But Qiao Hua soon composed herself.
She had already guessed that Gu Wenze would never be kind enough to let her go anyway.
His words only strengthened her resolve to escape.
Qiao Hua neither argued nor made a fuss. She simply closed her eyes and went to sleep, and her quietness left Gu Wenze somewhat unsettled.
He had expected Qiao Hua to scream and argue with him as she always had.
Gu Wenze assumed her injury was the reason for her unusual behavior. He silently wished she could always be this obedient.
Over the next few days, Gu Wenze stayed at the hospital with Qiao Hua.
Qiao Hua wished he would leave as soon as possible, but she feared saying too much would arouse his suspicions, so she had to pretend nothing had happened.
Still, staying in the hospital had its advantages. At least she wasn't locked in the basement every day, chained up.
At noon that day, the doctor came into the room with the test results. "President Gu, the baby's test results are back."
Qiao Hua's fall had caused a threatened miscarriage, and she could lose the baby at any moment. The hospital had given her plenty of top-of-the-line medication over the past few days, until she was almost sick of taking it.
Qiao Hua silently prayed.
Please let the baby be gone. Please let the baby be gone.
Gu Wenze looked gravely at the doctor, his voice carrying a trace of anxiety he hadn't even noticed himself. "Doctor, how is her baby doing?"
The doctor glanced at Qiao Hua, then at Gu Wenze, and smiled. "The fetal heart rate has returned to the normal range. You can both rest easy now."
At those words, the weight on Gu Wenze's heart lifted, and his expression relaxed considerably. "Thank