Three Women in the Cage

She shouldn't have counted on this man. Her heartbeat seemed to have gone numb. With trembling hands, she handed the card to Xu Fei and said, "There's money in it. Take it! Send the child to the hospital quickly..."

After Xu Fei left, Xinxin suddenly burst into tears in the bedroom. I don’t know if she was crying for her child’s experience or for her own experience!

Looking at the empty bedroom and no longer seeing the baby's face, the last bit of comfort in my heart disappeared.

During dinner, Xu Fei returned. He said to Xinxin, "I'll be in the hospital for three days, and the doctor told me to deliver breast milk every day. I have to go to work tomorrow, and I don't know how to ride a car, and I don't understand the hospital procedures. So, are you going to deliver it tomorrow?"

Yes, Xu Fei’s mother is like a decoration. She is always unreliable at critical moments.

Xinxin said coldly: "Well, I'll go and take it there!"

That night for dinner, Xu's mother stewed a pot of chicken soup. Xinxin finally drank the chicken soup stewed by Xu's mother after waiting for a week after giving birth. It was so difficult. She almost thought that she would not be able to drink chicken soup for the entire month of confinement.

I thought they would leave me alone, but I didn't expect that they knew she was a new mother. I smiled bitterly, holding the bowl with mixed feelings, and drank from it in big gulps.

This soup was hard-earned, she couldn't waste it, she had to make up for all the nutrients. After all, no one was willing to take care of her, she had to get better as soon as possible.

When she finished drinking the chicken soup and lay on the hospital bed, she heard Xu Fei and Xu's mother arguing.

Xu's mother kept muttering, "The chicken soup is for women who have just given birth. Why did you serve the chicken and the soup?"

Xu Fei said disapprovingly: "Why should I give her all the good things? I've been in the hospital for a few days and I'm exhausted. I need to replenish myself, too. How can I let her eat it all alone?"

Finally, Xu's mother muttered a few words casually and said nothing else. She then sat down at the dining table and the family happily began to eat.

Right! Good things shouldn't be eaten by her alone, Xinxin kept thinking this! Is that right? Maybe! In their eyes, what's wrong with giving birth to a son?

Why should it be different? What's the difference? Good things should be shared by everyone, right? Is that right? Is she being selfish after all?

That day, the whole pot of chicken soup and the chicken were eaten up without leaving any residue.

The next day, Xu's mother had to stew another pot of pig's feet. I don't know if she was afraid that Xu Fei would steal them or she didn't want to spend money on these supplements anymore. In short, she put a thick layer of lard in the greasy pig's feet. Just smelling the smell made her feel greasy.

Later, Xu Fei really didn't like to eat it and never touched it.

Xu's mother couldn't eat it either, so she kept the pig's feet in the pot. Xu's mother scooped a bowl for Xinxin every day. In the first two days, Xinxin ate it all in one gulp because she was hungry.

In the next two days, she was so full that she couldn't eat anymore. However, Xu's mother still gave her a bowl of hot soup every day. When she couldn't eat anymore, Xu's mother would say: "Are you full? If you are, eat later next time."

What Xinxin actually wanted to say was that she was not full, but she couldn’t eat anymore and was feeling nauseous.

But they didn't make any more nutritious supplements for Xinxin. There was only a pot of pig's feet that even they disliked. It seemed that they wouldn't make anything else unless Xinxin finished that pot.

As for themselves, the food on the table every day is either rich fish and meat or spicy and stimulating food, and there is nothing suitable for Xinxin at all.

During that confinement period, Xinxin felt very uncomfortable sitting still. She desperately wanted to get better quickly so that she could eat meat and fish normally. Because she had no better choice, she could only follow their meals, and their meals were never the meals for postpartum women.

The next morning, Xinxin dragged her weak body and went to the hospital wearing a thick hat.

When she arrived at the hospital, she handed over her breast milk. After the nurse took it, she closed the door and she didn't even get to see the baby.

The nurse told her that she was not allowed to see the child during the entire hospitalization, but she would be informed of the child's daily situation.

The nurse told her that the child's jaundice level was decreasing day by day and slowly returning to normal.

After hearing this news, Xinxin finally felt relieved. Yes, this child has finally returned to normal and there is no need to be anxious or worried anymore.

She kept the child safe...

That day, she lined up to see the doctor to check her child's results. She stood silently at the back of the line, waiting patiently.

Suddenly, the doctor saw her and shouted, "Hey, I'm talking to you. Come up here quickly. What are you waiting in line for? You're a new mother, and you're running around everywhere without even taking care of yourself. Don't you care about your health?"

After hearing the doctor's words, those who were waiting in line ahead of them gave up their seats, allowing Xinxin to get to the doctor smoothly.

Yes, strangers can sympathize with her, but the person next to her cannot. Those who have a subtle relationship with her can always ignore her fragility and helplessness time and time again. They are always so indifferent and distant.

However, these strangers could see her hidden fragility and helplessness, and the few words they said casually warmed her heart.

She had become accustomed to the indifference and disregard of the people around her, but at this moment, the kindness from strangers still made her eyes red.

After three days of blue light therapy, the child was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

That day, Xu Fei took a leave of absence and prepared early to go and welcome his son home.

Xinxin also missed her child very much. In those three days, she felt like three years had passed. After delivering the milk every day, she sat outside the door for a long time, reluctant to leave. She missed Xiaobao very much.

So, on the day of discharge, she did not stay at home to recuperate, but chose to go to the hospital with them to pick up her child.

Anyway, she hasn't had a good confinement period since she gave birth. How can she have a good confinement period now that she's in this condition?

Instead of waiting at home and worrying, it is better to go and pick up the child in person, which will reduce anxiety.

After everyone got in the car, Xu Fei teased Duoduo, "Let's go pick up our brother. Shall we go pick up our brother?"

Duoduo curled her lips and said, "No!"

See! She still refused to admit it and kept denying it all the time. No matter what time it was, or whether anyone was around, she denied it without hesitation.

Why can't he just admit it? He's just a baby, a baby who doesn't understand anything, why should he deny it right away?

These people are not from the same mother, they are destined to be alienated...

The car quickly arrived at the hospital, and Xu Fei and his mother ran towards the inpatient department happily. The moment he saw the child, Xu Fei excitedly said incoherently, "Son, son, Dad is here to take you home..."

Xu's mother was standing by, tears in her eyes. She really loved the child and had missed him very much in the past few days.

Xinxin walked forward and wanted to hug the child, but Xu Fei got there first and held the child in his arms.

The family walked in front, happily surrounding the child. Xinxin followed behind, unable to catch up with them.

Duoduo hid aside, feeling a little unhappy, as if she, who had once been the focus of attention, was no longer the focus of everyone's attention at this moment.

Everything is destined to become more and more complicated at this moment.

The child who was taken back seemed to have become fairer. Before going to work every day, Xu Fei would come to the bedroom without getting tired of it. Every time he came, he would keep calling: "Son, son..."

The indescribable joy could not be hidden. Perhaps, at this moment, he truly loved this child.