The outcome was just as Xu Youning expected.

  In less than two minutes after Dongzi’s car drove away from the hospital, Lu Boyan’s car stopped at the basement of the hospital.

  At the same time, Tang Yulan woke up in the ward.

  In the past few days, Tang Yulan had been brutally tortured and she even had difficulty breathing.

  She felt that she had slept for a long time. When she was half-awake, she recalled that Xu Youning had returned to Kang Ruicheng.

  Youning was pregnant with Sijue’s child. How could she return to the Kang family?

  After she went back, would Kang Ruicheng let Sijue’s child live?

  If anything happened to Xu Youning and the child, how would Tang Yulan face Mu Sijue, who was her scion, in the future?

  In a flustered state, Tang Yulan woke up and found herself in the hospital. She quickly looked around, but she saw neither Xu Youning nor Mumu.

  The nurse immediately noticed that Tang Yulan had woken up. She adjusted the infusion rate and asked, “Madam, how are you feeling? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”


  “Where’s Mumu?” Tang Yulan did not care about herself and added, “He’s the child who sent me here.”


  When Tang Yulan was on the way to the hospital, she had not been very lucid.

  However, she remembered very clearly that Mumu had always been by her side.

  “That child was taken back by a man,” the nurse said, “but he asked me to contact Doctor Xiao. So, your family should be arriving soon.”


  Before Tang Yulan could say anything else, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, followed by the voices of Lu Boyan and Su Jian’an.

  “Mom!”


  “Mom!”


  Su Jian’an rushed over like a child who missed her mother badly. The moment she saw the frail and skinny Tang Yulan, who was on the hospital bed, her eyes turned red.

  In her impression, Tang Yulan was a graceful and adorable older lady. She had been never that aged and weak like what she was now.

  The culprit for this older lady’s change was Kang Ruicheng!

  Su Jian’an half squatted by the bed and held Tang Yulan’s hand tightly. “Mom, how are you feeling now? Are you feeling bad?”


  Tang Yulan smiled and motioned for Su Jian’an not to worry. “The doctor has treated my wounds. I’m okay.”


  “Mom,” Lu Boyan walked over, looked at Tang Yulan and said, “I’m sorry.”


  Tang Yulan knew why Lu Boyan apologized. He felt that he failed to protect her.

  She shook her head and said, “Boyan, it’s not your fault. It’s my fault for being careless and trusting the Zhongs so easily.”


  Zhong Lue was sent to prison by Lu Boyan, so it was conceivable that the Zhong family hated the Lu family.

  However, Tang Yulan still had a trace of trust in their sincerity. She went to see Zhong Lue’s aunt unsuspectingly and set herself up as Kang Ruicheng’s hostage.

  Thinking of this, Tang Yulan continued, “Boyan, in fact, I’m sorry to have troubled you.”


  “Mom, don’t say that.” Su Jian’an directly disagreed with her. “If you insist on saying that, you should also blame us for not protecting you.”


  Su Jian’an looked extremely serious.

  Tang Yulan could not help smiling. She compromised and said, “Well, anyway, I’m back. Let’s not blame ourselves. It’s all Kang Ruicheng’s fault. We’re all only victims.”


  Not only Su Jian’an but even the nurse next to them was amused by Tang Yulan’s words.

  It was rare to see such an optimistic elderly lady.

  Seeing that Tang Yulan’s mental state was pretty bad, Lu Boyan looked at the nurse and said, “Please take me to the attending doctor.”


  The nurse could not resist such an incomparably handsome man’s request, and she nodded and gazed at Lu Boyan with an infatuated look. “Okay, please come with me.”


  Before leaving the ward, Lu Boyan glanced at Su Jian’an.

  Su Jian’an understood and nodded. “Go ahead. I’ll take care of Mom.”


  Lu Boyan and the nurse left, leaving Su Jian’an and Tang Yulan in the ward.

  Tang Yulan patted the bedside. “Jian’an, have a seat. Don’t squat.”


  Su Jian’an pulled a chair over and sat down. She asked softly, “Mom, these days, what did Kang Ruicheng……”


  Tang Yulan already guessed what Su Jian’an wanted to ask, and she interrupted her with a smile. “Kang Ruicheng hates me so much, so it is inevitable that he abused me. However, I’ve gone through the ordeal and I’m fine now.” The elderly lady then changed the topic. “How are Xiyu and Xiangyi doing? I haven’t seen them for many days. I miss them.”


  Su Jian’an said, “They are very obedient. I will bring them to the hospital to see you some time.”


  Tang Yulan waved her hand and said, “It’s winter now. Don’t bring them here. Besides, the hospital is not a good place to visit. It’s good that they are obedient. I can still see them after I leave the hospital.”


  Su Jian’an did not insist and suddenly thought of Xu Youning.

  Before today, Su Jian’an had always thought that Xu Youning would give birth to her child and stay with Mu Sijue forever.

  However, two hours ago, Ah Guang suddenly contacted her and Lu Boyan, saying that Xu Youning left after being taken to the hospital by Mu Sijue.

  Ah Guang did not know what had happened.

  So Lu Boyan contacted Mu Sijue, but the latter refused to disclose the truth. He just asked Lu Boyan to pay attention to the movements of Kang Ruicheng’s men, for the whereabouts of Tang Yulan would probably be revealed today.

  Not long after that, Dui Fang called them excitedly to say that Kang Ruicheng’s men were sending Tang Yulan to the hospital.

  At that moment, Lu Boyan and Su Jian’an did not care about anything else and drove to the hospital immediately.

