Running Away While Pregnant with the Villain’s Child - Chapter 32

“So, Auntie and Uncle, you mean to say that you also believe this child is mine?” Pei Junzhuo looked at her blood-stained hands, feeling her consciousness begin to waver.

Heh, who could possibly accept this?

Her girlfriend, whom she had been in love with for so long, suddenly vanished, only to reappear at the moment of childbirth.

“To be honest, Auntie and Uncle didn’t quite believe it either. But Ranran insisted it was yours, which means…”

At this point, Papa Luo nearly broke down in tears.

“We were afraid Ranran had been mistreated by someone, but she was unwilling to face it, so she kept believing it was yours,” Mama Luo added, her face etched with grief.

The three of them paced outside the operating room, the expressions on their faces grim.

“No matter what, I can guarantee you that Ranran has never done anything untoward with anyone else.”

Mama Luo sighed; truthfully, even she felt what she was saying sounded absurd. This scene looked far too much like she was colluding with her daughter to deceive another young woman.

“I don’t believe Luo Xingran would do such a thing, but the situation is indeed surreal. Therefore, I want to hear it from her own mouth when she comes out.”

Pei Junzhuo’s eyes were deep as she stared at the red light above the operating theater. Her logic, her mind, and her very body were telling her how terrifyingly intoxicating love could be. To step into the trap of love was to be doomed, falling into an abyss.

Yet, she had only lowered her head to catch a faint whiff of the rose’s fragrance, and she was already dizzy, lost in a trance, unable to control herself. In the end, she could only willingly fall into this net woven of roses.

She wouldn’t believe anyone else in the world saying this, but she wanted Luo Xingran to tell her personally. Even if she were to fall into an abyss of lies, Pei Junzhuo would only fall into the trap set by Luo Xingran.

No one could believe something that defied common sense. As long as Luo Xingran survived, Pei Junzhuo would be willing to drink this cup filled with the venom of lies and find it sweet.

When Luo Xingran had been brought in earlier, the expressions of the doctors and nurses were grim. After all the procedures were completed, the doctor informed them of the severity of the situation.

Massive postpartum hemorrhaging of unknown cause—it was likely to claim Luo Xingran’s life. Only by performing surgery to find the bleeding point and successfully suturing it would she have a chance to survive.

Hearing this, Papa and Mama Luo could barely remain standing. In the end, they had to support each other just to sign the consent forms.

Standing in the corner, Pei Junzhuo could only witness it all. Lacking any legal status, she didn’t even have the right to sign for Luo Xingran. At that moment, she thought: Live, Luo Xingran. As long as you live, nothing else matters.

Inside the operating room, Luo Xingran felt groggy. After the anesthesia was administered, she felt strange. Initially, she couldn’t feel any pain, but gradually, a bizarre sensation began to emerge. It felt as if there were two versions of herself inside her body; they had different memories, personalities, and backgrounds, yet their souls were identical.

These two selves were completely different. One was bright and sunny, naturally fearless. The other was cautious and timid, terrified of losing the meager things she possessed.

Struggling at the threshold of life and death, Luo Xingran finally remembered everything.

She remembered that she was the original owner of this body. But because she loved Pei Junzhuo and would only choose her, refusing to ever love Li Dan, time was rewound. Her soul had been cast into another world to become an orphan.

Clearly, those mysterious forces hoped this would make her feel inferior, so that Li Dan could descend in the posture of a “savior.”

How ridiculous. The way these ghostly things tried to make a girl love Li Dan was by crushing her self-confidence and attempting to break her pride.

And during the years she was in the other world, the Pei Junzhuo and the parents of this world had been waiting for her.

In a flash of insight, she understood. The reason she was lying in the operating room now was the “Will of the World” playing tricks. It seemed the World Consciousness hadn’t expected that even after becoming an orphan in another world, she still wouldn’t love Li Dan.

Given a second chance, despite different memories and personalities, the one she loved was still Pei Junzhuo. No matter the circumstances, she chose that same soul.

Luo Xingran was a “hard bone”; she would never accept a single shred of such an arrangement.

As she thought this, the voice of the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao echoed in her ear.

“As long as you fall in love with Li Dan, I will let you give birth to this child safely. If you refuse, I will let you die in unbearable agony.”

The voice of the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao was sinister. With a snap of its fingers, Luo Xingran felt an indescribable pain radiating from her abdomen.

The doctor, who had just delivered the baby, saw Luo Xingran breaking into a thick sweat from the pain and frantically called for the anesthesiologist.

“This shouldn’t be happening! She felt nothing during the C-section just now. With this dosage, it’s logically impossible. Increase the anesthesia immediately!”

