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Six Hundred Thousand Shackles
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I stood in front of the hospital's outpatient department, watching parents holding their children, momentarily lost in thought as I absentmindedly touched my belly, where two lives had once flourished.
From a distance, I spotted Lu Ningyuan. Seeing him stirred a complex mix of emotions within me. It had been seven years since we parted, and the painful memories felt like an unhealed wound.
“Ningyuan, which university do you want to apply to?” I leaned against Lu Ningyuan and gently asked him.
“It doesn’t matter which university, as long as we get into the same one, let’s get married, okay?” Lu Ningyuan replied.
“Married...? Isn’t that too early?”
“Do you know how much I want to take you home as my wife? I’m really afraid someone will steal my sweet little fool away,” Lu Ningyuan teased.
“Hmph, you’re the fool. I won’t agree until you pass your exams,” I pouted shyly in response.
If... if I were to get married, it would definitely be to Lu Ningyuan. I would surely be happy. The scent of freshly laundered school uniforms filled the air, and sunlight filtered through the treetops, casting a warm glow on our youthful faces. Our occasional glances were filled with shyness and sweetness. Back then, we believed that love was everything and that as long as two people loved each other, they could overcome any obstacle.
However, fate played a cruel trick on me.
With dreams of the future in our hearts, we endured the grueling college entrance exams and finally entered university. Because we shared the same major, we ended up in the same workplace. After much negotiation between our families regarding the wedding and dowry, we eventually stepped into the hall of marriage in front of our loved ones.
Three months into our marriage, I became pregnant. Seeing me suffer from morning sickness made Lu Ningyuan anxious; his lips were covered with red blisters from stress. He juggled work while caring for me during my difficult pregnancy. He even called his mother for help, hoping they could support our little family.
“Ningyuan, you know your brother is about to graduate from university; we need to save money for his wedding and house. I can’t take care of Xiao Xia right now—what about your brother? The family is struggling; you need to figure something out,” his mother flatly refused.
In this unfamiliar place, both Lu Ningyuan and I were caught off guard by various issues during the early stages of my pregnancy. Fortunately, with mutual support, we managed to pull through and welcomed our daughter into the world. After my maternity leave ended, I wanted to return to work but had no choice but to leave the baby with my mother-in-law back home. I promised to send them five thousand a month for childcare; seeing their delighted faces stung me deeply. I had to earn money—lots of it. If we had our own house, we could hire a nanny for our little one so she could come back home. If only I had known that the day I sent my child away would be our last together, I would never have let her go—even if it meant losing the stable job I had worked so hard for over a decade.
“Ningyuan, you and Xiao Xia come back quickly; the baby is gone.” My mother’s voice trembled with tears on the other end of the phone.
Lu Ningyuan grabbed my hand and rushed me toward the airport, trembling as he thought, “The baby... gone? How could something happen to our healthy child so suddenly?”
Confused, I asked my husband, “Ningyuan, what’s wrong? Why are you pulling me? What happened?”
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