311: Chapter 311 "You must wait."

Tang Ruan's boss received a call from the caregiver and rushed to the hospital.

Tang Ruan was sitting in the hospital corridor, holding a thick stack of reports in her hands.

The caregiver auntie stood close to Tang Ruan like a personal bodyguard, seemingly afraid she would do something foolish.

Tang Ruan's boss lunged in front of her.

"Tang Ruan! I didn't do anything to you!"

The boss had rushed over without stopping after hearing from the caregiver that Tang Ruan might be pregnant.

She had been in a coma for nearly three months; if she had been pregnant when the accident happened, it should have been detected long ago during her examinations.

How could a child suddenly appear?

He really wouldn't be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River!

"Tang Ruan, where is the child's father?

I'll help you find him!"

"You won't find him..." She reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

The boss was startled!

Young people nowadays are truly irresponsible!

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll accompany you to have an abortion.

Of course, if you want to give birth,

I can pay you a sum of money, as a way to repay your kindness for saving Dou Dou.

Now that you have a child, don't think about dying all day—"

"I'm not pregnant."

Tang Ruan slowly raised her head, her eyes filled with pain and disappointment that were hard to hide.

Boss: "Ah? Not pregnant?"

If she wasn't pregnant, why was she so distressed!

"I'm not pregnant..."

She repeated in a low voice, then gave a self-deprecating chuckle.

"The doctor said it's a Phantom Pregnancy.

There are pregnancy symptoms, but I'm not actually pregnant.

It's because I wanted a child too much that this happened..."

But only she knew.

In these past few months, she hadn't thought about having another Cub at all.

Every day, she only thought about how to go back.

So, is there a possibility—

That the version of her in the Beast World is pregnant?

That her body in the Beast World is carrying Hu Che's Cub.

Seeing Tang Ruan's eyes glaze over again, the boss hurriedly said, "So that's how it is..."

"I couldn't tell, but there are very few young girls like you who want to be a mother so much nowadays, huh..."

"Haha... haha."

The boss laughed awkwardly twice.

Suddenly, Tang Ruan stood up from the chair.

"Where are you going?" the boss asked.

Tang Ruan: "Boss, can you take me to find someone?

If you take me to him, the favor you owe me will be considered paid in full.

Hospitalization and hiring a caregiver are quite expensive, you really don't owe me anything anymore..."

Tang Ruan met that Fortune Teller once again.

Before, she only thought that as long as she died, she could return to the Beast World.

The worst possibility was simply that she died and didn't go back.

But one always has to take a chance.

But now, learning she might be carrying a Cub, if she died and her soul didn't cross back...

Then would the her in the other world also die?

The Cub in her belly would also die...

Thinking of this, for safety's sake, Tang Ruan decided to find someone who knew about such things and ask.

Tang Ruan and the Fortune Teller sat facing each other.

For the Fortune Teller, seeing Tang Ruan was only a matter of a few months ago.

But for Tang Ruan, it felt like ten years ago.

For a moment, she was filled with emotion.

Everything he said had actually come true.

There was another world, and five peach blossoms, all of which came to nothing.

Because—she had returned to a world where they could never come.

When Tang Ruan told the Fortune Teller about what happened over the years, she didn't avoid the boss.

Because she also wanted him to hear it.

That way, if one day he learned she was dead, he would know she had simply returned to the Beast World and wouldn't feel guilty.

The Fortune Teller finished listening to Tang Ruan's story.

He took a deep breath.

His gaze fell on the boss behind Tang Ruan.

The boss desperately pointed his finger at his own head, mouthing to him, "She has mental problems."

The Fortune Teller withdrew his gaze and looked at Tang Ruan.

"Have you dreamed of things from that world again?"

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan shook her head.

It was strange to say, but after she crossed back, she never had another dream related to the Beast World.

Even if one dreams at night of what they think about by day, she should have dreamed of it.

The Fortune Teller stroked his goatee.

His gaze inadvertently swept over the boss again, seeing the boss with his hands pressed together, bowing to him repeatedly.

The Fortune Teller took another deep breath.

Tang Ruan immediately became nervous, "Can I not go back?"

Fortune Teller: "Yes."

Tang Ruan's face turned pale in an instant.

She suddenly stood up, leaning over the table with her hands to get closer to the Fortune Teller, "But I must go back!

My Beast Husband and Cubs are all over there!"

The Fortune Teller was startled by her reaction.

He subconsciously moved his stool back.

"Girl, I told you from the start, this is a yin peach blossom calamity.

Since it's a calamity, it's impossible to have a good ending.

Now that you've finished experiencing the calamity, you naturally came back."

Tang Ruan's eyes glazed over for a moment.

While the Fortune Teller was speculating about what she was thinking,

He suddenly noticed the boss behind her jumping up and down.

Standing on a chair, the boss made a throat-slitting gesture to him.

Before the Fortune Teller could understand what he was trying to express,

He heard Tang Ruan say: "Then if I die, will I be able to go back?"

The Fortune Teller was shocked, his body subconsciously leaning back.

With a "thud," the Fortune Teller fell to the ground.

"Master!"

"Master!"

Tang Ruan and the boss scrambled to help him up.

This time, the boss didn't need to hint to him.

The Fortune Teller also knew what to say.

He ran a shop for fortune-telling, charging three to five hundred per person; even if he got it wrong and someone came looking for trouble, he could just refund the money.

But if a life was lost because of his words, he would be sent to prison...

As soon as the Fortune Teller sat upright, he immediately rejected Tang Ruan's idea.

"Of course not!"

Tang Ruan frowned: "Why?

I crossed over after being seriously injured.

Wasn't the me in that world also sent back because of a serious injury?"

The Fortune Teller wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his brain spinning rapidly.

"You said it yourself, it was an injury! Not death!

If you're dead, there's nothing left!"

He took a deep breath and continued: "If you die! The you in that world will also die!

The child in your belly—no! The Cub will also die!"

Tang Ruan: "So I need to be injured, but not completely dead?"

The Fortune Teller felt his head growing big.

He seemed to see a vision of himself going to prison for inciting others to self-harm...

"It's useless! Your fate with that world has been severed!

It's over!"

"Over?" Tang Ruan took a step back, looking at him in disbelief.

Suddenly, she stepped forward again and grabbed the Fortune Teller's collar.

"You must have a way, right?

Tell me! I can give you as much money as you want!"

The boss saw the Fortune Teller's fear.

He hurriedly chimed in from behind with a fake air: "Yes, yes, yes! I can pay any amount!"

The Fortune Teller glared at him.

He dared to pay, but did the Fortune Teller dare to take it?

He was living a good life and didn't want to end up sitting in a cell!

But money—it would be a waste not to earn it.

The Fortune Teller remained calm in the face of crisis and stroked his beard again.

He reached out and brushed away Tang Ruan's hand.

"You must wait," he said.

Tang Ruan: "Wait?

Wait for how long?

How do I wait?"

The Fortune Teller sat back in his armchair: "Wait until you start frequently dreaming of that world again.

Come find me then, and I will help you judge if it's the right time to return.

But remember, you must not act on your own, hurt yourself, or seek death.

Anything you do to yourself will be reflected on the you in that world."