Five years without pregnancy means you're too weak; I remarried a powerful man and had triplets

These words, simple as home-cooked porridge, landed warmly in Shen Zhiyi's heart.

She could no longer hold back, and she knelt down beside her mother's bed, bursting into tears. It was no longer the suppressed sobbing she had been, but a cathartic release of grievances, relief, and immense dependence.

Shen Haozhi walked over and gently patted his sister's back with his broad hands. Shen Ji also silently got up, walked to the bedside, and put his wife and daughter into his not-so-broad arms.

There were no more words in the ward, only suppressed sobs and the warmth of their bodies huddled together. The smell of disinfectant seemed to be diluted by the deep affection between them.

After a long while, Shen Zhiyi finally calmed down, her eyes red and swollen like peaches.

Afraid that her mother would get tired and her father would feel embarrassed, she got up and said softly, "Mom, Dad, brother, you stay with Mom. I'll go get some hot water to wash her face."

She picked up the thermos from the bedside table and left the ward.

The corridor was softly lit. She took a deep breath and felt the pent-up frustration in her chest finally dissipate with her tears.

Shen Zhiyi was carrying a kettle and was about to return to the ward when she suddenly stopped at the corner.

A figure was huddled on a row of benches at the end of the corridor.

It's Xu Zhesheng.

He kept his head down, his messy hair obscuring his eyes, and he was no longer wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but had changed into a clean white shirt and brown suit pants.

He didn't look well; one of his arms was bandaged and slung across his chest, his posture stiff and disheveled, while his other arm hung limply at his side, as if he had suffered a major misfortune.

Hearing footsteps, he struggled to lift his head.

Upon seeing Shen Zhiyi, a flicker of panic crossed his eyes: "Zhiyi...you..."

"Did you come here to laugh at me?" He stammered for a long time, but only managed to utter these few words.

The moment Shen Zhiyi saw him, she was reminded of the time she was almost forced by him the night before, so even though he was in such a disheveled state, she felt no pity for him.

She didn't want to say a word to him and turned to leave.

Xu Zhesheng rushed forward in a panic: "Zhizhi, wait a minute!"

He was badly injured yesterday. Not only was his hand broken, but he also had several unseen injuries inside. Although Lu Zichuan had someone find him the best doctor, it will still take time for him to recover. He can only walk slowly.

Seeing that Shen Zhiyi was about to leave, he hurriedly chased after her.

Then, as soon as he stood up, he felt weak in the legs due to the intense pain, and in his haste to miss, he completely lost his balance.

"Thump!"

A dull thud rang out, particularly jarring in the quiet corridor.

Xu Zhesheng fell heavily to the ground, curled up like a shrimp that had been gutted, his whole body convulsing from the excruciating pain, cold sweat instantly soaking his disheveled hair.

He tried to sit up, but his wrist, which was in a cast, was completely useless, so he could only lie on the ground in a sorry state, panting in vain.

The surrounding patients and their families all turned to look, some gasped in surprise, some stepped back, and no one dared to step forward.

Xu Zhesheng's vision blurred from the fall. Just as he was about to get up, he heard a series of hurried footsteps, accompanied by Zhang Feng's signature shrill voice, which shattered the silence of the corridor like a dull knife: "Ouch! Zhe, what happened to you!"

Zhang Feng rushed over from the pediatrics department. She had just been holding Su Manman's newborn baby girl when she heard the commotion and dropped the child to run over.

When she saw Xu Zhesheng's wrist in a cast, the bruise on his forehead with blood seeping out, and the dust on his buttocks from falling to the ground, she instantly exploded. She grabbed her son from the ground and slapped his back repeatedly. When she saw him staring at the person in front of him, she recognized him at a glance as Shen Zhiyi.

Zhang Feng rushed forward, his withered fingers gripping Shen Zhiyi's wrist tightly, his nails almost digging into her flesh. His spittle, mixed with the smell of cheap lipstick, sprayed all over Shen Zhiyi's face.

"Shen Zhiyi! You jinx, don't you have any conscience?! A-Zhe is all battered and bruised, and you just turn around and leave? Do you even have the slightest bit of a wifely demeanor?! No wonder A-Zhe cheated on you! What man could stand marrying a barren hen like you, cold, hard, and uncaring?!"

She spoke so loudly that the whole corridor could hear her, spewing out all sorts of nasty things, completely ignoring the crowd that had gathered around to watch the spectacle.

Zhang Feng got carried away with her rant and completely forgot what Xu Zhesheng had been doing yesterday, making up a nonsensical story:

"I heard that our Ah Zhe kindly went to visit you yesterday, and what did you do?! You had him beaten to a pulp! Shen Zhiyi, are you even human?! Our Ah Zhe is a director, how will he make a living if his hand is crippled?! You're a jinx who brings bad luck to husbands and families, you dare to cling to our Ah Zhe even after the divorce, have you no shame?!"

She looked at Shen Zhiyi triumphantly. Last time, with the Lu family present, she was forced to bow her head due to their power. But this time, she saw clearly that Shen Zhiyi was all alone. She was determined to make Shen Zhiyi kneel down and kowtow to apologize and avenge her last mistake.

Shen Zhiyi was inexplicably falsely accused by Zhang Feng, and all the last bit of pity she had for their family vanished.

With a cold face, she flipped her wrist and decisively broke free from Zhang Feng's withered claw-like hand, the force of which made Zhang Feng stagger.

"Open your dog eyes and look carefully! It's him who's been bothering me, not me!"

"Oh, by the way, I've already filed a lawsuit in court. The court will take over his transfer of assets. If you don't want things to get too ugly, you'd better return my share as soon as possible."

She swore, something she rarely did.

Zhang Feng froze on the spot, pointing at her and stammering "you you you you" for a long time. When she heard that the woman wanted more money, she became even angrier, her voice almost piercing the hospital.

"Shen Zhiyi, who the hell are you calling a dog! You and A-Zhe aren't completely divorced yet, and I'm still practically your second mother. How dare you insult your elder like that? Where's your upbringing? Where's your manners?!"

As she spoke, she sat down on the spot, exclaiming, "Oh my goodness, how did we end up with such a daughter-in-law!"

"We've been married for five years and haven't been able to have a child. Now they want a divorce and they want half of our assets!"

"This world is so unfair!"

She cried so hard that tears streamed down her face; her acting was superb.

But as he howled, as if suddenly remembering some winning strategy, he sprang up from the ground, his wrinkled face contorted into a triumphant shape, and he stretched out his finger almost to poke Shen Zhiyi's nose:

"Let me tell you, Shen Zhiyi! Don't think I don't know the law! I specifically asked around! Someone like you, married for five years and still unable to have a child, is considered to have concealed a serious illness before marriage! Forget about getting half the property; the court will rule that you won't get a single penny! And you'll be kicked out!"

"At that time, I'll sue your Shen family for concealing my son's illness and wasting so many years of his youth. And you'll still have to pay us back!"