As the anesthesiologist moved, Luo Xingran felt the sensation of pain lessen slightly. She opened her eyes, staring directly at the presence before her, forcing her lips into a stubborn smirk. “I will never follow your arrangements. Even if I die here today from the pain, I will not live a ignoble life just to survive, handing my life over to you.”

The Pseudo-Heavenly Dao seemingly didn’t expect Luo Xingran to be so stubborn and glared at her viciously.

“Even if you don’t do it for yourself, think of your parents,” it said craftily, attempting to play the family card to make her yield.

Hearing such a reason, Luo Xingran only wanted to laugh.

“If I die, my parents can still go on living. If I truly surrender, it would only mean all their years of effort were in vain. Cowards who fear death have always been people like Li Dan, never me.”

Luo Xingran’s gaze was resolute. After she finished speaking, no matter how the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao threatened or enticed her, she didn’t utter another word.

Seeing her defiance, the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao increased her pain. Waves of agony caused physiological tears to stream from her eyes, and she bit her lip until it was nearly shredded.

“Look at such a beautiful little lady. Your lips should be redder than the berries on a tree, and your eyes brighter than the stars at midnight.”

“Why bother? Why make it so hard on yourself? Just marry Li Dan, and you will be the perfect eldest miss of the Luo family.”

“No one will mock you for being a lesbian; you won’t have to endure the judgmental stares of others. Accept it. Accept Li Dan. Accept your fate.”

The Pseudo-Heavenly Dao used an extremely seductive tone to persuade her, as if marrying Li Dan would solve everything. Luo Xingran looked at it coldly, completely unmoved.

Marriage is never a way to solve problems; it is a machine that generates them. Using marriage as an escape is the most foolish choice.

Seeing the cold, disgusted look in Luo Xingran’s eyes, the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao knew its plan had utterly failed. It gave a cold laugh and said in a low voice, “This is your choice. Don’t regret it!”

Luo Xingran watched as it tore open the wall and produced a silver heavy hammer out of thin air.

“No… no! NO!” Luo Xingran began to tremble violently, nearly losing control of her body.

“Run! Run! Get away!” Luo Xingran struggled, wanting to get off the bed, but her body felt limp and she couldn’t move at all.

The surrounding doctors and nurses heard the sounds coming from her mouth, and their expressions grew even more serious. The patient was hallucinating, and it appeared the pain had not subsided. The anesthesiologist, breaking into a cold sweat, hurriedly called their superior for help.

However, all Luo Xingran saw was the wide, malicious grin on the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao’s face.

Thud.

The sound didn’t hit her ears; it hit her heart.

Blood spurted out, accompanied by the light fading from Pei Junzhuo’s eyes. She couldn’t even make a sound before she collapsed directly to the ground.

Seeing this, Luo Xingran felt a pain in her heart far more intense than the pain in her body. Her tears fell slowly as she watched the motionless Pei Junzhuo, feeling as though her own soul had suffered the same heavy blow.

With a crack, she felt her soul shatter into a pile of fragments.

The pain was indescribable. Luo Xingran felt as if her entire being had been torn apart. She watched her lover lose her life before her very eyes, yet she could not move.

The Pseudo-Heavenly Dao walked toward Luo Xingran step by step, carrying the blood-stained hammer. Blood trailed on the ground, like a cold, metallic river.

“The one you love is gone. You can only love Li Dan now.” The Pseudo-Heavenly Dao stood before Luo Xingran, looking down at her on the hospital bed with fresh malice.

“Hahaha… In your dreams! Never!” Luo Xingran’s eyes were filled with fury. She was stubborn and unyielding, like a female eagle that would never bow its head.

Hearing an answer so contrary to its expectations, the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao’s face darkened instantly.

“You will yield eventually. You will yield.” It even considered turning Luo Xingran into an imbecile, then forcing the Luo parents to marry their daughter to Li Dan. As long as her consciousness didn’t exist, resistance wouldn’t either.

Just as it prepared to implement its plan, it suddenly sensed an anomaly in the void space.

“Luo Xingran, you cannot run, nor can you escape this fate.” The Pseudo-Heavenly Dao planted a psychological suggestion in her mind and hurriedly left the hospital.

Outside in the hallway, the Luo parents watched as Pei Junzhuo, who had been sitting perfectly fine, suddenly collapsed to the floor.

The scent of blood filled the air, and a sense of suffocation instantly gripped everyone’s throats.

“Pei Junzhuo!” Papa Luo stared at the fallen girl, his eyes wide with shock.

“Doctor! Doctor! We have a patient here!” Mama Luo shouted, disregarding all decorum. Nurses and doctors rushed over, placing her on a gurney and rushing her into the emergency room.

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