Phi-Fic Chapter 477 Could She Be Wang Aihua’s Daughter?
Chapter 477 Could She Be Wang Aihua’s Daughter?
I nearly pulled my C-section wound apart with laughter, frantically pressing the gauze on my waist. Wang Aihua, seemingly oblivious to my discomfort, continued rambling, "Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. My son had a difficult labor, and Lao Chen smoked half a pack of cigarettes outside the delivery room..." She turned around, saw me, and hurried to my side, anxiously saying, "Ma'am, is your wound hurting again? Wait while I get you some iodine and gently wipe it."
After a while, Wang Aihua quickly took out iodine and flour from a small box. She took the iodine and slowly dipped a cotton swab into the liquid. She gently wiped the wound, slowly easing the pain. She lowered her eyes, her white hair hanging down, covering half of her wrinkled face. Her movements were so gentle, as if she was mending a rare treasure. As the cotton swab rubbed the edge of the gauze, she suddenly said, "Madam, giving birth is so painful. Don't have children in the future."
After hearing this, I quickly said, "I've already given birth to six children, I won't have any more. Don't worry, I'm done eating, you can help me take care of the baby first!"
I looked at the back of her hands covered with age spots, and suddenly realized that this aunt who is always in a hurry on weekdays actually has many unknown worries.
Wang Aihua couldn't help but recount her tragic experience: "He was always gambling back then, and I always thought he would change for the better, but later he got even worse," she whispered, as if lost in memories. "I wanted to take the child and leave, but he kicked me out and wouldn't let me see the child."
My heart ached for Wang Aihua when I heard her. Her voice carried the pain of decades of wounds. Sunlight streamed through the gauze curtains, casting dappled shadows on her hunched back. I endured the pain of my wounds and gently held her trembling hand.
"What happened next?" I couldn't help but ask.
Wang Aihua tossed the used cotton swab into the trash and pulled a new one from the box. She moved slowly, as if trying to form her words. "What happened next? After they divorced, I found out I was pregnant. I had the motivation to live, but I lost the child. When I was completely desperate, Lao Chen saved me. Although we were broke, he always gave me money. Later, Lao Chen and I had a son, who is now in college. I just feel incredibly guilty about my daughter."
She dipped her finger in iodine and continued to clean my wound. I could feel her fingers trembling slightly. "I haven't heard from her in all these years. I don't know if her father sold her to gamble. I don't know what my daughter looks like now."
At this point, she suddenly raised her head, tears glistening in her cloudy eyes. "Madam, what do you think my daughter will look like now? She should be 27 years old this year. I wonder if she still remembers me, her mother..."
My heart ached as if it were being stabbed by needles, and I couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, did you...never see him again?"
Wang Aihua shook her head, tended to the last wound, and began packing her medicine box. "It's been 22 years," she whispered. "I can't find her. Maybe her gambling dad sold her out. When I asked, the neighbors said they moved. I can't even find the hem of her skirt. I don't know where my daughter is..." Her voice trailed off. "Maybe they're no longer in this city. Or maybe... he just doesn't want to see me."
After hearing this, I looked at Wang Aihua in front of me and felt so pitiful. I said, "You go out first! I need to rest. The child has been fed. Can you help take care of him for me?"
After hearing this, Wang Aihua quickly said, "Madam, I'm taking the young lady to rest. You should rest quickly, okay?" She carefully picked up the child in the cradle. The baby in the cradle was smacking its lips, and its pink face was softly glowing in the moonlight. Wang Aihua liked it very much. If her daughter got married, she would probably have children. Thinking of this, she felt uneasy. No matter how pretty she was, she was not her granddaughter. This was Madam's child, and she must take good care of her. So she carefully carried the child out of my room.
I took out my phone and called the cop. As soon as he saw my number, he quickly answered and said excitedly, "Boss, how did you know I was back? Are you planning to welcome me back?"
Hearing this, I asked in confusion: "Aren't you living well abroad? Why did you come back? Did you do something wrong?"
After hearing this, the police officer quickly said, "I recently rescued a girl in a casino. She wants to marry me, but she's looking for her family. She said her parents divorced when she was five. I felt sorry for her, so I brought her back to China to seek refuge with you. I hope you won't reject her."
My fingers tightened around the phone, the sound of a beeping note mixing with the hum of electricity drifting closer and closer. The moonlight outside the window had been obscured by dark clouds, leaving only the faint blue glow of the phone screen reflected on my face.
"Looking for relatives? Is it such a coincidence? Wang Aihua said that when she divorced her husband, her daughter was also five years old. Could that woman be Wang Aihua's daughter?
"I knew her father loved gambling. After the divorce, he didn't let her go to school and only asked her to work to earn money. When she was 18, he wanted her to marry a 50-year-old boss. He wanted a 500,000 yuan dowry so that he could gamble. She ran away, but I didn't expect to meet him again last year. Her father actually sold her to a casino. She happened to meet me there, so she married me. Isn't this thinking of you? She and I are going to join you."
After hearing this, I said, "I gave birth to another child, so you're going to be an uncle again. Where are you now? I asked Fu Sihan to pick you and your girlfriend up. After being single for so many years, someone finally accepted you."
The cop on the other end of the line burst into a hearty laugh, making the phone receiver buzz. "Haha! I knew you'd be happy for me, Boss!" His voice was filled with uncontrollable joy and excitement, as if he wanted to transmit all his happiness through the airwaves. "She and I are at the Shangyue Hotel now. She's pregnant, and I'm afraid anything might go wrong, so I've asked her to stay in bed." His words were filled with unprecedented tension and concern, as if he had transformed into a warrior protecting his lover and child. "If I weren't afraid you'd worry..."
His voice suddenly dropped, a rare tenderness in it, as if he were revealing a precious yet fragile secret: "She was just talking about how after her parents divorced, she tried to find her mother many times, but her father always beat her up." His words were filled with heartache for the girl's past. "Later, she even moved away, and now she's only back to find her mother." She knew her mother definitely loved her, and it was because of her father's gambling addiction that their family was destroyed.
After a pause, the note continued, "I have a photo of her when she was a child. Do you want me to give it to you? Send it to Fu Sihan and ask her to help forward it." His words showed his eagerness to help the girl find her relatives as soon as possible, and his anticipation for the upcoming reunion.