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Chapter 101 Nothing is more important than oneself

"I told the doctor not to say anything yet, and to ask Lin Mei what she thinks after she wakes up."

Sister Chunli sighed, because of Lin Mei's identity, it wouldn't sound good if this got out.

Even if Lin Mei didn't say anything, they still had to keep it a secret.

Anmin nodded, agreeing that it made sense.

After Chunli finished speaking, Anmin didn't take it to heart.

She and Lin Mei didn't get along to begin with. She didn't hold a grudge against what Lin Mei said before, but that doesn't necessarily mean she's a magnanimous person.

However, when Anmin went to work that day, Sister Chunli said something to Anmin.

Lin Mei wanted to see her.

"see me?"

This request is really strange. Her relationship with Lin Mei isn't that good, is it?
"Yes, a few of us were there and heard her say it herself. She said she only wanted to see you."

"She also said that if you don't go, she won't say anything."

Hearing this, Anmin hesitated for a moment. Wasn't Lin Mei saying this to help her go?
If she doesn't go, the Women's Federation's work can't proceed.

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

Seeing that Anmin had agreed, Chunli was finally relieved.

"I was so nervous, I thought you wouldn't agree."

"It's all for work."

The two chatted and laughed as they entered the office.

That afternoon, Anmin asked Chunli to pass on a message to Liang Yi, while she went to the clinic with another colleague.

The clinic was a bit far from Baiyanggou, so a colleague borrowed a tricycle to take Anmin there.

Upon arriving at the clinic, Anmin pushed open the door and saw Lin Mei leaning against the hospital bed.

Her face was ashen, and she stared blankly out the window at the bare branches.

She was completely different from the sharp-tongued Lin Mei she knew before.

Hearing the noise, Lin Mei turned her head and saw An Min. Her expression was somewhat complicated.

"You came?"

After saying that, Lin Mei didn't say anything more.

Anmin went inside, closed the door behind her, and shut herself out of the outside world.

She walked a few steps away from the hospital bed and sat down, looking at Lin Mei.

"Sister Chunli said you were looking for me, and only me, so that's why I came."

Her tone was not questioning, but stating.

Lin Mei forced a bitter smile: "I didn't expect you to actually come back, so you came to see me make a fool of myself? To see me, Lin Mei, fall from grace, pregnant with an illegitimate child?"

An Min listened quietly, her gaze fixed on Lin Mei's hands, which were tightly gripping the bed sheet.

Those hands betrayed all of their owner's inner emotions.

"I don't have any jokes to watch."

An Min's voice was as calm as a deep pool; she was not the type to kick someone when they were down.

"You know your own business. You didn't call me here just to listen to you rant."

"Besides, I don't have time to listen to your cursing."

Lin Mei was taken aback by An Min's words.

She turned her face away, and after a long while, suppressed sobs came through intermittently.

"...I can't help it...Anmin..."

“He was an only son, and when he passed away, he left nothing behind… His mother, my mother-in-law, cries every day, saying that their family line has ended. I… I can’t stand that look in her eyes! It’s as if I’ve cursed him to death, leaving him no descendants…”

Lin Mei looked up, her eyes brimming with tears. "It's his brother, his own brother, and his mother tacitly agreed. She said that as long as he has a son, he'll take his brother's surname, to continue his brother's lineage! What... what do they take me for? A tool to carry on the family line?"

Lin Mei spoke haltingly, crying as she recounted everything.

The truth was far more cruel than Anmin had imagined.

An Min's eyes widened slightly, her heart filled with turmoil.

She thought of Lin Mei's usual meanness and jealousy towards her, and originally thought it was just her personality, but she never expected there to be such a thing behind it.

"Are the tears you're shedding now for your deceased husband? Or for your mother-in-law's absurd idea?"

Lin Mei was taken aback by the question, her crying stopped, and she looked at An Min blankly.

Anmin looked into her red eyes and said, word by word.

"In this life, what matters is your own spirit and your own peace of mind. It's not about living for the opinions of others, for the memorial tablets of the dead, or for the continuation of a family name, which would push you into a pit of fire. What do you take yourself for? An object that can be exchanged at will?"

An Min's words were like a sharp knife, precisely cutting through the shell that Lin Mei had long used to numb herself.

She always felt that she had been wronged by fate, but she never really thought about what kind of role she played here, whether actively or passively, in her descent into depravity.

"Live for yourself..."

Lin Mei murmured these four words repeatedly, as if she were truly understanding their weight for the first time.

She recalled her harsh words to Anmin, realizing that she had only been blinded by jealousy.

How foolish and pathetic it is to submit to the absurd arrangements of one's in-laws for the sake of continuing the family line, thus plunging oneself into such an irredeemable predicament.

She had always vaguely felt that Anmin possessed a kind of composure and independent thinking that she lacked.

That's why, in desperation, he clung to her like a lifeline and insisted on seeing her.

Now, this straw didn't mock her; instead, it awakened her.

"I...I was wrong...Anmin..."

Lin Mei cried, her whole body trembling, tears soaking the sheets: "I... what should I do..."

The baby is already in my belly; abortion is absolutely out of the question.

A family member's signature is required.

This child was so hard to conceive, how could her in-laws agree to her abortion?

Looking at the woman before her, who was now filled with helplessness and regret, An Min's resentment from the past faded away.

Just as she was about to say something, there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door of the clinic.

"Comrade Anmin! Is Comrade Anmin inside?"

It was Xiao Wang from the Women's Federation office, her tone urgent, as if something important had happened.

An Min's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition came over her.

She gave Lin Mei a reassuring look, signaling her to calm down, then turned and quickly walked to the door, opening it a crack.

Xiao Wang, panting and his face filled with panic, exclaimed, "Sister Anmin, something terrible has happened! Come back to the office quickly! Something's wrong!"

"What is it? Tell me slowly."

An Min frowned slightly, and her fingers gripping the door frame tightened slightly.

"It's...it's a whistleblower letter."

"I don't know who wrote it, it was slipped under the office door! The letter said... said that Comrade Lin Mei had improper conduct... and... and even named her by name, saying that she was protecting her and not reporting it. The letter is now in Sister Chunli's hands."

Someone actually reported Lin Mei?

"Wait a minute, I'll leave after I finish talking to Lin Mei."

After saying that, An Min turned around and walked up to Lin Mei.

"Lin Mei, I can't interfere with your affairs, but the decision is in your hands. If you want to keep this child, you need to think about why you want to keep it."

"How will this child face this whole family when he grows up?"