Chapter 444: After the change: Chapter 456 How could the child have disappeared?
Chapter 456: How Could the Baby Disappear?
Since discovering Lin Yixun’s pregnancy, Cheng Ying had been waiting for an opportunity.
Her life had been perfect, with enviable looks, a person she loved deeply, and a bright future. However, everything shattered with the arrival of Lin Yixun.
Lin Yixun had turned her life’s trajectory upside down, rendering her into this ghastly state, while Lin Yixun still thrived, living harmoniously with the man Cheng Ying loved and carrying his child. How could she bear this?
Since Lin Yixun had destroyed her life, there was no way Lin Yixun would live peacefully!
Cheng Ying hated Lin Yixun to the core, waiting for a chance to make her move, but waited and waited without success. The guards outside Half Mountain Villa prevented her from entering, and each time Lin Yixun went for a prenatal check-up, she was escorted and followed by bodyguards, leaving Cheng Ying no opportunity.
Cheng Ying waited day after day; her patience was extraordinary in this matter. She believed that even the tightest security would slip at some point, and her chance would come if she waited patiently.
Days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was almost Lin Yixun’s due date. On this day, Leng Yixiu returned to the villa early and, naturally, encountered Lin Yixun in the living room because he came back earlier than usual.
Seeing Leng Yixiu return, Lin Yixun, as usual, tried to go upstairs but was stopped by Leng Yixiu, who called out, "I want to discuss something with you."
Lin Yixun halted her steps, turned to look at him, and expressionlessly asked, "What is it?"
"The baby is about to be born; I want to give the child an identity."
Lin Yixun coldly interrupted him, "The baby is mine, it has nothing to do with you!"
"But the child is also mine. When the baby is born, it should be legitimate."
"Legitimate?" Lin Yixun laughed lightly, "How do you plan to make it legitimate?"
The man glanced at her deeply, and after a long silence, he spoke earnestly, word by word, "Yixun, let’s get married."
Leng Yixiu’s words were a huge joke to Lin Yixun. She coldly stared at the man in front of her, mocking, "Leng Yixiu, now you want to remarry me. Don’t you find it ridiculous? Five years ago, it was you who filed for divorce!"
The scene of that man tossing the divorce papers at her was still vivid in her mind; the cold word "get out" he had uttered was deeply engraved in her memory. And now Leng Yixiu was telling her, "Yixun, let’s get married."
How laughable!
"Yixun, I know that asking this now may be hard for you to accept. But Yixun, I don’t want our child to be born and immediately be labeled as an illegitimate child!"
"That’s still better than bearing the surname of our enemy! Leng Yixiu, I’ve made the biggest concession by keeping this child. Do you still want to push me? Do you think if the child someday learns their father was the one who caused their grandparents’ deaths, and their mother married their enemy just to legitimize them, how they would react?" Lin Yixun shook her head forcefully. "Leng Yixiu, regardless of the reason, I will never marry you again!"
Perhaps because she was too agitated, Lin Yixun suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach. Instinctively, she held her belly, sensing some fluid leaking from inside her body.
Leng Yixiu noticed Lin Yixun’s pale face and nervously stepped forward to support her, asking seriously, "Lin Yixun, is your stomach hurting?"
Holding her stomach, Lin Yixun looked at the puddle of water on the ground, her face filled with terror. "Leng Yixiu, I think my water just broke!"
"Your water broke?!" Hearing this, the man immediately panicked.
In a hurry, he took his phone out from his pocket and dialed Cen Lin’s number. The voice on the other end quickly answered, "Hello, what’s going on? Can’t I even eat in peace?"
"Cen Lin, Lin Yixun’s water just broke."
"Her water broke?" Cen Lin pondered over Lin Yixun’s due date; she was two weeks early. She frowned and said in a deep tone, "Don’t panic, I’ll call an ambulance right now."
Normally, going into labor a week early or late is normal. Though Lin Yixun was two weeks early, it wasn’t significantly problematic. However, considering Lin Yixun’s frail health, low weight, and knowing she was precious to Leng Yixiu, the surgery wouldn’t be easy for Cen Lin.
Though fearless, Cen Lin still worried about unexpected complications. If anything happened, she would have a hard time facing Leng Yixiu. Fortunately, the surgery proceeded smoothly, and both mother and child were safe.
As Lin Yixun hovered at the brink of exhaustion from pain, she suddenly heard the loud crying of a baby. Cen Lin then cautiously cradled a tiny, red baby and brought it to her as a congratulations.
"Congratulations, you have a baby girl."
Weakly, Lin Yixun turned her face to look at the tiny baby in Cen Lin’s arms. Despite the baby’s red, wrinkled skin, her heart filled with immense tenderness.
At this moment, her identity had transformed; she had successfully joined the ranks of many mothers.
She extended her hand, gently holding the tiny hand of her child. Uncontrolled tears flowed down her cheeks. This was her child, her flesh and blood, her only relative in this world, and she was no longer alone.
Soon, Leng Yixiu received the news as well.
When he held the baby’s small body in his arms, the usually cold and indifferent man found his eyes wet with tears.
This child was his and Lin Yixun’s. No matter how much Lin Yixun hated him, it couldn’t change the fact that they were irreversibly entangled for a lifetime.
"Why are her eyes always closed?" Leng Yixiu asked nervously.
Cen Lin rolled her eyes at him. "That’s normal; newborns are like that."
Because the baby came two weeks early, she needed to stay in an incubator for a few days. At Shengde, incubators were typically kept in a separate room, guarded by specific personnel.
However, when the nurse went to take the baby out of the incubator that day, the baby was gone.
"What, you’re saying the baby is missing?" Lin Yixun grabbed the nurse’s arm, shaking her head continuously. "No, I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it. Take me to the nursery, take me to the nursery!"
"Miss Lin, please calm down first. Our people are doing everything possible to find the baby. As soon as there’s news, we will inform you immediately."
How could Lin Yixun remain calm when the baby was lost?
Reports about human traffickers were everywhere online now. If the baby fell into the hands of traffickers, most likely, she would be sold to a remote, impoverished area. But that wasn’t the worst outcome; some traffickers were inhumane, stealing children to sell their organs.