She forced a stiff smile and turned away.
Madam Rong slightly curled the corners of her mouth, turning to the clerk and saying, "From now on, keep the clothes I want immediately set aside; don’t hang them out."
"Yes, Mrs. Rong!" the clerk nodded tremulously.
Mrs. Du stormed back to the hospital, and upon seeing her daughter lying pallid and lifeless on the hospital bed, she suddenly felt a wave of sorrow and threw herself onto her, wailing loudly.
"My dear daughter, why is your life so miserable? Why have you still not woken up? When exactly will you wake up?"
She shook her daughter’s body vigorously, crying until she was hoarse and exhausted.
Seeing Du Ruoxin like a soulless rag doll, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped her.
"Ruoxin, if you have any spirit, wake up for me now! If you don’t wake up, your life is over. Your glory and wealth, the person you love, your future, everything will be gone!"
Old Master Du was frightened by her behavior and quickly pulled her away, asking angrily, "Have you lost your mind? The child is ill, why are you hitting her?"
"If she doesn’t wake up, I might as well beat her to death!"
"What has gotten into you?"
Mrs. Du cried out loudly a few times before angrily saying, "Today I ran into Madam Rong, she told me that Lin Xinlan, that cheap woman, is pregnant! She’s pregnant, and if she bears a child for Rong Shaoze, what status could Ruoxin possibly have in the future? Rong Shaoze is a liar; he clearly said he would not have Lin Xinlan bear his child and would marry Ruoxin immediately once she woke up. But now, he’s let that cheap woman get pregnant, and whether he will marry Ruoxin later is up in the air!"
"What?" Old Master Du’s face underwent a drastic change, "Such a thing has actually happened?!"
"Do you think I’m lying to you?"
"They’ve gone too far; I’m going to settle this with them!" With that, he was about to dash out.
Mrs. Du quickly pulled him back, trying to calm him down, "Calm down. Let’s just vent our anger behind closed doors and not make a scene in front of them. We still don’t know what will happen to Ruoxin. If we offend them now and Ruoxin’s future is ruined, what then?"
"Are we just going to let this go? Not only did Rong Shaoze marry the perpetrator who harmed Ruoxin, but now he’s allowed that woman to become pregnant. How do you expect me to swallow this?"
Mrs. Du scoffed coldly, "Do you think I can swallow it? Have you forgotten that we’ve already upset Rong Shaoze last time? If we make a scene now, he will like us even less. What if he gets angry at Ruoxin and refuses to marry her? Right now, we can’t do anything but pray that Ruoxin wakes up quickly. After all, Rong Shaoze promised us he would certainly marry Ruoxin."
Her deep gaze settled on Du Ruoxin, as if conveying a message by thought, and beneath the covers, Du Ruoxin’s hand twitched slightly.
Lin Xinlan glanced over a few pages of the novel, then could read no further.
She tossed the book aside, staring boredly at the ceiling, her face clearly expressing how bored she was.
Rong Shaoze opened the door and came in, catching sight of her expression and couldn’t help but chuckle.
She quickly adjusted her face and picked up the book to continue reading.
"If you can’t read on, then don’t force yourself." He took the book from her and placed it on the nightstand.
"Are you very bored?"
"Mhm." She had been lying in bed for several days, unable to move or do anything. Of course, she was bored.