Chapter 11 Three Unanswered Calls
After the trip, my body felt weak all the time. Food tasted like wax.
At first, I did not take it seriously.
Until I started throwing up for no reason. Then I had a feeling something was very wrong.
On the bench outside the consult room, I pressed Feng Si's number with a shaking hand.
"Du... du..."
Three calls. None answered.
Just before it hung up, Feng Si's impatient voice finally came through. "What?"
In the background was the sound of fabric rubbing, and Sheng Yiyi's sweet, sticky, "Be gentle..."
The words I wanted to say turned on my tongue. I swallowed them all.
I said nothing and hung up.
Then I dialed another number I knew by heart.
This time it picked up fast.
"Gu Qian?" That cold, familiar voice made me want to cry.
"Obstetrics at Xiehe Hospital. Come sign a paper for me..."