Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“You don’t need to pay attention to him,” Chandler said.
“But the favor he asked me for was to give him a ring with a red and blue gemstone if I ever saw one at the Hunter family’s place. He also said that the ring wasn’t worth much, he just wanted it as a keepsake,” Tina said. “Have you seen this ring before? Does it have any special meaning?”
To Chandler’s surprise, his face changed when he heard this. “Did he say anything else?” he asked.
Tina pursed her lips and replied truthfully, “He also mentioned the issue of the gu worms and why I have to have a child.”
Chandler’s face turned pale and his eyes were fixed on Tina. “What did he say exactly?” he asked, his voice trembling.
At that moment, Tina felt like his voice was shaking.
“He said that I have to have a child and that the placenta can be used as medicine to completely get rid of the gu worms in your body,” Tina said.
Chandler’s face had turned gray and defeated.
She now knew all of this.
He had planned to explain everything to her when the time was right.
But now… everything had happened so suddenly.
“Don’t you have anything you want to say to me?” he avoided eye contact, afraid to look at her.
Tina blinked. “I think it’s better for us to have a child sooner rather than later. If I get pregnant, I can take a break from school and continue my studies after the child is born. Besides, I’m already of legal age to get married and have children. It’s all good!” she said eagerly.
Chandler was stunned, looking at Tina with surprise. He never expected her to say something like that after learning the truth about having a child. She didn’t seem angry at all, but rather… eager to have a child with him!
“Do you know what you’re saying?” he asked.
“I know,” she nodded. How could she not know when she had said the words herself?
“Now that you know the truth, aren’t you angry? Aren’t you furious? Why aren’t you blaming me?”
Chandler yelled, suppressing his emotions.
“Because I’m really not angry or upset,” Tina said. “When our families arranged our engagement, it was because I’m a curse breaker and IIunter can save me and my mom. So it was a mutually beneficial transaction from the start!”
The terms of the deal were clear from the beginning, so she didn’t feel like she was being used.
“And you’ve been so good to me all these years,” Tina continued. “Besides my parents, you’ve been the person who’s been with me the longest!”
“That was just using you!” Chandler said hoarsely, avoiding her gaze again. “I just… wanted you to like me, wanted to slowly cultivate a relationship with you, wanted you to not be able to leave me…”
She didn’t say anything.
There seemed to be a silence in the air.
He laughed bitterly, “You must think I’m despicable, wanting to use your feelings to tie you down since before you were even born…”
“But I don’t think it’s that despicable,” Tina’s voice rang out again. “Although you wanted to use feelings to tie me down, the feelings you put in were not fake!”
She knew better than anyone how he had treated her over the years.
She could tell whether it was true or false!
“On the contrary, I think it’s pretty good. Fortunately, you could sense me when I was still in my mother’s womb, fortunately I have this constitution, so my mother and I could be saved, and I could survive! And then there’s you, accompanying me all the way…”
She spoke sincerely, every word like a warm current, flowing into his heart, extinguishing his anxiety, panic, and pain….
Chandler stared at her in a daze. He had imagined many times what her reaction would be when she found out the truth.
Even if she wanted to cut ties with him now, to leave him forever, he was mentally prepared for it!
But he never expected her to describe his purpose as “pretty good,” to describe this deceitful relationship that had a purpose from the start with those words!
“In my opinion, there is no such thing as liking or loving someone for no reason in this world. Just like how my parents love me because I am their daughter, and I love them because they are my parents,”
Tina continued, “If you are good to me because I am the one who can remove the parasites from your body, then I think by now, there must be more than just that reason. If you don’t have any other feelings for me, then you should be thinking of finding a way to marry me soon and have children as soon as possible!”
Instead of postponing the wedding date again and again!
Chandler’s lips trembled, “Do you…blame me for deceiving you?”
Tina said, “I don’t think it’s deception. You were planning to tell me the truth in the future, and not to use other lies to cover up this truth, so…um, it can only be considered that you didn’t tell me earlier.”
The warm current surging in her chest accumulated more and more, as if it was about to overflow.
“Moreover, I am happy that if we have children, we can save you. You won’t have to endure that kind of pain all the time in the future.”
Tina said, a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips, she was really happy about this.
Chandler suddenly hugged Tina.
“Tina…” His hoarse voice, with a hint of choking, escaped from his throat.
How could he not love such a woman?
He had been by her side since she was a baby.
