WBSGVS Chapter 81 V1

The news of Song Dongyun being rushed to the hospital spread from the brigade to Dujiacun, and by the time it reached Qingli’s ears, several days had passed.

Aunt Xiu Hong clicked her tongue, her face filled with fear. “Oh my goodness, that’s awful! She fell right on the doorstep while pregnant! That child is definitely lost!”

Another aunt who had come with Aunt Xiu Hong sighed with regret. “Yes, I heard she’s already two months along. It might even be a boy. This was her first child, too!”

Aunt Xiu Hong continued, “What a shame, she hurt herself so badly. I’m afraid it’ll be hard for her to get pregnant again after this…”

She glanced at Qingli, her expression tinged with concern. “Luckily, you didn’t end up with Xiang Lifeng. How could she have fallen like that? I think it was the fault of those three kids.”

She still remembered what had happened at the wedding, and now with Song Dongyun in trouble, she couldn’t help but make the connection. After all, how many people fall like that in their own homes?

Qingli usually listened to gossip but rarely commented. Today, she just smiled, concealing the coldness in her eyes.

The reason the original host had been schemed against was because she had been handling three children on her own.

But even with Xiang Lifeng home all this time, he still let something like this happen. It was too much!

Was he just a decoration?

Qingli couldn’t help but wonder how Song Dongyun was doing now.

She was restless. Just as she had promised to help Song Dongyun before, this situation was partly her fault. Although Song Dongyun had been blinded by love and stubbornly insisted on entering this marriage, her fate wasn’t supposed to be like this.

If she had lost the baby because of those two children, with her parents treating her like an object and the Xiang family likely not supporting her either, it would be tragic.

Luckily, Qingli now could help.

However, before Qingli could make her move, Xiang Lifeng had returned from his trip. Upon hearing the devastating news, his legs gave out in shock, and he was immediately rushed to the hospital.

Song Dongyun was in the inpatient department.

When the door to the ward opened, the usually gentle and beautiful girl was lying pale on the bed. Zhang Cui was by her side, smiling awkwardly, trying to encourage her to eat more.

But Song Dongyun turned her face away, her bitterness evident, not wanting to engage with Zhang Cui’s attempts at flattery.

As she turned her head, she saw Xiang Lifeng standing in the doorway.

Tears instantly flooded her eyes.

Xiang Lifeng’s heart ached. He rushed over, looking disheveled, his face unshaven from several days without shaving. He had a faint smell of sweat, guilt, and anxiety written all over him as he spoke, “I’m sorry! It’s my fault. I should have stayed home to take care of you…”

Zhang Cui awkwardly withdrew her hand, not daring to look at her son. With an awkward smile, she said, “You two talk. I’ll leave.”

Xiang Lifeng didn’t think much of it, nodding and sitting in the space his mother vacated, looking at Song Dongyun with guilt and tenderness.

Song Dongyun slowly said, “I’m not pregnant. This time, it’s my tailbone that’s fractured.”

“Not pregnant?” Xiang Lifeng was shocked, but his face soon lit up with joy. “Really? You didn’t lose the baby?!”

Song Dongyun nodded.

Xiang Lifeng relaxed completely, then asked, “Well, how bad is the tailbone injury?”

Song Dongyun wiped away her tears, her expression complicated. “It’s serious.”

“We’ll take good care of you. Don’t worry about the money. I earned quite a bit on this job,” Xiang Lifeng immediately said.

Song Dongyun couldn’t stop more tears from falling, feeling aggrieved as she asked, “Do you know how I fell?”

Xiang Lifeng’s brow furrowed. He suddenly felt that something was off, a sense of unease creeping in. But he didn’t show it, shaking his head. “I don’t know.”

Song Dongyun looked at him, feeling even more wronged. He didn’t know anything and looked so innocent, but if it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have ended up like this. She cried out, “It was your two kids who spilled oil right outside my door!!!”

Everyone in the room froze in shock. The sounds of conversation stopped immediately, and all eyes turned to them.

“What?” Xiang Lifeng was stunned. After realizing the meaning of her words, he jumped to his feet, shocked. “What do you mean, they spilled oil?”

Song Dongyun vented all her frustrations, no longer caring about anything else. She just wanted to express her emotions and cried even louder. “Xiang Lifeng, your two children are terrifying! If I had been pregnant, they would have caused me to lose the baby for sure! They’re too scary! I can’t stay in your house anymore. Let’s divorce! Wuwuwu…”

Xiang Lifeng’s face turned pale. In a panic, he reached out to touch her, but as soon as his hand moved, she pulled away. He felt helpless, trying to soothe her. “Don’t worry, let’s talk slowly. What happened? I had no idea. Did you misunderstand? Dabo and Erbao are mischievous, but they wouldn’t do something like this! They’re still kids after all…”

“They’re not kids! They’re monsters!” Song Dongyun had calmed down a bit but was enraged once she heard his explanation. She yelled again, and when he fell silent, she sobbed, “I thought they were just spoiled and misled by others, but they did something like this. Wuwuwu…”

After the fall that day, she had been in so much pain that she broke into a cold sweat and almost fainted.