  Indeed, Tang Yulan had been sent to the hospital, but Xu Youning was nowhere to be seen.

  “Mom, I have something to ask you.” Su Jian’an then asked her. “Have you seen Youning today?”


  Tang Yulan motioned for Su Jian’an to help her raise the bed and said, “I was just about to tell you this. Youning…… has returned to the Kang family.”


  Su Jian’an was stunned and quickly asked, “Mom, did you ask Youning why she went back? Sijue only told us that Youning had left. He refused to say anything else.”


  “Youning was also acting weird.” Tang Yulan sighed. “I asked her why she went back and told her that it was too dangerous to stay with Kang Ruicheng. But she said that she didn’t love Sijue and didn’t want his child. She also said that if Sijue hadn’t trapped her, she would have returned to the Kang family a long time ago.”


  Su Jian’an blurted out, “Impossible! No one will abandon their own children. Also, it’s impossible that Youning doesn’t love Sijue!”


  “I can also see that Youning must have feelings for Sijue.” Tang Yulan looked like a guilty and restless child. “Jian’an, do you think that Youning went back to the Kang family just to save me? If so, it’s not worth it to sacrifice the lives of Youning and the child.”


  “Cousin, Auntie Tang!”


  Xiao Yunyun suddenly pushed open the door of the ward and rushed in.

  Su Jian’an immediately noticed that something was wrong.

  If Yunyun came here just to see the elder lady, she would not be in such a hurry or be so panicky.

  “Yunyun, what’s wrong?” Su Jian’an asked.

  Xiao Yunyun took a deep breath and immediately continued, “I came from the private hospital. A gynecologist there told me that Boss Mu had taken Youning to the department of obstetrics and gynecology in the private hospital this morning.”


  “The department of obstetrics and gynecology? It must have something to do with the child in Youning’s belly.”


  Su Jian’an suddenly had a bad feeling. “Yunyun, what else did the doctor tell you?”


  Xiao Yunyun suddenly hesitated. She looked at Su Jian’an and then at Tang Yulan, not knowing if she should say it out.

  After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Yunyun finally told the truth. “The doctor also told me that the child in Youning’s belly has no vital signs……”


  “How is that possible?” Su Jian’an suddenly stood up and looked surprised. “Why?”


  Xiao Yunyun sounded even more hesitant. “.……The doctor said that it could be due to Youning having taken some medicine.”


  “Impossible!” Su Jian’an said firmly, “I can tell that Youning wants the child. Besides, the child is her only relative. It’s impossible that she doesn’t want her child!”


  “I…… I don’t know,” Xiao Yunyun said anxiously and innocently. She suddenly thought of Tang Yulan and ran over, asking, “Auntie Tang, how are you feeling?”


  “Youning asked Kang Ruicheng to send me to the hospital. I’m fine now.” Tang Yulan patted Xiao Yunyun’s hand. “Don’t worry.”


  “That’s good.” Xiao Yunyun breathed a sigh of relief. “Youning…… Youning…… Damn it, how could Youning ask that bastard? Did she go back to the Kang family?!”


  Tang Yulan closed her eyes, which meant that her answer was yes.

  “Dam……” Xiao Yunyun was about to swear again, but in the end, she just asked in confusion, “How could this be? Isn’t Boss Mu obsessed with Youning? How could he be willing to let Youning go?”


  When Xiao Yunyun was still confused, Su Jian’an had almost put the whole picture together.

  Mu Sijue found Xu Youning took medicine to induce an abortion, so he took her to the hospital for a checkup. After the doctor confirmed his guess, he was very disappointed with Xu Youning, but he was reluctant to kill her, so he could only let her go.

  It made sense.

  However, Su Jian’an found it highly unlikely.

  First of all, the biggest doubt was that it was impossible for Xu Youning to kill her child with her own hands.

  What happened at the very beginning? What did Mu Sijue see before completely losing his mind?

  “Cousin,” Xiao Yunyun said faintly and ethereally, “I think that something is wrong.”


  “I think so.” Su Jian’an put down her bag and told Xiao Yunyun, “Stay here with Auntie Tang. I’ll go find your cousin-in-law.”


  “Go ahead.” Xiao Yunyun knew that Su Jian’an went to Lu Boyan definitely because of Xu Youning and Boss Mu. She added, “I hope Boss Mu and Youning can be together. Otherwise, who else can control Boss Mu?”


  Su Jian’an left the ward in a hurry and ran into Lu Boyan and Mu Sijue.

  Mu Sijue should be here to visit Tang Yulan.

  Su Jian’an went straight to Mu Sijue and asked, “Sijue, why did you suddenly take Youning to have a checkup? If I remember correctly, there is still some time before her next pregnancy checkup.”


  She had to first figure out the reason for Xu Youning’s return to the Kang family.

  Because the whole thing was probably triggered by a misunderstanding.

  But Mu Sijue did not want to talk about that again.

  Unfortunately, even he had no way to refuse Su Jian’an.

  Mu Sijue replied lightly, “She took Mifepristone & Misoprostol pills.”


  After all, Su Jian’an used to be a medical examiner. She knew the medicinal purposes of Mifepristone & Misoprostol.

  She was surprised and quickly grasped the point. “Sijue, did you see Youning taking the medicine with your own eyes?”


  She deliberately emphasized the words “with your own eyes” to force Mu Sijue to recall if he did.

  Mu Sijue did not answer. He looked intently at Su Jian’an and said with displeasure, “Jian’an, why are you asking that?”


  “Well, I’m not questioning your reply,” Su Jian’an said in a hurry, “I just suspect that there is a misunderstanding between you and Youning……”