Chapter 1104: 1103 can be without you

“Wen Ran, you have no right to negotiate terms with me. If you don’t want your daughter to die, agree to my terms.”

The voice suddenly turned chilly, and even through the waves of the phone call, Wen Ran’s body shivered violently from that cold voice.

In the crib, the deeply sleeping Ziyi seemed to sense something and cried out with a ‘waah,’ her closed eyes immediately opening.

“If you dare to hurt my daughter, I will find you and tear you to pieces.”

Wen Ran furiously spoke into the phone, the door to the hospital room opened, and Mo Xiuchen’s tall figure entered from outside, “Ranran, don’t get up, I’ll hold Ziyi.”

Hearing Mo Xiuchen’s voice, the person on the other end seemed to pause for a moment, followed by one second of silence, then dropped the sentence: “Wen Ran, within three days, I want to see scandals involving you and other men in the news, as well as a divorce from Mo Xiuchen. If you fail to do this, get ready to collect your daughter’s corpse.”

With that, they hung up before she could respond.

Mo Xiuchen picked up Ziyi from the crib, looked up to see Wen Ran on the hospital bed, her face pale as death, eyes filled with sorrow and despair, his heart suddenly clenched, and he instinctively asked, “Ranran, was that call from the person who took Momo?”

The other party obviously feared being overheard, not only did they call in advance but also finished the conversation after saying only a few words.

Wen Ran still hadn’t recovered from that call, her eyes swollen from crying too much, her brows and eyes brimming with sadness, a look of a mother worn thin because of her daughter.

That was what Mo Xiuchen found most distressing.

“Check to see if Ziyi wet himself or if it’s a dirty diaper.”

Wen Ran diverted the subject, her voice was soft and gentle.

Mo Xiuchen nodded, placed Ziyi on the bed, and checked the reason for his crying; indeed, he had a dirty diaper.

He expertly changed Ziyi’s diaper, handed him to Wen Ran, and only after she had finished feeding did he take Ziyi back.

“Just now, it was that person’s call.”

Upon hearing this, Mo Xiuchen’s gaze shifted slightly, and he gently asked, “What did he say?”

“He said if I want to save Momo, I have to leave you.” Wen Ran stated, her gaze steady on Mo Xiuchen, enunciating each word, “Mo Xiuchen, let’s get a divorce.”

“Ranran.”

Mo Xiuchen’s handsome face paled, his gaze full of pain as he looked at Wen Ran.

Even though she was proposing a divorce for Momo’s sake, it still felt like his heart was being ripped apart, the last time Ranran mentioned divorce was more than a year ago.

Wen Ran ignored the agony in his eyes, but she couldn’t ignore the dull pain in her own heart, as if a knife was twisting inside, her hands hanging by her sides were tightly clutching the hem of her clothing.

“Mo Xiuchen, I can be without you, but I can’t be without Momo.”

“Ranran, first tell me, what else did he say to you?” Mo Xiuchen took a deep breath, trying to stay calm. He and Ranran had weathered so many storms together, he couldn’t believe that this time, she would leave him.

They would definitely save Momo.

The police were working hard to track down the kidnapper; he couldn’t let Ranran leave him because of this.

Wen Ran let out a light sigh, her gaze moving away from Mo Xiuchen’s handsome face and onto Ziyi in his arms.

Her voice, somewhat ethereal, echoed in the hospital room: “She said that if I want Momo to live, I must give you up.”

“Ranran, I will save Momo.”

Mo Xiuchen spoke very gently, without a hint of panic.

Wen Ran suddenly laughed, her smile forlorn and mocking, “Mo Xiuchen, how are you going to save Momo? She’s so small, not to mention powerless to resist, even taking care of her basic needs would be difficult. Do you know how scared I am? I’m afraid that every day she spends in their hands will…”

She couldn’t finish her sentence and burst into tears.

She covered her face with her hands, and her stifled sobs seeped through her fingers like countless arrows, all shooting straight into Mo Xiuchen’s heart.

His lips pressed tightly together, he extended his hand, then retracted it.

In the hospital room, only Wen Ran’s suppressed low weeping echoed, the sadness and despair were heart-wrenching.

Mo Xiuchen’s handsome face grew paler amidst Wen Ran’s cries, his heart ached just like Ranran’s, filled with the same worry.

Just as Wen Ran had said, their daughter was too young, so young that she needed to be taken care of with utmost attention; a single misstep could make her ill. Yet, she’d been taken away by bad people for a whole day and night. What could she possibly have to eat and drink when she was hungry during that time?

Even though Wen Ran had delivered their child through cesarean section and it was inconvenient for her to move due to her wound.

However, she had always planned on breastfeeding the baby. Hence, Ziyi and Tongtong never tasted even a drop of formula milk. On the first day, they drank a bit of rice soup, and on the second day, they had already started trying to nurse.

He put the well-fed and now sleeping Ziyi back in the infant bed and leaned over to hold Wen Ran, but Wen Ran unceremoniously pushed his hand away, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at him, “Mo Xiuchen, whether you agree or not, I want a divorce.”

Her tone was resolute.

Just like that time when she learned she was sick and wanted to leave him.

Mo Xiuchen felt a pain so deep his heart seemed to stop, yet he still spoke calmly, “Ranran, calm down, even if we divorce, that person might not let Momo go.”

“But if I don’t agree to her terms, there’s no chance whatsoever of saving Momo.” Wen Ran looked at Mo Xiuchen with sorrow, her voice choked with emotion, “Mo Xiuchen, if anything happens to Momo, I won’t want to live either.”

Mo Xiuchen’s body stiffened abruptly.

“Will you promise me?” she begged, holding onto Mo Xiuchen’s hand and looking into his eyes with tear-filled eyes. She couldn’t live without Momo, her precious baby whom she had carried with difficulty for months and was born prematurely. She couldn’t bear the thought of her having just come into this world only to leave it.

The mere thought of Momo being harmed made her hate herself enough to wish she could take her own life.

Why had she been so careless to give the bad people an opportunity?

Mo Xiuchen’s expression turned grim as he looked at Wen Ran, “Ranran, was the person who called you just now the same one from yesterday?”

“No, the one today, I couldn’t tell if their voice was male or female. They said they wanted you. Mo Xiuchen, maybe, we should never have been together from the start. I’m tired.”

Those last three words were laden with profound exhaustion.

The pain stabbed at Mo Xiuchen’s heart, “Ranran, I will definitely get Momo back.”

“No, I don’t want to wait, and I don’t want to take any risks.”

She let go of his hand and began to rise, flipping off the covers, but Mo Xiuchen quickly pressed her down, “Ranran, where are you going?”

“To the Civil Affairs Bureau, I want to divorce you, now.”

Wen Ran couldn’t wait another moment. Every time she looked at Ziyi, she was reminded of Momo, who had not eaten for an entire day and night. Was she crying right now?

As she thought about it, her expression tensed again. When she had spoken on the phone with that person earlier, she hadn’t heard Momo crying. She hadn’t had time to ask before the call was abruptly ended.

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