"You did it on purpose! You did it on purpose!" She was already sobbing, mostly in a spoiled tone. "You deliberately put so many things there to trip me up! I don't want to see them, I don't want this kind of compensation! You might as well feel guilty for the rest of your life!"
"You..." Yi Chunjun's veins bulged, and he was helpless. After a moment, he turned his face away. "Stop crying, stop crying..." He turned around fiercely. "Move out, move out!"
"I want to go back to my room!"
"Hmm—good! Your Majesty the Moon King!" he said resentfully, picking her up.
Xiao Ji shook her head, then suddenly burst into laughter, "The little fox is doomed! He's had his fill of sweetness, and now all that's left is bitterness."
Chapter 82 of "The Smiling Flower": A Near Disaster
Yi Chunjun paced back and forth in the open space outside, his face ashen, his teeth clenched. Zhu Liancheng frowned as well, but suppressed his worry and comforted him, saying, "Chunjun, don't worry. With the midwife and Xia Lan here, Xiaoyuan will be fine."
Xiao Yuan's cries came from the room again. Yi Chunjun's face turned cold, and he strode into the room.
Xia Lan, her face covered in sweat, turned around and saw him barging in. She quickly waved her hand and said, "Get out, get out! Young master, men can't come in."
Yi Chunjun pushed her away without even looking and rushed to the bedside. Xiao Yuan reached out her hand to him, and he quickly knelt down in front of the bed and held it tightly.
"Does it hurt a lot? Does it hurt a lot?" Beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Xiaoyuan lay on the bed, her body twisting slightly in pain. Her pretty face was covered in sweat and tears. She cried out in distress and grievance, "The child... is both ours, why am I the only one in pain! I hate you so much, I hate you so much..."
Yi Chunjun frowned, his face pale. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I won't have any more children! I won't!" he said bitterly.
Xiao Ji and Xia Lan inside the room couldn't help but laugh.
The midwife sidled up, lifted the blanket, and began to grope between Xiao Yuan's legs.
"What are you doing?!" Yi Chunjun shouted, startling the midwife so much that she stumbled and fell against the bed railing.
Xiao Ji was both amused and annoyed. "Get out of here right now! You're just here to cause trouble!"
Yi Chunjun glared at the midwife with a stern face, which frightened her so much that she shrank back at Xiao Yuan's feet and dared not move.
Another wave of pain hit, and Xiaoyuan started to cry, squeezing his hand tightly as if trying to transfer her pain to his hand.
"Yi Chunjun...it hurts so much...it hurts so much..." she groaned, tears streaming down her face.
"I...I..." Yi Chunjun said anxiously, "What should I do?"
Xia Lan didn't care about anything else and came up to push him away, "Young master, don't get in the way here! Quick, quick, see how it is!" She called to the midwife who was huddled to the side.
In his panic, Yi Chunjun was pushed and stumbled, staring blankly at Xiaoyuan crying on the bed, not knowing what to do.
Xia Lan wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Miss, don't panic. The baby is almost out. First, ask the young master to leave, and then focus on pushing the baby out."
Xiao Yuan nodded, sobbing. Not wanting Yi Chunjun to see her in such a disheveled state, she looked up at him pitifully with teary eyes. This look tore Yi Chunjun's heart apart.
"Alright, alright! Get out of here!" Xiao Ji, the only person with nothing else in the house, shooed him out like a fly.
The men were all sitting in the courtyard, their expressions varying as they watched him come out.
Lan Yanfeng shook his head, looking at him. He hadn't expected Yi Chunjun to have such a flustered and vulnerable expression. He wanted to say something sarcastic, but seeing his distraught appearance, he held back and smiled instead.
"Don't worry, what woman doesn't have children? There's no need to be so concerned." He patted Yi Chunjun on the shoulder, but Yi Chunjun frowned and didn't react.
Another scream of extreme pain escaped Xiao Yuan's lips, and Yi Chunjun tried to rush back into the house but was stopped by Pei Junwu.
"There's nothing you can do to help, just wait patiently."
"Ugh—Yi Chunjun, I hate you so much!"
Hearing Xiao Yuan's cries, everyone outside the door except for Yi Chunjun couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The baby's cries could be heard, and Xiao Yuan's screams finally stopped.
Yi Chunjun was panting heavily, as if he had just emerged from the water, his clothes on his chest and back were soaked with cold sweat.
A commotion erupted inside, and Xiao Ji rushed out in terror, crying, "Something terrible has happened! Xiao Yuan is dying! Yi Chunjun, come quickly to see her one last time!"
Lan Yanfeng gasped, but saw a sly look in her eyes. Just as he was about to say something, Yi Chunjun let out a low roar and rushed into the room like a madman.
"Oh no, something bad is going to happen!" Lan Yanfeng was alarmed. If... this was Xiao Ji's prank, then she was really in deep trouble!
Pei Junwu's expression changed, and he also rushed into the house.
Yi Chunjun's eyes were bloodshot. On the bed... her face was deathly pale, her hair soaked with sweat and clinging to her beautiful cheeks. Those eyes that had captivated him were tightly closed, and fine teardrops still clung to her long eyelashes.
"Xiao Yuan..." All his strength seemed to vanish instantly; walking to the bedside seemed to have exhausted all his energy. "Xiao Yuan..." he called her softly; this name was in his heart, in his life.
But...she lay there silently, like a beautiful, broken doll. No matter how passionately he called out to her, she would never respond, never open her beautiful eyes to look at him with a mixture of love and resentment!
In his short life, he owed her so much!
He hasn't had a chance to return it to her yet!
The baby's cries made his cold, indifferent eyes flicker for a moment, and he turned to look at the tiny infant in Xia Lan's arms. Xia Lan trembled at his gaze.
"Young Master..."
What he saw was not his child, not the tiny life that had just been born, but the wicked creature that had taken away his beloved wife! In this vast world, he wanted no one but her! Whoever caused him to lose her was his mortal enemy!
He strode forward, grabbed the swaddled baby from Xia Lan's arms, and threw it violently to the ground.
He hated him to death!