Chapter 95: This Dr. Lu Wasn’t Forced to Marry Zhou Xinyue

From yesterday until now, this was the only complete sentence Lu Xiaowei had spoken.

Xie Yunshu felt as if her heart was being squeezed by a big hand — aching and sore — but she couldn’t promise anything! At most, the next time she saw Zhou Xinyue, she would give her a harsh beating. The child was still so young!

She could only steel her heart and say, “No, the child should be with his mother.”

But he no longer had a mother…

Xiaowei lifted his head, eyes red but tearless: “I’m obedient.”

Xie Yunshu turned her face away, holding his hand as they walked toward the police station. “I can’t help you, but the uncles inside can.”

At Haicheng Family Housing.

Last night, Lu Zhixing hadn’t returned home; he practically lived in the hospital 24/7 now. The once fragile and beautiful Tuweisi had overnight become like creeping vines, clawing at him until he could barely breathe.

He had thought Zhou Xinyue was understanding, kind, and gentle. Even if he had married her out of necessity, he could still divorce and try to win Yunshu back. But now, Zhou Xinyue had become someone he hardly recognized…

Today wasn’t his shift, but he didn’t want to face the mess at home. He instinctively hid away in the hospital to avoid it all.

At that moment, Cheng Fan gasped, pushing open the duty room door and exclaimed, “Brother Lu, you really are here! Sister-in-law came looking for you; she seemed anxious. You should go out and see what’s going on…”

“Yunshu came to see me?” Lu Zhixing suddenly lifted his head, his eyes shining with surprise. He hurriedly put on his coat and straightened his hair. “Is my hair messy? Are my clothes wrinkled?”

Cheng Fan’s face twisted oddly. He pressed his lips and said, “I meant Zhou Xinyue.”

Wasn’t Brother Lu already divorced from Xie Yunshu? Although the whole thing with Zhou Xinyue was messy, since they were married, shouldn’t he call her sister-in-law?

Lu Zhixing’s motion to fix his hair stopped, his face darkening. “Who told you to call her sister-in-law?”

Cheng Fan forced a smile. “Then go out and see. Nurse Zhou looks pretty worried.”

Cheng Fan was Lu Zhixing’s assistant and half a friend. He knew both Xie Yunshu and Zhou Xinyue. Honestly, he didn’t like Zhou Xinyue. When Lu Zhixing wanted to give most of his salary to her and her son, Cheng Fan had opposed it.

What man earns money and doesn’t give it to his wife, but gives it to another woman? Never mind the debts between the Lu and Zhou families—rescuing her and arranging work was enough. That should repay the favor for a lifetime!

But Lu Zhixing said something coldly to Cheng Fan at the time: “Yunshu is not that kind of person. I know clearly who belongs in my heart.”

Clearly? That was just blindness.

Later, when Xie Yunshu and Lu Zhixing divorced, Cheng Fan secretly thought she was finally freed from suffering. But he never expected that Lu Zhixing, who acted so high and mighty, would sleep with Zhou Xinyue immediately after the divorce!

Who would believe they were ever clean before?

Outside the hospital, Zhou Xinyue was crying with her face covered. She wore a wool coat, a plaid scarf, and her hair was neatly done. She didn’t look disheveled, but her crying was heartbreaking: “My little Wei is only seven years old, still so small. If anything happens to him, how will I live?”

Though everyone disapproved of her and Dr. Lu’s relationship, a mother who lost her child still received some sincere advice:

“The little Wei is obedient, he surely wouldn’t run around recklessly. Relax, maybe he’ll come back soon.”

“Quickly ask Dr. Lu to go with you to the police station. He knows many people and won’t lose the child!”

Some found it odd: “Nurse Zhou, it’s been a whole night—how come you only realized your child was missing now? Wasn’t Dr. Lu on duty last night? Why wasn’t he home?”

Zhou Xinyue sobbed, covering her face. Of course, no one knew she had argued with Lu Zhixing. After he slammed the door and left, she had beaten Xiaowei and thrown him out. She’d even torn up a new vest in anger.

After venting, she’d just laid down and fallen asleep, never thinking about a child left outside in the cold overnight. When she woke up the next day, she remembered the kid was still outside, but when she opened the door, no one was there.

She wasn’t worried about Xiaowei getting hurt—she was using this as a chance to force Lu Zhixing to feel sorry for her. A mother who lost her child was pitiable! If something happened to Xiaowei, she could manipulate Lu Zhixing’s guilt for more money to spend!

When Lu Zhixing came out of the duty room, many people surrounded Zhou Xinyue comforting her. His face was dark and voice cold: “What happened?”

Zhou Xinyue grabbed his hand, crying uncontrollably: “Zhixing, Xiaowei’s gone! It’s so cold, where else could he have gone? I’ve searched for so long… Please help me find him.”

“Xiaowei’s missing?” Lu Zhixing’s expression changed. He asked anxiously, “When did he disappear? He was fine when I left last night, right?”

Zhou Xinyue sniffled and said, “He ran out by himself, maybe looking for you…”

Lu Zhixing took a deep breath. “When did he disappear?”

How would she know?

She could only answer vaguely through tears: “Around 6 a.m., I was making breakfast. Who would’ve thought he opened the door and ran off?”

If that was the morning, it hadn’t been long since he got lost. Lu Zhixing recalled buying clothes for the child yesterday, then arguing with Zhou Xinyue—maybe that scared the child into running away alone early in the morning?

He felt some guilt and softened his tone: “Don’t worry, Xiaowei’s so good, nothing will happen to him. I’ll go with you to the police station to report.”

Zhou Xinyue leaned on him, crying pitifully: “Zhixing, if something happens to Xiaowei, I don’t want to live either!”

Lu Zhixing stiffened for a moment, then held her shoulders: “Nothing will happen.”

Everyone in the hospital exchanged a glance, thinking, So this Dr. Lu wasn’t forced to marry Zhou Xinyue after all…

At the police station, Xie Yunshu loosened a few buttons on Xiaowei’s clothes. “I found this child last night. His whole body is covered with injuries! Police officers, whether it’s the mother or someone else who hurt him, you have to do something, right?”

The policemen, many with children themselves, couldn’t bear to look at the bruised skin under Xiaowei’s clothes. “Child, tell me where your home is? What’s your mother’s name?”

Xie Yunshu lowered her long eyelashes, gently stroking Xiaowei’s hair and quietly said, “He’s timid and doesn’t talk much, but last night I heard him say one sentence. The child’s surname is Lu, and his grandfather’s name is Lu Jianshe…”