Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 361 - 363 Song Lili, where’s the child?

Chapter 361: 363 Song Lili, where’s the child?

He looked out the window. From here to Hengyang Central Hospital, it would take at least an hour. Could he make it in time...?

It just had to be the central hospital of Hengyang District. Right now, he really couldn’t think of anyone he could call to stop that minor abortion surgery at the hospital’s family planning department...

Wen Nian looked up.

He had concocted an entire set of lies to deceive Tang Xiaocao. Perhaps even the so-called ten o’clock was false.

If she was already in the operating room, already...

The thought made Wen Nian’s scalp tingle with numbness!

"Mr. President, I don’t think Madam is that kind of person. How could she bear to end the life of her own child with you... she..."

"Focus on driving, and drive faster."

Wen Nian didn’t want to hear Qu Yu’s reassurances.

He really hoped she was like most women, with maternal instincts that wouldn’t allow her to end her own child’s life. Yet he couldn’t lie to himself. If she were like most women, he wouldn’t love her this much!

It was precisely because she was different. What others didn’t want to do, she eagerly sought; what others didn’t dare, she charged forward!

The Song Lili before the age of twenty wasn’t like this, but the current Song Lili was exactly like that!

During these four months since their reunion, her every action had told him that she wouldn’t be restrained by him, her decision wouldn’t change, not for anyone, not for anything!

But Lili, this is our child...

No, he couldn’t just sit in the car and wait!

He made a call to Minister Li of the National Health Department.

Minister Li himself was a top medical professor. Usually, any policy reforms in the National Health Department would be decided upon collectively at meetings. Mr. President personally calling him was unprecedented.

"Mr. President?"

"Minister Li, I want you to immediately tell the director of Anlin Hengyang District Central Hospital to cancel all abortion surgeries this morning. Not a single one should be performed!"

"..."

Minister Li was stunned. What kind of request was this?

"Did you hear what I said?"

"Mr. President, I heard you loud and clear. I’ll get right on it!"

He didn’t ask further, showing some tact.

Qu Yu pursed his lips and glanced at Wen Nian through the rearview mirror, "By doing this, might you expose the First Lady’s identity?"

"What identity exposure?"

"Even if Minister Li isn’t the gossiping type, your every move, Mr. President, is bound to arouse curiosity. As soon as he sees the list of surgery patients, he’ll recognize Guard Tang, and then..."

"She’s pregnant now, where could she possibly go?"

Wen Nian retorted with a stern face.

"But..."

"Qu Yu, you have half an hour."

"..."

Qu Yu immediately fell silent, speeding on the road, unsure how many times they would be captured by electronic traffic police.

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Hengyang District Central Hospital, in a ward with six beds—the one furthest inside, with the bed curtains tightly drawn.

Tang Xiaohua lay on the bed, hooked up to an IV drip. As the final bit of the solution was administered, she rang for the nurse.

The nurse came to remove the needle, cautioning her as she did so,

"Tang Xiaohua, you must pay special attention during this time. Do not touch cold water, and all the precautions are listed on the sheet I gave you."

"I know, thank you."

Tang Xiaohua smiled.

"No problem."

After the nurse removed the needle, she left. Tang Xiaohua put on her shoes, braced herself against the bed, drew back the curtain around it, shouldered her bag, and left.

As always, the hospital was noisy, even more so in the inpatient department on a Sunday.

She walked out, her mobile phone on silent in her bag, which she had not checked. A wall clock in the hospital showed it was a quarter past ten.

The path to the hospital’s main entrance passed by the gynecology operating room. She seemed to hear arguments outside the surgery, someone was saying something... Why won’t they do the surgery, the earlier group had it done, why was it that when it came to them, they were refused...

Tang Xiaohua felt a slight contraction in her chest and walked by quickly without any hesitation.

Abortion surgeries...

Almost every day, in every hospital, they took place.

There were married women in their thirties, unmarried women in their twenties, and even ignorant teenage girls...

There were a million reasons to terminate a pregnancy, and no one but the woman herself had the right or the qualifications to criticize.

She continued walking out with her bag on her back, feeling a little lost. She had no spirits left as she walked among the crowds, her thoughts drifting so much that she didn’t notice Wen Nian coming in through the entrance.

Wen Nian, wearing a mask and a baseball cap, spotted Tang Xiaohua, who was staggering as she walked!

He hurried toward her and gripped her shoulder.

Tang Xiaohua jumped, looking up to meet Wen Nian’s amber eyes, which were mixed with tension and filled with panic, her pupils shrinking to tiny points.

"Wen Nian..."

Her eyes widened, she hadn’t expected him to be here. "Aren’t you supposed to... not be back until the evening—"

"Where’s the child?"

He interrupted her to ask.

Tang Xiaohua’s face turned pale in an instant.

How did he... know?

She just stared at him in panic, not responding, and this brief silence was enough to make Wen Nian crumble.

"Where is the child..." he asked again, suppressing his emotions, his eyes fixed on her intently, his initial tension and panic now transformed into a hint of barely contained fury.

Tang Xiaohua clenched her fists tight, swallowing hard, met his gaze equally, her lips moved, but still she didn’t speak...

Wen Nian held her frail shoulder, his fist tightening.

She endured the pain that came.

Qu Yu parked his car and came in, spotting in the bustling lobby Wen Nian holding Tang Xiaohua’s shoulder, looking down at her.

Despite Wen Nian’s mask and cap, Qu Yu was concerned he might be recognized, so he boldly approached and whispered,

"Mr. President, Madam, we should get in the car first. We can talk about whatever it is once we’re in the car, there are just too many people here."

Qu Yu looked around vigilantly. This was just an ordinary central hospital in the district, and the patients were too preoccupied with their own matters, only a few people waiting in line to register glanced their way.

After all, even without showing his face, Wen Nian’s nearly six-foot frame and long legs were enough to draw attention.

"Song Lili... I’m speaking to you..."

These eight words were clearly the culmination of Wen Nian’s anger, forced through his clenched teeth!

Qu Yu was also startled, feeling that the situation was very bad, and urgently prompted,

"Let’s get in the car first, Mr. President... it’s really not ideal here..."

Wen Nian grabbed her hand and started walking out! It was almost as if he was dragging Tang Xiaohua!

Her wrist hurt terribly, and she stumbled... just with the force of his one hand pulling hers, she could clearly feel Wen Nian’s anger...

She knew in her heart that if he knew...

Then there would be no chance of reconciliation between the two.