Abstinence Admiral Don't Bite, the Softer Mermaid Top Thug

Chapter 198 Missing
"Beep beep, beep beep—"

At this inopportune moment, Jing Weimian's wristband sounded an alarm.

She ignored him, reached into the inner lining of her military uniform and pulled out a pistol, pressing it against Lu Lianbai's chest, and said coldly, "Get out of the way."

Lu Lianbai did not move aside.

He didn't even let go of her hand.

He stood upright, his gaze cold and calm, fixed on her without blinking.

It was as if even if Jing Weimian pulled the trigger of the pistol pressed against his chest the next second, he would still have no intention of backing down.

Jing Weimian narrowed her eyes, the cold muzzle of the gun pressing heavily against her again: "Are you out of your mind?"

Chen Yan, who was standing to the side, tried to speak up to dissuade him, but was instead forced back by a sharp look from his superior.

Finally, Lu Lianbai spoke.

"I can leave, but not now."

"The general is injured now. Since I am standing here, I cannot entrust your life and safety to others. After the treatment is over, I will leave on my own and will no longer appear in front of General Jing as an eyesore."

If it weren't for that day, if she hadn't witnessed him shopping with his wife and children, Jing Weimian might have actually been fooled by him, and might even have been moved by him.

But hearing his words now, Jing Weimian felt only utter irony.

She sneered, "It's a real shame that Dr. Lu, with his deeply affectionate demeanor, isn't an actor."

The alarm on the wristband kept going off, and Jing Weimian impatiently raised her wrist to tear it off.

But the next second, everything went black. "Lu..."

Jing Weimian only managed to utter a single, indistinct syllable before she was suddenly thrown forward and completely lost consciousness.

……

It is unknown how long he has been unconscious.

In her daze, Jing Weimian heard a soft, babyish voice, like a cub counting earnestly.

"Five, six, seven, eight... eleven, twelve... nineteen, twenty, twenty-one..."

After a while, there was the sound of the door being gently pushed open.

The cub spoke again, "Daddy, Xiaoyu has counted to one minute, you can press this button now!"

"Mmm, baby is so good."

Lu Lianbai's gentle, deep voice approached, as if he were rubbing the little guy's head. Then, the instrument on the side of the bed emitted a soft "beep".

The footsteps moved away again.

It seems Lu Lianbai has gone out again.

The cub's soft, innocent counting voice rang in my ears once more.

Jing Weimian frowned, her face pale and frosty, the scene of her being bumped into that day inevitably resurfacing in her mind...

As if finally unable to bear it any longer, she suddenly opened her eyes and stared sharply at the bedside.

Jing Xiaoyu was clearly not expected to wake up suddenly. Her big eyes blinked as she stared blankly at Jing Weimian.

He opened his mouth, and the two words he was about to say instinctively were stopped when he remembered his father's words, and he bit his lip.

Jing Weimian's first reaction was also complete astonishment.

Her gaze lingered on the little guy's overly cute and pretty face for a few seconds before she finally spoke.

His tone was neither cold nor indifferent, but slightly hoarse.

"Lu Lianbai is your father?"

Jing Xiaoyu nodded obediently.

Seeing her trying to sit up by supporting herself on the bed, she immediately reached out her two small hands to grab her wrists, "Xiaoyu, come help—"

Jing Weimian's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably. She abruptly pulled her hand away from those soft little hands, her voice cold and distant, "Don't touch me."

Jing Xiaoyu's expectant eyes instantly dimmed with disappointment. He obediently curled his little hands back and whispered to her, "I'm sorry."

Then, she quietly pursed her lips, looking at her pitiful and aggrieved expression with slightly reddened eyes.

Jing Weimian stared at the child, her heartbeat becoming increasingly erratic, and she felt a strange, dull pain.

It was at this moment that the ward door was opened again.

Jing Weimian propped herself up and looked up, and sure enough, she saw Lu Lianbai walking in, dressed in a pure white robe.

"Awake? Does your head still hurt?"

Before Lu Lianbai could even come over to check her mental state, Jing Weimian turned her head away, "Lu Lianbai, do you really think the medical department is your own home?"

Lu Lianbai paused, but did not answer immediately.

He first glanced down at Jing Xiaoyu, who was sitting cautiously and anxiously on the cot beside the bed, and said in a low voice, "Baby, why don't you go to the next room and wait for Daddy for a while?"

Jing Xiaoyu reluctantly looked away from Jing Weimian's face, her eyes filled with hurt.

He didn't say anything, silently picked up his little schoolbag, got off the stool, and went to another room in the hospital suite.

“My baby just recovered from his fever, and I was worried about leaving him alone at home, so I brought him here. I also reported this to the medical department and followed the base's regulations by wearing a 24-hour monitoring device. Every word and action of his is under the base's holographic surveillance.”

Lu Lianbai tried to keep his voice calm as he explained to her why the baby was there.

Seeing that she still remained silent with a cold expression, he couldn't help but add, "The baby is very good. I just had him sit here and watch over you."

"enough."

Jing Weimian couldn't stand him calling her "baby" all the time. She didn't know if Lu Lianbai was doing it on purpose or if he really had something wrong with his brain. Did he think she was interested in his child with another woman?
How could he have the nerve to tell her he liked her and wanted to pursue her when he already had a wife and children?

"These things are none of my concern, and you don't need to tell me the details."

Lu Lianbai slowly raised his eyes: "None of your business?"

It's like being unwilling to give up; even though they're on the verge of despair, they still can't help but want a definite answer.

"You don't like the baby, do you?"

Jing Weimian asked coldly, her face expressionless, "Why should I like it?"

As she said this, she couldn't help but clench her fingers tightly under her sleeve.

Don't like it?

The child was so exquisitely beautiful and adorable, especially those big, deep blue eyes that looked at him like the ocean; no human being could resist them.

However, given her relationship with Lu Lianbai, whether Jing Weimian likes him or not is irrelevant.

Because she no longer has any possibility of developing a relationship with Lu Lianbai.

This time, Lu Lianbai remained silent for less than a few seconds before suddenly letting out a very soft laugh.

He said, "I understand."

Lu Lianbai stepped forward to check the instrument's readings, ensuring that her mental state had fully recovered to normal.

Then he placed the pearl pendant from the inner pocket of his long robe on the bedside table and said in a flat tone:
"This is a bead that can heal mental disorders. If you feel that your mental state is depressed or low-frequency, you can wear it on your body."

He paused for a moment, unable to resist staring at her cold and beautiful face for a while longer, before finally finishing his sentence, "Then I'm leaving."

After Lu Lianbai finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the next room, intending to take the baby away from here.

However, when he opened the door and went inside, he found the room empty; Jing Xiaoyu was not there at all.

Seeing the window on the left that was mostly open, Lu Lianbai's expression tightened. He quickly stepped over, pushed open the window, but there was still no sign of the baby.

Jing Weimian was sitting on the side of the bed, staring at the pearl pendant on the cabinet with an unclear mind.

Looking up, he suddenly saw Lu Lianbai walking through the door with a tense expression, but the well-behaved and cute little cub was not with him.

She also sensed something was wrong and frowned, asking, "What's wrong?"

Lu Lianbai stopped and turned to tell her.

"The baby is missing..."