Stealing Your Heart

“Okay, Mommy. I promise I’ll be good, but you have to promise me that you’ll tell me if anything’s wrong. I’m worried about you.”

Perhaps she got emotional because she was still weak, but Lin Xinyan choked up the second she heard those words. She feared that her son would find out the truth and that she might not be able to solve the problem.

Clenching her fist in the other hand, Lin Xinyan tried her best to sound strong. “I have work to do, Xichen. I’m going to have to hang up now.”

“Okay…”

Lin Xinyan did not wait to see if Lin Xichen had more to say before hanging up on the call.

After that, Aunt Yu brought Lin Xinyan something to eat. “You must be hungry.”

Instead of hunger, all Lin Xinyan could feel was heartache.

“I’m not. I just…” responded Lin Xinyan as she looked at Aunt Yu.

“You have to eat something. Especially now that you’re weak,” interrupted Aunt Yu before Lin Xinyan could finish. With a bowl of food in hand, the former sat down by the bed and looked intently at Lin Xinyan. “Before Young Master left, he ordered me to take good care of you, so that includes feeding you. It’s not just you now – you have to consider your baby too. This is good for the both of you.”

Aunt Yu did not know about Lin Xinyan’s health condition, only that the woman was bedridden because of the risk of miscarriage in her pregnancy.

To her, Lin Xinyan was already too thin. The baby might not have enough nutrition to absorb if the mother refused to eat anything.

“Young Master was concerned about your appetite, so he ordered light meals for you. Try this bird’s nest from Malaysia. The domestic ones are so highly processed that they have no quality whatsoever. Have some for the sake of the child,” advised Aunt Yu as she brought the bowl forward.

When Aunt Yu mentioned the bird’s nest, Lin Xinyan was reminded that the delicacy was made of swiftlets’ solidified saliva.

about to get out of bed. Shocked, Aunt Yu quickly put the bowl aside and stopped Lin Xinyan from

over to the bathroom and got

could throw up was stomach acid, but it did

soothe her nausea. “You can’t

straightened up. “I

Yu was about to set the bucket down in front of Lin Xinyan but then changed her mind because it might gross the woman out. She

to the bathroom once more

Lin Xinyan felt much better as her nausea

to eat

nurses and assistants to do their rounds. The doctor approached Lin Xinyan and inquired about her condition, “Any abdominal

replied Lin Xinyan while the doctor flipped through her

nodded; she remembered the doctor telling her that she could no longer give

quite a

your uterus was injured from your last pregnancy. Your uterine wall is thinner now, so there’s a high risk of miscarriage. You have to be bedridden for the first three months to give the fetus some time to stabilize. We’ll plan the following treatments according to your

to keep the baby,” responded Lin

Lin Xinyan wanted to keep her

home as long as you come back for prenatal visits,” instructed the doctor before continuing, “I do see that you’re rather weak, so you should eat more. That’ll help with the pregnancy

anything to stop the

suffer from nausea, so some would take vitamins for more serious cases. Still, the doctor did not recommend Lin Xinyan to take supplements because of her condition. “She should have more

the bird’s nest on the table. “But she

in taste, so your body can absorb

Lin Xinyan could not

bucket for Lin Xinyan, but luckily the pregnant woman was