Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 584 - 236: A Mother’s Ruthlessness (Part 2)
"Xiao Mei left, and for three whole days, only servants attended to me. In the bathroom, there was nobody to support me, and I almost fell several times. Rubbing the piece of rose essential oil soap that Xiao Mei gave me, I felt the fetus move in my belly. The baby’s heartbeat was so strong, I couldn’t associate it with that desperate woman. I regretted sending Xiao Mei away, so I secretly asked the driver to take me out. I wanted to find Xiao Mei and let her help me with the rose soap again. To surprise Xiao Mei, I deliberately did not inform her in advance and stopped at her doorstep. I wanted to tell her that I no longer blamed her. When I arrived at that dilapidated street, I heard the miserable cries of a woman and the hoarse voice of a baby."
"I wanted to cover my ears and close my eyes so that I wouldn’t have to see Xiao Mei crying and taking the baby in the midst. The man called Xiao Mei’s husband was berating her, calling her a whore, accusing her of carrying someone else’s bastard child, saying she’s a slut who attended men and then would serve women.
The neighbors all gathered around but nobody stopped the man; they said such beatings happened almost every few days. The gentle and considerate Xiao Mei that I knew was seen by them as an unfaithful woman who got pregnant before marriage and hurriedly married someone shortly after giving birth to a baby girl named Xiao Chi. She left the baby soon after to work as a servant for a wealthy family."
"Xiao Mei is not a whore, nor did she abandon her baby, she was just helping me. I heard the inside of the house quiet down, the shirtless man came out, spat at me when he saw me, and said, ’You’re no good either, not even aware your husband is keeping his mistress at home.’ The looks from the people around felt like needles piercing through my heart. I couldn’t speak up, I just had to run out of the crowd. It turned out that I was wrong. I had always controlled Xiao Mei, from past till now, my capriciousness and selfishness governed her."
"I don’t know how I ended up at Master Wang’s house, begging him to change everything. I wanted to give Qing Chang back to Xiao Mei, I should have known earlier that Xiao Mei loved Qing Chang too. But Master Wang said it was all too late once it happened. If what has happened cannot be changed, the only thing I can change is to prevent what hasn’t happened. I removed the Red Love, and tried tempting Master Wang with money to change his mind. Despite that, he still rejected me. Nevertheless, I refused to leave and just knelt outside, begging. Master never paid attention to me. The next day, two of his disciples came out, one was Japanese and the other had a peculiar pair of eyes. They might have felt sorry for a pregnant woman pleading outside, so they helped me aside, advising me to go home for now and saying they would try to think of a solution in a few days."
"I returned home, wanted to contact Qing Chang or Tina, I just needed someone to tell me if what I was about to do was right or wrong. But when I finally managed to contact Tina’s husband, he told me, Tina had eloped with someone, calling that contemptible East man my husband, the man I loved for over five years. And that promiscuous woman he mentioned was my good friend, Tina. This was the best answer given to me."
"When those two kind-hearted Master’s disciples found me, I had already made all the arrangements, the things they told me didn’t shock me. It turns out there really is something like life exchange in this world. To extend life by exchanging lives, they needed the strongest vessels in the world to carry my remaining life, and when Ziceng faces difficulties, they would release everything, I chose to place my hopes in the Red Love. But they said it wasn’t sufficient and needed another vessel to carry it all. I didn’t have anything comparable to Red Love at hand, so I had to put the plan on hold for the time being." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
"After I had prepared everything, Qing Chang actually came back. What made me happy was that he didn’t return with Tina. His leg was lame, and I dared not ask where Tina went. He only mentioned Tina wanted to wander alone, and conveyed Mussen’s Blessing to me. It was a beautiful set of jewelry, but I knew I shouldn’t possess all of it, so I took out a yellow diamond necklace and placed it together with the Red Love."
"The dream appeared again, this time, I didn’t see Ziceng, which relieved me. What I saw was Tina, those beautiful eyes of hers looking at me. I wanted to reach out my hand to hold hers. I held her hand, it was ice cold, no longer warm, yet her smile was so poignantly beautiful. I awoke from the dream, tears falling from my eyes for some reason, and I realized, Qing Chang was lying to me. Tina didn’t leave, she had already passed away. My friend Tina was a passionate woman, we haven’t met for many years, she once mentioned in her heart that if she ever met me again, she would give me the warmest hug, unless she died, otherwise she would definitely give me a hug as strong as any man’s."
"My friends, my lovers, one by one they leave me. Looking at the beautiful yellow diamond necklace, I know it’s time for me to make a choice. When I carefully rubbed the piece of rose essential oil soap all over the bathtub and dropped it on the floor. I heard the sound of Xiao Mei pushing the door and entering. My friend, she really forgave me again. But what awaited her was... when I fell to the ground, I felt neither cold nor anything else, I only felt that my baby had already come out."(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)
