Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 1005: Chapter 1005: I Will Die with Him

"Old man, the problem you have now isn’t a major disease. You just need to go to the hospital for a simple heart surgery to solve it. If you keep dragging it out, it will only get worse. To put it bluntly, this illness can be small or big, but if untreated, it could be life-threatening.

If you go to the hospital, there’s still hope."

Dr. Zhang couldn’t bear to see a life simply give up on itself when, clearly, this surgery isn’t difficult. For surgeons like them, such a simple heart surgery is not a big deal. Even if there are complications, with careful post-operative care, the probability is very low.

It’s simply unbelievable to give up one’s life due to ignorance. noveldrama

"Stop talking, I won’t go. What good can come from being cut open? If heaven wants me dead, I won’t escape it anyway, so I’ll accept my fate."

Since the patient stubbornly chose this, no one could change his mind.

Dr. Zhang could only sigh helplessly.

Suddenly, Bai Na’s mother exclaimed.

"Child! Doctor, come quickly, the child suddenly stopped breathing."

Bai Xiao rushed over, having just heard the child’s very weak breaths.

She was already prepared to check the child, but unexpected interruptions delayed the process.

If this child faced danger because of her neglect, she’d never forgive herself. This is a life!

Her very own hands had delivered this child.

She hastily took the child in her arms. The child’s eyelids twitched, his malnourished face showing tiny, suckling-like muscle movements; his face was purplish and breathing had stopped, yet parts of his body were twitching, indicating signs of life.

Dr. Zhang put aside persuading the old man for heart surgery and swiftly joined Dr. Bai.

For a surgeon like him, these pediatric issues are indeed challenging. Even though he learned about them during school, in surgery, he mostly dealt with heart, cardio-cerebrovascular, and other patients, rarely touching newborns with such diseases.

Even now, after examination, he couldn’t pin down the cause of the child’s condition.

After checking with her special ability, Bai Xiao said solemnly, "The child has purulent meningitis. Intracranial fluid accumulation is large and has caused elevated intracranial pressure; we need to perform a subdural puncture to release the fluid."

The child’s stability was manageable as long as there was no misdiagnosis; rescuing the child shouldn’t be an issue.

Bai Na, supported by Xiaoyu, rushed over. This poor girl had held the child only once since birth. Upon seeing him again, his father wanted to abandon him, and now the child had a severe illness.

Bai Na nearly fainted.

Her trembling hands reached to hold the child, but she feared pulling him from Bai Xiao’s arms would bring fatal consequences.

Weng Jiefang, already behind her, leaned in for a glance at the child, his expression cold, with a hint of schadenfreude, as if this ailing child wasn’t his own.

"See, didn’t I say the child wouldn’t make it? You stubbornly fought me, without considering such a child; if you try to raise him, how long could he survive? He might not even last a while, yet you argue with me. Utterly foolish."

These words were colder than cold, showing absolutely zero familial affection to the child in Bai Xiao’s arms.

Bai Na abruptly stood up, turned, and slapped Weng Jiefang. Perhaps she used all her strength, for after the slap, she nearly collapsed.

Bai Na’s mother rushed in to hold her tightly.

Weng Jiefang was knocked to the ground by the slap.

Every man in the village watched Bai Na in disbelief; there were women of strong character in the village, but none would hit their man publicly like this. With one slap, Weng Jiefang lost all his reputation.

They all awaited his response.

Sure enough, Weng Jiefang picked himself up intending to hit Bai Na, but upon seeing the Bai brothers standing firmly beside her, looking fierce, he shrank back. He knew he was no match for them and could only angrily point at Bai Na.

"How dare you hit me? Is the sky falling now? Ask around the village, what woman dares strike her man? Damn it, I don’t want a wife like you, with just a pretty face, who birthed a sickly child, yet now even dares hit her own husband.

Weren’t you going to take the child and leave? Go now, and from today on, you’re forbidden from entering our household. I don’t believe it; the child is going to die soon, you have the nerve to keep him, follow him to death."

The words were venomous, no other words are needed.

Clenching her teeth, Bai Na glanced back at the twitching child in Bai Xiao’s arms.

Tears flowed freely down her cheeks as she turned away.

Her eyes full of rage before were now filled with despair.

"Fine, from this moment on, I have nothing to do with you, Weng Jiefang, and this child also has nothing to do with you. From now on, our lives are our own and none of your concern.

You all heard it, right? Please bear witness; I, Bai Na, swear to the heavens today, this child will bear my surname, Bai. I gave birth to him, but he has never known a day’s care from his father. Never enjoyed a day of happiness."

If the child goes today, I’ll go with him, to save him from walking alone on the road to the afterlife. Mother never properly cared for you. This time, I will stay with you to the end."

The despair in her words rendered everyone in the village speechless.

Those trying to smooth things over fell silent.

It wasn’t their own flesh, so they couldn’t feel the hurt. No one could dissuade a mother ready to die with her child.

Many women began quietly wiping their tears.

This predicament, who hasn’t encountered similar?

The age-old village tradition, favoring sons over daughters, with scant land, meager crops, and families often unable to feast enough.

Many families had left children on the mountain, and Bai Na’s wouldn’t be the first, nor the last.

Yet none had Bai Na’s courage to carry her child to death.

It didn’t stop them from feeling the scene or pitying themselves; Bai Na’s plight mirrored everyone’s struggles.

Several women started sobbing softly.