Rong Shaoze explained, "Xinlan, I didn’t mean to keep this from you. I was afraid you’d worry and be upset..."
"I know. But why didn’t you find out the truth before you took action? What if it was a trap?"
"Even if it was a trap, I had to go. I couldn’t miss any chance to save Xiaocong."
"..." Lin Xinlan fell silent.
Rong Shaoze’s actions really made her heart ache.
Actually, if it were her, she would also have risked everything to save Xiaocong.
"Xinlan," the man held her hand and whispered, "I know you miss Xiaocong a lot, and so do I. No matter what rumors there are, I won’t miss out. Can you understand me?"
Lin Xinlan lowered her eyes to hide the pain within them.
"I can... but you have to promise me, from now on, don’t be so reckless. I don’t have Xiaocong now, and if I don’t have you, what am I supposed to do?"
"I don’t want to hear ’I’m sorry’."
"I promise you, I won’t act recklessly in the future, I will make sure to check things out thoroughly and be sure before I act."
"I will look after myself, try my best to live on, and accompany you to the age of one hundred."
Only then did Lin Xinlan show a hint of a smile, and Rong Shaoze smiled as well, pulling her into his embrace, holding her gently, feeling extremely content.
"By the way, what about the child you rescued?" she asked.
"I had him sent back. They had kidnapped lots of kids, all of them used for training. When I went to the dungeon, seeing their pitiful state, for the first time I felt that what we do for a living really made me a bastard. Xinlan, I promise you, from now on I won’t deal drugs anymore, I won’t do anything that’s cruel and unjust. I’ll only do arms dealing, and even if I have to kill, I’ll only kill the bad guys. I want to accumulate good deeds for you, for our child... "
Lin Xinlan leaned close to him, her lips curving into a happy smile.
She never asked about the affairs of Phoenix Flame, nor did she care what he did for a living.
But now, hearing this pledge from him, she felt really happy.
Because he was no longer doing harm to others, and that was also good for his own karma.
She didn’t want one day for him to suffer retribution; she only wished for their family to live safely and peacefully.
The last time she went for prenatal checkups, Tao Hua told Lin Xinlan to come back for another checkup in half a month.
On that day of the checkup, Rong Shaoze felt extremely tense inside, yet he appeared very calm on the outside.
On the way, Lin Xinlan smiled and said, "I wonder what the checkup will reveal today. As long as the child is healthy, I’ll be relieved."
Rong Shaoze’s hand suddenly gripped the steering wheel tightly.
He really wanted to tell her seriously.
He didn’t care how healthy the child was; all that mattered to him was that she was alright.
If something happened to her, the child meant nothing to him.
In his heart, there was only her. The importance of the children could never compare to her.
But he couldn’t say these things because she valued the children so much. If she knew he didn’t care much about the child, she would surely be very sad.
At the hospital, after the examination, Tao Hua looked at the ultrasound image and furrowed his brow slightly.
He looked up at them and said, "Actually, your child isn’t even five months old yet. If you don’t want it, I can guarantee a safe abortion surgery."
Upon hearing him suddenly say this, Lin Xinlan’s heart skipped a beat, and her face turned pale in an instant.
"Dr. Tao... What do you mean by that? Is there something wrong with the child?"