In that moment, Gu Meng was touched by Fu Cheng’s words.
In the past few months, she had felt as though she had fallen into a freezing abyss. It was almost suffocating.
Fu Cheng’s sudden appearance was like a ray of sunlight, shining on her and giving her a hint of warmth.
However, she was afraid that she would implicate him.
He was one of the few people who treated her well. If his entire life was ruined because of her, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
Gu Meng hugged her swollen abdomen with both hands. She prayed nonstop in her heart, hoping that they would be able to leave smoothly.
Fu Cheng had taken a side road. When the loud hailing of the police cars trailed from the main street, Fu Cheng glanced over through the car windows. All he saw were the many police cars that had filled the main road. Traffic police wearing yellow vests were standing at the road junctions, as though they were on the lookout for a major criminal.
Fu Cheng furrowed his eyebrows.
He hadn’t expected Ye Qing to give his orders so soon.
Fu Cheng sped up.
The car fell exceptionally silent, as the two held their breaths.
Gu Meng’s palms were filled with sweat.
Nervousness, panic, fear… All sorts of emotions intertwined in her chest.
After driving for several more minutes, a lorry suddenly appeared from the opposite side of the hill as they headed downhill. As the roads were too narrow, one vehicle would have to stop and give way to the other.
However, that lorry didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping.
Fu Cheng stepped on the brakes, wanting to slow down. However, the brakes seemed to have stopped working, and stepping on it didn’t work at all.
Seeing that lorry approach them, Fu Cheng kept stepping on the brakes. However, the car sped down and wouldn’t stop no matter how hard he stepped on the brakes.
Gu Meng also realized that something was wrong.
“Brother Fu, what’s wrong?”
“I think the brakes are broken.” A thin layer of cold sweat covered Fu Cheng’s forehead.
Seeing that Fu Cheng had no intentions to stop, the driver of lorry in front of them hurriedly stepped on the brakes. However, it was too late. That SUV crashed into the front of his lorry at a high speed.
The lorry driver shouted angrily. “F*ck! Are you crazy?!”
Seeing the car lose control completely, Fu Cheng said with a trembling voice, “Xiao Meng, protect your stomach. I’m sorry. I don’t know why the brakes would spoil—”
Gu Meng hugged her abdomen tightly as her heartbeat thumped faster and faster. All of her blood seemed to have frozen. She was extremely terrified, not for herself, but for her child and Fu Cheng.
It was alright if anything happened to her. But nothing should happen to Fu Cheng and the child!
The child was about to come into this world. No matter how she hated Ye Qing, she never wished for anything to happen to her child!
This was the baby she had been pregnant with for 37 weeks!
With the car failing, the moment it hit the lorry, Fu Cheng turned the steering wheel toward the side where he was in order to minimize the impact on Gu Meng.
However, the brakes did not work and it was a downhill road. The speed was too fast and the moment she hit the front of the truck, Gu Meng’s head hit the window and her body was thrown forward before she bounced back heavily.
Her mind fell completely blank. A warm liquid trailed down from her forehead and drenched her lashes. She blinked her eyes as her vision blurred…
“Brother Fu, Brother Fu…” She called for Fu Cheng, who was in the driver’s seat. However, no matter how she called for him, he didn’t respond at all.
Her heart clenched into a tight ball.
She undid her seatbelt and moved her body. She was about to check on Fu Cheng when a sharp pain trailed from her abdomen. A warm liquid gushed out from under her.
Gu Meng was in so much pain her facial features were crumpled together. She felt as if she had been thrown into the sea, thrown around by the waves, and her ears started to ring sharply. Then, a sharp wave of pain overwhelmed her, as if she had been shot with ten thousand arrows!
She widened her mouth, panting heavily.
Baby, nothing can happen to you! Nothing can happen to you!
Mom was the one who erred. Mother shouldn’t have escaped with you!
Tears filled Gu Meng’s eyes. She wanted to shout for help but her throat was completely dry.
Wave after wave of warm liquid rushed out from beneath her and she felt as if her life was going to end right then.
Her injured forehead was still bleeding nonstop. Her pale face and the bright red blood surrounding her was a pitiful sight.
She leaned against the seat weakly and helplessly, her hands still hugging her abdomen.
She seemed to be losing her consciousness.
A cold and sharp face appeared before her. She opened her mouth and said hoarsely, “Ye Qing, come and save our child. I won’t fight with you anymore. I won’t fight anymore…”
…
The lorry driver sat in his vehicle, dumbfounded for a good while.
When he regained his senses, he jumped out of the car in a panic.
When he saw the state of the SUV, he slapped himself.
The man in the driver’s seat was lying over the steering wheel motionless. He didn’t know if the man was still alive.
The lorry driver then glanced behind him. Seeing a pregnant woman whose lashes were fluttering slightly and whose face was covered in blood at the back, the lorry driver took out his phone with trembling fingers and hurriedly made an emergency call.
…
Gu Meng was in so much pain that her eyes could barely open.
In her muddled consciousness, she felt someone carrying her out of the car.
She felt pangs of pain in her abdomen, as though something was being detached from her body. The bed under her was soaked in bloodied water as a thick metallic scent filled the air around her.
A nurse’s voice sounded by her ear. “Take a deep breath and don’t fall asleep. If not, both you and the child will be in danger.”
She couldn’t let anything happen to the child! Nothing could happen to the child!
She didn’t know how long had passed, but it seemed as though she had been pushed into a surgery room.
“Your water bag has broken. You have to hold on and persevere to give birth to the child…”
Gu Meng wanted to muster her strength to push her child out. But her consciousness seem to float further and further away as the seconds passed. She couldn’t hear what the doctor and nurses were saying into her ear anymore.
“The placenta has detached. You have to give birth to your child with your own strength. If you faint, both of you will die.”
She felt really miserable and she had to urge to simply free herself…
However, she thought of the baby that had yet to be born and had yet to see this world. She couldn’t collapse…
She did her best to widen her eyes. Tears filled her eyes and it felt as though her entire world was shaking. But she couldn’t give up like this.
Gu Meng clenched her hands into tight fists and followed the doctor’s instructions. Inhale, exhale… A hoarse, broken cry left her throat. “Ah!”
The nurse who helped Gu Meng to wipe away the blood and sweat on her forehead couldn’t help it as her eyes reddened at the sight of the weak Gu Mengmeng doing her best to give birth to her child.
A mother’s love was really great.
This was the most amazing and capable young mother she had ever seen!
“Come on, you can do this. You can do this!”
Gu Meng mustered her strength once more as she shouted with a hoarse voice, feeling like her whole body was about to tear apart…
Finally, she heard the doctor say, “The baby’s out.”
She let out a sigh of relief. She was about to ask the doctor about the baby’s condition, but everything went black before her eyes and she fainted.
