Chapter 21: I’m afraid it can’t be kept. When did the illness start? What kind of illness was it?…
Meng Huan really didn’t want to communicate with this slow-reacting person, but he still needed the other party now, so he had to patiently ask, “Wen Xi, you should be able to go out now, right?”
The latter nodded, “Yes, I can.”
“Then please do me a favor and go out to buy some abortion medicine.”
As he spoke, he walked to the dressing table and rummaged through the drawers, taking out hairpins, forehead bands, jade pendants and other items, holding a large handful of them in front of Wen Xi, “Help me, these are all for you.”
He had no gold or silver on him, but he thought these ornaments should be worth quite a bit of money and should be enough to motivate a servant to do something.
However, after hearing his request, Wen Xi didn’t even dare to look at the handful of ornaments and knelt on the ground without a second word.
“Young master, don’t think too much!” In his perception, being able to conceive the mistress’s child was simply a stroke of great luck, and any sane person would look forward to the birth of the child. The young master must have been desperate to not want it.
“Young master, if you have any grievances, just say it out. Don’t be angry with the child…”
“Child, child, that’s all you have in your mouth besides this. It’s just a lump of flesh now… What am I telling you this for? Just tell me if you can help me or not.”
Meng Huan threw the ornaments on the table and pulled Wen Xi up by the arm.
Then he said, “If you can’t do me this favor, then go back to where you came from. I never needed a servant here anyway.”
“Young master…” Wen Xi squeezed out a few tears. He had worked so hard to stay, and now being sent back, everything would be over. But even if he wanted to help, he couldn’t.
“Male abortion requires the permission of the wife. As a servant, I can’t possibly buy the medicine if I go out. I really can’t help you.”
Can’t buy medicine without the wife’s consent? What kind of ridiculous rule is this? Do men not even have reproductive freedom in a female-dominated society?!
Seeing him not saying anything, Wen Xi was about to kneel on the ground again, “Please don’t send me away, I…”
“Alright, alright, it’s not your fault if you can’t buy it. Get up quickly.”
Meng Huan shooed him out and thought about what to do in the room. He wouldn’t just resign himself to carrying the child without medicine. That would be a fool’s act.
Abortion shouldn’t be a difficult thing, right? In modern times, he had also accompanied his girlfriend a few times. When people came out of the operating room, their faces might be a bit pale, but they basically recovered in a day. It should be similar to donating blood.
He pondered and gradually had an idea.
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On this side, Wen Zhaoyin left angrily, but she didn’t forget to chat with the physician. After all, the child in Meng Huan’s belly was also hers. She couldn’t ignore it just because she was angry.
The two walked and talked.
“My little concubine was sick some time ago and only recovered after some recuperation. His body is a bit weak now. I don’t know if it will affect anything?”
The Wen family had a dedicated physician, but that physician took a leave of absence to return to his hometown after examining Meng Huan. The one in front of her was not a resident of the Wen residence, so Wen Zhaoyin had to communicate with her.
The physician’s steps were a bit slow, “When did the illness start? What kind of illness was it? Was any medicine used?”
Wen Zhaoyin couldn’t say that Meng Huan was starved by her own servant, so she just made up an excuse that Meng Huan had a weak body, and then estimated, “About half a month ago. Pei Lan, tell the lady about the previous prescription.”
After Pei Lan finished reciting the prescription, the physician’s expression changed.
She said in a heavy voice, “My lord, I’m afraid your husband’s pregnancy can’t be kept.”
“There is an ingredient in that prescription that, although it can nourish the body, is very harmful to the fetus in the womb. But the nourishing effect of that medicine is the best, so many physicians will use it for physically weak males who are not pregnant.”
“And to determine whether there is a pregnancy through pulse diagnosis, the fetus must be at least a month old. Half a month ago, the fetus was not showing, so the physician who adjusted your husband’s body felt at ease to prescribe the medicine.”
“This child may be fine now, but will gradually weaken and die in the womb at five or six months.”
After explaining the cause and effect clearly, the physician sighed, “This child cannot be kept.”
“It was I who harmed the child…” Wen Zhaoyin felt a little sad. If she hadn’t insisted on Meng Huan drinking the tonic, would this child have been fine?
Seeing her like this, the physician could only comfort her, “My lord, it’s not your fault. It’s just not meant to be.”
“But now your husband’s body is indeed not very good. It’s not suitable to miscarry too early. He needs to take seven days of tonic first to condition his body. If you trust this old woman, I will write down the prescription now.”
Wen Zhaoyin’s entire state was not very good. She directly let the physician give the prescription to Pei Lan, while she herself slowly paced in the corridor.
She didn’t know if the child was a girl or a boy. At first, the father didn’t want it, and then it was because of a medicine… Sigh.
She wiped her face, her emotions calming down a bit. Looking up, she saw Wang Gui, who was beside her father, walking towards her.
Wang Gui came forward to pay his respects, and then said, “Mistress, the patriarch heard that young master Meng is pregnant and is very relieved. He sent this servant to find you to talk.”
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My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
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