Gu Rong's shirt was crumpled by this point with Luo Liuxian firmly holding it in her trembling fists as if she was forcing him to stay near her.
"Rong, please...please listen to me. Please forgive me! I never...never wanted to betray you. I-I just don't know what took over me...But!"
She looked at him with a tiny silver of hope in her fatigued eyes. "But we can...we can p-put that past us, Rong! I beg you...I cannot see Yating anymore. I c-cannot raise him knowing what I did and y-you wouldn't want him either-"
Gu Rong slowly but surely tugged her hand off his shirt. He wasn't sure what to think about but his heart craved for distance at this moment.
"Did you make Yating sick all these times before?"
"I-I had no choice!" She cried. "It was just hard watching him! I don't know what to do with him..."
He stared at her, unable to comprehend her thought process. "He is still your son."
She screamed. "But he is not yours-"
"Let's not...shout, shall we? Yating is resting."
She stiffened.
"Waaaaaa..." Yating wailed from the bed, jolting with the sudden loud voice.
Gu Rong breathed hard. "Leave me alone for some time."
"Rong, please. You h-have to-"
"Please Luxian. I heard what I had to. I just want to be alone now."
Luo Liuxian shook hard, biting her lip. She threw a glance at Yating and couldn't help but feel bitter. But she lowered her head and quietly left the room.
As the door closed and silence filled inside, Gu Rong finally allowed to let out his shaking breaths. He was holding the urge to cry, but the truth was so devastating that even tears forgot to slip out of his eyes.
I would get the strength from you and I got it. But instead of reaching out to me, you chose to hold somebody else's hand."
Luo Liuxian tried to speak but she couldn't let out any words from her lips.
"How would things be solved if we don't communicate with each other? If you remain silent and show a false smile on your lips, then how does that take us anywhere?"
He clenched his fists, bitterness filling his gaze. "That's why I cannot just ignore what happened. I cannot forget or forgive what you did, Liuxian. I won't be able to love you like before. How...How will I? You tell me, Liuxian.
How should I forget that some other man made a place in your heart other than me? How should I forget that you allowed him to..."
He bit his lip hard, tears threatening to brim his eyes. He didn't dare complete that sentence.
"Just tell me one thing, Liuxian. How should I trust you again?"
"Rong..." her voice was almost a whisper. "I promise it won't happen again! I-I have realized-"
"Your promises...don't hold any value to me anymore, Liuxian."
She froze. Her heart thudded like crazy as his decision tore right through it as an ultimatum.
"Please don't do this, Rong! I..."
A dull pain engulfed her head and she breathlessly began to tremble. Gu Rong's eyes widened seeing her deteriorating condition and he immediately held her but she had already fainted by then.
"Liu-Liuxian!"
He checked her pulse but could barely feel it. Panicked, he immediately took her to the hospital.
Thirty minutes later, the doctor stepped out and said, "There is nothing physically wrong with her. But mentally, it's a different case."
"I don't understand..." Gu Rong said, perplexed.
"I advise you to take her to visit her gynecologist who helped her with her delivery and also a clinical psychologist. I strongly believe she has been going through postpartum depression for a while. And if that is so, then your wife needs all the support and care from you as her husband in this difficult time."