But fortunately, she had screamed so loudly that a neighbor heard and rushed over to help her. They tried to lift her, but her tailbone hurt too badly, and she couldn’t put any weight on it.

In desperation, the neighbor went to call Zhang Cui.

Upon hearing that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, Zhang Cui panicked and screamed, causing everyone nearby to hear and know that Song Dongyun had fallen and lost the baby.

A vehicle from the brigade happened to be there, and losing the baby was a big deal, so they used a tractor to take her to the town.

When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor took one look and dismissed the idea of a miscarriage. The real problem was her tailbone!

The fall had fractured her tailbone, but that injury was far less severe than a miscarriage.

When Song Dongyun woke up again, she was lying in the hospital bed. After she understood her situation, she felt nothing but relief.

At the time, she had assumed she was pregnant because her period was late, but the owner’s original body wasn’t in good shape. Though her periods had been regular for a few months, occasional delays were normal, and she had misunderstood.

After feeling relieved, Song Dongyun began to feel something was wrong.

Recalling what had happened at the wedding, she subconsciously suspected the two children.

She had passed that spot by the door countless times—how could she have fallen?

The memory of falling was too horrifying. Just thinking about it made her shiver, but it also helped her remember clearly: she had slipped!

In the countryside, the ground was made of dirt, no tiles or wooden boards. It was hard to slip under normal circumstances.

But she was certain she had slipped a short distance before her body fell backward, fracturing her tailbone. Her left leg had even swollen from the impact.

To confirm her suspicions, she checked her shoes despite the pain.

Thankfully, she had worn cloth shoes when she left. The person who brought her to the hospital hadn’t taken them off, as people at the time were thrifty and didn’t think to dispose of dirty shoes. The soles of her shoes had oil stains.

The land had been pressed solid, and normally it wouldn’t turn into mud unless it was soaked with water, which caused it to soften and seep into the shoes.

And she had seen the two children outside her door when Xiang Lifeng left. She hadn’t paid attention then, but now it all connected—what more did she need to know?

Once she confirmed her suspicions, she felt a cold shiver run through her body.

Though the constant trouble caused by the three children over the past few months had made her lose her natural affection for children, especially for the two older ones, she never expected them to do something like this!

If she had been pregnant, it would have been murder!

They were too terrifying!

Sóng Dōngyún, tearfully, confessed the things she had been silent about to Xiàng Lìfēng, then asked, “I can’t live with them anymore. Will you choose me, or them?”

She held a small hope in her heart—if he could choose her over the children, their marriage might still continue.

But the chance of that was slim.

If she could, she wouldn’t want to go this far, but living under the same roof with those two children, she feared she might not survive the next day.

As a modern woman, though she admired a well-built body and liked Xiàng Lìfēng, and even though she disliked his two older children, she never considered leaving—nothing was more valuable than life!

Choosing between her life and the children was her final bottom line.

Zhāng Cuì was probably busy running between the hospital and home, so she knew the situation and was feeling particularly guilty. However, Zhāng Cuì had always been kind to her, and though Song Dongyun didn’t want to unload her negative emotions on her, she remained cold and indifferent.

Only when Xiàng Lìfēng returned did her tightly wound nerves begin to relax. After all, in this marriage, the man before her was her support.

She had finished speaking, but Xiàng Lìfēng was struck to his core, his face turning pale, and his throat felt like it was clogged, unable to speak.

Dàbǎo and Èrbǎo had done this?

A chill ran down his back, and his heart was filled with both anger and panic. He looked at Song Dongyun with a plea in his eyes.

This decision was too hard.

Song Dongyun silently met his gaze, her expression one of resolve and determination as she waited for the answer.

Xiàng Lìfēng’s heart sank, and avoiding her gaze, his eyes dropped to the floor. He reached out and took her hand.

Song Dongyun didn’t have time to pull away before he held her hand. A pang of sorrow hit her heart, and she almost cried again.

Xiàng Lìfēng, in a hoarse voice, said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know things were like this. Wait for me to come back; I’ll give you an answer.”

Song Dongyun’s tense heart suddenly calmed. After all, it was difficult to make a father believe his children were capable of murder.

Facing Xiàng Lìfēng’s evasive answer, she bitterly smiled and said, “So you don’t fully believe me yet and need to check the situation. Let me ask you this: if they are like this, what would you do? Would you abandon them and never live with them again?”

Xiàng Lìfēng couldn’t answer. He looked at her sadly, saying, “I know this has hurt you a lot, but they are my children. As their father, I must raise them and be responsible for them.”

He couldn’t just abandon the children, especially the youngest, Sān Bǎo.

Song Dongyun, feeling hopeless, withdrew her hand. Grateful that she came from the future and dared to divorce, she said softly, “I understand. You can take care of them.