Even though his initial purpose was just to survive in the future, her cheerfulness, her brightness, and her frankness gradually attracted him.
To the point where he was addicted and unable to extricate himself.
If his life was supposed to be dark and painful, then her existence was like a beam of sunlight, shining into his world.
“I’m here,” she said, raising her hands to hug him back.
“Tina…Tina…” he murmured her name over and over again.
It turned out that she was really his redemption. Not just because she could keep him alive, but because she made him “want” to live, to spend a longer future with her.
That night, Chandler held Tina tightly, even when they went to sleep, they were still embracing each other.
Of course, for Tina, the regret was probably…they only hugged all night and didn’t do anything else!
In the following days, Tina felt that since she knew how to relieve Chandler’s pain, she should put childbirth on the agenda.
“Pfft!” Eugenia sprayed her milk tea out of her mouth in the campus cafeteria.
Tina looked disgusted, “Come on, do you have to be so exaggerated?”
Eugenia wiped the milk tea stains with a tissue and said, “That’s because you’re being too exaggerated. You’re planning to have a baby with Chandler? How old are you? You’re not even married yel.”
“We can take our time with the marriage, having a baby is more important.” Tina waved her hand nonchalantly. “Besides, I’m already 20 years old, my body is capable of having a baby!”
“…” For a moment, Eugenia felt speechless, as if this friend of hers always made her unable to speak.
“How can we increase the chances of getting pregnant? I read online about the ovulation period and timing.” Tina muttered.
“Come on, I haven’t even had a baby yet, why are you asking me this?” Eugenia rolled her eyes. She had no idea about these things!
“Right.” Tina nodded in agreement, realizing that she had asked the wrong person. She stood up and said, “Well, I’m leaving now. See you.”
“Hey, where are you going?” Eugenia asked quickly.
“Of course, I’m going to find someone who has given birth to ask,” Tina replied.
“What?” Eugenia was surprised. “Do you really want to have a baby so carly?”
“Did you think I was joking earlier?” Tina waved her hand, made a goodbye gesture, and turned to leave.
Watching her friend’s back, Eugenia couldn’t help but whisper, “What is Tina thinking?”
She wants to have a baby now? She hasn’t even graduated from college yet!
Tina originally planned to ask Veronica, after all, she was already a mother!
But then she thought again, it seemed that Veronica and Mason’s child was also accidentally conceived, so asking her wouldn’t be of much reference value.
What she wants to know now is how to get pregnant as soon as possible!
So, Tina went directly to the hospital and made an appointment.
She originally planned to make an appointment with a regular gynecologist, but then she thought, what if she has a difficult pregnancy? So she made an appointment with the infertility department.
To be safe, she also made an appointment with a specialist, which cost 200 yuan.
While waiting in the rest area, Tina was amazed by the number of people there.
Most of them were women, with a few accompanied by men.
Tina finally found an empty seat and sat down to wait for her turn. A woman next to her struck up a conversation.
“Young lady, are you here for infertility treatment?” The woman was surprised to see someone as young as Tina.
“Yes,” Tina replied calmly.
“You don’t have to worry so much at your age. If you still haven’t had a child in a few years, it’s not too late to come back then,” the woman said.
Tina thought to herself, “Not too late? If I wait a few more years to have a child, it will be too late. I want to get pregnant tomorrow!”
“Or maybe you want to have a child quickly to win a man’s heart!” The woman looked Tina up and down. “You…are you unmarried and hoping to use a child to secure your future?”
Seeing that Tina didn’t respond, the woman thought she had guessed correctly and continued, “If that’s the case, you might end up regretting it. I have a friend from my hometown who did the same thing. She thought that if she had a child, the man would marry her out of obligation. She even secretly poked holes in the condoms to get pregnant. But in the end, even after she had the child, the man still didn’t marry her. He married someone else instead…”
The woman was trying to tell Tina that having a child doesn’t guarantee marriage.
But Tina’s attention was focused on the idea of poking holes in condoms!
Why hadn’t she thought of that before?
If Chandler really refused to let her get pregnant early, she could use this trick!
But for now, the most important thing was to learn about getting pregnant as soon as possible from the doctor.
Finally, it was Tina’s turn. The doctor was surprised to see someone as young as 20 seeking infertility treatment.
It was rare for someone so young to seek infertility treatment.
However, in response to Tina’s concerns, the doctor patiently answered her questions and ordered some tests for her.