Leo bites his lips and frowns. He looks aside and doesn’t seem to want to continue the discussion. “Believe it or not, you need to know that I’m trying to be nice to you. I will not harm you.”
“Nonsense!” Claire can’t help but scold him. “Leo, get out of here! What qualifications do you have to say these words to me? Why should I believe you? Will you be nice to me? Leo, you’re ridiculous!”
Claire is angry so Leo has to be tough. He says to her, “Claire, I know you won’t believe what I’m saying now. Believe it or not, you are my woman.”
Claire is very disdainful. She turns and doesn’t want to see him.
Leo sighs in his heart. He knows he can’t ask Claire to forgive him. What he says today is the biggest concession.
Leo calmly stands up and says, “since you don’t want me to feed you porridge, you drink it yourself. Don’t let yourself starve. I’m going to deal with business.”
With that, he turns and leaves.
When Leo leaves, Claire turns her head and looks quietly at the porridge on the bedside cabinet. That porridge and small dishes are her favorite.
But Claire has no expression. After a while, she can only choose to drink it.
She doesn’t have to eat, but her baby needs to eat!
Claire looks at this luxurious superior ward. She is very sad. She must get out of here. She must leave Leo and this city.
Claire is so upset that she decides to go out for a walk. She takes the needle off the back of her hand and puts on her coat and leaves the room.
...
When Leo comes back, there is no one in the ward. He panicks immediately. He asks the nurses but no one knows where she has gone.
Claire hasn’t recovered yet. She needs rest. Can’t she wait to escape from him?
Looking at the empty ward, Leo feels a deep sense of frustration. Once again, he feels the feeling of losing something important. Leo can’t help roaring. The nurse next to me is startled.
“Find her! If she’s really missing, I’ll tear down the hospital!” Leo yells at the nurse. The nurse is frightened and cries. She nods quickly and leaves.
Leo is angry. Many nurses on duty know about it. If the patients in the senior ward are missing, they are responsible. So many nurses are looking for Claire in the hospital.
Finally, a nurse finds Claire in the garden. She invites her back.
Claire is teaching a child to draw on the ground with a branch. The child is also hospitalized because of illness. Claire thinks he is cute and wants to play with him.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Genius Son Sells his Mom to Dad
The storyline could have been better -- organization and cohesion of episodes could stand improvement, ending could have been more definitive resolving the many conflicts between the protagonists. Of course, the despicable treatment of Leo towards Claire initially, e.g., selling her off in an auction and giving her to the madam of the club as princess is inhuman and a violation to the wife's rights and honor. I was wondering why she did not leave after these maltreatments. Oh, well, the conclusion [if the narrative ends in Chapter 488] is quite disappointing and anti-climactic. Thank you just the same....
The end of the story is wanting, considering how the episodes build up to conflict after conflict and concluding in yet another conflict. But then c'est la vie! Thank you....