visit.

But the object of his concern was...

"Wanwan, child! The baby? Is the baby alright? How did you get hurt?"

Behind him, Grandmother Xiao pushed the wheelchair, her face etched with anxiety. Following them were Aunt Xiao Shujing and sister-in-law Xiao Rourou.

The whole family was here.

Yes, they were the real family, and she was merely an outsider.

Shi Runrun curled her lips in self-mockery as tears streamed down her face. So, they had known all along that Xiao Xuezheng had another woman and a child.

In this whole world, she was the only one kept in the dark, acting the fool.

She was the only one... the most stupid, the most naive, knowing absolutely nothing.

Shi Runrun suddenly remembered—no wonder Grandfather had said the other day that she didn't need to be the one to give birth to the child...

It turned out he had known all along about Chi Wanwan’s pregnancy and his precious great-grandchild. In his heart, he had long since abandoned her.

At this moment, Shi Runrun felt truly redundant, completely out of place.

As the family gathered around, including the unborn child, she stood there like a complete idiot, an eyesore to them all.

They were all lying to her.

"Runrun..."

It was her aunt who noticed her first, and only then did the family’s gaze turn toward her.

Grandmother Xiao looked up, staring in disbelief at the rigid, frozen figure of Shi Runrun, and called out in astonishment: "Runrun..."

Finally, Grandfather Xiao noticed her too, but he merely knitted his brows without saying a word.

Why?

Because in his heart, she was no longer his granddaughter-in-law.

She hadn't been for a long time.

Suddenly, the vast hospital room fell into a dead silence, heavy with awkwardness.

The shocked and complex looks they cast her way were what Shi Runrun found most unbearable. It was as if they were looking at a fool.

Shi Runrun felt that she had reached a point of hopeless stupidity.

Played by Xiao Xuezheng, deceived by him, and in the end, mocked by his entire family.

She didn't want to stay for another second!

And that was exactly what she did.

She turned her head, refusing to look at them again, and enduring the sharp pain in her head and heart, she turned to leave the room.

She truly did not want to see this family for even a second longer.

She was all alone. She didn't know where the future would take her, but at this moment, she knew clearly that she did not want to remain by the side of this disgusting man!

But just as she stepped out of the room, Xiao Xuezheng chased after her!

"Runrun! Wait! Let me explain!"

That sentence again...

Explain, explain...

How many more times did she have to listen to his explanations, which were nothing more than meticulously woven lies?

Shi Runrun stopped, turned back, and looked at him with bloodshot eyes through a veil of tears. She enunciated every word: "Let go. If you don't let me leave, I will smash my head against this wall right now."

She pointed to the wall outside the room, her voice cold and tearful.

In an instant, Xiao Xuezheng’s heart jumped into his throat.

Hearing her resolve, he couldn't help but slowly loosen his grip...

Shi Runrun looked at his hand frozen in mid-air and smiled faintly. Look, this was the man she had loved to death, the man she had desperately wanted to bear a child for!

He could let go of her hand so easily...

Later, Shi Runrun would think: if she had left that day, if she had truly left him then, would it have been better?

If she had left him completely that day, all the subsequent tragedies might never have happened.

Grandfather would not have died.

He would not have died because of her.

Seeing him release her hand so effortlessly, Shi Runrun shook her head with a smile, then turned and walked away.

Xiao Xuezheng watched her petite silhouette. His mouth, opened to call her name, froze, and he found himself unable to make a sound.

The thing he feared most had happened!

Time had not been on his side. Before he could resolve this mess, she had already found out!

It was all Chi Wanwan’s fault!

The man lowered his head, his handsome face tense and freezing, clouded with a dark, heavy rage.

He strode back into the room and stood before Chi Wanwan, staring down at her coldly, his presence filled with malice: "How much longer do you intend to play these disgusting games? Do you think you can fool Grandfather with a fake paternity test and make it look real? The child you are carrying is not mine at all!"

As his words fell, the room erupted in an uproar!

The eyes of Grandfather Xiao, Grandmother Xiao, and Xiao Shujing all turned toward her.

Chi Wanwan panicked, but she quickly forced a calm, defensive tone: "Xuezheng! What are you saying? The child in my womb really is yours! I know you don't like me, but you can't slander me like this... *sob, sob*..."

She made a show of weeping.

Just then, Grandfather Xiao pushed his wheelchair forward and said in a deep voice: "Enough! You brat! Wanwan’s child is yours, my precious great-grandchild! Yesterday, I secretly took your hair and had a paternity test done at this hospital! Stop this willful behavior! I am telling you—"

Grandfather Xiao stopped abruptly mid-sentence. His breath caught, and his face turned a ghastly purple in an instant!

His breathing became labored, his aged eyes widened, and he grabbed his chest, gasping for air!

Xiao Xuezheng was the first to notice something was wrong. He rushed over, knelt down, grabbed his grandfather’s shoulders, and shouted: "Grandfather!"

"Doctor! Doctor! My grandfather is having another attack! Come quickly!"