CHAPTER 284: CHAPTER 284: I LOVE YOU MOST

Bian Yue was brought back to reality by Shen Jinci’s question. She stared blankly at Shen Jinci, her lips trembling lightly. After a long while, she spoke softly, "Jinci, I want to go see..."

The hospital is forever permeated with the smell of disinfectants, penetrating into one’s lungs, painfully pungent.

Outside the morgue, Bian Yue halted her steps, looked at Shen Jinci with a forced smile, and said, "Jinci, I’d like to go in alone."

Shen Jinci didn’t ask anything. He pinched her icy hand, cautioning her softly and with endless tenderness, "Okay, then I’ll wait for you out here."

Bian Yue nodded, turned around, and walked inside without a word.

The room inside was bright as daylight, with everything enclosed. A narrow bed was placed in the center, and the body on the bed lay motionless, clearly no longer breathing.

For a moment, Bian Yue’s breathing seemed to stop as well.

She bit her lip hard, using pain to reclaim some rationality as she walked step by step towards Bian Shu.

Bian Shu’s eyes were closed, her body had been tidily arranged. She lay on the hospital bed, as if merely sleeping. Bian Yue even suspected she was still breathing, just too faintly to be noticed.

The lights flickered. Bian Yue slowly lifted the white cloth covering Bian Shu’s body and saw her emaciated form beneath it.

She looked frail and shattered. Tears welled up in Bian Yue’s eyes again, but she quickly held them back and said with a smile, "Sister, have you gone to find Ji Anshen? I thought...I could keep you here."

Bian Yue sat down, took Bian Shu’s hand, trying to transfer her warmth to her, but the other’s face was ashen and motionless, oblivious to everything.

"Sister..." Bian Yue kept smiling, her voice hoarse, "It’s okay, if you want to find him, I won’t be angry. I just hope you can be happier down there, at least happier than you were with me. Okay?"

As Bian Yue reached this point, her shoulders began to shake uncontrollably. She closed her eyes tightly, then spoke again in a whisper, "Sister...this is the last time we’ll see each other. Even down there, you can’t forget what I look like..."

Outside, when Shen Zhaoli and Wen Jiao arrived, they saw Shen Jinci standing alone.

Wen Jiao rushed over, saying, "Mr. Shen, Bian Yue is pregnant, how can you let her go in alone!"

"She needs to be alone with Bian Shu, they can’t speak freely with me around," Shen Jinci paused, then looking at Wen Jiao, said, "Don’t worry, Bian Yue is not that fragile."

Wen Jiao frowned, still looking uneasily at the door behind Shen Jinci.

Shen Zhaoli came up to her and said indifferently, "You’re so impulsive. Looking all worried and agitated, if Bian Yue sees you like that, she might overthink it."

Wen Jiao retorted angrily, "Of course, you can make cold remarks. It’s not your friend, but I’m worried about Bian Yue!"

"Shen Jinci is more worried than you are."

Wen Jiao’s anger stopped abruptly.

She looked at Shen Zhaoli and, for a moment, was at a loss for words.

Then, finally, the door to the morgue opened, and Wen Jiao looked over anxiously, only to see Bian Yue’s face calm and serene, as if without pain.

"Bian Yue, are you okay?"

"I’m fine. I just said a few words to my sister. After saying them, I came out," Bian Yue smiled. She walked up to Shen Jinci, took his hand, and, under his gentle gaze, her smile grew deeper, "Jinci, I’m a bit tired, I want to go to sleep."

"Okay." Jinci Shen held Bian Yue’s ice-cold hand tightly, its surface tainted with a scent of chilliness, but Jinci Shen pretended not to notice and calmly said, "I’ll have someone bring some food over; how about you eat and then sleep, is that okay?"

Bian Yue smiled and simply nodded.

Wen Jiao was worried, but she could see that Bian Yue really trusted Jinci Shen now. Therefore, she changed her tune from her previous agitation and watched silently as Bian Yue left.

Shen Zhaoli had been observing Wen Jiao and saw her suddenly quiet down. He couldn’t help but laugh, "Just a moment ago you were blustering here, but now that you’ve actually seen Bian Yue, you’re silent?"

Wen Jiao sighed, her voice calm, "Because I realize that Jinci Shen might really take good care of Bian Yue. Seeing her, I actually felt a bit helpless. I’m really afraid of causing her trouble."

Shen Zhaoli’s smile at the corner of his lips dissipated, his brows and eyes looked complexly at Wen Jiao, but he said nothing...

When Bian Yue returned to the hospital room, she really took a nap.

She slept soundly until Jinci Shen called her to wake up and have a meal, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

"Yueyue, eat something first." Jinci Shen placed the porridge on the table beside her and helped her sit up.

Bian Yue was always cooperative, she was quiet, ate, and slept, and there wasn’t anything unusual.

But how could Jinci Shen not notice that something was off with Bian Yue’s emotions.

He said, "Yueyue, after you eat, I have something to talk to you about."

Bian Yue’s hand, holding the spoon, paused. She lowered her head and gently touched her belly, her voice very soft, "Am I pregnant?"

Jinci Shen was taken aback, his throat dry. After a moment, he said, "Yes."

Bian Yue’s eyes trembled, she put down the spoon in her hand and looked at Jinci Shen, "Jinci, I don’t know if I can take good care of her."

"I will take care of her." Jinci Shen’s voice was firm and gentle, "Yueyue, if you want, I will take care of her."

Bian Yue’s eyes reddened, her fingertips trembling, yet she still spoke with certainty amidst her intense anxiety, "I want to."

Jinci Shen never dared to hope that Bian Yue would want this child.

This unexpected child was not part of their plan.

"You want it?"

"I no longer have a sister..." Bian Yue’s eyes reddened, she said, "Jinci, this child is a blood relative, connected to me, how could I not want him."

Jinci Shen walked up to Bian Yue, crouched in front of her, took her hand, and looked up at her, "Yueyue, pregnancy is a very difficult thing, and you will make many sacrifices for this child. The physical pain you’ll undergo, it’s something I can hardly share."

Bian Yue just looked at Jinci Shen. After a while, she clasped his hand back and pressed his palm against her belly, looking at him earnestly, "Jinci, do you like this child?"

Jinci Shen, looking into Bian Yue’s clear eyes, couldn’t speak anything insincere, "Yueyue, I love you very much, of course, I’ll like our child, but your feelings are the most important."

Bian Yue bent down, gently embracing him, her face pressed against his neck, tenderly entwined, "I can feel it, I love her very much. Jinci, I’ll be a good mom, right?"

Jinci Shen felt an indescribable warmth of emotion spreading through his body, and he closed his eyes and embraced Bian Yue, "Of course, you’ll be a good mom."

Under the same night sky, Li Sihe stood in front of the rain-streaked floor-to-ceiling window, and after a long while, he lit the photograph in his hand.