Jiang Baohai followed the nurse to the ward, where they found it quiet.

Zhou Zhenghua lay on the hospital bed where Gao Qinghe used to sleep, with a baby crying softly beside him.

I was probably too tired, I didn't even hear the child crying.

The nurse turned on the light, and there was only a folded blanket on bed number three; the mother was nowhere to be seen.

A sudden panic gripped his heart, and he quickly shook Zhou Zhenghua awake and questioned him:
"Family members, where is the mother?"

"Not in bed?" Zhou Zhenghua asked groggily.

The nurse exclaimed urgently, "There's no one in bed! Didn't you know your wife went out?"

out?
Zhou Zhenghua glanced at the hospital bed, but it was empty; Ouyang Yan was nowhere to be seen.

"She was just here." Zhou Zhenghua started to panic, but forced himself to calm down. Maybe she just went to the bathroom by herself.

The nurse rolled her eyes at him and quickly went to the women's restroom to find someone.

Calling out Ouyang Yan's name, no one answered; looking through each stall, there was still no one there.

Where could a grown person go in the middle of the night?
Zhou Zhenghua searched the corridor and finally asked a family member who was staying with the patient in the corridor. The family member said that he thought he saw someone going upstairs.

"Upstairs? Upstairs is the rooftop, what would you do up there?" the nurse asked, puzzled.

Their hospital has four floors in total, and this is the fourth floor. There are no more wards above that.

Zhou Zhenghua suddenly remembered that Ouyang Yan had said some strange things to him before he went to sleep.

A jolt went through me, and I hurriedly ran to the top floor!
Jiang Baohai, who had been standing quietly in the corner, stepped forward and asked, "Is she trying to jump off the building?"

The nurse was startled; you can't say things like that!
Without thinking about anything else, I quickly called two nurses on duty and ran to the rooftop together.

In the silent night, cries of "Ouyang Yan, where are you?" echoed.

A moment later, a woman's shrill scream came from the top floor.

"Why did you come out?"

Jiang Baohai frowned, wanting to pull Gao Qinghe away.

Gao Qinghe took his hand and refused to leave, standing at the top of the stairs looking up.

With disheveled hair and shouting, Ouyang Yan was carried down by Zhou Zhenghua. Several nurses on duty tried to comfort her, but Ouyang Yan wouldn't listen to a word they said.

She now hates the world, hates everyone, and hates that they even interfere when she wants to end her own life.

At this moment, he seemed to feel no pain from the wound in his abdomen. Upon seeing the handrail, he immediately gripped it tightly, trying to break free.

"swallow!"

Zhou Zhenghua snapped, his eyes reddening, "Don't you want Xiaocao anymore? Don't you want your daughter anymore? Tell me what's wrong with you, and I'll fulfill any needs you have. Let's stop making a scene, okay?"

Zhou Zhenghua pleaded, holding Ouyang Yan tightly in fear, afraid she would break free of his grasp.

Upon hearing her daughter's name, Ouyang Yan was startled, and the nurse pulled her hand away from the escalator.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zhenghua quickly carried her downstairs.

The Gao Qinghe couple, who were standing at the top of the stairs, stepped back to make way.

Ouyang Yan, who had just calmed down, saw her and suddenly widened her eyes, excitedly reaching out to grab her.

Jiang Baohai reacted quickly, grabbing his wife and pulling her back to avoid her waving hand.

When her hand grasped at empty air, Ouyang Yan suddenly laughed, her face streaked with tears and her body covered in abrasions and bloodstains, looking like a madwoman in a frenzy.

He was laughing for a while, then suddenly stopped and glared at Gao Qinghe.

Gao Qinghe looked at her calmly.

Ouyang Yan suddenly shivered, a glimmer of clarity appearing in her crazed eyes.

She looked into her eyes, and her reflection appeared in them, like a madwoman.

"Waaah!" Ouyang Yan covered her face in fear, feeling utterly ashamed, and stopped struggling.

All the patients in the ward came out into the corridor. The men sighed, and the women looked on with pity, lamenting the women's miserable fate.

"Let's go."

Gao Qinghe turned around and slowly walked towards the ward.

Jiang Baohai took her hand and squeezed it harder, offering silent comfort.

When the couple returned to the ward, their daughter was still sleeping peacefully, and the noise outside did not affect her sleep at all.

She only opened her eyes slightly when her father shook her awake to nurse, and then, half-asleep, instinctively sucked on her breast.

The door kept the noise out. Jiang Baohai coaxed his daughter to sleep and put her in her crib. He then squeezed into Gao Qinghe's hospital bed and slept with his arm around her.

The couple remained silent, processing the shock of what had just happened.

In their past lives, they had also experienced similar suffering.

After unexpectedly losing her child and learning of Gao Qingmiao's death, Gao Qinghe was even more desperate and insane than Ouyang Yan was today.

The reason we can deal with this so calmly today is simply because the pain of yesterday has been healed by time.

But things finally got better for the couple in this lifetime.

Leaning against the man's broad, warm chest, Gao Qinghe slept soundly until dawn.

Only those who have experienced it know how blissful it is for a new mother to get a full night's sleep.

Ouyang Yan's resolute actions finally awakened a sliver of conscience in Zhong Shi.

He would never dare to say those sarcastic and mean words in front of Ouyang Yan again.

The three meals a day also changed from clear soup to oily egg soup, chicken soup, and pig's trotter soup.

Occasionally, when he inadvertently expressed his dislike for his granddaughter, Zhou Zhenghua would notice and stop him in time.

The Zhou family tacitly kept this matter a secret from the Ouyang family.

Hao Huaping comes to the hospital every day to bring Ouyang Yan supplements, chat with her about interesting things, and help take care of the children.

They were so busy running around that anyone who didn't know them would think they were sisters.

Gao Qinghe learns about what happens at bed number three from Qi Lianxin every day.

Ouyang Yan's suicide caused quite a stir at the hospital, and people were talking about it every day.

Even if Qi Lianxin didn't inquire, she would still be forced to join the discussion when she took the child out for a walk.

The hospital staff felt a chill run down their spines when they thought about it, and they have been working hard to provide psychological support to the new mothers in the past few days.

The door leading to the rooftop has been locked, and two additional security guards are on duty every night to patrol inside and outside the building, just in case.

After staying in the hospital for seven days, the doctor examined her and confirmed that she was in good condition, and approved her discharge.

On the day she left, Qi Lianxin excitedly ran back from bed number three and said:

"She's had milk! The poor girl finally has milk to feed her baby!"

The school exams were over. Jiang Yu rushed to the hospital immediately after finishing her last exam in the morning.

Hearing his mother gossiping like that, he said unhappily:

"Mom, my sister-in-law is already so busy, and you still have the mind to care about others!"

Jiang Baohai held the child in his arms. Gao Qinghe could walk on her own, but she couldn't lift heavy objects.

Jiang Yuquan packed up the miscellaneous items into two large bags, but she could only carry one at most.

Jiang Yu glared at her brother resentfully. If she could, she had no doubt that he could move the whole house over!
Jiang Baohai didn't care about his sister's resentment at all.

He was just a considerate husband who wanted his wife to be as comfortable in the hospital as she was at home. What could he have done wrong?
Qi Lianxin realized that she had failed in her duty, smiled sheepishly, and quickly picked up the other package.

The family walked to the parking lot, and Gao Qingmiao arrived late.

Unsurprisingly, he received a fierce glare from Gao Qinghe. (End of Chapter)

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